APOLOGETICS: WHO FOUNDED YOUR CHURCH OR CULT, BASED IN HISTORY?

WHO FOUNDED YOUR CHURCH OR CULT, BASED IN HISTORY? 

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Any claims that Protestants or other non-Catholic Christians make in regards in claiming to be the one true Church founded by Christ is completely false, based on historical facts.
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If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, an ex- monk of the Catholic Church, in the year 1517. He then broke his vow of celibacy and married a nun, then removed 7 books from the bible.
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If you are an adventist, your cult was founded by Mrs. Ellen White on 1865 in Michigan USA, after William Miller failed to predict Christ second coming on 1843 and 1844. SDA then started from a false prophesy.
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If you belong to the Church of England, your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534 because the Pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to remarry.
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If you are a Presbyterian, your religion was founded by John Knox in Scotland in the year 1560.
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If you are a Protestant Episcopalian, your religion was an offshoot of the Church of England founded by Samuel Seabury in the American colonies in the 17th century.
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If you are a Congregationalist, your religion was originated by Robert Brown in Holland in 1582.
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If you are a Methodist, your religion was launched by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1744.
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If you are a Unitarian, Theophilus Lindley founded your church in London in 1774.
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If you are a Mormon (Latter Day Saints), Joseph Smith started your religion in Palmyra, N.Y., in 1829.
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If you are a Baptist, you owe the tenets of your religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in 1605.
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If you are of the Dutch Reformed church, you recognize Michaelis Jones as founder, because he originated your religion in New York in 1628.
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If you worship with the Salvation Army, your sect began with William Booth in London in 1865.
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If you are a Christian Scientist, you look to 1879 as the year in which your religion was born and to Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy as its founder.
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If you belong to one of the religious organizations known as 'Church of the Nazarene," "Pentecostal Gospel." "Holiness Church," "Pilgrim Holiness Church," "Jehovah's Witnesses," your religion is one of the hundreds of new sects founded by men within the past century.
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If your churches where just founded in the Philippines such as Iglesia, MCGI, Jesus Is Lord, 4th Watch, etc., they were founded in the 20th century by filipino humans like Manalo, Soriano, Villanueva, etc.
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If you are born-again christian, your movement was started by Methodist Pastor Charles Parham on 1900s in Kansas USA.
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If you are Catholic, you know that your religion was founded in the year 33 by Jesus Christ the Son of God, and it is still the same Church.
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All Protestant "churches" have a founder who is not Jesus Christ - mere humans. There is no escaping this fact. To claim that your church is the original Church of Christ is dishonest and quite frankly, a lie. As former Protestant John Henry Newman said,
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"To be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant."
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HISTORICAL SUPPORTS & STANDARD REFERENCES:

1. The New Book of Knowledge, Page 287
“Roman Catholic Church –the history of the Roman Catholic Church begun in an upper room in Jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. About 120 persons were gathered there. They were followers of Jesus Christ, and they were awaiting the coming of Holy Spirit he had promised to send them from heaven. The day on which the Holy Spirit came down is considered the birthday of the Church. The Church may be described as the society that Jesus founded, which is vitalized by the Spirit of God and organized to a structure which he establish. The history of Roman Catholic Church traces the destinies of that society from its beginning until now."
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2. The World Almanac and Book of Facts <Edition 2009> Page 688
“Roman Catholics –traditionally founded by Jesus who named St. Peter the 1stvicar, developed in early Christian proselytizing, especially after the conversion of imperial Rome in the 4thcentury."
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3. The Old World and America, Page 100
“More than 1900 years ago, Jesus Christ Son of God, came upon earth to save mankind. After His atoning death on the cross He rose glorious and immortal. Before leaving this world to go to the Father, Our Lord founded the Catholic Church and gave to that Church the command to teach all nations.”
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4. The New Webster’s Dictionary of English Language <International Edition> Page 155.
" Catholic - of the original Christian Church before the schism between East and West - of the Roman or Western Church after this schism and before the reformation."
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5. International Encyclopedia, Volume 20, Page 520 “Roman Catholic Church - There are two equally valid definition of the Catholic Church, comparable to the twofold nature of Jesus Christ, its founder, who was both human and divine."
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6. Young Students Encyclopedia, Volume 17, Page 261
“Roman Catholicism - the largest of the Christian denomination is the Roman Catholic Church. As an institution it has existed since the 1stcentury AD. For the first 1,000 years all christians belongs to Catholic Church”
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7. Compton’s Encyclopedia & Fact-Index, Volume 20, Page 2024
“Roman Catholic Church - For the first thousand years after the death of Jesus Christ, all Christians were members of one religion – Christianity. There were no separate sects, or branches, of Christianity as there are today. The word “catholic” means “universal,” and for those first thousand years, all Christians were members of the Catholic Church."
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8. Grollier Encyclopedia, Volume V, page 106
“Catholic Church - (Gr. Katholikos, universal, general). Term generally applied to the Divine society founded by Jesus Christ, and endowed by the outpouring of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost"

