Why I am not Protestant (Non denominational, Baptist, pentacostal, etc)

According to recent statistics, in the United States alone, there are 327,717 Protestant churches and 19,863 Catholic churches. but despite the numerous individual congregations here and throughout the world, there’s really only one true church. Even though many have differences in doctrinal opinions or other characteristics, every church which is based on Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord is a part of the true church. Amazingly, there are thousands of different denominational and independent Christian churches who, for the most part, agree on the basic fundamentals of Christ, but who maintain their separate groups for relatively minor issues. They may not agree on all other matters of doctrine, interpretation, traditions, or the special emphasis placed on certain beliefs. True Church can be founded by Jesus Christ Himself in Mt 16:18, would be built on Simon Peter, Mt 16:18, would be defended by GOD Himself, Mt 16:18-19, would have authority given by Jesus Christ, Mt 16:19,18:17-18., would be guided by the Holy Spirit who will dwell within it, Jn 14:15-17, Act 15:28,16:6., would be one and undivided, Mk 3:24-25., would have one fold and one shepherd, Jn 10:16., would have Priests, Bishops, and Deacons, 1Tim 3:1-13, must have the Holy Communion celebration, Jn 6:42-70, Act 2:42, must be found in all nations, Mt 28:19, must be found in all centuries, Mt 28:20, Jesus Christ said He would be with His Church every day, in every year, until the end of the world, Mt 28:20, must offer celebrates the sacrifice of the Mass, and offers incense and a 'Pure Offering,' Malachi 1:11

1.They do not have Authority and Apostolic succession and they deny Pope as unscriptural and they deny that Peter’s Successors Claim Authority over the Church.

Before the Apostles passed on, they started a system, commanded by Jesus Christ, to pass the baton to successors. This was to insure the perpetuality of the Catholic Church which Jesus Christ founded. That system is called "Apostolic Succession”. it has Unbroken Line of Popes Throughout the Ages

Every Catholic Bishop can show his line of spiritual descent, that is, who consecrated him, who consecrated his consecrator, and so on, all the way back to the Apostles. Jesus Christ vested in the Apostles special authority. This special Apostolic authority has been passed down in unbroken succession through the Bishops of the Church for almost two thousand years, so that the present Bishops of the Church truly teach with the voice of Jesus Christ through the Apostles..( Matt. 10:1,40, Matt. 16:19; 18:18, Luke 9:1; 10:19, Luke 22:29, Luke 10:16, Eph. 2:20, John 13:20, Acts 1:15-26, Jn 20:21,Acts 1:20, Jn 17:22-23, Jn 21:15-17, Heb 3:1,Acts 15:22-27, 1 Tim. 4:14, Sirach 45:15, Acts 15:7, Numbers 3:3, 2 Cor. 1:21-22, Acts 14:23 ,Lk 24:49, Jn 12:49 ,Mt 28:19-20, Jn 20:22-23, 1Thess 2:4).
Jesus Christ addressed Peter and Peter only in these two verses. He gave Peter alone, the KEYS to the Kingdom of Heaven, and the power of "Binding and Loosening" of sins, or if you prefer, the "Sacrament of Reconciliation". Clearly, when Jesus addressed Peter only, and at the same time gave him a name change from Simon to Peter, he had appointed Peter as the "prime" Apostle. Later in Matt 18:18, Jesus gave the power of "Binding and Loosening" to all of the Apostles. After Jesus had risen from the dead, He appeared to all of the Apostles and again gave them the power of "Binding and Loosening" in John 20:22-23.

To further strengthen the "Primacy of Peter" Jesus addressed him only, in John 21:15-17, when He commanded him to "Feed My Sheep". As another example, Jesus commanded Simon-Peter to strengthen his brethren in Luke 22:31-32.

Peter acknowledged his primacy, when at the Council of Jerusalem, he stood up and said, "Brethren, you know that in early days GOD made choice among us, that through MY mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel and believe." Acts 15:7

Peter's statement was singular in that the truth of the Gospel would come from the primacy of the Catholic Church, and that primacy is the Papacy.

Now that we have a Church Hierarchy guided by the Holy Spirit, one of their primary duties is to hold periodic Church Councils. These Councils are called in order to define revealed truths in Scripture and to address rising heresy, and other problems of the time. The Councils are attended by the Pope and the Bishops.... And they are Biblical.
"Where there is no Governor, the people shall fall; but there is safety where there is much Council." Prov 11:14

"The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that is Wise harkens unto Councils." Prov 12:15
"Designs are brought to nothing where there is no Council; but where there are many Counselors, they are established." Prov 15:22

(Prov 19:20, Prov 20:18, 1Macc 8:15-16, Isa 16:3)

Acts 15:12 - only after Peter (the Pope) speaks do Paul and Barnabas (bishops) speak in support of Peter's definitive teaching.

Acts 15:13-14 - then James speaks to further acknowledge Peter's definitive teaching. "Simeon (Peter) has related how God first visited..."

Rom. 15:20 - Paul says he doesn't want to build on "another man's foundation" referring to Peter, who built the Church in Rome.

1 Cor. 9:5 – Peter is distinguished from the rest of the apostles and brethren of the Lord.

1 Cor. 15:4-8 - Paul distinguishes Jesus' post-resurrection appearances to Peter from those of the other apostles. Christ appeared “to Cephas, then to the twelve.”

Gal.1:18 - Paul spends fifteen days with Peter privately before beginning his ministry, even after Christ's Revelation to Paul.

1 Peter 5:1 - Peter acts as the chief bishop by "exhorting" all the other bishops and elders of the Church.

1 Peter 5:13 - Some Protestants argue against the Papacy by trying to prove Peter was never in Rome. First, this argument is irrelevant to whether Jesus instituted the Papacy. Secondly, this verse demonstrates that Peter was in fact in Rome. Peter writes from "Babylon" which was a code name for Rome during these days of persecution. See, for example, Rev. 14:8, 16:19, 17:5, 18:2,10,21, which show that "Babylon" meant Rome. Rome was the "great city" of the New Testament period. Because Rome during this age was considered the center of the world, the Lord wanted His Church to be established in Rome.

2 Peter 1:14 - Peter writes about Jesus' prediction of Peter's death, embracing the eventual martyrdom that he would suffer.

2 Peter 3:16 - Peter is making a judgment on the proper interpretation of Paul's letters. Peter is the chief shepherd of the flock.

Matt. 23:11; Mark 9:35; 10:44 - yet Peter, as the first, humbled himself to be the last and servant of all servants.

