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Actually, this is incorrect. First of all - in Ignatius of Antioch's Letter to the Smyrnaeans, he makes the following statement: "Follow your bishop, every one of you, as obediently as Jesus Christ followed the Father. Obey your clergy too as you would the apostles; give your deacons the same...

Or, by "any" means . . . Bad grammar and butchery of the English language I can forgive. Your twisting of Scripture and rebellion against Christ is what I have a problem with . . .

And it is abundantly clear that you can't defend that impotent statement. Simple denial is the last refuge of the TRULY desperate . . .

Huh?? We are ALL in the world. We're not supposed to be OF the world.

And again, you show your total ignorance of Scripture. Jesus wasn't condemning Tradition. He lived by Jewish Tradition. He was condemning the Pharisees for their hypocrisy in using those traditions to usurp the will and word of God. Paul tells us to "Hold Fast" to the Traditions they (the...

Ahhhh, another non-response. Try to post something of substance in your responses while I try desperately to get past your woeful abuse of grammar and spelling . . .

And it doesn't surprise me that you don't understand Revelation because you don't understand the Biblical definition of the Church . . .

Yup - it IS people who make up His Church. People who believe in the SAME thing and teach the SAME doctrines. Not a disjointed gaggle of tens of thousands of bickering sects who ALL teach different things yet ALL claim to have the "Truth." That's NOT a Church - that's anarchy. Christ's Church...

So THAT’s your answer?? That the Church is made up of “ALL believers”?? Can you show me where the BIBLE says that?? You see – MY Bible says that even the demons believe (James 2:19). Are THEY part of the Church?? Happy hunting . . .

There is only ONE Catholic Church made up of 20 Rites - the Roman or Latin Rite being ONE of them. ALL are in communion as ONE Church. Now - there are several dissent groups that are not in communion with the Catholic Church. As for there being 33,000 , 45,000 or 50,000 Protestant sects, let's...

I'm not talking about a building. I'm talking about a VISIBLE community. So, I will ask you again: If the Catholic Church is NOT the True Church - can you show me which one IS the True Church?

And Jesus warned that there would be bad people in His Church (Matt. 7:15-23) However, this does not translate to Him abandoning His Church as YOU would have us believe. As for there being evil people in the Church I can't think of ONE single denomination that has only sinless people within it...

Then WHICH Church is the True Church?? Surely, you must be able to answer that . . .

Wrong. By making this claim - you are calling Jesus a liar. He told Peter that He was building a Church - and the gates of Hell would not prevail against it (Matt. 16:18). He told His disciples that HIS Church is like a "city on a hill that cannot be hidden" (Matt. 5:14-16). Anybody who claims...

I didn't say there were 50,000 Protestant sects. I said that there were 50,000 "or so" Protestant sects, which is an approximation. based on a Protestant source called, World Christian Encyclopedia by Barrett, Kurian, Johnson (Oxford Univ Press, 2nd edition, 2001). In 2001, there were over...

No - I wasn't even asking a fellow Catholic. I was asking the anti-Catholics. An "anti-Catholic" is NOT a person who simply disagrees with what the Church teaches. Is is a person who will resort to lying about historical or documented facts in order to denigrate the Catholic Church. I will...

I don't "stomp" on people for not believing what I believe in. I have many charitable conversations with Protestants and atheists who want to engage in charitable dialog. However, when a person spews blatant falsehoods about what the Catholic Church teaches or about history - I expose them. In...

And if YOU can't answer the question - make way for somebody who can. So far - not ONE person has been able to answer this.

As usual - your posts are filled with "imo's". Your opinion doesn't matter in light of the truth of Scripture. "imo" is simply an illustration of relativism. As for what Church is the TRUE Church - No, you haven't told me. If you have - then point me to the post where you showed me.

I talk this way to people like YOU to expose you because of all of the lies you spew. There are people who come here in search of the truth – only to find people like YOU spreading falsehoods about the Church. They have a right to know the truth and don’t deserve to be lied to. No - they aren’t...