1000% agree. I am so grateful for these amazing (and scholarly!) converts. What a blessing.

That's normal for protestants. We do have zeal for the truth. You are amazed because you aren't told the truth. These converts were not real protestants, they were looking for "something." Maybe they were enticed by the opportunity to see Jesus on earth in the wafer.

Yes. But remember at the beginning of the Church we were _all_ converts. 😊

I am a revert to Catholicism. I agree that those who have converted tend to be theologically proficient. I have also found that you never see intellectually proficient Catholics convert to Protestantism. But you do find Protestant philosophers, and intellectuals convert to Catholicism. The only Catholics I see going to the other side - are those who really didn’t know their faith. In my own experience these folks are completely ignorant of the Catholic arguments.

"Depth and theology" means nothing if their Fallible, Nonauthoritative, interpretation is wrong. If they have a "Depth of Theology" and believe in such nonsense as "Bible Alone", "Faith Alone", "Once Saved Always Saved", a "Symbolic Baptism", and a "Symbolic Eucharist", then their Theology doesn't matter until they start believing the Truth as taught by the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church created by Jesus Christ.

In a similar place as you. Praying!

Praying! Take RCIA with husband!!!

May God bless you as you discern what is true🙏

On KZfaq, type in Explaining the Faith Father Chris Alar and watch his talks. He's a younger, funny, great speaker, tells it like it is type of guy. He's done talks on Mary, purgatory, saints, relics, Eucharist miracles (some things non-catholics have trouble accepting) along with dozens upon dozens of other topics. The time goes by fast and his videos are very addicting! I'm a cradle Catholic and still am learning so much from him

Bill Donahue on youtube

To be deep in Catholicism is to be closer to hell.

Amen

Amen.

@glennlanham6309. Perhaps the most ignorant quotation of all time!

@@hanssvineklev648 That's why he is a Cardinal and canonizedsaint and you are a troll on the KZfaq comment section.

Praise God

Start the Rosary, Mother Mary Will lead you to Jesus safely. Talk to a priest in your neighbourhood & let the Holy Spirit guides you

Childhood faith. Thats an interesting word you said. I remember when i was a kid i attended a parish chuch and told my friend that someday I wanted to become a catholic too. On dec 17th 23 I was accepted into catholic church in the same parish where I made my wish. You can say I returned back to my childhood faith. The name of the parish is St Mary Immaculate

@@sandyriver4705 Mary is so grace-ious.

@Sally... Welcome home. Praise the Lord!

What reference books did you read?

Welcome home..

Same here… on my path to going back home. I feel at peace. Protestantism and evangelicalism almost destroyed my faith.

Well be back. Say your rosary daily for conversation of the world

Your first problem is reading the so called "fathers". You must study the Bible not the false doctrines of the "fathers".

Enjoy the church that murdered 7000 Christians during the inquisitions and Pope John Paul apology for in the year 2000. Enjoy the church that charged Christians for indulgences for their dead loved ones to gain salvation so that the church could afford to build st Peter's basilica.

I cannot justify attending protestant or evangelical churches. I study many versions of the Bible, as old as I can and understanding who was responsible for the translations. I am even studying Hebrew and my husband Greek. I plan to study the ancient dialect to read the oldest surviving Torah first hand. Before the Catholic Church was the church of the saints. The Bible says saints are people sainctified by genuinely accepting salvation. Only Jesus can do this. Only Jesus/God can truly know if we are saved in our heart of hearts. His church was established by followers, he did predict the split of churches. Which started with the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had lost most of it's imperialist grip and was panicking for a new form of control. This was at the same time Christianity was blossoming after Christ. But they didn't want to commit to throwing away their polytheism and pantheon gods, thus representing god falsely as Jupiter, angels as valkyries, cherubs/cherubim to chunky baby angels, and Jesus to Saturn. Even though this rejects earlier sculptures of Christ, and against descriptions in the Bible. Not surprising they didn't bother with the evidence for Jesus' birth during the holy days (dictated by God Himself) of Sukkot, in stead the Catholics twisted Saturnalia into "Christmas", around the time they had been fervently attacking Christians/Saints. It wouldn't be the last for using "holidays" to cover up abuse of the Bible and of the faith. I'll skip over celebrating Ishtar, and worship of saints AKA false idols, the prayer that isn't how Jesus tells us to pray...Lent is typically in violation of how Jesus tells us to fast. With All Saints Day came a pre-cursor of All Hallows Eve which was utilized to cover up Reformation Day/Martin Luther Day. Since he made significant headway in combating the greedy abuse of the Catholic Church. He pushed forth the previous notion that the general public should have access to the Word of God, as Jesus wanted, and for missionaries to help communities learn to read to be closer to God, spread His messages, through this method. Which the Catholic Church of course did not like, they managed to stifle his message. Brainwashed masses were of great help as usual, (hello crusades to modern public education). Martin Luther still helped clarify some important Biblical messages, thus came the Lutheran Church which ironically in itself is ironic, I personally can't get behind a church that names itself after another saint, celebrates Paeganism/ materialism through consumerist "holidays" etc. BUT my family does appreciate Luther and saints as such, and casually observe Reformation Day for sake of education in lieu of Halloween. There are several days of historical importance to discuss, but nothing close to the importance of the holy days themselves that God asks us to partake in! ❤ 🎉 Not the ritual animal sacrifices that once were, before Jesus of course. But there is nothing Biblical that says to stop reverence of those times. Even Jesus celebrated Hannukah and the symbolism of the servant candle is intensely Christian. 🕯️ Along with the historical value, even though it is not a holy day(s) in the strictest Biblical sense (occuring during the inter-testimental period and not dictated by God to celebrate/observe). 🕊️💙🙏 I hope this helps you! Thank you for reading.

The Pope is not Jesus' avatar (sorry, vicar) on earth and he's not infallible. That's ridiculous and enough by itself to throw the baby out with the bathwater. I truly wish some of you guys would open your eyes and study history. If you won't open the Bible to read for yourself, at least study history.

How can you convert to catholic..it's a vague statement.. Did protestant Church taught you any word outside the BIBLE.. THEN do share , such testimonies.

@@adityakhakha3370 a better way to say it is that Protestants converting to catholicism are submitting themselves to a papacy that claims infallibility (apostles never did) and a Pope(an office not described in Bible) who excepts title of holy father( hmm I remember Jesus teaching all have sinned and man's righteousness is like a filthy rag onto the Lord) and a church responsible for countless thousands of Christians murdered because they wouldn't submit to the Catholics church( gee I wonder how that tradition could be traced back to the apostles. Anyways good luck with your Jesuit Pope you'll need it.

Wow u must be blessed. Married and children..😊 hooray.

Absolutely beautiful story

If you really like conversion stories I will tell you a huge one. It is the little altar boys who mhomosexual pedophile priests turned into victims.

Just beautiful

FANTASTIC..

My faith journey mimics yours except; I recently reverted back to the one true faith, Catholicism. Keep praying and searching for the 1 way, 1 truth, 1 life - the church Jesus established. Listen carefully for the Holy Spirit and he will guide you

What's missing is the power of faith! What's missing is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. I was born a Catholic. I have seen, felt, heard, smelt the evil that it is. I also I read and researched the history. Not only the propagandist history the devils is Rome dish out. Christ is coming back for the five faithful virgins, the other ones who thought they were OK did not keep their lamps full. I pray for all the lost Catholics. Please get out of the pagen, idolatrous, devil worshipping, Nazi loving. Mass murdering monsters. What else can I say. You've been informed.

Missing Christ's true presence is a good reason not to be a member of a man-made church

More than a relationship, but a physical encounter with the Risen Lord.