2. They have human founders .John Smyth, who originally was a bishop in the Church of England, left that church and fled to Holland. He, along with others, formed the first Baptist church around 1610.Now they have numerous Baptist Church divisions among themselves. Non-denominational is generally used to refer to one of two forms of independence: political or theological

Jesus Christ has only one bride, and she is the Church...Jeremiah 16:9, John 3:28-29, Revelation 18:23, 19:7-8, 21:9, Some would say the Church was founded in Matthew 16:18,but therin Jesus Christ said He 'will' build His Church on the 'rock' of Peter...Others say the Church was founded at Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles in Acts 2:1-47.However that was when the Apostles were given the knowledge, and wisdom, and authority, with which to build the Church upon the cornerstone,

which is Jesus Christ.

3. They have many divisions of the Body of Christ and so much confusion. "GOD is not the author of confusion..."1Corinthians 14:33. If GOD is not the author of 33,800+ confused splits in His Body, then who is? It is caused by the disobedience of his creatures."Has Christ been divided up?"1Corinthians 1:13."Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it."Psalms 127:1. Let no one lead you astray with empty words; for because of these things the wrath of GOD comes upon the children of disobedience. Do not, then, become partakers with them."

Ephesians 5:6-7"The Scribes and Pharisees have sat on the chair of Moses. ALL things, therefore, that they command you, observe and do. But do not act according to their works; for they talk but do nothing.” Matthew 23:2-3This is a command to be obedient regardless of individual feelings, and it comes from Jesus Christ.

4. They partake in Lord’s Supper and ob¬servance of the supper “when they desire and it’s a merely a symbol and some of them ignore the true presence of Christ and they accuse Catholics and forbid the drinking of wine during Lords supper.

Matt. 26:27,29; Mark 14:23,25; Luke 22:17-18; 1 Cor. 11:25-27 - Jesus instituted the Eucharist using wine and commanded us to "do this in remembrance of me." We know that Jesus instituted the Eucharist at the Jewish seder meal, which required the use of wine. Yet some Protestant churches forbid drinking wine. Such a prohibition is not based on the Scriptures.

Luke 7:33-34 - God the Son drank wine and was accused of being a drunk. Are those Protestant churches that forbid the drinking of wine doing the same?

John 2:1-11 - Jesus' first miracle was turning water into wine which was drunk at the wedding at Cana. Wine is a symbol of the life of the Church, in both the Eucharist and, here, the sanctification of the sacrament of marriage. Verse 10 also indicates that the people drank enough wine at the feast to the point that they might not have recognized good wine from bad wine. Yet Jesus creates for them more wine to drink.

1 Tim. 5:23 - Paul tells Timothy to drink not just water, but a little wine for the sake of his stomach and frequent ailments. If Paul under divine inspiration encourages the drinking of wine, why do some Protestant churches prohibit it?

Gen. 14:18 - Melchizedek offers a bread and wine sacrifice, and Jesus is the Priest in the same manner. Heb. 5:6,10; 6:20; 7:15,17.

Gen. 27:25 - Isaac brought Jacob wine, and he drank, with God's favor.

Neh. 8:10 - Nehemiah commands the faithful to drink sweet wine to celebrate the Lord and His holy day.

Psalm 104:15 - the Psalmist writes that "wine gladdens the heart of a man." God gave us the fruit of the vine to enjoy.

Ecclesiastes 9:7 - "drink your wine with a merry heart, for God approves what you do."

On the night of the Last Supper, He established the Priesthood, and commanded them to "Do this in remembrance of Me", thus perpetuating the Holy Eucharist, and fulfilling the prophecy of Malachi 1:11. In John 20:22-23, He breathed upon them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit; whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained". He thus empowered them to act in His Person, in "Persona Christi", (2Cor 2:10). The priest had become the hands and the voice of Jesus Christ.

Please read Matt 9:8, "But when the crowds saw it, they were struck with fear, and glorified GOD WHO HAD GIVEN SUCH POWER TO MEN."


1Cor 10:16, "The cup of the blessing that we bless, IS IT NOT THE SHARING OF THEBLOODOF CHRIST? And the bread that we break, IS IT NOT THE PARTAKING OF THEBODYOF THE LORD?"

Could St. Paul have said this any clearer than he did here? Where did he say the "symbolic" sharing or the "symbolic" partaking? This verse is absolutely to the point, and there is not a hint of symbolism anywhere.

Did you notice the BLESSING THAT WE BLESS, and the BREAD THAT WE BREAK?

Here, Saint Paul clearly stated that he and the other Apostles have the authority and the power

(Acts 1:8,2:2-4) to call down "THE WORD" with their word, and the cup (of wine) is no longer wine, but the Blood of Christ, and the bread is no longer bread, but the Body of Christ.

5. They blame that there are scandals in Catholic Church. Jesus Christ warned us that there would be scandals in His Church. "Woe to the world because of scandals! For it must needs be that scandals come, but woe to the man through whom scandal does come!" Matthew 18:7

And He said to His disciples, "It is impossible that scandals should not come; but woe to him through whom they come." Luke 17:1

These are the words of Jesus Christ Himself. Did he say the Church is the source, or the cause of the scandals? No, He said a person is. Remember, the Catholic Church is not a hotel for saints, it is a hospital for sinners (Mark 2:17).

In Matthew 13:24-30 Jesus Christ described His Church, the Kingdom of Heaven, as being a “field of wheat and weeds,” showing that there would be good and bad, saints and sinners, and everyone in between, in the Church until the day when He returned to judge the nations. This means that, sadly, there will be members of His Church — including priests and bishops — who are notorious sinners. We can see this sad reality even at the very beginning of the Church in the person of the Apostle Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Christ to His enemies (Matthew 26:16-23 ; Luke 22:47-49), and Simon Peter, who denied the Lord three times (Matthew 26:34, 75).

Notice that even Christ's own hand-picked followers committed scandalous wickedness! Even so, this did not negate or disprove the truth that Christ transmitted to the world through His Apostles (Mark 16:15). As Christ promised, in spite of the weakness and sinfulness — indeed, the scandal — caused by priest and other Catholics, “the gates of hell will not prevail against” the Church.
Also there are also scandals among non-Catholic’s as well Please visit the web http://www.reformation.com/.

