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The Catechism of the Catholic Church in our own day has concisely summed up all the reasons why the name of the Church of Christ has been the Catholic Church: "The Church is catholic," the Catechism teaches, " [because] she proclaims the fullness of the faith. She bears in herself and administers the totality of the means of salvation.
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Oct 12, 2023 · The Catholic version of the Bible became church dogma at the Council of Trent in 1546. The fourth canon said: "Moreover, this sacred and holy Synod,—considering that no small utility may accrue to the Church of God, if it be made known which out of all the Latin editions, now in circulation, of the sacred books, is to be held as authentic—ordains and declares, that the said old and vulgate ...
- Only The Catholic Church Can Trace Its Roots Back to Christ himself.
- The Eucharist—The Real Presence of Christ—Is Not Found in Protestant Churches.
- More Than Any Other Christian Religion, Catholicism Takes Scripture Seriously.
Within a few short years of the Resurrection, the followers of Jesus began calling themselves “Christians” (cf. Acts 11: 26), and by the end of the first century, the word “catholic”—meaning “universal” —was applied to the Church. The idea of different (and sometimes competing) Christian denominations would have been unthinkable to the early Christ...
Jesus described himself as the bread of life, stating that whoever eats his flesh and drinks his blood will have life eternal (John 6:54). At the Last Supper he gave the apostles and their successors, the bishops (and through them, validly ordained priests), the power and authority to continue his sacrifice when he said, “Do this in memory of me” (...
This assertion will surprise those who assume that Catholics are ignorant of Scripture and that the Protestant belief in sola scriptura(accepting “the Bible only” as a source of religious teaching) makes them the only true “Bible Christians.” However, history and logic are again on the side of the Catholic Church. It was the Church that, under the ...
870 "The sole Church of Christ which in the Creed we profess to be one, holy, catholic, and apostolic, . . . subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him. Nevertheless, many elements of sanctification and of truth are found outside its visible confines"(LG 8).
Jul 30, 2018 · That’s what a listener named Luke asked recently when he called in to The Patrick Madrid Show. As a Christian exploring Catholicism, Luke wanted to know why Catholics don’t just call themselves Christian, and why they feel the need to distinguish themselves from the rest of Christianity. “There are a couple of reasons for it,” Patrick said.
Jun 1, 2006 · William Webster. 6 Min Read. From its earliest days, the Church of Jesus Christ has been described as “catholic.”. The first usage of the term appears in writings known as the Apostolic Fathers in the early to mid-second century (Ignatius of Antioch, Smyrneans 8.9; The Martyrdom of Polycarp, Introduction). The word is from the Greek ...
Jul 15, 2021 · I needed practical experience. So on January 9, 2005, the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, I made my first visit to a Catholic church for Sunday Mass. I looked up the closest parish to my college and found my way to St. Luke Catholic Church in Nicholasville, Kentucky. I was struck with how normal the Mass seemed.