@@thomasjorge4734 And crucially His saving grace.

Repent. Praying to dead saints is against biblical teaching. Praying to Mary is pagan You cannot be saved by your works - it is only the grace of God that will save you from hell. Purgatory is not in the Bible.

@@berean1703how can you read Jesus’s own words and not know that good works are required for salvation? Even the Lord’s Prayer implies the necessity for good works, I’m sure you pray that don’t you? We neither pray *to* Mary or the Saints. We *ask them* to *pray for us*

@@berean1703 how is your Baptist church in westboro going?

@@birgittabirgersdatter8082 You are praying to Mary and the saints to pray for you. By your own words you admit that you pray to dead saints. The Bible specifically states not to pray to dead people and that there is one mediator between God and man - Jesus Christ. Mary called Jesus her Saviour because *she was sinful* and needed saved. I believe that Jesus was conceived without sin but I do not believe that Mary was conceived without sin. Do you believe Mary was conceived without sin - and if so what Bible verses do you use to back up this teaching?

@@mikelopez8564 I can see you are not interested in proper debate if you assume I go to Westboro Baptist.

My Hahn story was when a student asked him how we know what books belonged in the New Testament? There’s no list in the Bible so either Bible alone is false OR we have no certainty that the books we have really belong there! He had never even thought of where the list actually came from and most Protestants don’t either. Historical spoiler alert: the Catholic Church discerned that in 393 AD at the Council of Carthage which brings up another logical conundrum. If the Catholic Church did not infallibly discern the index of the New Testament, then protestant have no new testament. If the Catholic Church did infallibly discern the new testament, then the next question is if they had infallible guidance, then when did that infallible guidance stop and why would it

GOD BLESS YOUR JOURNEY that's Powerful Testimony

This also applies to Catholics who fall out of Catholicism and become atheists and then come back in like myself. It is a truism that a majority of Christians both Catholics and NonCatholics, at least in this century, have no idea what Catholicism is.

All,CULTS, SECTS, DENOMINATIONS, only have half TRUTHS.... the Roman Catholic Faith has the whole truth:

@@fritula6200 Oh like the TRUTH that there were pervert priests for the last hundred years that the hierarchy tried to conceal?

If someone is going to be the next Scot hahn they must be a remarkably talented religious liar.

I cannot justify attending protestant or evangelical churches. I study many versions of the Bible, as old as I can and understanding who was responsible for the translations. I am even studying Hebrew and my husband Greek. I plan to study the ancient dialect to read the oldest surviving Torah first hand. Before the Catholic Church was the church of the saints. The Bible says saints are people sainctified by genuinely accepting salvation. Only Jesus can do this. Only Jesus/God can truly know if we are saved in our heart of hearts. His church was established by followers, he did predict the split of churches. Which started with the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had lost most of it's imperialist grip and was panicking for a new form of control. This was at the same time Christianity was blossoming after Christ. But they didn't want to commit to throwing away their polytheism and pantheon gods, thus representing god falsely as Jupiter, angels as valkyries, cherubs/cherubim to chunky baby angels, and Jesus to Saturn. Even though this rejects earlier sculptures of Christ, and against descriptions in the Bible. Not surprising they didn't bother with the evidence for Jesus' birth during the holy days (dictated by God Himself) of Sukkot, in stead the Catholics twisted Saturnalia into "Christmas", around the time they had been fervently attacking Christians/Saints. It wouldn't be the last for using "holidays" to cover up abuse of the Bible and of the faith. I'll skip over celebrating Ishtar, and worship of saints AKA false idols, the prayer that isn't how Jesus tells us to pray...Lent is typically in violation of how Jesus tells us to fast. With All Saints Day came a pre-cursor of All Hallows Eve which was utilized to cover up Reformation Day/Martin Luther Day. Since he made significant headway in combating the greedy abuse of the Catholic Church. He pushed forth the previous notion that the general public should have access to the Word of God, as Jesus wanted, and for missionaries to help communities learn to read to be closer to God, spread His messages, through this method. Which the Catholic Church of course did not like, they managed to stifle his message. Brainwashed masses were of great help as usual, (hello crusades to modern public education). Martin Luther still helped clarify some important Biblical messages, thus came the Lutheran Church which ironically in itself is ironic, I personally can't get behind a church that names itself after another saint, celebrates Paeganism/ materialism through consumerist "holidays" etc. BUT my family does appreciate Luther and saints as such, and casually observe Reformation Day for sake of education in lieu of Halloween. There are several days of historical importance to discuss, but nothing close to the importance of the holy days themselves that God asks us to partake in! ❤ 🎉 Not the ritual animal sacrifices that once were, before Jesus of course. But there is nothing Biblical that says to stop reverence of those times. Even Jesus celebrated Hannukah and the symbolism of the servant candle is intensely Christian. 🕯️ Along with the historical value, even though it is not a holy day(s) in the strictest Biblical sense (occuring during the inter-testimental period and not dictated by God to celebrate/observe). 🕊️💙🙏 I hope this helps you! Thank you for reading.

@@ari3lz3pp What church do u attend today ?

@@ari3lz3pp hating on the Catholic Church is normal, Jesus was called the prince of demons So it is expected his church be hated on

A prodigal son did just that.. We often are in the same boat. Welcome home

@@ari3lz3pp Im 63. Been Catholic all my life Never worshiped a saint yet

Amen

What's the difference between a catholic teaching & Evangelicals.

“The Truth is to Be Found Nowhere Else But in the Catholic Church.” YES! (189 A.D.) St. Irenaeus suggests in Against Heresies Book III Chapter IV: chapter title!

@@MUSIC-MARY be very concise in your Arguments , with relevant quotes from the Bible..Prove How a Truth to be found in the Catholic Church .

​@@adityakhakha3370 The difference is the Catholic person does not teach opinion but the Truth which, like God, is always one; therefore the Church can only be one. John 17:21-23. The immense number of separated protestant churches and sects confirm the Protestant error.

Very happy for you! I cut out the middle men and converted from Mormonism to Catholicism last Easter, with Joshua as my Godfather. My assessment of Mormonism was very similar. It never solved the problems it said it was rectifying. The outright rejection of historical Christianity just enlarged the same problem. God bless you!

Interesting. Please explain this for me a bit more.

@@fantasia55 Well basically it is the idea that many important doctrines were lost, and then re-discovered by Luther. Which to me imply that the church fell (or lost its way) since it lost the basic notion of how to achieve salvation. And that to me is the same as the mormon claim. Who restored real apostolic teaching? Luther? Calving? Zwingli? Joseph Smith? It makes more sense to believe that apostolic teaching was never lost. One says that for 1200-1300 years we lost apostolic teaching, the other for 1700. Both views seem not reasonable if Jesus was who he said he was.

@@GabrielPereira-hm1cz Yes indeedy, Protestantism asserts that Jesus was a miserable failure in establishing Christianity - and needed the help of Martin Luther to get it done.

Mine is that they lie so boldly about Catholics so much. I believed it for over a decade.

Protestantis just pick and choose what to believe.

​@@Compulsive-Elk7103I was once protestant. At some point i thought Am I supposed to buildup like legos my own beliefs??

@@045_bharatpowar7that’s a good analogy to their doctrines. It’s like they are picking different colored & sized legos from a pile and stacking them up however high they want to go. No set of doctrine is the same.

How is infant baptism ok with you. Can you show me where scripture says anything about infant baptism? Or where a newborn can "repent and be baptized?" Having been a Protestant I assume you know the bible. So how were you bamboozled?so show me where you read in your bible as a Protestant where it says Mary was assumed? Where can I read that she was immaculately conceived? Or any of the doctrines you now believe. If you are able to provide them, I just might convert. Issy that because I KNOW there is no such thing in the bible.