6. Did any of these denominations receive authority from Holy Scripture to form their own ecclesial communities?

"Behold I am against the prophets, said the Lord, who use their tongues, and say: The Lord said it. Behold I am against the prophets that have lying dreams, said the Lord, and tell them, and cause my people to err by their lying, and by their wonders, when I sent them not, nor commanded them, who have not profited this people at all, said the Lord."Jeremiah 23:31-32

"But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of."2Peter 2:1-2

"But these men deride whatever they do not know; and the things they know by instinct like the dumb beasts, become for them a source of destruction." 2Peter 2:12, Jude 1:10

7. They are the grumbling murmurers, haughty in speech, they cultivate people for the sake of gain and cause divisions.
These are grumbling murmurers walking according to their lusts. And haughty in speech, they cultivate people for the sake of gain. But as for you, beloved, be mindful of the words that have been spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, who kept saying to you that at the end of time there will come scoffers, walking impiously according to their lusts. These are they who set themselves apart, sensual men, not having the Spirit."Jude 1:16-19
"Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which you have learned: and avoid them. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple." Romans 16:17-18

8. Many of them declare that the Holy Spirit is "teaching" them the truth. However, there can be only one truth.

How can the Holy Spirit be in each of the thousands of denominations teaching all of them opposing viewpoints? It is to be noted that all of the following denominations teach from the same Bible, so why the differences in teaching? Many doctrinal disputes which have arisen between them? There are approximately 37,000* non-Catholic Christian sects in the world today with more new ones appearing every week. All use the same Bible, yet each interpret it differently, and consequently they end up teaching "another Gospel" (Galatians 1:8-9). The sad part is that they all try to justify their existence, and thus their actions of further dividing the Body of Christ by claiming,

"The Holy Spirit Told Me".the teaching of Jesus Christ, as He called for "One Fold with One Shepherd" (John 10:16).

These divisions of the Body of Christ are in opposition to the teaching of Holy Scripture, so how could it ever be possible that the Holy Spirit is prompting those who cause them?

"Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, THAT YOU ALL SAY THE SAME THING; AND THAT THERE BE NO DISSENSIONS AMONG YOU, BUT THAT YOU MAY BE PERFECTLY UNITED IN ONE MIND AND IN ONE JUDGMENT."1Corinthians 1:10. See also 1Corinthians 11:17-22

"Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand."Matthew 12:25
"Anyone who advances and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ, HAS NOT GOD; he who abides in the doctrine, he has both the Father and the Son."2John 1:9

"For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?"1Peter 4:17

The Bible is very explicit that those who cause these divisions are not from GOD, so therefore, the Holy Spirit could not possibly be prompting them.

"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of GOD; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world. By this is the spirit of GOD known: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh , is of GOD. AND EVERY SPIRIT THAT SEVERS JESUS, IS NOT OF GOD, BUT IS OF ANTICHRIST, of whom you have heard that He is coming, and now is already in the world."

1John 4:1-3
Satan will give you 99 truths if he can get you to swallow one lie.

Many things yet I have to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. But when HE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, has come, HE WILL TEACH YOU ALL THE TRUTH. For He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He will hear He will speak, and THE THINGS THAT ARE TO COME HE WILL DECLARE TO YOU."

John 16:12-13

"We are of GOD. He who knows GOD listens to us; he who is not of GOD does not listen to us. BY THIS WE KNOW THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND THE SPIRIT OF ERROR."1John 4:6

There are three spirits, anyone one of which could be the one who is prompting a person.

1. There is first the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, and His prompting is from GOD.

2. Then there is the human spirit which manufactures the prompts through the imagination and other human traits.

3. Finally, there is the evil spirit and its prompting is straight from Satan.

The Spirit of truth is in the Church of truth, the Church which Jesus Christ founded.

How do we determine which Spirit is prompting each of us? Holy Scripture gives us the answer.

"And we are witnesses to these things, and SO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN TO ALL WHO OBEY HIM."Acts 5:32

All who obey Him are prompted by the Holy Spirit. The disobedient are prompted by one of the other spirits.

"Obey your prelates and be subject to them. For they watch as being to render an account of your souls: that they may do this with joy and not with grief. For this is not expedient for you."Hebrews 13:17

This is a command from GOD. If GOD is first in your lives, it is a good sign that the Holy Spirit is prompting you.

9. Their Churches are wrong in teaching the plan of salvation.

They teach that a person is saved by prayer. I could tell several incidents in which people were saved by prayer according to the Baptists. One Sunday night three boys, who were alien sinners, a preacher, and myself, all engaged in prayer until the boys arose and confessed that they were saved.

An alien sinner is not saved by prayer. John 9:31 says, "Now we know that God heareth not sinners, but if any man be a worshipper of God and doeth his will, him he heareth." It is God's will that we "obey the gospel" (II Thess. 1:8) . The gospel commands us to be baptized into Christ "for the remission of sins." (Gal. 3:27; Acts 2:38). We have not done God's will until we have been baptized into Christ. Hear Isaiah, "Your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear." (Isa. 59:2). We are to pray for the lost, that's true (Rom. 10:1), but the gospel, not prayer, "is the power of God unto salvation." (Rom. 1:16).

Paul says in II Cor. 5:11, "Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men." Some people try to persuade God to save the sinner, but Paul persuaded the sinner to obey God. God is willing to save all who will obey. (II Peter 3:9; Titus 2:11; I Tim. 2:4; Heb. 5:9). "God be thanked that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have OBEYED from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you, being THEN made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness." (Romans 6:17-18).



10.They teach that sinners are saved by faith only.

They say, "All you have to do is believe, and He will save you." Article 5 of their Declaration of Faith, page 48, says that justification is "solely through faith." James says just the opposite, "Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only." (James 2:24). Their doctrine of faith only breaks down on the chief rulers of John 12:42-43. "Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God." Were the chief rulers saved? If you say "yes," then you disagree with the Apostle John for he says, "every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God." (1 John 4:3). If you say they did not believe, then you disagree with the Apostle John again, for he says they "believed on Him." Sometimes Baptists try to dodge the force of this argument by saying they believed on, not in Him. The Greek is "eis," the strongest expression in this respect in the Greek language.



11.They do not administer Bible Baptism, they ignore the faith of parents, their limit to Baptism is Age accountability etc.

Within the pages of the Holy Scriptures you will find that there are a number of different baptisms. These different forms of Baptism are listed below.

Types of baptism

1) Baptism of repentance

2) Baptism into the body of Christ

3) Baptism in water

4)Baptism into the Holy Spirit

5. Baptism with Fire.

(Mark 16:16, Matthew 28:19, Luke 3:7-8, Luke 7:29-30, Luke 20:4, John 3:5, Romans 10: 9-13, Hebrews 10:22, Luke 12:50,Joel. 2:28, Romans 6:3-4, 1 Corinthians 1:13-17, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Galatians 3:27, Ephesians 5:26, Galatians 3:26-27, Acts 8:12-13, Acts 16:15, Acts 1:22)

John's baptism is out of date. In Acts 19:1-5 we find where Paul rebaptized twelve men who had received John's baptism. Aquila and Priscilla took a preacher who knew "only the baptism of John" and "expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly." (Acts 18:24-26).

Baptists baptize people whom they claim already have received the remission of sins. "There is an actual, a real remission of sins when we believe in Christ--there is a declarative, formal, symbolic remission in baptism." (Baptist Church Manual, p. 13).

The Bible plainly states that baptism is FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS, (Acts 2:38), or to wash away sins (Acts 22:16).