The Only Church founded by Jesus Christ - The Catholic Church

By Fr Zdzislaw Karczewski.

The ‘Bible only’ believers approach Catholics  with  strange comment  about the Church, for example they say: ‘Church can’t  help you to go to heaven’ (Sios i no inap long heipim yu long go long heven). The fact, that there is no such  quotation in the entire Scripture, should be enough to prove the falsity of such  statement. Another comment used quite often  by them is a similar one: ‘All churches are equal, all of them worship the same God (Olgeta lotu I wankain, mipela I lotu long wanpela God tasol).  In response to it, they  should be asked to  show  from the Bible a single verse which says: ‘All churches are equal’.  Such statement is nonbiblical. It can’t be found in the Scriptures. The Bible gives an entirely different teaching. Jesus spoke about His Church founded on Peter the Rock: and I say to you, you are Peter and upon this rock I will build My Church ( He didn’t say my churches), and the gates of Hades will never prevail against it… (Mt 16:18-19). There is only one God and there is only one Church, the Church founded by Christ Himself - the Catholic Church. Christ is the Head  and  the Church  is His Body (Ep1:23). Being the Truth Himself (Jn 14:6) Christ is free of any error, in the same way the Church which is His Body  can  never go astray. Paul says that the CHURCH (not the Bible)is the pillar and foundation of the truth (1Tim 3:15).                                                                                         

The unity of  the Church

Christ  has foreseen  the  multitude of the attacks  launched  by satan on  the Catholic Church in the future, that is why He prayed for her  unity : That they may be one…(Jn 17:20). The unity consists  in following the same teachings proclaimed by the first leaders (the Apostles). John the Apostle wrote about themselves in his First Letter: “We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and whoever is not from God does not listen to us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error “(1Jn 4:6). Christ Himself cannot be changed ‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever‘(He 13:8). The conclusion of these words is obvious, the teaching of Christ cannot be changed  either. With the words:: Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects  you rejects me, and whoever rejects me, rejects the one who sent me (Lu 10:16)  Jesus has appointed His Apostles to be the teachers of truth. With the similar words spoken to the Apostles He has confirmed  the  appointment: Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven (Mt 18:18). The leaders of the Church – the Catholic Church established by Christ, are the guarantee of  unity. Divisions in the Church never come from God and must be strictly avoided. Saint Paul says: Now I appeal to you brothers in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that all of you be in agreement and that there is no divisions among you but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose (1Cor 1:10). I urge you, brothers to keep an eye on those who cause dissensions and offenses, in oppositions to the teaching that you have learned. Avoid them… (Rom 16:17-18).  Titus wrote: After the first and second warning, avoid a man of heresy, knowing that such a man has been perverted, and sins, being self- condemned ( Ti 3:10).         
On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit has been given precisely to the Catholic Church (Acts 2:1- 4) in order to guide and protect her. Many of the protestant denominations claim to be the ones, who  have received the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. Let us have a look whether protestant  denominations  follow the whole Christ’s teaching ?  God spoke about the necessity of following the Tradition of the Apostles (2Tes 2:15), they reject it. Christ spoke about the sacrament of confession (Jn 20:23). None of them follow it. Christ has said His first Mass (Mt 26:26-28). He took bread and wine (not cordial) and changed them into His Body and Blood. The protestant denominations don’t say they change bread into Christ’s  Body and wine (cordial) into Christ’s Blood. During their ‘lotu’ bread remains bread, cordial remains cordial. For them it is only a commemoration of the Body and Blood of Christ. After the presentation of a few examples, the conclusion  is  obvious, all protestant denominations do not follow the whole of Christ’s teaching. If  the Holy Spirit  had  been  the one who  was  leading  them, definitely  they would  not omit any of Christ’s teachings. The whole Christ’s teaching  is kept by one Church ONLY – the Catholic Church.  That is why  Saint Paul says: ‘the Church is the pillar and foundation of the truth’ (1Tim 3:15).