​@@rbnmnt3341 Hi, I guess you have no opinion on the question of authority, which is what the OP posted about?

I cannot justify attending protestant or evangelical churches. I study many versions of the Bible, as old as I can and understanding who was responsible for the translations. I am even studying Hebrew and my husband Greek. I plan to study the ancient dialect to read the oldest surviving Torah first hand. Before the Catholic Church was the church of the saints. The Bible says saints are people sainctified by genuinely accepting salvation. Only Jesus can do this. Only Jesus/God can truly know if we are saved in our heart of hearts. His church was established by followers, he did predict the split of churches. Which started with the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had lost most of it's imperialist grip and was panicking for a new form of control. This was at the same time Christianity was blossoming after Christ. But they didn't want to commit to throwing away their polytheism and pantheon gods, thus representing god falsely as Jupiter, angels as valkyries, cherubs/cherubim to chunky baby angels, and Jesus to Saturn. Even though this rejects earlier sculptures of Christ, and against descriptions in the Bible. Not surprising they didn't bother with the evidence for Jesus' birth during the holy days (dictated by God Himself) of Sukkot, in stead the Catholics twisted Saturnalia into "Christmas", around the time they had been fervently attacking Christians/Saints. It wouldn't be the last for using "holidays" to cover up abuse of the Bible and of the faith. I'll skip over celebrating Ishtar, and worship of saints AKA false idols, the prayer that isn't how Jesus tells us to pray...Lent is typically in violation of how Jesus tells us to fast. With All Saints Day came a pre-cursor of All Hallows Eve which was utilized to cover up Reformation Day/Martin Luther Day. Since he made significant headway in combating the greedy abuse of the Catholic Church. He pushed forth the previous notion that the general public should have access to the Word of God, as Jesus wanted, and for missionaries to help communities learn to read to be closer to God, spread His messages, through this method. Which the Catholic Church of course did not like, they managed to stifle his message. Brainwashed masses were of great help as usual, (hello crusades to modern public education). Martin Luther still helped clarify some important Biblical messages, thus came the Lutheran Church which ironically in itself is ironic, I personally can't get behind a church that names itself after another saint, celebrates Paeganism/ materialism through consumerist "holidays" etc. BUT my family does appreciate Luther and saints as such, and casually observe Reformation Day for sake of education in lieu of Halloween. There are several days of historical importance to discuss, but nothing close to the importance of the holy days themselves that God asks us to partake in! ❤ 🎉 Not the ritual animal sacrifices that once were, before Jesus of course. But there is nothing Biblical that says to stop reverence of those times. Even Jesus celebrated Hannukah and the symbolism of the servant candle is intensely Christian. 🕯️ Along with the historical value, even though it is not a holy day(s) in the strictest Biblical sense (occuring during the inter-testimental period and not dictated by God to celebrate/observe). 🕊️💙🙏 I hope this helps you! Thank you for reading.

The logic there doesn't make any sense. Do you know anything about Second Temple Judaism? It's literally the world Jesus was living in. It would be a helpful start.

Perhaps you should then read Newman's Treatise "The Development of the Christian Religion" where he admits that no less than 70% of the rites, rituals, and customs of Roman Catholicism are of pagan (not biblical) origin.

Well if you would rather read the Roman Catholic Latin Vulgate iof Jeroime you will see that Jerome did not believe Peter to be The Rock.

Christians follow Christ. Catholics follow the Pope so catholicism is not christianity. John Henry was way off.

I cannot justify attending protestant or evangelical churches. I study many versions of the Bible, as old as I can and understanding who was responsible for the translations. I am even studying Hebrew and my husband Greek. I plan to study the ancient dialect to read the oldest surviving Torah first hand. Before the Catholic Church was the church of the saints. The Bible says saints are people sainctified by genuinely accepting salvation. Only Jesus can do this. Only Jesus/God can truly know if we are saved in our heart of hearts. His church was established by followers, he did predict the split of churches. Which started with the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had lost most of it's imperialist grip and was panicking for a new form of control. This was at the same time Christianity was blossoming after Christ. But they didn't want to commit to throwing away their polytheism and pantheon gods, thus representing god falsely as Jupiter, angels as valkyries, cherubs/cherubim to chunky baby angels, and Jesus to Saturn. Even though this rejects earlier sculptures of Christ, and against descriptions in the Bible. Not surprising they didn't bother with the evidence for Jesus' birth during the holy days (dictated by God Himself) of Sukkot, in stead the Catholics twisted Saturnalia into "Christmas", around the time they had been fervently attacking Christians/Saints. It wouldn't be the last for using "holidays" to cover up abuse of the Bible and of the faith. I'll skip over celebrating Ishtar, and worship of saints AKA false idols, the prayer that isn't how Jesus tells us to pray...Lent is typically in violation of how Jesus tells us to fast. With All Saints Day came a pre-cursor of All Hallows Eve which was utilized to cover up Reformation Day/Martin Luther Day. Since he made significant headway in combating the greedy abuse of the Catholic Church. He pushed forth the previous notion that the general public should have access to the Word of God, as Jesus wanted, and for missionaries to help communities learn to read to be closer to God, spread His messages, through this method. Which the Catholic Church of course did not like, they managed to stifle his message. Brainwashed masses were of great help as usual, (hello crusades to modern public education). Martin Luther still helped clarify some important Biblical messages, thus came the Lutheran Church which ironically in itself is ironic, I personally can't get behind a church that names itself after another saint, celebrates Paeganism/ materialism through consumerist "holidays" etc. BUT my family does appreciate Luther and saints as such, and casually observe Reformation Day for sake of education in lieu of Halloween. There are several days of historical importance to discuss, but nothing close to the importance of the holy days themselves that God asks us to partake in! ❤ 🎉 Not the ritual animal sacrifices that once were, before Jesus of course. But there is nothing Biblical that says to stop reverence of those times. Even Jesus celebrated Hannukah and the symbolism of the servant candle is intensely Christian. 🕯️ Along with the historical value, even though it is not a holy day(s) in the strictest Biblical sense (occuring during the inter-testimental period and not dictated by God to celebrate/observe). 🕊️💙🙏 I hope this helps you! Thank you for reading. May you develop the fruit of the spirit and seek the truth, the way, the life! ❤️