Baptists do not baptize a person into Christ, but rather, into the Baptist Church. They say any such person is in Christ before baptism. Hear Paul, "For as many of you as have been BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST have put on Christ." (Gal. 3:27) .

Baptist baptism must be on a confession that one is already saved. Bible baptism puts a person into Christ where salvation is. (1 Cor. 12:13; Col. 1:18; Eph. 1:3; II Cor. 5:17; Rom. 6:4; II Tim. 2:10).

Inasmuch as Christian baptism is "for the remission of sins," or to "wash away sins," and to get "into Christ," or "put on Christ," and Baptists do not administer Christian baptism, as has just been pointed out, then it follows that those who obeyed the Baptist plan of Salvation have missed the Lord's plan of Salvation, and they are therefore not members of the New Testament Church, the Body of Christ, have not had their sins remitted, and are not saved.

Many will say, "Oh but I know I'm saved." "Well, how do you know it?" "Oh, I just know it. I feel like I am." "What makes you feel like you are saved?" "Because I'm saved," they will say. Saved because they feel good, and feel good because they are saved. Such people prefer their feelings to anything the Bible says. I am not opposed to a person's feeling good about being a Christian, but I am opposed to a person claiming to be a Christian just because he feels good. Feelings are based on faith. If you will study the scriptures with an open mind rather than through your feelings, you will then begin to feel different. You will feel that you should turn from the human organization, the Baptist Church and obey the gospel of Christ because the Bible teaches you to do that. Don't follow your feelings. FOLLOW THE BIBLE. FOLLOW CHRIST.

Where is this in the Bible? Not only will you not find this statement in the Bible, you will not find any of the phrases found in the Bible either. Show me where we even read the phrase, "accept Jesus." You will not find it. Show me where you will find the Bible say "personal Savior." You will not find it either. We ought to be concerned and see some red flags when we cannot find in the Bible the very phrases the religious world uses to teach people that they are saved. There must be a problem if I cannot find these things in the scriptures. Further, show me one example of someone accepting Jesus as their personal Savior. Not only will we not read in the Bible to accept Jesus as our personal Savior to be saved, but you do not read of a person saying that they did this.
Further, I believe we need to ask what this phrase means? What does it mean to accept Jesus as your personal Savior? How do I accept Jesus as my personal Savior? But how does one do this? Can I simply say the words that I accept Jesus as my personal Savior? Is this enough? Can the criminal or murderer do nothing more than utter simple words? Is this all that the Lord requires of me for salvation? Not only does it go against the scriptures, but it goes against our logic. Do we allow our criminals under our legal system to simply say that they are sorry and we let them go free? No, that is completely unacceptable. The criminal has to change his life, show true contrition, and obey the laws of our government before consideration will be given to be released into society again. So why do we believe that God will simply overlook all wrongs by saying sorry? Why do we think that sorry is what God has required of us? When someone wrongs us, is a simple statement of words enough? No, we want to see more than that. We want to see repentance and change. Well, so does the Lord. We should not think that God is some sort of push over that we can do what we want and give a tongue in cheek sorry and everything be okay.

All disciples are to be baptized. so Infants and children are disciples and hence they can be baptized. "And Jesus came and said to them, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"(Matthew 28:18-19).

Paul places of children within covenant which he does, not on the basis of their profession of faith but merely that of a believing parent. As he states "or the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy"(1 Corinthians 7:14). Given such things as: holiness, receiving biblical guidance, kingdom membership, and the ability to give God acceptable praise it seems we cannot deny the status of disciple from the children of believers

It clear that the blessing and promise of salvation was not just for adults, but for children as well. And Peter said to them, ‘Repent and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God shall call to Himself’” (Acts 2:38,39) the children mentioned here were young enough to still be considered under the protection and authority of their parents. Although this is only indirect Scriptural evidence, the fact that the Bible mentions that entire “households” were baptized does make it seem probable that children and infants were included.

“Now I did baptize the household of Stephanas …” (I Corinthians 1:16)
(An angel spoke to Cornelius saying) “Send to Joppa, and have Simon, who is called Peter, brought here; and he shall speak words to you by which you will be saved, and all your household.” (Later, when Peter arrived at Cornelius’ household) “…he ordered them to be baptized.” (Acts 11:13b, 14; Acts 10:48a)
“And when she (Lydia of Thyatira) and her household had been baptized…” (Acts 16:31, 33b)

The Bible never gives one example of the baptism of a Christian child as an adult. when a child’s capacity to believe the Gospel is developed enough so that he can receive baptism. Neither does the Bible state that every child is in a “suspended state of salvation” until they have reached this age, which one would have to believe if he held to the “age of accountability” theory.

As we know through one man sin is entered the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men.” (Romans 5:12) For this reason “…there are none righteous, not even one” (i.e. not infants). (Romans 3:10) how are these young ones saved from the sin they have received from Adam’s race? They are saved through the regenerative power of baptism and the faith of the Church.

“He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration (baptism) and renewing by the Holy Spirit.” (Titus 3:5)

Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.” (Acts 2:38)
“Jesus answered, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.’” (John 3:5)
“…when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water, and corresponding to that, baptism now saves you.” (I Peter 3:20,21)

Circumcision, the sign of God’s covenant between the people of Abraham and Himself, was performed on every male child who was eight days old (Genesis 7:12).

Many see a direct parallel between circumcision and Christian baptism in Scriptural passages such as Colossians 2:11,12:

“And in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of flesh by the circumcision of Christ; having been buried with Him in baptism…”

If baptism is the “New Testament circumcision” there can definitely be no objection to “sealing” the infant of a consecrated Christian family in Christ’s New Covenant.

b) Moses’ leading his people through the Red Sea is seen as an Old Testament foreshadowing of Christian baptism. The following New Testament passage clearly points to this:

“For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all at the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them, and that rock was Christ.” (I Corinthians 10:1-4).

It is worthwhile to note that “all were baptized” through Moses’ leadership in crossing over the Red Sea. He did not leave the infants or children on the shores of Egypt to become prey to the angry armies of Pharaoh because they were not old enough to believe in the promise of the Old Covenant. Rather, entrusted to the arms of their parents’ faith, they were carried through the “baptism of Moses.”

c) The saving of Noah’s entire family by the ark can also be seen as a prefigurement of a baptism which includes infants. All that needs to be said, as in the case of Moses’ passing through the Red Sea, is that the entire family was on board the ark. Why should we leave infants out of the ark of baptism?

“And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better from him if with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.” (Mark 9:42)

“For behold, when the sound of your greeting (Theotokos) reached my ears (Elizabeth), the baby (John the Baptist) leaped in my womb for joy.” (Luke 1:44)

“Infants are baptized for the remission of sins. What sins? Whenever have they sinned? In fact, of course, never. And yet: ‘No one is free from defilement.’ (Job 14:4) But defilement is only put away by the mystery of baptism. That is the reason why infants too are baptized.”

