The moment i was reborn, the Holy Spirit of the Lord Christ Jesus showed me that the vatican, pope the whole religion really were advocating the exact opposite of Christs sacrifice and resurrection. I was filled with an enormous righteous anger of this ugly betrayal of the Lord. My rebirth was on 1-1-2021 and it took me 3,5 years to understand that the only thing i need to do is spread the gospel, and leave the wrath to Christ. God bless! Christ is King. Awaiting the heavens opening up with joy.

Even as a kid, before reading the Bible and before coming to faith; Learning about the Catholic Church, I immediately noticed that it is a roleplaying religion that just reskinned the Jewish Sanhedrin with Christianity. And after coming to faith in Jesus, and getting into studying Scripture, history, religions, theology, apologetics; The Catholic Church looks like . . . A silly religion that reskinned the Sanhedrin with Christianity. Catholicism is an insult and mockery to the simple Gospel.

How Jesus Found Me I didn't grow up in a "Christian home" like most people think but in fact grew up in an ultra Roman Catholic home. My home was very religious and will go to the Saint Ignatius Roman Catholic church every Sunday. I was baptized as an infant at a RCC. However, I never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ presented from the Scriptures at that RCC. It was so mechanical, dead and empty to me like I had to do it just to be “right with God.” Every year I’ll do Lent and Ash Wednesday. I would pray the Rosary, suffered Meatless Fridays, Easters and Christmas Masses. (On December 11, 2008, my late father died of advanced lung cancer he went flatlined right in front of me and my mother he is now with Jesus in Heaven.) As a child almost every night my drunk late father will come home and beat on my mother mercilessly. And one day me and sister came home from school and found our mother on the kitchen floor with blood pouring out her head. I hated my late father and over time my hatred towards him grew and wanted to kill him. I still remember my mother lighting candles with images of the Pope, saints and angels she bought at the supermarket and throwing "Holy Water" through out the house. (Every Sunday at Saint Ignatius Church she will fill her jar from a tap near the entrance way) One night my late father came home drunk and threw one of the candles at my poor mother. Thank God he missed and hit the screen of a heavy TV in the living room. (In her own mind she believed the holy water protected us from the evil in our home and will go away) Now there was a Pastor by the name of Mr.Court. Every Friday night he will come to our house and invite us to his church home for Bible Studies. I truly believe that's where the seeds of the Word of God were planted in my heart But without my parents and him knowing I was really an emotional atheist. I was very angry at God and hated Him especially because I was molested by a next door neighbor and it messed up my sexuality. May Abba Father forgive them! I was also a homosexual and later bisexual! I practiced both sexual immoral practices that were sending me straight to Hell. Fast forwarding! In my teenage years, I’d hang around with the wrong crowd of people and from there began going to parties: drinking, doing drugs and got into the occult. I broke the law and paid for my crimes! Now I loved going to the library(I'm a book worm) but it lead me to the occult because I was curious about magick, Wicca, Casting Spells, Curses, Hexes, Jinxes, Voodoo, Tarot Cards, Palm Reading and Satanism. I was a strong follower of Anton LaVey and Alester Crowley. Crowley said: “Do What Thou Wilt” I lived that Satanic philosophy for years! I still remember as a Satanist tearing a Bible into pieces and spiting upon it as I was blaspheming God, Jesus Christ, born again Christians and the Bible. So I put into practice those things and invited demons into my life and they will torment me each night and had nosebleeds. (I can sometimes hear their ugly voices but rebuke them IN JESUS NAME) This went on until I was 16-21 and later left the occult for Evolution and the Big Bang Theory. That was when I became a harden intellectual atheist and each time God's servants crossed my path will ask them questions that will make them think and question their own faith. I will mock God, Jesus Christ, the Bible and Body of Christ. So they would walk away each time and if I saw them today I will forgive them. Now this is my preconversion: It was one late night, my mother and younger brother were sleeping in her bedroom and I was in the living room sleeping on the couch. It was pitch dark and laying down on the couch and started praying to God(strange right?). I don’t recall the exact words but when I ended the prayer “In God’s name Amen” I heard the most beautiful voice out of nowhere whisper: “Jjjjjjjeeeessssssuuuusss” I got so freaked out that pulled the covers over my head and frighten said: “Okay God, you win you win. In Jesus name I pray Amen.” After I couldn’t sleep that night and later I began reading the Bible and did research on it if it was true. I read about archaeological discoveries, Biblical Prophecy and Jesus Resurrection. I was convinced but only intellectually not internally. Internally came later at the apartment my older sister once lived at. At age 21, my sister would come over every Friday to my home and will invite me and my younger brother to her house to stay for the weekend. She is a very nice woman of God that loves Jesus! Every time she would put on Christian music and would listen to it but one summer afternoon on June 1999 I heard a preacher come on. (To this day I know God predestined me to listen to the Christian song, a nameless preacher then another Christian song. Sorry I don't know his name) The preacher started talking about Jesus Christ how much He loved me by dying upon the Cross for my sins, being buried in the Tomb and resurrecting on the third day in bodily form. (Now in my atheist mind I thought it was stupid for a man named Jesus Christ to suffer a beating from evil men and then nailed upon the Cross for my sins) Later, he talked about the burden of guilt and shame that is upon our shoulders and that only Jesus can remove it. It was as if God was talking directly to me so I continued listening. He offered an altar call but I resisted the Holy Spirit my sister was with me and said: "Give your life now to Jesus Christ" And told her: "Maybe this is all a lie because since God created Satan they are in cahoots. They're on the same page" She told me: "God didn't create Satan but Lucifer. Lucifer was a good angel in Heaven but decided by his freewill to become evil and God changed his name to Satan" She kept on encouraging me to leave my life of sin and come to Jesus by faith. I denied Jesus twice but at the third time the Holy Spirit touched me in a very powerful way I'll never forget. So powerful I fell on my knees with my face to the ground and began crying out profusely to God. I confessed every sin to God I can think of and asked Him to forgive me. That I repented of all my sins. Believe what Jesus did for me upon the Cross for my sin debt taking the just punishment we deserve upon Himself. His burial in the Tomb and His resurrection on the third day in bodily form. To filled me with the Holy Spirit and to make me the person He wants me to be all the days of life. That I want Jesus to be my LORD and Savior and to put my faith and trust upon Jesus Christ for my salvation alone. To give me a clean conscience and write my name in the Lamb’s Book of Life. I don’t know what happened next but it was like a huge rock weighting tons lifted off my shoulders and a strong sense of peace came upon me. I still have that peace with me today because I’m at peace with God and no longer His enemy like I once was. I'll never forget that day for the rest of my life because on that day I surrender my life completely to God. I forgot the song after the preacher ended his message it was Christian song that goes something like this: "Jjjjjeeeeessssssuuuuusssss....there is power in His name Jjjjjeeeesssssuuuuusssssss...there is power in His name" Just looking back at it now brings tears to my eyes!