@@ari3lz3pp blabla copy and paste, im happy i left protestantism

I cannot justify attending protestant or evangelical churches. I study many versions of the Bible, as old as I can and understanding who was responsible for the translations. I am even studying Hebrew and my husband Greek. I plan to study the ancient dialect to read the oldest surviving Torah first hand. Before the Catholic Church was the church of the saints. The Bible says saints are people sainctified by genuinely accepting salvation. Only Jesus can do this. Only Jesus/God can truly know if we are saved in our heart of hearts. His church was established by followers, he did predict the split of churches. Which started with the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had lost most of it's imperialist grip and was panicking for a new form of control. This was at the same time Christianity was blossoming after Christ. But they didn't want to commit to throwing away their polytheism and pantheon gods, thus representing god falsely as Jupiter, angels as valkyries, cherubs/cherubim to chunky baby angels, and Jesus to Saturn. Even though this rejects earlier sculptures of Christ, and against descriptions in the Bible. Not surprising they didn't bother with the evidence for Jesus' birth during the holy days (dictated by God Himself) of Sukkot, in stead the Catholics twisted Saturnalia into "Christmas", around the time they had been fervently attacking Christians/Saints. It wouldn't be the last for using "holidays" to cover up abuse of the Bible and of the faith. I'll skip over celebrating Ishtar, and worship of saints AKA false idols, the prayer that isn't how Jesus tells us to pray...Lent is typically in violation of how Jesus tells us to fast. With All Saints Day came a pre-cursor of All Hallows Eve which was utilized to cover up Reformation Day/Martin Luther Day. Since he made significant headway in combating the greedy abuse of the Catholic Church. He pushed forth the previous notion that the general public should have access to the Word of God, as Jesus wanted, and for missionaries to help communities learn to read to be closer to God, spread His messages, through this method. Which the Catholic Church of course did not like, they managed to stifle his message. Brainwashed masses were of great help as usual, (hello crusades to modern public education). Martin Luther still helped clarify some important Biblical messages, thus came the Lutheran Church which ironically in itself is ironic, I personally can't get behind a church that names itself after another saint, celebrates Paeganism/ materialism through consumerist "holidays" etc. BUT my family does appreciate Luther and saints as such, and casually observe Reformation Day for sake of education in lieu of Halloween. There are several days of historical importance to discuss, but nothing close to the importance of the holy days themselves that God asks us to partake in! ❤ 🎉 Not the ritual animal sacrifices that once were, before Jesus of course. But there is nothing Biblical that says to stop reverence of those times. Even Jesus celebrated Hannukah and the symbolism of the servant candle is intensely Christian. 🕯️ Along with the historical value, even though it is not a holy day(s) in the strictest Biblical sense (occuring during the inter-testimental period and not dictated by God to celebrate/observe). 🕊️💙🙏 I hope this helps you! Thank you for reading.❤❤❤

@@ari3lz3pp nice copy and paste

​@ari3lz3pp this is from the early church pre-1000AD, will knock the falsehood on what you are saying (which has been debunked many times) on Istar,etc. "The twenty-fifth day of December. In the five thousand one hundred and ninety-ninth year of the creation of the world from the time when God in the beginning created the heavens and the earth; the two thousand nine hundred and fifty-seventh year after the flood; the two thousand and fifteenth year from the birth of Abraham; the one thousand five hundred and tenth year from Moses and the going forth of the people of Israel from Egypt; the one thousand and thirty-second year from David's being anointed king; in the sixty-fifth week according to the prophecy of Daniel; in the one hundred and ninety-fourth Olympiad; the seven hundred and fifty-second year from the foundation of the city of Rome; the forty second year of the reign of Octavian Augustus; the whole world being at peace, in the sixth age of the world, Jesus Christ the eternal God and Son of the eternal Father, desiring to sanctify the world by his most merciful coming, being conceived by the Holy Spirit, and nine months having passed since his conception, was born in Bethlehem of Judea of the Virgin Mary, being made flesh. The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh."

And humble and brave enough to admit wrong.

I'm sorry but I'm not sure what you mean. I cannot justify attending protestant or evangelical churches. I study many versions of the Bible, as old as I can and understanding who was responsible for the translations. I am even studying Hebrew and my husband Greek. I plan to study the ancient dialect to read the oldest surviving Torah first hand. Before the Catholic Church was the church of the saints. The Bible says saints are people sainctified by genuinely accepting salvation. Only Jesus can do this. Only Jesus/God can truly know if we are saved in our heart of hearts. His church was established by followers, he did predict the split of churches. Which started with the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had lost most of it's imperialist grip and was panicking for a new form of control. This was at the same time Christianity was blossoming after Christ. But they didn't want to commit to throwing away their polytheism and pantheon gods, thus representing god falsely as Jupiter, angels as valkyries, cherubs/cherubim to chunky baby angels, and Jesus to Saturn. Even though this rejects earlier sculptures of Christ, and against descriptions in the Bible. Not surprising they didn't bother with the evidence for Jesus' birth during the holy days (dictated by God Himself) of Sukkot, in stead the Catholics twisted Saturnalia into "Christmas", around the time they had been fervently attacking Christians/Saints. It wouldn't be the last for using "holidays" to cover up abuse of the Bible and of the faith. I'll skip over celebrating Ishtar, and worship of saints AKA false idols, the prayer that isn't how Jesus tells us to pray...Lent is typically in violation of how Jesus tells us to fast. With All Saints Day came a pre-cursor of All Hallows Eve which was utilized to cover up Reformation Day/Martin Luther Day. Since he made significant headway in combating the greedy abuse of the Catholic Church. He pushed forth the previous notion that the general public should have access to the Word of God, as Jesus wanted, and for missionaries to help communities learn to read to be closer to God, spread His messages, through this method. Which the Catholic Church of course did not like, they managed to stifle his message. Brainwashed masses were of great help as usual, (hello crusades to modern public education). Martin Luther still helped clarify some important Biblical messages, thus came the Lutheran Church which ironically in itself is ironic, I personally can't get behind a church that names itself after another saint, celebrates Paeganism/ materialism through consumerist "holidays" etc. BUT my family does appreciate Luther and saints as such, and casually observe Reformation Day for sake of education in lieu of Halloween. There are several days of historical importance to discuss, but nothing close to the importance of the holy days themselves that God asks us to partake in! ❤ 🎉 Not the ritual animal sacrifices that once were, before Jesus of course. But there is nothing Biblical that says to stop reverence of those times. Even Jesus celebrated Hannukah and the symbolism of the servant candle is intensely Christian. 🕯️ Along with the historical value, even though it is not a holy day(s) in the strictest Biblical sense (occuring during the inter-testimental period and not dictated by God to celebrate/observe). 🕊️💙🙏 I hope this helps you! Thank you for reading.

​@@pemcortes9467I cannot justify attending protestant or evangelical churches. I study many versions of the Bible, as old as I can and understanding who was responsible for the translations. I am even studying Hebrew and my husband Greek. I plan to study the ancient dialect to read the oldest surviving Torah first hand. Before the Catholic Church was the church of the saints. The Bible says saints are people sainctified by genuinely accepting salvation. Only Jesus can do this. Only Jesus/God can truly know if we are saved in our heart of hearts. His church was established by followers, he did predict the split of churches. Which started with the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had lost most of it's imperialist grip and was panicking for a new form of control. This was at the same time Christianity was blossoming after Christ. But they didn't want to commit to throwing away their polytheism and pantheon gods, thus representing god falsely as Jupiter, angels as valkyries, cherubs/cherubim to chunky baby angels, and Jesus to Saturn. Even though this rejects earlier sculptures of Christ, and against descriptions in the Bible. Not surprising they didn't bother with the evidence for Jesus' birth during the holy days (dictated by God Himself) of Sukkot, in stead the Catholics twisted Saturnalia into "Christmas", around the time they had been fervently attacking Christians/Saints. It wouldn't be the last for using "holidays" to cover up abuse of the Bible and of the faith. I'll skip over celebrating Ishtar, and worship of saints AKA false idols, the prayer that isn't how Jesus tells us to pray...Lent is typically in violation of how Jesus tells us to fast. With All Saints Day came a pre-cursor of All Hallows Eve which was utilized to cover up Reformation Day/Martin Luther Day. Since he made significant headway in combating the greedy abuse of the Catholic Church. He pushed forth the previous notion that the general public should have access to the Word of God, as Jesus wanted, and for missionaries to help communities learn to read to be closer to God, spread His messages, through this method. Which the Catholic Church of course did not like, they managed to stifle his message. Brainwashed masses were of great help as usual, (hello crusades to modern public education). Martin Luther still helped clarify some important Biblical messages, thus came the Lutheran Church which ironically in itself is ironic, I personally can't get behind a church that names itself after another saint, celebrates Paeganism/ materialism through consumerist "holidays" etc. BUT my family does appreciate Luther and saints as such, and casually observe Reformation Day for sake of education in lieu of Halloween. There are several days of historical importance to discuss, but nothing close to the importance of the holy days themselves that God asks us to partake in! ❤ 🎉 Not the ritual animal sacrifices that once were, before Jesus of course. But there is nothing Biblical that says to stop reverence of those times. Even Jesus celebrated Hannukah and the symbolism of the servant candle is intensely Christian. 🕯️ Along with the historical value, even though it is not a holy day(s) in the strictest Biblical sense (occuring during the inter-testimental period and not dictated by God to celebrate/observe). 🕊️💙🙏 I hope this helps you! Thank you for reading.

