Here’s what you hear from
the television evangelists that take claim to the church--the Church, the Church, the
Church!
They religiously make reference to the “Church” as though
each one of them has title to it. But whose Church is it? Is it John Hagee’s?
Pat Robertson’s? Hal Lindsey’s? Or is it a “Church” in one of the other 33,800
plus Protestant Churches that teach gospels with many disagreeing and competing
teachings?
Is
it possible that Jesus intended for man to interpret His Words in a
kaleidoscope manner? If Protestant “logic” does not denounce such asinine
construing of God’s Word…then the Bible does. Here’s what Scripture teaches:
“But
though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which
we have preached to you, let him be anathema. As we said before, so now I say
again: If any one preach to you a gospel, besides that which you have received,
let him be anathema.” (Galatians 1:8-9)
“Be
not led away with various and strange doctrines.” (Hebrews 13:9)
God is not the author of
confusion. He DID NOT establish thousands of churches—He established only one
church—The Catholic Church. (By the
way--the meaning of Protestant is—to protest the Catholic Church).
Here’s a
question for you Protestants: What is meant by Matthew 16:18 that says: “And
I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build MY CHURCH,
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
You Protestants will undoubtedly
answer this question with as many versions as you have “churches”—but keep in
mind--our Lords Words in describing His
Church were singular, not plural.
Here He clearly, by divine revelation to St. Peter made a
solemn profession of his faith of the divinity of Christ; so in recompense of
his faith and profession, our Lord here declares to St. Peter the dignity to
which he is pleased to raise him: viz., that he to whom He had already given
the name Peter, signifying a rock, (St.
John 1:42), should be a rock indeed, of invincible strength, for the
support of the building of His one and
only church; in which building
he should be, next to Christ himself, the chief foundation stone, in quality of
chief pastor, ruler, and governor; and should have accordingly all fullness of
ecclesiastically power, signified by the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
The gates of hell, that is,
the whole strength of Satan, and all the efforts he can make, will never be able to prevail over the
Church of Christ. By this promise we are fully assured, that neither idolatry,
heresy, Protestantism, the false Vatican ll “Catholic” Church, nor any
pernicious error whatsoever shall at any time prevail over the Holy Roman
Catholic Church.
Pope Leo Xlll: “The Church
in respect of its unity belongs to the category of things indivisible by
parts.” (Satis Cognitum #4, June 29, 1896)
Pray the Rosary, wear the
Brown Scapular and pray for the conversion of all those in religious error.