1 Tim 2, 5-6 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. I noticed the picture of the video just now. It makes people angry but it's true. They get nice strange Jesus mixed with some wine and water they are not even allowed to drink. Anyway, I remembered I was in the hospital, already born again. Priest came to give communion to my roomate, and I knew him. So he put his hand on my head, I got so scared of what he was praying in silence but I was weak. I made a sin of going against my free will that wanted his hand far away. Afterwards my life fell apart. I rebuke all the influence of his prayer over me and my daughter, in the name of Jesus, the end!

It was always very obvious that the roman Catholic church is not biblical when studying the bible.

The catholic church teaches a works based salvation

Former Roman Catholic here (EME, lecter, asked to consider becoming a Deacon). Emperor Constantine made a very deceptive move when forcing everyone to become "Christians" in Rome. Even in Biblical times, we are warned to call no earthly man "father" because our Father is in Heaven. Most Roman Catholic balk at everything that the Bible says because the Vatican (i.e. means "divining serpent" in Latin, not to mention the papal audience hall being designed after the head of a snake) attempted to corrupt Christianity. Ask any Roman Catholic how to be saved according to Scripture and you will get a blank stare. When Jesus died, one of the thieves next to Jesus accepted Jesus as the Messiah and was told that he would be with Jesus in paradise that day. No purgatory, just belief in Jesus. The other thief mocked and rejected Jesus, and is in Hell. The Roman Catholic deception is very cunning, and I am thankful the Lord gave me an appetite for Scripture. When Jesus says "I am THE way, THE truth, and THE life, no one comes to the Father but through me" (John 14:6), this flies in the face of RCC doctrine and how they view Mary as "co-mediatrix" or "co-redemptrix" with Jesus Christ. If someone believes that, they are blaspheming Jesus Christ, the son of the Father, because they are saying Jesus completed work isn't enough when He said "it is finished". Jesus fulfilled the law, and the temple veil was torn in two. The RCC is attempting to bring everyone back under the umbrella of the Vatican, and they will or you will perish during the end times. Finally, and most importantly. How is one "saved" according to Scripture? It is found in 1 Cor. 15:1-4, and more succinctly in John 3:16. So many organizations, not just the RCC, attempt to pervert the Gospel and tell you that Jesus' finished work on the cross is not what saves you. The RCC is anathema, and I would implore anyone to come out of her as quickly as possible. If you want to know how to live the Christian life...read 1 John. There is not talk about man-made (i.e. pagan) traditions, sacraments, or any "work" that we can do to receive the gift of eternal life.