@@ari3lz3pp you need to have your self exorcised.

Yeah, if you have blinders on and ignore the selling of indulgences to further richen an organization that was already fabulously wealthy, the persecution, torture and execution of those who had different ideas, the non Scriptural beliefs and activities of the church, the wrong belief that church doctrine is equivalent to the Word of God, and last, but certainly not least, the deliberate concealment of the clergy who abused children for over 100 years.

Welcome Home!

I cannot justify attending protestant or evangelical churches. I study many versions of the Bible, as old as I can and understanding who was responsible for the translations. I am even studying Hebrew and my husband Greek. I plan to study the ancient dialect to read the oldest surviving Torah first hand. Before the Catholic Church was the church of the saints. The Bible says saints are people sainctified by genuinely accepting salvation. Only Jesus can do this. Only Jesus/God can truly know if we are saved in our heart of hearts. His church was established by followers, he did predict the split of churches. Which started with the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had lost most of it's imperialist grip and was panicking for a new form of control. This was at the same time Christianity was blossoming after Christ. But they didn't want to commit to throwing away their polytheism and pantheon gods, thus representing god falsely as Jupiter, angels as valkyries, cherubs/cherubim to chunky baby angels, and Jesus to Saturn. Even though this rejects earlier sculptures of Christ, and against descriptions in the Bible. Not surprising they didn't bother with the evidence for Jesus' birth during the holy days (dictated by God Himself) of Sukkot, in stead the Catholics twisted Saturnalia into "Christmas", around the time they had been fervently attacking Christians/Saints. It wouldn't be the last for using "holidays" to cover up abuse of the Bible and of the faith. I'll skip over celebrating Ishtar, and worship of saints AKA false idols, the prayer that isn't how Jesus tells us to pray...Lent is typically in violation of how Jesus tells us to fast. With All Saints Day came a pre-cursor of All Hallows Eve which was utilized to cover up Reformation Day/Martin Luther Day. Since he made significant headway in combating the greedy abuse of the Catholic Church. He pushed forth the previous notion that the general public should have access to the Word of God, as Jesus wanted, and for missionaries to help communities learn to read to be closer to God, spread His messages, through this method. Which the Catholic Church of course did not like, they managed to stifle his message. Brainwashed masses were of great help as usual, (hello crusades to modern public education). Martin Luther still helped clarify some important Biblical messages, thus came the Lutheran Church which ironically in itself is ironic, I personally can't get behind a church that names itself after another saint, celebrates Paeganism/ materialism through consumerist "holidays" etc. BUT my family does appreciate Luther and saints as such, and casually observe Reformation Day for sake of education in lieu of Halloween. There are several days of historical importance to discuss, but nothing close to the importance of the holy days themselves that God asks us to partake in! ❤ 🎉 Not the ritual animal sacrifices that once were, before Jesus of course. But there is nothing Biblical that says to stop reverence of those times. Even Jesus celebrated Hannukah and the symbolism of the servant candle is intensely Christian. 🕯️ Along with the historical value, even though it is not a holy day(s) in the strictest Biblical sense (occuring during the inter-testimental period and not dictated by God to celebrate/observe). 🕊️💙🙏 I hope this helps you! Thank you for reading.

@@ari3lz3pp It sounds like youve done some seriously deep study of anticatholic materials. Its impressive but the problem is, i used to believe the exact same things you just professed! Word for word! I did a lot of studying of the reformation myself. Literally everything you listed were the reasons i never gave the Catholic church the time of the day! What changed? For all my studying and assurance of my election, i found myself and my family surrounded by sin. I almost lost my wife and kids it got so bad! I prayed to god to show me the truth, no matter how much it hurts. I needed to know what to do to save my family! That night i had a dream about a catholic priest and a vision of the history of the church and the catholic church was in deed the church that christ started. I didnt want to believe it! I woke up thinking i had lost my mind. I didnt know a single catholic, my family is 100% Protestant. There isnt even a catholic church within 30 mins of my house. I couldnt name a single catholic speaker, apologist, and totally believed Francis was the NWO liberal pope. I figured the first thing i would do to dispel this ridiculous dream was go back and study the reformation. Maybe i missed something in Luther that i didnt see in Calvin. That day i looked at the reformation but all kinds of information that i didnt know about surfaced. Luthers rejection of hebrews, james, revelation, along with the dueterocanon aside from esther coupled with his beliefs about mary convinced me that his idea of sola scriptura and mine were very different. Then i learned about the dark side of the reformation. The peasants and knights revolts. The money and power that shifted during the reformation, the theft of the churches, then you look at Calvin and the evil things that his total authority brought. Yet another man who believed in sola scriptura and the perpetual virginity of mary. I was struck! Pretty soon i went on a deep dive to discover the full truth of the reformation. It was NOT what you think it was and there is a comprehensive defense to literally everything you mentioned. The only way to respond to each would be a massive data dump…. Theres a little known catholic channel called bulletproof catholic. Check out his series “the untold story of the Protestant reformation” it is NOT exhaustive. However, it seems like youre a real seeker. Like i said i feel like im responding to one of my old comments. The reason youre only getting half the picture is because reformation lovers cast it in a heroic light. If youve only ever learned the story from fans of the reformation, then i promise youre only getting half the story. See what the catholics have to say about the reformation before you make up your mind. Listen to Catholics talking about it as well as Protestants. Its really the only way to get all the information. I allowed all those anti catholic “facts” to prevent me from even bothering to study what Rome had to say. I’m extremely happy to say the sins in my house are reduced to the lowest levels ever and ive been absolutely set ablaze for the lord since starting my journey to the church!

@@ari3lz3pp none of what you have written describes the history of the Church or what it teaches. At least read or acquaint yourself with what the Church does teach in primary sources, that is, a Catholic source. If you do, you’ll realize, I think, you have one less straw man to worry about. A prayer for you. Peace!

@@mikelopez8564 It's never helpful to say "do vague reading and magically discover what my disagreement is". Always specify something that was wrong and why

But i thought we weren't supposed to 'pray' to Anyone but God. i've been told, "We don't pray to Mary or Saint so & so...we ask them to pray for us just like asking a friend to your left or right for prayer." Problem is...i don't buy it. Over & over the contradiction gets displayed like right here. You said you 'pray' to someone else besides God in Heaven. If you deny it, then you're lying to yourself. In essence you're conjuring up spirits from beyond the grave...believing the creations have the same powers of the Creator & are worthy to be praised. Only Creator God Is: Omniscient, Omnipresent & Omnipotent.

