3 Responses to “The Roman Catholic Church is the Church of Christ?”

1. Sar Torai says:

   May 3, 2007 at 3:10 am

   The word “catholic” means universal. Its first recorded usage in terms of the Church was by St. Ignatius in the early second century. It is clear fairly from the context that he is not using it as a novel term, but as something his readers are familiar with:
   “See that you all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as you would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.”
   (from “the Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans” chapter 7)
   The self-titled “Church of Christ” has its origins in late 18th/early 19th century United States, in the Restoration Movement, not the Apostles.
   It is clear in scripture and in the writings of the earliest Christians that Jesus founded a visible, universal, united Church, not simply a spiritual community of believers.

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   • kauri says:

     May 10, 2009 at 8:19 pm

     Well there’s nothing to argue about your church since St. Ignatius is not found in the bible. Saints like Ignatius became saint in the 2nd century after the death of the apostles. After that there are a lot of Saints untill now made by men. Catholic Church is more on their traditional doctrines which contains the commandments of men after the departure of the apostles.

     ROME’S CHURCH TRADITION

     Some Roman Catholic Heresies and Inventions, and the Dates of their Adoption:

     Prayers for the dead; about 300
     Making the sign of the cross; 300
     Wax candles; about 320
     Veneration of angels and dead saints, and use of images; 375
     The Mass as a daily celebration; 394
     Beginning of the exaltation of Mary, the term “Mother of God” first applied to her by the Council of Ephesus; 431
     Priests began to dress differently from laymen; 500
     Extreme Unction; 526
     The doctrine of Purgatory, established by Gregory I; 593
     Latin Language, used in prayer and worship, imposed by Gregory I; 600
     Prayers directed to Mary, dead saints and angels; about 600
     Title of pope, or universal bishop, given to Boniface III by emperor Phocas; 610
     Kissing the pope s foot, began with pope Constantine; 709
     Temporal power of the popes, conferred by Pepin, king of France; 750
     Worship of the cross, images and relics, authorized in; 786
     Holy water, mixed with a pinch of salt and blessed by a priest; 850
     Worship of St. Joseph; 890
     College of Cardinals established; 927
     Baptism of bells, instituted by pope John XIV; 965
     Canonization of dead saints, first by pope John XV; 995
     Fasting of Fridays and during lent; 998
     The Mass, developed gradually as a sacrifice, attendance made obligatory in the 11th century
     Celibacy of the priesthood, decreed by pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand); 1079
     The Rosary, mechanical praying with beads, invented by Peter the Hermit; 1090
     The Inquisition, instituted by the Council of Verona; 1184
     Sale of Indulgences; 1190
     Transubstantiation, proclaimed by pope Innocent III; 1215
     Auricular Confession of sins to a priest instead of to God, instituted by pope Innocent III, in Lateran Council; 1215
     Adoration of the wafer (Host), decreed by pope Honorius III; 1220
     Bible forbidden to laymen, placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Council of Valencia; 1229
     The Scapular, invented by Simon Stock, an English monk; 1287
     Cup forbidden to the people at communion by Council of Constance; 1414
     Purgatory proclaimed as a dogma by the Council of Florence; 1438
     The doctrine of Seven Sacraments affirmed; 1439
     The Ave Maria (part of the last half was completed 50 years later and approved by pope Sixtus V at the end of the 16th century); 1508
     Jesuit order founded by Loyola; 1534
     Tradition declared of equal authority with the Bible by the Council of Trent; 1545
     Apocryphal books added to the Bible by the Council of Trent; 1546
     Creed of pope Pius IV imposed as the official creed; 1560
     Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, proclaimed by pope Pius IX; 1854
     Syllabus of Errors, proclaimed by pope Pius IX, and ratified by the Vatican Council; condemned freedom of religion, conscience, speech, press, and scientific discoveries which are disapproved by the Roman Church; asserted the pope s temporal authority over all civil rulers; 1864
     Infallibility of the pope in matters of faith and morals, proclaimed by the Vatican Council; 1870
     Public Schools condemned by Pope Pius XI; 1930
     Assumption of the Virgin Mary (bodily ascension into heaven shortly after her death), proclaimed by Pope Pius XII; 1950

     The Dark Ages

     All the history books estimate the Catholic Church tortured and murdered between 50,000,000 to 150,000,000 people that they claimed were heretics. The following two quotes reveal who the Catholic Church refers to as heretics and the quotes that follow these explain and prove why they tortured and murdered these good Christians. It is also worth noting that most of these Christians they killed were actually Catholics themselves that disagreed with what the Church was doing. Select the following to watch a short video of a typical true story of the death of a Sabbath keeper by burning. This and much worse was very common in the Dark Ages by the Catholic Church.

     “He is a heretic who does not believe what the Roman Hierarchy teaches.” — The American Textbook of Popery, p 164 (quoting from the “Directory for the Inquisitors”).

     “Heretics (those who are not members of the Catholic Church or who do not hold to Catholic doctrine) worship a God who is a liar, and a Christ who is a liar.” — St. Augustine, (quoted in “Patrologiae Cursus Completus: Series Graca”, by Fr. J. P. Migne, Paris: 1866, 42:207).

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