They say Peter was the first pope but yet he had a mother in law so that would me he had a wife and probably had children. So why can they not marry when the first one was?

It's clear you have the Holy Spirit. It's clear you've studied and show yourself approved by God! Wow Bro Caleb, excellent, excellent and knowledgeable video. You better go boy! God's word is awesome how fortunate we are whose sins he will NOT let me repeat will NOT COUNT AGAINST HIM! YAAY GOD!!

The problem with the singularity of bishop is it creates a strict hierarchy; i.e. all the power is in the hands of one person. That is the definition of fascism.

Catholic is paganism

Catholic Church is one of the seven churches. It has the doctrine of the Nicolaitans. The typology of churches in Book of Revelation. 1. GET OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE 2. HOLD FAST TO WHAT IS TRUE *** Your role is to call them out. Be wise as serpents and gentle as doves. I hang out with Catholics, and show them prophecy unfolding to somehow prove the church they are in is ASLEEP.

Further to mention, Peter was never a bishop in Rome. His church was in New Babylon, a settlement by mainly Jewish followers of Christ. 1 Peter 5:13 NASB95 She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, and so does my son, Mark.

When, and by whom, did they start building giant churches and wearing luxurious robes and headgear?

Love this recent series. To be deep in history, is to cease to be non Protestant.

Here come Catholics to not even listen to the video and leave comments

Awesome video!! The authorities and their beliefs of the Catholic Church are so similar to the Sanhedrin of old. Not so much in their theology but in their “traditions of men” of which they were rebuked by Jesus for.

@iThink Biblically Good work

Jesus gave the apostles (all bishops) the power to bind in heaven and on earth. That’s made clear from Matthew 16:18-19.

Bro Timothy was literally the bishop of Ephesus.

Thank you Caleb for giving a very detailed and definitive answer to the question of bishops in the RCC. God bless you.

Paul did not say bishops had to be married. The early church was small and in hiding. Of course it had to adapt as it grew. We would still be hiding in catacombs if we adopted these views

Among the earliest deviations of true worship was a separation between the terms “overseer” (Greek: Episkopos) and “older man or elder” (Greek: Presbyteros) so that they were no longer used to refer to the same position of responsibility. Just a decade or so after the death of the apostle John, Ignatius, “bishop” of Antioch wrote: “See that you all follow the bishop [overseer], as Jesus Christ follows the Father, and the presbytery [body of elders] as if it were the Apostles.” Ignatius thus advocated that each congregation be supervised by ONE bishop, who was to be recognized as distinct from and having greater authority than, the presbyters, or older men.

The requirement for celibacy came from an issue of abuse pertaining to who was selected for ordination. There was an issue of nepotism. So, as a matter of practicality to prevent this abuse, they instituted the celibacy requirement. Not saying it is Biblical, but offering the why behind the practice.

In chapter one of Revelation, there is an image of the universal church, Christ standing in the midst of seven candlesticks. Not the Pope, but Christ. The Pope is nowhere to be found. Then, in chapters two and three, seven churches are referenced, which represent the universal church in John's day and throughout history, even prophetically setting out the church ages in history, until John is caught up to heaven to witness the tribulation. But Rome is not mentioned. Rome simply has no significance in representing the church in Revelation. No Pope and no Roman Church in representing the true Christian church.

THANKS ! Paul warns of wrong gospels, even from angels or mary ...

The husband of one wife means not having multiple wives . If a man decides to be celibate for the kingdom of God, that will not prohibit him from becoming a bishop never let your prejudice get in the way when you interpret the Word of God ps. I'm not a catholic but a born again beliver.

They need to be saved...

I did a little research of my own. Other resources agree that the 2 Greek words are used interchangeably. If they refer to someone present in every church, that just sounds like a lead pastor. In that case i would say that the word translated bishop in this passage means something different from how it is used today. The early church had a flat organization, with only the apostles being over local churches.

Paul called himself a father. There are 24 Eastern Catholic rites that have married priests. Educate yourself about Catholic church before talking nonsense

There are no catholic saints in heaven either, since the catholic saints are sanctified by the catholic church, not by God: 1corinthians 6:11-13. According to the council of trent it's an anathema to be born again and part of the sainthood of Christ without the catholic church! Everything about catholicism is contrary to the Word of God, i happen to know, since I'm a former catholic..

great video! thanks for explaining and showing the truth

How is Peter the first Pope when Peter was married?

Roman Catholicism started around 300 years after Christianity when Roman Emperor Constantine decided to incorporate Christianity into Rome’s pagan religions. The Roman Catholic Church, which is a manmade religion, was started by pagans.