I cannot justify attending protestant or evangelical churches. I study many versions of the Bible, as old as I can and understanding who was responsible for the translations. I am even studying Hebrew and my husband Greek. I plan to study the ancient dialect to read the oldest surviving Torah first hand. Before the Catholic Church was the church of the saints. The Bible says saints are people sainctified by genuinely accepting salvation. Only Jesus can do this. Only Jesus/God can truly know if we are saved in our heart of hearts. His church was established by followers, he did predict the split of churches. Which started with the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had lost most of it's imperialist grip and was panicking for a new form of control. This was at the same time Christianity was blossoming after Christ. But they didn't want to commit to throwing away their polytheism and pantheon gods, thus representing god falsely as Jupiter, angels as valkyries, cherubs/cherubim to chunky baby angels, and Jesus to Saturn. Even though this rejects earlier sculptures of Christ, and against descriptions in the Bible. Not surprising they didn't bother with the evidence for Jesus' birth during the holy days (dictated by God Himself) of Sukkot, in stead the Catholics twisted Saturnalia into "Christmas", around the time they had been fervently attacking Christians/Saints. It wouldn't be the last for using "holidays" to cover up abuse of the Bible and of the faith. I'll skip over celebrating Ishtar, and worship of saints AKA false idols, the prayer that isn't how Jesus tells us to pray...Lent is typically in violation of how Jesus tells us to fast. With All Saints Day came a pre-cursor of All Hallows Eve which was utilized to cover up Reformation Day/Martin Luther Day. Since he made significant headway in combating the greedy abuse of the Catholic Church. He pushed forth the previous notion that the general public should have access to the Word of God, as Jesus wanted, and for missionaries to help communities learn to read to be closer to God, spread His messages, through this method. Which the Catholic Church of course did not like, they managed to stifle his message. Brainwashed masses were of great help as usual, (hello crusades to modern public education). Martin Luther still helped clarify some important Biblical messages, thus came the Lutheran Church which ironically in itself is ironic, I personally can't get behind a church that names itself after another saint, celebrates Paeganism/ materialism through consumerist "holidays" etc. BUT my family does appreciate Luther and saints as such, and casually observe Reformation Day for sake of education in lieu of Halloween. There are several days of historical importance to discuss, but nothing close to the importance of the holy days themselves that God asks us to partake in! ❤ 🎉 Not the ritual animal sacrifices that once were, before Jesus of course. But there is nothing Biblical that says to stop reverence of those times. Even Jesus celebrated Hannukah and the symbolism of the servant candle is intensely Christian. 🕯️ Along with the historical value, even though it is not a holy day(s) in the strictest Biblical sense (occuring during the inter-testimental period and not dictated by God to celebrate/observe). 🕊️💙🙏 I hope this helps you! Thank you for reading.

​@@preachinoldschool5726❤ exactly I cannot justify attending protestant or evangelical churches. I study many versions of the Bible, as old as I can and understanding who was responsible for the translations. I am even studying Hebrew and my husband Greek. I plan to study the ancient dialect to read the oldest surviving Torah first hand. Before the Catholic Church was the church of the saints. The Bible says saints are people sainctified by genuinely accepting salvation. Only Jesus can do this. Only Jesus/God can truly know if we are saved in our heart of hearts. His church was established by followers, he did predict the split of churches. Which started with the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had lost most of it's imperialist grip and was panicking for a new form of control. This was at the same time Christianity was blossoming after Christ. But they didn't want to commit to throwing away their polytheism and pantheon gods, thus representing god falsely as Jupiter, angels as valkyries, cherubs/cherubim to chunky baby angels, and Jesus to Saturn. Even though this rejects earlier sculptures of Christ, and against descriptions in the Bible. Not surprising they didn't bother with the evidence for Jesus' birth during the holy days (dictated by God Himself) of Sukkot, in stead the Catholics twisted Saturnalia into "Christmas", around the time they had been fervently attacking Christians/Saints. It wouldn't be the last for using "holidays" to cover up abuse of the Bible and of the faith. I'll skip over celebrating Ishtar, and worship of saints AKA false idols, the prayer that isn't how Jesus tells us to pray...Lent is typically in violation of how Jesus tells us to fast. With All Saints Day came a pre-cursor of All Hallows Eve which was utilized to cover up Reformation Day/Martin Luther Day. Since he made significant headway in combating the greedy abuse of the Catholic Church. He pushed forth the previous notion that the general public should have access to the Word of God, as Jesus wanted, and for missionaries to help communities learn to read to be closer to God, spread His messages, through this method. Which the Catholic Church of course did not like, they managed to stifle his message. Brainwashed masses were of great help as usual, (hello crusades to modern public education). Martin Luther still helped clarify some important Biblical messages, thus came the Lutheran Church which ironically in itself is ironic, I personally can't get behind a church that names itself after another saint, celebrates Paeganism/ materialism through consumerist "holidays" etc. BUT my family does appreciate Luther and saints as such, and casually observe Reformation Day for sake of education in lieu of Halloween. There are several days of historical importance to discuss, but nothing close to the importance of the holy days themselves that God asks us to partake in! ❤ 🎉 Not the ritual animal sacrifices that once were, before Jesus of course. But there is nothing Biblical that says to stop reverence of those times. Even Jesus celebrated Hannukah and the symbolism of the servant candle is intensely Christian. 🕯️ Along with the historical value, even though it is not a holy day(s) in the strictest Biblical sense (occuring during the inter-testimental period and not dictated by God to celebrate/observe). 🕊️💙🙏 I hope this helps you! Thank you for reading.

@@preachinoldschool5726yeah most Catholic laymen mess up in this area. We absolutely pray to Mary. We don’t however make sacrifices to her as though she were God the Father. Most Protestants confuse prayer for worship forgetting that she is alive like all who have gone with God. She is alive and following her statement in Luke 1:48, “Behold, from henceforth all will call me blessed!”

Yes, 'your lsady' not God's. Dianna of Ephesus in pseudo christian masquerade bless you.

the blessed mother what a subject Solomon had 500 wives and 3000 concubines but who sat next to him on the throne. Not 500 wive no his mother Queen mother is always next to the king. Without her we would not have christ she is the second eve christ new Adam whatqouls so without her

I wonder if this will help explain the doctine of Blessed Virgin Mary .. She does not take away the light from Christ; but reflects His light to us,like the moon from the sun.

I pray for that our mother Mary will guide you home...were waiting..

Come home, brother.

Purgatory is the place where the faithful people are purified. In technical way protestantism also has the concept of purgatory, it is only worded differently. In simplified way catholicism and protestantism believe God purify the sins of people, in catholicism the process is actually a placed called purgatory

You're well on your way to Catholicism....and hell.

Keep your eyes on Heaven. They will lead you home. Also, we are your family. ❤

@@rhwinner yes, and it's not through purgatory and Rome or through Mary.

@@rbnmnt3341 Welcome, my friend. We're glad you're here!

@@rbnmnt3341we love that you are here engaging with us. Let’s discover the Christians of 100-200 AD together.

Yes, division is the name of the game for those outside the Catholic Church

Well since the pope is declared infallible and excepts the title holy father i don't know how you can make such a claim. The reformers didn't point to themselves but pointed to scripture(you know the teachings of Jesus and the apostles) that tells you call no man your father but the one in heaven (Mathew 23:9). Just as the apostles we're killed for the teachings of Christ so we're the reformers by your Catholic church. Enjoy the Bible you have at home because until the reformers if you were not a priest the Catholic church would have you arrested and punished for that. Smh

Oh I must mention your Catholic church had the audacity to change the ten commandments. You know the same ones that came directly from God to Moses. Smh keep following corrupt and fallible man over the teachings of Christ

@@joelc-gc1hq “We can never honor Mary enough.” Martin Luther Until the reformers, bibles cost about $250,000 and were hand copied. No Catholics were not arrested for having one. There was one bishop in one area who banned personal Bibles because they were almost all Protestant bibles Which are fake. So he was protecting his sheep.