There is … one Lord, one faith, ONE baptism.” (Ephesians 4:4,5) If you have been baptized once, there is no need to be baptized again.

God includes the children of believers as members of this church.

The living God himself embraced the children of believers as members of his church. Genesis 17:7—"I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you."
Some Scriptures which support the possibility of an “infant faith” are these:


“Yet Thou are He who didst bring me forth from the womb; Thou didst make me trust when upon my mother’s breast.” (Psalm 22:9)


“And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better from him if with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.” (Mark 9:42)

Christian parents, this means that you must actively nurture your children in the Christian faith. You may not treat your children as neutral until they are "old enough to make their own decision." In baptism, God has laid claim to your child. Thus, you must train your children to respond with faith and obedience to the Christ of the covenant.
God deals with individuals, as well as with families. When God baptizes you into Christ, you become part of the Body of Christ, which is the worldwide family of God.

To get the full flavor of this truth, we ought to see the entire New Testament witness. Look at these verses one by one, remembering the normal meaning that any Jew or instructed Gentile would attach to the word "house" and let the cumulative force of these verses overwhelm you:

Matthew 10:12-14 "And when you go into a household, greet it. If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet."

Luke 19:9 "And Jesus said to him, 'Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham’ “All baptized persons have a right to be instructed in the faith. The child down the street doesn't have this right, but ours do. The parents have taken a vow to raise that child "in the nurture and the admonition of the Lord."

When a baptized person strays away, we don't just let them go. They have a right to be exhorted, admonished, censured, disfellowshipped, and excommunicated as a last attempt to restore them to the flock. We do not pursue the children of the world in this way. But our own children have a right to this.

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How can Catholics say Mary is Holy and Mother of God?

GOD and sin are mutually excludable... God cannot co-exist with sin. Rev 21:27.


Read Luke 1:28, 'And when the Angel had come to her, he said, "Hail full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women'." Luke 1:30, 'Do not be afraid, Mary, for thou hast found Grace with GOD'. 'Full of Grace', and 'Grace with GOD', could only mean Mary was without sin. John the Baptist had not yet appeared to start the Sacrament of Baptism. If GOD created the entire universe out of nothing, don't you think the GOD who imposed Adam's Sin on mankind could make one little Jewish girl without original sin? She gave birth to GOD. Back to John 1:1 and 14, the 'Incarnate Word' was GOD. Jesus Christ is a divine person. Mothers give birth to persons, each with a nature. They do not give birth to natures. GOD Himself, calls Jesus Christ His divine Son (Heb 1:5-8).

The Church teaches that Jesus was both fully human and fully divine and his two natures cannot be separated. If Mary gave birth to Jesus, she gave birth both parts of him, both the part which is human and the part which is God. Mary gave birth to a divine/human being, one who is completely man and also completely God. Therefore Mary is the Mother of God.

Mary is worth honoring and emulating because she is the ideal example of perfect obedience to God. Knowing that she could be stoned to death for carrying a baby conceived out of wedlock, she still said “yes” to God: “Let it be done to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38). When she said “yes” to God she demonstrated perfect courage, perfect obedience and perfect faith.

GOD say through Gabriel in Luke 1:30-33? "You have found favor with GOD." Right there, GOD 'venerated' Mary over all other women. In verse 31 He tells her that she will conceive. Who will she conceive? None other than Jesus Christ, the second person of the Holy Trinity, who will manifest Himself as the 'Incarnate Word'. GOD Himself needed Mary to conceive His very own Son, and to carry Him for nine months to term. GOD needed Mary to be the vessel to give birth to His Divine Son. If GOD needed her, can we not need her also?

We know that Jesus is the second person of the Holy Trinity, the only Son of GOD. We know He is also the 'Incarnate Word' as explained in John 1:14, "...the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." John 1:1 teaches us that the "WORD WAS GOD." Mary gave birth to the 'Incarnate Word', and the 'Word' was GOD.

GOD Himself, must have obeyed His mother's, everyday living, 'mother to child' commands as He was growing up. This is shown in Luke 2:51, "And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was SUBJECT to them." That is a very profound verse if you think about it. In effect it says, that for many years, the 'Creator of the Universe' obeyed the commands of a little Jewish girl, by the name of...Mary. Jesus also acted on her suggestion that the wedding guests were out of wine at Cana, by performing His first public miracle when He turned water into wine in John 2:1-5. Jesus Christ therefore kept the commandment 'honor thy mother', as well. If Jesus Christ honored His mother, can we do less? Jesus Christ loves His mother like any good son would. He will defend her from all attacks against her.

In Summary:

a. GOD called Mary Blessed, and He venerated her.

b. GOD needed her to bear His Divine Son.

c. GOD chose Blessed Mary above all women.

d. Blessed Mary gave birth to the divine 'Incarnate Word'.

e. As a child, Jesus Christ obeyed the commands of His mother.

f. Jesus Christ honors His very own mother.

g. Jesus Christ will defend His mother as any good son would. Doesn't that make Blessed Mary special?

"If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together" (1 Cor. 12:26).

There are several Old Testament images that are offered in support of virginity in partu. St. Ambrose in the above letter refers to Mary as the closed gate of Ezekiel 44:2. Isaiah 66:7 refers to the delivery of a male child born without labor pains. Lastly there is the reference in the Song of Songs (4:12) to the bride being an enclosed garden and a sealed fountain.

Matthew 1:22-23 is not the only New Testament reference cited in support of this teaching. There is the statement that Mary wrapped the Child in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, which some conclude points to the absence of the usual pains and infirmities of childbirth—because Mary was able to wait on Jesus—and consequently to virginity in partu. There is also the reference in the account of the Presentation (Lk. 2:22-30) to Leviticus 12:8, which deals with the consecration of a child to God, but omits the part about taking away the uncleanness of the mother. A less obvious scriptural basis is found by some in the words “Blessed art thou among women,” (Lk. 1:42) understood in light of Genesis 3:15 and the New Eve image.

St. Ambrose wrote on the eve of the Synod of Milan in 390 that the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14 “declares not only that a virgin shall conceive, but also that a virgin shall bring forth.

Nowhere in Scripture is the Blessed Virgin Mary ever explicitly identified as the earthly mother of anyone other than Jesus. The Blessed Virgin Mary is the one woman in the entire Bible who makes the claim, “All generations to come shall call me blessed” (Luke 1:48).