If scripture is the sole infallible rule of faith, who is the infallible interpreter? I mean, what's the point in having an infallible book if it is going to be fallibly interpreted? When two non-Catholics disagree on the interpretation of scripture, how do they reconcile who has the correct interpretation? What authority do they appeal to? It can't be scripture, because that is what is being brought into question. These are all questions that I have yet to find answers to. If any Protestants wouldn't mind providing a coherent answer of some kind, that would be greatly appreciated.

If there is only one bishop why did God's letter to the seven churches in Revelation go to the churches instead of the "the Bishop over the churches".

The Catholic religion has its origins in ancient Babylon. (Isaiah 48:20) Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans! ... STRONG Hebrew concordance for the word Chaldeans says = "Kasdiy" = "clod breakers" and "LIKE DEMONS". Being Chaldean refers to an ethnic and religious group that belongs primarily to the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Church in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church.'' The Bible talks about it this way = (Revelation 18:2) And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the >> HABITATION OF DEMONS

The Protestant church unfortunately replaced the term "Bishop" with "superintendent" and "priest" with "preacher", "pastor", "minister" and adopted the pagan concept of ordination, we are still stuck with this abhorrent concept today ....

I was always wondering if these bishops actually believe in what they are preaching. If so, this is a miracle on the same level as Kenneth Copeland chasing Covid-19 away or Benny Hinn's healings. Having said that, who is normal Christian today? Actually it is written that at the end of times very few will be found.

I was raised a catholic, until…I actually seriously started to read the Bible. We can read in Scriptures that Lord Jesus commanded the Apostles to first preach the Gospel to the Jews, and after also to the Heathen or Gentiles (but never vise versa ! ). I found out in Scriptures who of the Apostles for the first time went to Rome .. and it wasn't Peter. In the Book of Acts it says in Chapter 28 the following: 16 "And when we came to Rome, the Centurion delivered the Prisoners to the Captain of the Guard: but Paul was allowed to live in a house, by himself, with a Roman Soldier that kept him. 17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the Chief of the there living Jews together: and when they came together, Paul said to them: "Men and Brethren, though I have committed nothing against our people, our customs, or against our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans 18 who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of guild in me. 19 But when the Jews spoke against that verdict, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had made any accusations against my Nation. 20 For this Hope (the Gospel of Jesus Christ) therefore I have called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because for the Hope of Israel I am bound with these chains. 21 The Chief of the Jews said to Paul: "We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning you, neither any of the Brethren that came from there shewed or spoke any harm of you. 22 But we desire to hear of you what you think: for concerning this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere". The Roman catholic church claims that it was Peter who went to Rome first to preach the Gospel there first and that it was Peter who founded the catholic church there. Question: who lies? God,... or the Roman catholic church ? And what about the Letter in the Bible from Paul to the Congregation of Galatians where it says this in Chapter 2? From verse 7 we read the following: 7 "But on the contrary, when they saw that the Gospel of the Uncircumcision (Gentiles) was committed unto me, as the Gospel of the Circumcision (Jews) was unto Peter; 8 for He that gave Peter power effectively to the Apostleship of the circumcision (again: the Jews), the Same was Mighty in me toward the Gentiles. 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the Grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we (that are Paul and Barnabas) should go unto the Heathen, and they unto the Circumcision. Again dear catholics: who lies? God’s Word, or the Roman catholic church? Bible, the book of Acts, Chapter 5, verse 29 : Then Peter and the other Apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey GOD - rather than man” !! Since the Roman catholic 'church' claims to be well-read on scriptures, then please point me in the direction of where in the Bible it says to pray to a woman, or with a rosary praising Mary, or to dead “saints.” Lord Jesus calls every believer Saints which all are who received the Holy Spirit and confess with their mouth that Jesus is Lord - so Rome has no authority appointing only some people saint - that is ludicrous. Please show me the name ‘pope’ in the Bible? Please show me where it says to call any mortal sinful man (the pope) your father. Please show me where the Bible says anything about purgatory, or paying indulgences (buying yourself into heaven - is God corrupt ?). Please show me where Mary was sinless? Why is it that catholics worship Mary still as a virgin when Lord Jesus had half brothers and half sisters? Mark 6 : 3 "Is this not the Carpenter, the Son of Mary, AND BROTHER OF JAMES, JOSES, JUDAS, AND SIMON? And are not HIS SISTERS here with us?” Matthew 13 : 55-56 "Is this not the Carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And HIS BROTHERS JAMES, JOSES, SIMON, AND JUDAS? AND HIS SISTERS, are they not all with us?" Please show me where it says to confess your sins to a fellow sinful man so that he may forgive them? Where does the Bible say the pope is the “vicar of Christ” on earth - how can a sinful man be te replacer of Christ on earth? That is blasphemy ! Show me where it says that a preacher must be unmarried? It was the pagan ROMAN Emperor Constantine (306 - 337 AD) who was in fact the first “pope” who hijacked the first Christian Communion in Rome founded by the apostle Paul, and he didn't allow for the common people to have Bible Scriptures...to keep believers ignorant to stay in power, as the Catholic Church still tries to do. Later pope’s started the ‘inquisition’ because the book printing machine was invented and people like Martin Luther and William Tyndale could spread the Bible in printed form to the common people: they were persecuted by Rome and many of them burned to dead for that by decree of Rome, and so were hundreds others who did the same as they denounced the FALSE doctrines of Rome. Rome called them heretics and witches while they murdered Christians who loved Jesus and true Scriptures. THESE ARE HISTORICAL FACTS. PLEASE GET OUT OF THIS FALSE CHURCH !!! The Roman catholic “church” is a continuation of the old Roman PAGAN Empire: it never went away as it disguised itself as a Christian Church. The pope, cardinals and bishops wear a Mitre - which odd head dress comes from the old pagan Rome priests representing a FISH BEAK god (I suggest you search for that). Read Revelation, Chapter 17: verse 7, 8 and 9…Read also Revelation 18 to see what God will do to this “church.”