https://pomiocatholiccommunity.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-only-church-founded-by-jesus-christ.html

The Complete Rosary in Latin Gregorian Chant

ADVENT PRAYER

Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a wonder at the wisdom and power of Your Father and ours. Receive my prayer as part of my service of the Lord who enlists me in God's own work for justice. 

Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a hunger for peace: peace in the world, peace in my home, peace in myself. 

Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a joy responsive to the Father's joy. I seek His will so I can serve with gladness, singing and love. 

Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me the joy and love and peace it is right to bring to the manger of my Lord. Raise in me, too, sober reverence for the God who acted there, hearty gratitude for the life begun there, and spirited resolution to serve the Father and Son. 

I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, whose advent I hail. Amen.

https://pomiocatholiccommunity.blogspot.com/2018/12/advent-prayer.html

Purgatory

By Fr Zdzislaw Karczewski.

The  Bible speaks about heaven. It speaks about Hell (gehena).  Does the Bible speak about Purgatory?  The place or rather the state where souls of the dead are being purified, cleansed before  entering heaven.  The Christians always prayed for the dead. They strongly believe that souls of the dead people remain in Hades (in Latin language  it is called Purgatory). The strong tradition of praying for the dead have been kept  by the Jews. It can be read in the Second Book of Maccabees (2Macabi 12:42-43). The Jews believe  the souls of the dead  are  in the place called ‘Sheol’.  Bible speaks clearly that the souls of the dead are alive: King Saul have talked with the soul of the dead prophet  Samuel (1Sm 28:7-20). On Mountain Tabor the Apostles witnessed  resurrected Jesus  speaking with Moses and the prophet Isaiah the ones who have died long ago (Mt 17:2-3). God is not the God of the dead but of the living (Lu 20:38).
Christ preached that everyone will be salted with fire (Mk 9:49). In order to understand Christ’s words better  we have to look at the passage speaking about  the judgment: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad (2Cor 5:10).                                                                 There is a common conviction among some Christian denominations that every sin is equal, that the gravity of every sin is the same. John disproves such a claim. He points at two  different kinds of sin; The mortal (deadly) sin and the venial one. In his First Letter he explains:“Every kind of evil is sin, but not all sins id deadly” (1Jn 5:17). There are souls of the dead however which are not crystal clean yet? There are souls which didn’t pay their debts to the full yet?  Saint John warns the believers: nothing unclean will enter heaven (Rev 21:27). They have to undergo a cleansing process first. They have to be cleansed by a fire. The soul of a rich man suffering in fire bagged  Abraham for a help (Lu 16:24). St Paul speaks about the purifying fire as well: each man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire (1Cor 3:13-15).                                                                           Those who didn’t straighten their lives  before their death will be put into a prison to pay their debts to the last penny. Here are Christ’s words: : “while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison”. I say to you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last cent” (Lu 12:58-59).
Can the souls suffering in the Purgatory be helped? Can we speed up their entry into heaven?  Of course we can, as a matter of fact we are obliged to do so. There is a strong Tradition in the Catholic Church of praying for the dead. The most effective  help is the Holy  Eucharist said by a priest for the soul of the deceased. To pray the rosary is very powerful means  also. Any kind of prayer can be said in order the help those in Purgatory.

Is the Bible alone all that we need?