Catholics believe that saints in Heaven, and especially the Blessed Virgin Mary, are still active in their roles to assist mankind in spiritual warfare. We know from James 5:16 that the prayers of the righteous are powerful, and we know from Matthew 22:32 that God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. In Revelation 5:8, it says that 24 elders in heaven present our petitions to God in the form of incense, which means that there are intermediaries in heaven who hear and present our prayers to God. If the dead rich man in hell can intercede for his brothers on earth with Abraham (Luke 16:27-28), how much more can Mary in heaven intercede for us here on earth with her son Jesus! Mary said in Luke 1:46 that her soul magnifies (To magnify means to enlarge, to make clearer, and to bring into focus) the Lord (her soul is still very much alive, as are all souls ever created by God). And since no one on earth was ever closer to Jesus in body, heart, and mind (Jesus got his flesh and blood from Mary), who better to intercede for us on our behalf than Mary? Giving honor and devotion to Mary (not worship) actually magnifies the Lord. To give honor to an artist's greatest creation (Mary) honors the creator (Jesus) !

The prayer, The Hail Mary, combines the words of Gabriel and Elizabeth with a petition at the end to pray for us. “Hail, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee” are the words of Gabriel. These words indicate that Mary was full of grace BEFORE Jesus was in her womb. And no one can be full of grace and have any room left over for sin; otherwise she wouldn’t be “full” of grace. “Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus” are the words of Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. These words from scripture indicate that Mary is blessed more than any other woman, because Jesus is inside of her. Jesus said that you shall know a tree by its fruit, and since Jesus is the fruit of her womb and is sinless and holy, so must Mary be, since she is the tree which bore the fruit (Jesus), although she certainly is not God. The last part of the prayer is a petition to Mary to “pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death”. Paul says in 1 Timothy 2:1- “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men.” So asking for intercessory prayer is a very biblical thing to do, especially from a holy person like Mary (James 5:16).

So how can Mary hear thousands of prayers said to her daily from all over the world? Isn’t she just a human being and not God? Catholics believe we share in God’s divinity when we are in heaven. Why? Because of the words of Peter, in 2 Pet.1:3: His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence 4: by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature. We see from these verses of Peter that saints in heaven are partakers in the divine nature, which includes hearing prayers.

Saints in heaven have no power of their own. All of their power comes from Christ Jesus, who shares it with them. We know that they witness for us, because of the words of St. Paul, in Hebrews 12:1: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…” Witnesses testify to a judge on behalf of the accused, and Paul here is saying that the saints in heaven are our witnesses. Notice that Paul didn't say that they were mere spectators; he called them WITNESSES. Asking these witnesses, especially Mary, to help us with our problems is a very good thing to do. Some people make the mistake of thinking that praying to a saint equals worshipping that saint like he/she is a god, but “to pray” simply means “to ask”, not “to worship”. And since all of their power comes from the amazing grace of Jesus Christ, it is not like conjuring up the dead and seeking hidden knowledge, which is expressly forbidden in Deuteronomy 18:10-11. After all, Jesus appeared with the very dead Moses and Elijah during the Transfiguration (Luke 9:30). Since Jesus never sinned, and conjuring up the dead as an occult practice is a sin, we see here that there is a true distinction between praying to saints for their intercession and calling up the dead to seek arcane knowledge.

Which Scripture Verse Was The Catholic Church Founded ?

Adam had only one bride, and her name was Eve...
Genesis 4:1
Eve was created by GOD from a rib removed from
the side of the 'sleeping' Adam...
Genesis 2:21-24
Jesus Christ is the last Adam...
1Corinthians 15:45
Jesus Christ has only one bride, and she is the Church...
Jeremiah 16:9, John 3:28-29, Revelation 18:23, 19:7-8, 21:9
The only Bride of Christ was created while Jesus Christ 'slept' on the cross.
"...but one of the soldiers opened His side with a lance,
and immediately there came out blood and water."
John 19:34
The Old Testament prefigures the New Testament in so many ways.
Both brides were created through openings in the side,
through the rib cage, and next to the hearts of the two Adam's.
Some would say the Church was founded in Matthew 16:18,
but therin Jesus Christ said He 'will' build His Church on the 'rock' of Peter...
Others say the Church was founded at Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles in Acts 2:1-47.
However that was when the Apostles were given the knowledge, and wisdom, and authority, with which to build the Church upon the cornerstone,
which is Jesus Christ.

Why I am Proud of the Catholic Church and to be Catholic?

Why I am Proud of the Catholic Church and to be Catholic?


1.Catholic Church was prefigured by Old Testament prophets.

2.Catholic Church has a Holy Founder in Jesus Christ.

3.Catholic Church was built upon the Rock of Peter and the foundation of the Apostles.

4.God guaranteed that the Gates of Hell would not prevail against it.

5.Jesus Christ said it would last forever, as He would be with it always.

6.Therefore it can be found in every day, in every century, from the time He said it.

7.Jesus Christ left His legacy, the Kingdom of GOD, His Church, to the care of the Apostles.

8.Catholic Church is guided by the Holy Spirit. Acts 15:28

9.Catholic Church is a living Church.

10.Catholic Church is the Mystical Body of Christ.

11.Catholic Church can neither be confused nor separated from its head.

12.The thread of the Church is woven throughout Holy Scripture.

Catholic Church is a Christ based Church, whereas the Bible is Catholic Church based.

13.Catholic Church has all of the pieces to the puzzle.

14.Catholic Church is indefectible. Ephesians 5:27

15.Catholic Church is The Bride of Christ.

16.Catholic Church is infallible in matters of faith and morals since it is guided by the Holy Spirit.

17.Catholic Church is infallible in its teaching of Holy Scripture since it is guided by the Holy Spirit.

18.Catholic Church fits the blueprint laid out for it in Holy Scripture.

19.Catholic Church is a visible Church that could not be hidden.

20.Jesus Christ would be the invisible head and we, the body of His Church.

21.His Church would cover the earth. Matthew 28:19, Acts 1:8.

22.GOD appointed a visible Father Figure to shepherd His flock on earth, as He had always done.

23.Catholic Church is the Pillar and the Foundation of Truth. 1Timothy 3:15

24.Catholic Church alone has the fullness of truth.

25.GOD's Church would have an hierarchal form of government.

26.GOD's Church would have Bishops, Priests, and Deacons within it.

27.Catholic Church has a system of Apostolic Succession in order to perpetuate the visible Church on earth.

28.Catholic Church is traceable through an unbroken line of Apostolic Succession all the way back to St. Peter.

29This unbroken line is shown in secular encyclopedias as well as Catholic archives.

30.Catholic Church has a succession of truth in teaching all the way from 31.Jesus Christ down to present day Bishops.

32.Catholic Church is almost 1500 years older than the oldest Protestant church.

33.Catholic Church has the authority to abolish or enforce rules of conduct, through binding and loosing.