I love pastors who are spirit led! True pastors > priests😊

It is really simple. Paul was the Apostle, not Pope, to the Gentiles. Peter was an Apostle, not Pope, to the Jews. So how can, even if there was such a thing as Pope to the Gentiles from Rome, come from Peter? The mental gymnastics to do this are out of this world. Is the Pope faithless? Yes? How do I know? Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. If so, how can he have faith in something not given? Faith is being sure of what we hope for. What we hope for, in its entirety, is only given in scripture. So again, where is this communication of hope for the pope. It certainly does not come from God's word. The only way to do something without God's approval is to create it in pride. So now we know the the Pope is both faithless and proud. It should not be rocket science to work this out from God's word. Lastly, you should be able to understand from God's word that God never sanctions central control and certainly not on a global scale. Only pride would cause a man to want to take such a big undertaking that God has never ever commissioned. This are really simple things to work out. Anyone who is a so called influencer and speaks as an apologist of the Pope are also faithless, proud and are only full of truth suppressing false systematic doctrine. You will notice none of them are able to lead the Christian into the fruits of the Holy Spirit or maturity in Christ. You really need to avoid their channels.

Hi...Your teachings of Christ are one of few I trust. What state do you reside in, In OZ?

Vatican from the Latin Vatis-diviner , Can - serpent.. the divining serpent… I’m genesis the Hebrew word used for serpent is Nachash.. which can also mean diviner…

I would like to know your name, just in case that I use your work, I would like to give credit to you.

As I understand it, the magisterium supersede scripture in Catholicism.

Spot on!!

Senior if I got you well, you mean the Bible is saying; Pastors = Elders = Bishops = Overseers Am i right please??

I’m always confused as to why so many our out to point the finger at the Catholic Church and yet if it wasn’t for the Catholic Church we would not have a Bible . Question is the Holy Spirit infallible and was Jesus correct when he said the gates of hell would not overcome his church ,of course he is . Then why is it that the church both Roman Catholic and orthodox stood for thousands of years before the reformation? It all seems a little off didn’t it . And I’m a Protestant

It is amazing the number of sights start talking about the very comments I make, yet I have not heard them recently, but just now. Interestingly enough, no one is covering the biggest issue I keep raising. Unfortunately it is a serious as it gets.....

No "Catholic Bishops" yet there were bishops.

Can you do a video on brandon biggs.

There is no 27-book New Testament of holy and inspired writings in the Bible, either.

You are right but you should not limit your application to the Roman church. The evangelical system of the senior pastor leading ordinary pastors is also unbiblical. very fraternally from FRANCE

Playing the advocate here... but Ignatius was simply exhorting the brethren to submit to "the bishop." By saying "the bishop" he is just identifying what he knew, not giving preference to a singular or a plurality of bishops. I think it's very possible there we're churches with just one bishop.

No bishops in the Bible? So when apostles were settling up Christian communities, consecrating certain man to act like priests and overseers of these communities who were they then?

There are no Protestants mentioned in the Bible - Oh, sorry, they are mentioned - Those who "twist the Word of God to their own destruction" (2 Pet. 3:16). Are we so blind about Protestantism that we cannot see that its thousands of variants and contradictions cannot be of the Holy Spirit, but of the Diabolos, the divider, the Devil?

If you want to preach, strive hard to preach where Jesus have not named...

