The Catholic Church in the New Testament,
The Catholic Church in the Old Testament,
Lord, That I May See,
The True
Church,
Fr. Damen's Homily About the Catholic Church,,
The Thread of
the Catholic Church as it is Woven Through Scripture,
The Unbroken Line,
The Papacy is
Scriptural,
What Church Fathers Had to Say (the whole section),
Authority
(the whole section).
Here is another point on the same
subject:
But the Pharisees, hearing this,
said, "This man does not cast out devils except by Beelzebub, the prince of
devils." And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom divided
against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against
itself will not stand. And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against
himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?"
Matthew 12:24-26. See also, Mark
3:22-26, and Luke 11:17-20.
It is well
documented that the Catholic Church has been performing successful exorcisms for many centuries,
beginning with Saint Peter in Acts 5:15-16, and Saint Paul in Acts 16:16-18. So,
with the above words of Jesus Christ in mind, how has the Catholic Church stood for almost 2000 years,
while during that same time period, being successful in casting out Satan
innumerable times, if it were a satanic cult? Anyone with common sense and the power to reason can see that this
false charge is self defeating.
Detractors charge: The Catholic
Church is not the Church which Jesus Christ founded,
for that primitive Church apostatized soon after the
last Apostle died.
If that is the case then Jesus Christ lied when He
said...
"I am with you ALL days, even until the end
of the world."
Matthew 28:20
"...and the gates of hell shall NOT
prevail against it."
Matthew 16:18
"...and I will ask the Father and
He will give you another Advocate to dwell with you forever, the Spirit of
Truth..."
John 14:16-17
"I will not leave you orphans."
John
14:18
"...a husband is head of the wife, just
as Christ is head of the Church, BEING HIMSELF SAVIOR OF THE BODY."
Ephesians
5:23
Isn't Saint Paul saying that Jesus Christ is the Savior of His Church
here?
Well then, just who are the detractors fighting against anyway?
Is
there any doubt whatsoever in your mind as to who will win?
"He who does
not believe the Son, makes Him a liar."
1John 5:10
"He who believes in
the Son has everlasting life; HE WHO IS UNBELIEVING TOWARDS THE SON SHALL NOT
SEE LIFE, BUT THE WRATH OF GOD RESTS UPON HIM."
John 3:36
Detractors
do not have one shred of evidence to support this false charge. Just ask them
for genuine historical documented "proof" of what they say. You will find that
they have none whatsoever. However, the Catholic Church has many authentic historical writings, which not only do
not mention this so-called "Great Apostasy", but
these writings attest to just the opposite. They show a Catholic Church growing and expanding despite
the incessant attacks from the Jews, Romans, Heretics, Protestants, and
others. See these pages for references to these genuine historical
writings...
Lord, that I May See,
Finding
Fathers Faithful Forever,
Saint
Ignatius Letter to the Smyrneans
Gems from Saint
Athanasius
Gems from Saint Augustine
Gems from Saint Cyril
Gems from Saint Jerome
As True Today,
as it was Then.
See? Since we have the truth, "We have
nothing to fear but fear itself".*
*A quote from Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
My favorite verse, "What shall we say to these things? If GOD is for us, who is
against us?"
Romans 8:31
What does Holy Scripture say will happen to those
persecutors and purveyors of falsehood?
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into
the sea and gathered fish of every kind; when it was full, men drew it ashore
and sat down and sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad. So it
will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil
from the righteous, and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep
and gnash their teeth."
Matthew 13:47-50
"The kingdom of heaven
may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men were
sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. So when
the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. And the
servants of the householder came and said to him, "Sir, did you not sow good
seed in your field? How then has it weeds?" He said to them, "An enemy has done
this". The servants said to him, "Then do you want us to go and gather them"?
But he said, "No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with
them. Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will
tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned,
but gather the wheat into my barn."
Matthew 13:24-30
Here is some food for thought for all of those who persecute the
Catholic
Church...
"So now I say to you, keep away from these men and let
them alone.
For if this plan or work is of men, it will be overthrown;
But
if it is of GOD, you will not be able to overthrow it.
Else perhaps you may find yourselves FIGHTING EVEN AGAINST
GOD."
Acts 5:38-39
After almost 2000 years
of continuous , non-stop persecution,
the Catholic Church is still
here....and still growing.
How do you account for that other than the
promises of Acts 5:38-38, and Romans 8:31?
GOD is protecting His
Catholic Church just as He said
He would in Matthew 16:18, and 28:20.
In every century for almost 2000 years, heretics have been composing the epitaph
of the Catholic Church, but instead of burying the Church, the Catholic Church
has been burying the heretics.
©
Written by
Bob Stanley, March 6, 2000
Updated Aptil 27, 3002, Divine Mercy Sunday
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