By Fr Zdzislaw Karczewski

Does God speak to us through the Bible alone? Is the Bible alone sufficient? Knowing that during the first period of the Church there was no New Testament Bible, and that the Word of God was preached only orally, the answer is negative. The Bible alone is not sufficient. Although God speaks to us through the Bible, His inspired Word (2 Tim 3:16), it is not the only way He speaks to us. If God had wanted us to follow only the Bible, He would have said so. There is not a single quotation in the entire Bible where God says: ”Follow the Bible alone, that is enough”. On the contrary, in the second letter to the Thessalonians Saint Paul speaks about the Traditions to be followed: 'And so brothers stand firm and hold fast to the TRADITIONS, that you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by our letter' (2 Th 2:15).

God speaks to us in two ways: Through the Scripture and, through the Tradition. Paul speaks strongly that we must keep the Tradition brought to us through the Apostles: 'Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they received from us' (2Th 3:6).

It is not enough to read the Bible. We have to know the true meaning of what we read, as Peter points out: … speaking of this as he [Paul] does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do to other scriptures (2 Pet 3:16).

How can we be sure whether we follow the correct interpretation, the right meaning of what we read? Is there any way to find the true meaning of the Word of God written in the Bible? To avoid any doubts and confusions, God bestowed upon His Church the obligation to keep and to guard the truth. The Catholic Church, the one and true Church established by Christ Himself 2000 years ago, the Church filled and guided by the Holy Spirit, the Church which is the pillar and foundation of the truth was commissioned to do this. As saint Paul says: ...if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and the bulwark of the truth (1Tim 3:15).

The Magisterium of the Catholic Church presents to us the final and true meanings of the texts written in the Bible. The Second Vatican Council states it: But the task of giving an authentic interpretation of the Word of God, whether it is in written form or in the form of Tradition, has been entrusted to the living teaching of the Church alone.[1]

The Church is not a child of the Bible, but its mother.[2]

The Church existed before the New Testament (Bible) was written. It ought to be very clearly stated, that the New Testament (Bible) has written by the Church and for the Church. The Scriptures can be properly understood only if they are read from within the Church, the Church established by Christ Himself, the Catholic Church.

[1] Dei Verbum, 10

[2] Rev. John A. O’Brien, The Faith of Millions, p.128.

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The Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession)

By Fr Zdzislaw Karczewski

We are all sinners. Sin can not enter heaven: The Bible says:” …nothing unclean will enter it, nor any[one] who does abominable things or tells lies. Only those will enter whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life” (Rev 21:27)
It is not enough to accept Jesus as one’s personal Lord and Savior in order to get to heaven. Soul of a person has to be cleaned, has to be purified at first, otherwise the gates of heaven will be closed for them. There are many believers from various denominations pointing at the passage in the Book of Psalm, in which king David says : “I made my sins known to you, did not conceal my guilt. I said I shall confess my sins to Yahweh. And you for your part, took away my guilt, forgave my sin” (Ps 32:5). See, they say, in order to have our sins forgiven we ought to simply confess our sins to God. We don’t have to come to the sacrament of penance, we don’t have to come to a priest and make our confession. It is enough to confess our sins directly to God. God alone will remove our sins, God alone will cleans us of our iniquities. The Book of Psalm is a part of the Old Testament. But Jesus came to fulfill the Law and the Prophet (Mt 5:17). Christ has brought us the TRUTH (Jn 1:17). He has established the New and everlasting Covenant. (He 8:7-13). The true Christians are obliged to follow Christ’s teaching. The Gospel of Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old Testament. John the Apostle has recorded the words spoken by Christ to the Apostles: “Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained” (Jn 20:23). Jesus has shown the true way of cleaning our souls, the true means of having our sins forgiven. This way is the Sacrament of Confession. The power of forgiving people’s sins has been passed on by Christ to the Apostles and their successors – to the bishops and priests who have received the valid Sacrament of Ordination as the Tradition of the Catholic Church tells us. It is important to notice that despite of the fact that the Jews were confessing their sins directly to God, some of them were not forgiven by God. Jesus said to the Pharisees: “You will die in your sins. Yes, If you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins (Jn 8:24).