2Corinthians 10:4 NLT - We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. Galatians 5:10 NLT - I am trusting the Lord to keep you from believing false teachings. God will judge that person, whoever he is, who has been confusing you.

How would you feel, as a Christian, about giving people information truthfully - or do you deliberately set out to deceive? The New Testament mentions various Church leaders: bishops, presbyters, deacons and the English word “priest” which is derived from the Greek word presbuteros. In English “elder” or “presbyter” (Acts 15:6, 23). All of these elders were and still are ordained by the laying on of hands (1 Tm 4:14, 5:22), they preach and teach the flock (1 Tm 5:17), and they administer sacraments (Jas 5:13-15). They had the authority and still do today, to select, ordain, and govern other presbyters, as is evidenced by Paul’s instructions: “This is why I left you in Crete . . . that you might appoint elders in every town as I directed you” (Ti 1:5; 1 Tm 5:17-22)

The 12 Apostles were commissioned by Christ to spread Christianity, and what did they do? They ordained successors as bishops and further, when the first Pope Peter died, they elected a successor - St Linus (~ 67 - 78AD). And when the second Pope Linus died the bishops elected another pope (3rd), St Anacletus (c 79 - 88AD). And so on and so on which is why we have a list of Popes going back to the first century and Peter. St Clement … (88 - 99AD) … 4th pope, Iraneous (c. 130 - 202 AD) was a Greek bishop who noted (AD 180) that the apostles continued to ordain bishops to the episcopate. So, the history of what the apostles and their immediate successors did show that an episcopate was established in the first century with the apostles along with the office of pope. Matthew 16:18-19 shows that Peter was given the keys and the authority to bind and loose. Also John 20:21 “21 Once more Jesus said to them, Peace be upon you; I came upon an errand from my Father, and now I am sending you out in my turn. 22 With that, he breathed on them, and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit; 23 when you forgive men’s sins, they are forgiven, when you hold them bound, they are held bound.” The Catholic Church along with history of the pope and episcopate and the priesthood -- is as understood by the early Church and traces its roots to the first century and the 12 apostles.

The roman catholic church is responsible for imposing sunday worship on christianity. The roman catholic church adopted the changes made to the sabbath by pagan rome. The change first began with constantine in march, 7, 321 a.d when constantine issued a decree that everyone living within city limits of rome must rest on the venerable day of the sun,(sunday) later in 363-364 a.d at the council of Laodicea in cannon 29, the sabbath was outlawed. Then around the 500s a.d when justinian issued justinians decree, Rome passed down it’s power to the roman catholic church. Let us not forget the immense power and influcence the catholic church had in the dark ages as they martyred anyone who opposed their views. It was not until martin luther exposed the cstholic churches false doctrines and until the bible began being mass printed in other languages that the protestant reformation ocured. Ithinkbibbically, sunday worship is never commanded in the bible, and God never changed his mind regarding MORAL laws, the ten commandments are moral laws, not just laws for the jews.

Of course there was a bishop of Rome. There were 4 more in the early church period : Alexandria , Antioch , Constantinople and Jerusalem. I'm not a Roman catholic but have studied about how the Apostles set up local congregations and higher organization structure.

@iThink Biblically What are the scriptures? What is the criteria for what qualifies as scripture, and from where does this criteria come? It seems that you assume that you are reading the "Bible", but you don't demonstrate it.

Waiting for catholic apologists to respond to this comedian.

That is fundamental truth about organic body of believers not many grasps it.

Remember Jesus Christ said: don't call anyone father...the is good enough for me not to start kissing hands and going on with all the rest of the catholicisme rituals...we are not in a religion, it's a relation..God bless

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Pope is a god in the vatican temple

Many Catholic doctrines are not biblical but they’re not damnable either. Just very unfortunate many are blind to the truth because they don’t study the scriptures for themselves, but rather believe in man made doctrines rooted in rituals and traditions. “Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.” ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2‬:‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ” Matthew‬ ‭15‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Paul, gave the command by order from God's Holy spirit!: certainly not by the catholic church? Paul is in the scriptures, the catholic church is not!

The Bible does speak of the Catholic Bishops….they are referred to as Nicolaitans in Revelation, and clouds without water in Jude

If you want to see mighty signs and wonders you should ask God. If God is willing, he will show it to you.

Says a ''pastor'' reading from the catholic bible

Are there pastors ?