34.Catholic Church has the authority to forgive or to retain sins, through binding and loosing. John 20:21-23

35.Catholic Church teaches that we are not automatically saved, but our salvation depends upon us as well.

36.Catholic Church has the authority to form Councils when needed, in order to settle the issues that arise. Acts 15

37.Catholic Church was given the authority to decide the Canons of both the Old and New Testaments of Scripture.

38.Catholic Church decided the Canon of both testaments by infallible decision of several Councils.

39.Catholic Church more finely develops revealed public revelation.

40.Catholic Church does not twist Scripture to conform to its teachings. It conforms its teaching to Scripture.

41.Catholic Church has faithfully copied and preserved Holy Scripture down through the ages.

42.Catholic Church has known that The Word was Heard and not Read by the masses before the printing press.

43.Catholic Church has the final authority. Matthew 18:15-18

44.Catholic Church holds many traditions which are followed by Catholics and Protestants alike.

45.Catholic Church is an "And" Church, not "Or".

46.Catholic Church is a teaching Church as commanded by Holy Scripture.

47.Catholic Church is consistent in its teaching and does not 'flip-flop' as do other churches for the whims of people.

48.Catholic Church faithfully feeds the sheep as commanded by Jesus Christ.

49.Catholic Church is rock solid and unchanging in its teaching.

50.Catholic Church stands upon a solid three legged stool, of Scripture, of Apostolic Tradition, and the Magisterium.

51.Catholic Church is the guardian of both Sacred Scripture and of Sacred Tradition.

52.Catholic Church has the True Presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. Matthew 26:26

53.The Apostles knew that the truth was in Jesus Christ and in His one true Church.

54.Catholic Church has Eucharistic Adoration.

55.Catholic Church offers a clean oblation around the world and around the clock, in the Holy Mass. Malachi 1:11

56.In every minute of every day, a Mass is being celebrated somewhere.

57.Catholic Church venerates Christ on the Cross as a sacrifice and not just a plain cross devoid of Christ.

58.Catholic Church preaches the Gospel to the whole world. Matthew 24:14

59.Catholic Church has produced many thousands of Holy Saints.

60.The Church venerates the Mother of GOD. Luke 1:26-56

61.The Church venerates the Saints who have done so much for it.

62.The Mother of GOD is also the Mother of the Church. John 19:26-27

63.Catholic Church has all seven Sacraments.

64.Catholic Church treats marriage as a Sacrament.

65.Catholic Church has an annulment procedure.

66.Catholic Church has many varied Devotions.

67.Catholic Church can be found by its name, the Catholic Church, in thousands of early writings.

68.Catholic Church can be shown from these same writings that it is the same Church which Jesus Christ founded.

69.Catholic Church houses the remains of all of the Apostles and Gospel writers.

70.Catholic Church is the New Jerusalem.

71.Catholic Church is our Mother Church.

72.Catholic Church has withstood the ravages of thousands of detractors and heretics from its very foundation.

73.Catholic Church has performed many successful exorcisms.

74.Catholic Church is unbending and unmovable in its pro-life stance.

75.Catholic Church has scores of separate services of help. 1Corinthians 12:28

76.Catholic Church preaches the Word of GOD to the entire world through E.W.T.N. and other resources.

77.Catholic Church tries to unite all of Christianity into one fold.

78.Catholic Church has incredible openness.

79.Catholic Church Has provided us with a comprehensive catechism.

80.Catholic Church has a vast influx of intellectuals.

81.Catholic Church has had a spectacular growth, with over one billion Catholics in the world now.

82.Catholic Church has the Holy Spirit dwelling within it.

83.Catholic Church has humbled itself by apologizing to GOD for the past sins of some of its members.

84.Catholic Church is the most outspoken advocate of morality on earth.

85.Catholic Church has issued so many beautiful Papal documents which are guidelines for the whole world.

86.Catholic Church has the largest collection of authentic Christian documents in the world in the Vatican archives.

87.Catholic Church is the last refuge for those who are persecuted.

88.Catholic Church is because the "Pillar and the foundation of truth" has said so.

89.Catholic Church is because common sense tells us so.

90.Catholic Church is the undisputed leader of Christianity in the world.

91.Catholic Church is its own City-State, and is represented in the United Nations. Acts 1:8

92.When Rome speaks, the whole world listens.

93.Catholic Church is the only Christian Church which proclaims Jubilee years.

94.Circumstantial evidence points to the Catholic Church and only the Catholic Church.

95.The Catholic Church hears and listens carefully to Jesus Christ, her founder.

96.Catholic Church always has what the world is lacking.

We know because The Catholic Church is the Most Hated Christian Church in the World.

Just as the Catholic Church is the Body of Christ, so she naturally must follow the trials and tribulations of her founder and Head. His physical body endured an unmerciful persecution and scourging, and so must His Mystical Body, the Catholic Church, endure the same.



A comparison between Jesus Christ and His Mystical Body. They are one and cannot be separated.

What happened to the One also happens to the other.



Jesus Christ persecuted..................................His Mystical Body, the Catholic Church persecuted...

They rebelled against His Authority......................They rebel against its Authority. 2Peter 2:10

They said Crucify Him.........................................They have tried to destroy it for 2000 years.

He is called Beelzebub..........................................It is run by Satan. Matthew 10:25.

He is a false messiah............................................It is a false church. Luke 22:70-71

He called Himself the Son of GOD.......................It claims it was founded by GOD, Matthew 16:18.

He called Himself Truth.......................................It claims to be infallible, 1Timothy 3:15.

He called Himself King........................................It says it is the only true Church, Matthew 16:18.

He could not sin...................................................It has no spot or wrinkle, Ephesians 5:27.

He was not be believed by many...........................It is not believed by many. Luke 22:67

He was denied by many........................................It is denied by many. Luke 22:57-60

Not understanding Him, they walked away...........Not understanding it, they walk away. John 6:66

He had false accusers...........................................It has false accusers. Mark 14:56-59

He was mocked....................................................It is mocked. Luke 23:35-37

He was scandalized..............................................It is scandalized. Luke 17:1-2

He was hated without a cause...............................It is hated without a cause. John 15:18-25

His accuser, Judas, died.......................................Its accusers die, but still, the Church lives on.

His enemies would stumble and fall......................Its enemies stumble and fall. John 18:6

We have no king but Caesar.................................We have no need of it, as we have the Bible.

Can anything good come out of Nazareth?............Can anything good come from Rome? John 1:46

They cried out, "Not this one but Barabbas".........It is also rejected by the world. John 15:18-25

He bore His Cross................................................It bears a cross also, the cross of persecution.

He died on the Cross............................................It has thousands of martyrs, many on crosses.



1970 years later, He lives, stronger than ever........1970 years later, it lives, stronger than ever.



However, no matter how hard the persecutors try...