@@joelc-gc1hq Father Rom. 4:1 Rom. 4:11 Rom. 4:12 Rom. 4:17 Rom. 4:18

Same here❤

me too.

All that information is readily available to you anytime you want to read it. I began studying of these very things in 1988. I had to go to the library for the information then. It’s profoundly easy all on line now!

If you made it through the NT, why are you Catholic? There is NOTHING in the NT That would lead you to Catholicism. You've gone from believing the truth of God, to believing the lies of the devil and Rome.

@@rbnmnt3341 Did you actually watch the video? Joshua gives numerous NT and OT examples that certainly point away from any branch of protestantism. I certainly found nothing in the NT that would have led me back to protestantism either even though as I said it wasn't anything per se biblical that lead me to the Church initially.

@@rushthezeppelin so you were just spinning the wheel and the pointer landed on Rome? Wow the wrong reason to choose a religion. If you've read scripture, it won't lead you to ANY particular religion. It should lead you to the worldwide body of believers. Catholicism and Protestantism aren't in the bible. So you're right on that. It's not what any person says about another religion. The question is does a particular religion/church teach according to the bible? Honestly, Catholicism is farthest from scripture. If you were a student in a seminary and didn't see that, then you're spiritually blind or you tuned the professor out.

@@rbnmnt3341First of all just because I didn't initially make my way to the Catholic Church by way of scripture initially does not mean I spun a wheel. Please be charitable and don't put words in my mouth here. Second of all I never said anything about seminary. Third do you think I haven't heard any of the protestant objections to Catholicism and heard sufficient answers, often scriptural as to why those are wrong or just caricatures of the Church? No offense to you if you've been to protestant seminary and heard these objections but the majority of them are likely strawmen.

@@rushthezeppelin well I know you didn't find your way to Catholicism by the bible. Truer words have not been spoken. Catholicism is nowhere to be found in scripture. No, I'm sure you heard plenty of objections. Truth is, it's not what we say. The bible has plenty for us. Your teachings are not found in scripture and that says enough.

I cannot justify attending protestant or evangelical churches. I study many versions of the Bible, as old as I can and understanding who was responsible for the translations. I am even studying Hebrew and my husband Greek. I plan to study the ancient dialect to read the oldest surviving Torah first hand. Before the Catholic Church was the church of the saints. The Bible says saints are people sainctified by genuinely accepting salvation. Only Jesus can do this. Only Jesus/God can truly know if we are saved in our heart of hearts. His church was established by followers, he did predict the split of churches. Which started with the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had lost most of it's imperialist grip and was panicking for a new form of control. This was at the same time Christianity was blossoming after Christ. But they didn't want to commit to throwing away their polytheism and pantheon gods, thus representing god falsely as Jupiter, angels as valkyries, cherubs/cherubim to chunky baby angels, and Jesus to Saturn. Even though this rejects earlier sculptures of Christ, and against descriptions in the Bible. Not surprising they didn't bother with the evidence for Jesus' birth during the holy days (dictated by God Himself) of Sukkot, in stead the Catholics twisted Saturnalia into "Christmas", around the time they had been fervently attacking Christians/Saints. It wouldn't be the last for using "holidays" to cover up abuse of the Bible and of the faith. I'll skip over celebrating Ishtar, and worship of saints AKA false idols, the prayer that isn't how Jesus tells us to pray...Lent is typically in violation of how Jesus tells us to fast. With All Saints Day came a pre-cursor of All Hallows Eve which was utilized to cover up Reformation Day/Martin Luther Day. Since he made significant headway in combating the greedy abuse of the Catholic Church. He pushed forth the previous notion that the general public should have access to the Word of God, as Jesus wanted, and for missionaries to help communities learn to read to be closer to God, spread His messages, through this method. Which the Catholic Church of course did not like, they managed to stifle his message. Brainwashed masses were of great help as usual, (hello crusades to modern public education). Martin Luther still helped clarify some important Biblical messages, thus came the Lutheran Church which ironically in itself is ironic, I personally can't get behind a church that names itself after another saint, celebrates Paeganism/ materialism through consumerist "holidays" etc. BUT my family does appreciate Luther and saints as such, and casually observe Reformation Day for sake of education in lieu of Halloween. There are several days of historical importance to discuss, but nothing close to the importance of the holy days themselves that God asks us to partake in! ❤ 🎉 Not the ritual animal sacrifices that once were, before Jesus of course. But there is nothing Biblical that says to stop reverence of those times. Even Jesus celebrated Hannukah and the symbolism of the servant candle is intensely Christian. 🕯️ Along with the historical value, even though it is not a holy day(s) in the strictest Biblical sense (occuring during the inter-testimental period and not dictated by God to celebrate/observe). 🕊️💙🙏 I hope this helps you! Thank you for reading.❤

@@ari3lz3pp The church of the Saints, or the “way “, was and is the Catholic Church established by Jesus Christ. Thousands of Catholic saints were murdered by the Romans, including nearly every bishop for the first four centuries. Their teachings reflect what Jesus taught the disciples and were handed down in oral tradition from Bishop to Bishop and apostle to apostle. And much holy blood was spilt for the same teachings Catholics hold today that Protestants have mis-interpreted because they lack understanding. The Bible is a Catholic book. It began under Pope Damasus and St. Jerome who translated the Greek Old Testament, called the Septuagint into Latin, and gathered all the New Testament writings, epistles, and letters from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, and translated the New Testament of 27 books into Latin. Hundreds of documents were rejected to defend the early teachings and defend the faith. The first complete holy Bible was called, “Latin Vulgate.“ The canon was established over several decades, beginning in the council of Rome, 382 AD by the 39th letter of Anathanasius, then council of Hippo 393 A.D., and culminating in the councils of Carthage in 397 and 416 A.D. The same 73 books of the Bible, were re-ratified at the council of Florence 1442 AD and council of Trent to combat heretical Protestantism in 1546 A.D. The dead Sea scrolls, confirm what the four great codices together included as the 73 books of the Cannon Bible. THE PROTESTANTS REMOVED SEVEN BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AND FOUR BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT UNDER MARTIN LUTHER‘S BIBLE WHERE HE PLACED THEM IN THE APPENDIX because these 11 books did did not agree with his new heretical theology. THE 1611 KING JAMES VERSION OF THE BIBLE INCLUDED ALL 73 BOOKS. THE BRITISH FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY REMOVED THE SEVEN BOOKS CALLED THE APOCRYPHA FROM THE BIBLE, BECAUSE IT CONVERTED PEOPLE TO CATHOLICISM, AND IT WAS CHEAPER TO MASS PRODUCE. In 1899, the Gideons mass produced these cheaper Bibles and disseminated them in prison, schools, hotels, and dust, the incomplete Bible was created. Today, protestants falsely claim that Catholics added seven more books, when in reality, protestants took them out because it was cheaper andconverted people to the true faith. If it’s true, it’s probably not new. If it’s new, it’s probably not true. The first 1500 years of Christianity was Catholic, one church, one way, one truth. The last 500 years since Martin Luther; however, created nearly 9000 to 40,000+ New protestant denominations or churches (plural). For example, from the beginning the Catholic Church and even Martin Luther believed in the communion bread, being the actual body of Christ, and the communion wine being the actual blood of Christ. It was not just a symbolic cracker and grape juice only in the last 500 years have the protestants erroneously taught this unsound doctrine for their itching ears to hear. I hope this helps you. Thanks for reading.

Why do you guys think that this means anything to a Protestant?

@@blusheep2 I don't

@@elroy.. Then why present the quote? Was this just to preach to the choir then?