Everyone in the comments section understands that all criticisms of the Catholic Church are based on the doctrine of sola scriptura, right? Everyone in the comments section also knows that the doctrine of sola scriptura can't even meet the standard it sets, right? Nowhere in the bible is the doctrine of sola scriptura found. It's man-made. If scripture were truly the "sole infallible rule of faith", then why do we see so many Protestant denominations? I mean, if all denominations are using the same 66 books, all denominations claim to be led by the Holy Spirit, and all denominations claim scripture is the sole infallible rule of faith, then we should only see one Protestant denomination. The multitude of Protestant denominations shows that sola scriptura isn't about viewing scripture as the sole infallible rule of faith, but rather one's own self-interpretation of scripture as the sole infallible rule of faith. I'm sorry you've all been lied to about the Catholic Church. I'm even more sorry you've believed those lies. The good news is, you can always come home if you're willing to have a Christ-like submission of will and ascent of faith.

For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it. [Matthew 19:12]

Well, the New Testament Church has bishops (Acts 20:28) during the time of Apostle Paul. In fact, the Apostles of Jesus Christ were the 1st bishops of the Church (Ekklesia: Assembly). This man has no idea what he is talking about.

Let's not forget the recent endorsement of homesexualty by the, pope.

You used vigano ok now this video is in schism

So what ... they gave us the Bible ...!!!!

Jesus did not tell anybody to be a bishop, JESUS is the only teacher, leader, pastor. Christianity is a joke.

In the Scripture verse just read, it indicates that overseers/bishops/elders must be a man of one wife. Does this mean that women should not hold those positions in a congregation?

Roman Catholism is NOT Christian but Pagan! Please read a very informative book called "Pagan Christianity" by Frank Viola and George Barna!! At the bottom of each page are referene as to where the religion originated from! The book was written on behalf of 5 doctors of theology - as a Christian & having visited Rome, it's a real eye-opener!

Im a Christian but I think you are mistaken Bishops and Cardinal's. There are lots of bishops in Ireland

The Catholic Truth KZfaq channel just did a video on u. He said he would actually love to talk to u. So would u be willing to actually have a conversation with him?

Didn’t know Jesus started a church in the 1500s lol.😂 the Catholic Church was the only church that existed in the first century which Jesus put peter in charge. Read Isaiah 22 with Matthew 16 . Faith alone, sola Scriptura, etc are man man doctrines.

My Small town had five bishops fifty years ago.

“To be deep in history is to cease being Protestant”-- John Henry Neumann ex-Protestant. Protestantism is not even a church. Its “spiritual chaos” consisting of dozens and dozens of sects with conflicting and contradictory beliefs.

What about Pastors?

Jesus gave the apostles the authority to build up the church. And listen to his. "When Jesus promised to build His church, it was singular." (Matt. 16:18) and "Jesus prayed that all believers would “be one”. that means there should be one church which is the body Christ. Plus Ephesians 2:20 that states "Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets." Meaning that Jesus gave the Apostles the authority to build up the church, giving them the keys to heaven. Last verse says in Matthew 28:19-20. Jesus commissions his apostles to establish a ministry to continue his work, meaning that the Bible is not the only way to follow Jesus, that's why Jesus tells the apostles to continue his work. And the church is a continuation of the early Christian community established by Jesus's disciples. Those Verses, plus the famous Mathew 16:18 is the reason why I'm still a Catholic, because if those verses didn't say that then I would not be Catholic, plus there wouldn't be a Catholic church nor would there be a Protestant reformation. Hope this helps your understanding, if not then God bless your heart.

There is no word of God there is only the word of man. Snap out of it.