His Kingdom will last forever, Daniel 7:14, Hebrews 1:8.

His Church will last until the end of the world as promised by Him in Matthew 28:20.

"BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN YOU POWER TO TREAD UPON SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS, AND OVER ALL THE MIGHT OF THE ENEMY; AND NOTHING SHALL HURT YOU."

Luke 10:19



"Do not be a stumbling block to Jews and Greeks AND TO THE CHURCH OF GOD"

1Corinthians 10:32

Anyone who persecutes the Catholic Church has made himself/herself a stumbling block to the Church of GOD. It is a clear violation of Holy Scripture.



"For I am the least of the Apostles, and I AM NOT WORTHY TO BE CALLED AN APOSTLE, BECAUSE I PERSECUTED THE CHURCH OF GOD." 1Corinthians 15:9



"Do not be surprised, brethren, IF THE WORLD HATES YOU." 1John 3:13



"IF THE WORLD HATES YOU, KNOW THAT IT HATED ME BEFORE YOU.

IF YOU WERE OF THE WORLD, THE WORLD WOULD LOVE ITS OWN. BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT OF THE WORLD, BUT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU OUT OF THE WORLD, THEREFORE THE WORLD HATES YOU.

REMEMBER THE WORD THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU: NO SERVANT IS GREATER THAN HIS MASTER. IF THEY HAVE PERSECUTED ME, THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU ALSO; IF THEY HAVE KEPT MY WORD, THEY WILL KEEP YOURS ALSO.

BUT ALL OF THESE THINGS THEY WILL DO TO YOU FOR MY NAME'S SAKE, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW HIM WHO SENT ME.

IF I HAD NOT COME AND SPOKEN TO THEM, THEY WOULD HAVE NO SIN. BUT NOW THEY HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR THEIR SIN. HE WHO HATES ME HATES MY FATHER ALSO. IF I HAD NOT DONE AMONG THEM WORKS SUCH AS NO ONE ELSE HAS DONE, THEY WOULD HAVE NO SIN. BUT NOW THEY HAVE SEEN, AND HAVE HATED BOTH ME AND MY FATHER;

BUT THAT THE WORD WRITTEN IN THEIR LAW MAY BE FULFILLED, 'THEY HAVE HATED ME WITHOUT CAUSE', (Psalms 35:19)".

John 15:18-25

I would say that Jesus Christ said it all in these verses written with the inspired pen of Saint John wouldn't you?

Name another Church which is attacked so much on a daily basis as is the Catholic Church?

Jesus Christ warned us, "You will be HATED BY ALL NATIONS for My Name's sake."

Matthew 24:9



"Blessed are you when men reproach you, and persecute you, and speaking falsely, say all manner of evil against you, for My sake. REJOICE AND EXULT, BECAUSE YOUR REWARD IS GREAT IN HEAVEN; for so did they persecute the prophets who were before you." Matthew 5:11-12



Everytime you see someone persecuting the Catholic Church, or speaking falsely against her, be happy, because those people are merely helping Catholics to gain their eternal reward in Heaven.

It is a promise from Jesus Christ Himself.

Peter's commission:

Here are some of the attributes of Jesus Christ which He passed on and shared with Peter by working through him...

Jesus is: Peter is:

The Good Shepherd, John 10:11-14 Shepherd of the Church, John 21:17


The Door of the Sheep, John 10:7 John 20:21-23, 21:17

The Rock, 1Corinthians 10:4 Matthew 16:18

The Foundation, 1Corinthians 3:11 Matthew 16:18, Ephesians 2:20

The Key Holder, Revelation 3:7 Matthew 16:19

Infallible, John 14:6 Luke 10:16, 22:28-32

The Recipient of GOD's Word, John 5:30 Matthew 16:17, Acts 15:7

Having the Authority, Matthew 28:18 Matthew 18:15-20, Acts 2:14-40, 15:7

A Worker of Miracles, Mark 2:2-12 Acts 3:6-12, 5:15

Able to raise the dead, John 11:43-44 Acts 9:36-42

The Invisible Head of His Church, Eph 5:23-24 The Visible Head of Christ's Church, Matt 16:18



What is the History of Your Church?



Church Year Established Founder Where Established



Catholic 33 Jesus Christ Jerusalem



Orthodox 1054 Schismatic Catholic

Bishops Constantinople



Lutheran 1517 Martin Luther Germany



Anabaptist 1521 Nicholas Storch &

Thomas Munzer Germany



Anglican 1534 Henry VIII England



Mennonites 1536 Menno Simons Switzerland



Calvinist 1555 John Calvin Switzerland



Presbyterian 1560 John Knox Scotland



Congregational 1582 Robert Brown Holland



Baptist 1609 John Smyth Amsterdam



Dutch Reformed 1628 Michaelis Jones New York



Congregationalist 1648 Pilgrims and Puritans Massachusetts



Quakers 1649 George Fox England



Amish 1693 Jacob Amman France



Freemasons 1717 Masons from four lodges London



Methodist 1739 John & Charles

Wesley England



Unitarian 1774 Theophilus Lindey London



Methodist Episcopal 1784 60 Preachers Baltimore, MD



Episcopalian 1789 Samuel Seabury American Colonies



United Brethren 1800 Philip Otterbein &

Martin Boehn Maryland



Disciples of Christ 1827 Thomas & Alexander

Campbell Kentucky



Mormon 1830 Joseph Smith New York



Methodist Protestant 1830 Methodist United States



Church of Christ 1836 Warren Stone &

Alexander Campbell Kentucky



Seventh Day Adventist 1844 Ellen White Washington, NH



Christadelphian (Brethren

of Christ 1844 John Thomas Richmond, VA



Salvation Army 1865 William Booth London



Holiness 1867 Methodist United States



Jehovah's Witnesses 1874 Charles Taze Russell Pennsylvania



Christian Science 1879 Mary Baker Eddy Boston



Church of God in Christ 1895 Various churches of God Arkansas



Church of Nazarene c. 1850-1900 Various religious bodies Pilot Point, TX



Pentecstal 1901 Charles F. Parkham Topeka, KS



Aglipayan 1902 Gregorio Aglipay Philippines



Assemblies of God 1914 Pentecostalism Hot Springs, AZ



Iglesia ni Christo 1914 Felix Manalo Philippines



Four-square Gospel 1917 Aimee Semple

McPherson Los Angeles, CA



United Church of Christ 1961 Reformed and

Congregationalist Philadelphia, PA



Calvary Chapel 1965 Chuck Smith Costa Mesa, CA



United Methodist 1968 Methodist and United

Brethren Dallas, TX



Born-again c. 1970s Various religious bodies United States



Harvest Christian 1972 Greg Laurie Riverside, CA



Saddleback 1982 Rick Warren California



Non-denominational c. 1990s various United States





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