Loads of self made words and rules in the catholic and orthodox organizations instead of understanding and doing exactly what the Bible says. The true believers in Christ are called The Body Of Christ which IS the only description in the Bible, with Lord Jesus as Head - not 'church', as church is originally a replacement word for an assembly of believers. But the word church had become a word for "original true (catholic) believers" and for an institute or organization called the catholic church, erected by….. I was raised a catholic, until…I actually seriously started to read the Bible. We can read in Scriptures that Lord Jesus commanded the Apostles to first preach the Gospel to the Jews, and after also to the Heathen or Gentiles (but never vise versa ! ). I found out in Scriptures who of the Apostles for the first time went to Rome .. and it wasn't Peter. In the Book of Acts it says in Chapter 28 the following: 16 "And when we came to Rome, the Centurion delivered the Prisoners to the Captain of the Guard: but Paul was allowed to live in a house, by himself, with a Roman Soldier that kept him. 17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the Chief of the there living Jews together: and when they came together, Paul said to them: "Men and Brethren, though I have committed nothing against our people, our customs, or against our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans 18 who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of guild in me. 19 But when the Jews spoke against that verdict, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had made any accusations against my Nation. 20 For this Hope (the Gospel of Jesus Christ) therefore I have called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because for the Hope of Israel I am bound with these chains. 21 The Chief of the Jews said to Paul: "We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning you, neither any of the Brethren that came from there shewed or spoke any harm of you. 22 But we desire to hear of you what you think: for concerning this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere". The Roman catholic church claims that it was Peter who went to Rome first to preach the Gospel there first and that it was Peter who founded the catholic church there. Question: who lies? God,... or the Roman catholic church ? And what about the Letter in the Bible from Paul to the Congregation of Galatians where it says this in Chapter 2? From verse 7 we read the following: 7 "But on the contrary, when they saw that the Gospel of the Uncircumcision (Gentiles) was committed unto me, as the Gospel of the Circumcision (Jews) was unto Peter; 8 for He that gave Peter power effectively to the Apostleship of the circumcision (again: the Jews), the Same was Mighty in me toward the Gentiles. 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the Grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we (that are Paul and Barnabas) should go unto the Heathen, and they unto the Circumcision. Again dear catholics: who lies? God’s Word, or the Roman catholic church? Bible, the book of Acts, Chapter 5, verse 29 : Then Peter and the other Apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey GOD - rather than man” !! Since the Roman catholic 'church' claims to be well-read on scriptures, then please point me in the direction of where in the Bible it says to pray to a woman, or with a rosary praising Mary, or to dead “saints.” Lord Jesus calls every believer Saints which all are who received the Holy Spirit and confess with their mouth that Jesus is Lord - so Rome has no authority appointing only some people saint - that is ludicrous. Please show me the name ‘pope’ in the Bible? Please show me where it says to call any mortal sinful man (the pope) your father. Please show me where the Bible says anything about purgatory, or paying indulgences (buying yourself into heaven - is God corrupt ?). Please show me where Mary was sinless? Why is it that catholics worship Mary still as a virgin when Lord Jesus had half brothers and half sisters? Mark 6 : 3 "Is this not the Carpenter, the Son of Mary, AND BROTHER OF JAMES, JOSES, JUDAS, AND SIMON? And are not HIS SISTERS here with us?” Matthew 13 : 55-56 "Is this not the Carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And HIS BROTHERS JAMES, JOSES, SIMON, AND JUDAS? AND HIS SISTERS, are they not all with us?" Please show me where it says to confess your sins to a fellow sinful man so that he may forgive them? Where does the Bible say the pope is the “vicar of Christ” on earth - how can a sinful man be te replacer of Christ on earth? That is blasphemy ! Show me where it says that a preacher must be unmarried? It was the pagan ROMAN Emperor Constantine (306 - 337 AD) who was in fact the first “pope” who hijacked the first Christian Communion in Rome founded by the apostle Paul, and he didn't allow for the common people to have Bible Scriptures...to keep believers ignorant to stay in power, as the Catholic Church still tries to do. Later pope’s started the ‘inquisition’ because the book printing machine was invented and people like Martin Luther and William Tyndale could spread the Bible in printed form to the common people: they were persecuted by Rome and many of them burned to dead for that by decree of Rome, and so were hundreds others who did the same as they denounced the FALSE doctrines of Rome. Rome called them heretics and witches while they murdered Christians who loved Jesus and true Scriptures. THESE ARE HISTORICAL FACTS. PLEASE GET OUT OF THIS FALSE CHURCH !!! The Roman catholic “church” is a continuation of the old Roman PAGAN Empire: it never went away as it disguised itself as a Christian Church. The pope, cardinals and bishops wear a Mitre - which odd head dress comes from the old pagan Rome priests representing a FISH BEAK god (I suggest you search for that). Read Revelation, Chapter 17: verse 7, 8 and 9…Read also Revelation 18 to see what God will do to this “church.”

There Are No "protestant precher" in The Bible. so funny

There are no bishops at all in the bible 😂

I love catholics. I think many are nice people. I just really dislike many of their doctrines which invite idolatry, and even paganism. Their church is nothing similar to the simple church that Jesus founded in the 1st century. A beautiful church free of statues and dolls and praying to saints or mary. Only Jesus saves. God bless you all!! And please READ YOUR BIBLE!

There are no denominations in the Bible the church was a baby The Catholic church is the church grown up Think biblically yet you misunderstand the scriptures and theology and misquote and misunderstand at every laughable opportunity again and again Your just another false teacher

Jesus appeals to the chair of Moses in Matthew 23:2-3, where is the chair of Moses in the Old testament? Sola Scriptura is a farce.

Small knowledge is a dangerous knowledge.Leave Catholic alone, why can’t you look up your church history Jesus said, On this rock I build my church, no gates of hades can prevail, we are all witness until nowadays, works speaks, not words

lol here you go again with your malleable bubble gum theology. Perfectly explains why there are 45,000 man made denominations of Protestantism with conflicting doctrines and ideology. Comical.