@@blusheep2 Because that is a good think

To learn of the vile activities of the church over the last 100 years is to cease to be catholic. Me.

He was talking to a lot of Reform guys during his conversion? A very bad start! In any case, I consider myself neither Catholic nor Protestant but rather a Mere Christian as CS Lewis saw it. Before someone paints me anti-Catholic, one of our favorite preachers is Bishop Robert Barron. We watch his Sunday sermon every week and he is a great gospel preacher! But he loses me when he gets into Catholic dogma. Here's an example. He preached an excellent sermon on the Lord's Prayer but seemed to miss the part where Jesus says that we pray to Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Where is the space for a Holy Father in Rome? In another place we are enjoined to remember that our father is in heaven, we don't have an earthly father. When Luke interviewed Mary before he wrote the Gospel of Luke, somebody, and almost certainly it was Mary, told him that she and Joseph remained celibate "until she had brought forth her firstborn son," Jesus, and laid him in a manger. The idea of the perpetual virginity of Mary is concocted out of whole cloth. And Rome. Do you see Peter dressing in the costumes? Do you see St.Peter holding out his hand for St.Paul to kiss his ring? Me neither. The Catholic church and particularly some of its ancients have done enormous good over the centuries, but it has also done enormous harm. Think of Jesus telling his disciples that his kingdom was not of this world, and then think of several centuries of "The Holy Roman Empire." Think of the Inquisition in the corrupt medieval popes. And the cruelty. My ancestors were driven from Northern Italy into Switzerland about a thousand years ago. The execution methods used by soldiers of the bishop of Milan would have impressed Hamas. I had a direct ancestor burned at the stake in Strasbourg France / Germany in 1458. After my ancestors moved to Switzerland thrived as Anabaptists for several centuries, and then Calvin. My position is beware of any Christians that bestow on themselves the mantle of the true faith. We all make mistakes.

​@@davereesor4116 My suggestion for you is to email Bishop Barron. I am sure that he, or his team, will be more than happy to provide you with answers to all of your questions. God bless you my friend! 🙏

Yup!!!!

There's the church of Jesus before the Catholic Church actually. I cannot justify attending protestant or evangelical churches. I study many versions of the Bible, as old as I can and understanding who was responsible for the translations. I am even studying Hebrew and my husband Greek. I plan to study the ancient dialect to read the oldest surviving Torah first hand. Before the Catholic Church was the church of the saints. The Bible says saints are people sainctified by genuinely accepting salvation. Only Jesus can do this. Only Jesus/God can truly know if we are saved in our heart of hearts. His church was established by followers, he did predict the split of churches. Which started with the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had lost most of it's imperialist grip and was panicking for a new form of control. This was at the same time Christianity was blossoming after Christ. But they didn't want to commit to throwing away their polytheism and pantheon gods, thus representing god falsely as Jupiter, angels as valkyries, cherubs/cherubim to chunky baby angels, and Jesus to Saturn. Even though this rejects earlier sculptures of Christ, and against descriptions in the Bible. Not surprising they didn't bother with the evidence for Jesus' birth during the holy days (dictated by God Himself) of Sukkot, in stead the Catholics twisted Saturnalia into "Christmas", around the time they had been fervently attacking Christians/Saints. It wouldn't be the last for using "holidays" to cover up abuse of the Bible and of the faith. I'll skip over celebrating Ishtar, and worship of saints AKA false idols, the prayer that isn't how Jesus tells us to pray...Lent is typically in violation of how Jesus tells us to fast. With All Saints Day came a pre-cursor of All Hallows Eve which was utilized to cover up Reformation Day/Martin Luther Day. Since he made significant headway in combating the greedy abuse of the Catholic Church. He pushed forth the previous notion that the general public should have access to the Word of God, as Jesus wanted, and for missionaries to help communities learn to read to be closer to God, spread His messages, through this method. Which the Catholic Church of course did not like, they managed to stifle his message. Brainwashed masses were of great help as usual, (hello crusades to modern public education). Martin Luther still helped clarify some important Biblical messages, thus came the Lutheran Church which ironically in itself is ironic, I personally can't get behind a church that names itself after another saint, celebrates Paeganism/ materialism through consumerist "holidays" etc. BUT my family does appreciate Luther and saints as such, and casually observe Reformation Day for sake of education in lieu of Halloween. There are several days of historical importance to discuss, but nothing close to the importance of the holy days themselves that God asks us to partake in! ❤ 🎉 Not the ritual animal sacrifices that once were, before Jesus of course. But there is nothing Biblical that says to stop reverence of those times. Even Jesus celebrated Hannukah and the symbolism of the servant candle is intensely Christian. 🕯️ Along with the historical value, even though it is not a holy day(s) in the strictest Biblical sense (occuring during the inter-testimental period and not dictated by God to celebrate/observe). 🕊️💙🙏 I hope this helps you! Thank you for reading.

@@ari3lz3ppthere’s no such thing as protestant churches and evangelical churches they are all protestant CULTS. Look up who was pope in 150AD,and you will see Jesus founded the holy Catholic Church which is his mystical body on earth!

​@@ari3lz3ppit was a catholic church but early after Jesus died the apostles didn't give the name catholic and there was no name and they name it after catholic mean universal. Just because I change my name from Anita to Alexandra that doesn't mean am a different person even if I do multiple surgeries to look different from the outside. Soul remains the same till death

Which has been corrupted for well over 1000 years.

❤I cannot justify attending protestant or evangelical churches. I study many versions of the Bible, as old as I can and understanding who was responsible for the translations. I am even studying Hebrew and my husband Greek. I plan to study the ancient dialect to read the oldest surviving Torah first hand. Before the Catholic Church was the church of the saints. The Bible says saints are people sainctified by genuinely accepting salvation. Only Jesus can do this. Only Jesus/God can truly know if we are saved in our heart of hearts. His church was established by followers, he did predict the split of churches. Which started with the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had lost most of it's imperialist grip and was panicking for a new form of control. This was at the same time Christianity was blossoming after Christ. But they didn't want to commit to throwing away their polytheism and pantheon gods, thus representing god falsely as Jupiter, angels as valkyries, cherubs/cherubim to chunky baby angels, and Jesus to Saturn. Even though this rejects earlier sculptures of Christ, and against descriptions in the Bible. Not surprising they didn't bother with the evidence for Jesus' birth during the holy days (dictated by God Himself) of Sukkot, in stead the Catholics twisted Saturnalia into "Christmas", around the time they had been fervently attacking Christians/Saints. It wouldn't be the last for using "holidays" to cover up abuse of the Bible and of the faith. I'll skip over celebrating Ishtar, and worship of saints AKA false idols, the prayer that isn't how Jesus tells us to pray...Lent is typically in violation of how Jesus tells us to fast. With All Saints Day came a pre-cursor of All Hallows Eve which was utilized to cover up Reformation Day/Martin Luther Day. Since he made significant headway in combating the greedy abuse of the Catholic Church. He pushed forth the previous notion that the general public should have access to the Word of God, as Jesus wanted, and for missionaries to help communities learn to read to be closer to God, spread His messages, through this method. Which the Catholic Church of course did not like, they managed to stifle his message. Brainwashed masses were of great help as usual, (hello crusades to modern public education). Martin Luther still helped clarify some important Biblical messages, thus came the Lutheran Church which ironically in itself is ironic, I personally can't get behind a church that names itself after another saint, celebrates Paeganism/ materialism through consumerist "holidays" etc. BUT my family does appreciate Luther and saints as such, and casually observe Reformation Day for sake of education in lieu of Halloween. There are several days of historical importance to discuss, but nothing close to the importance of the holy days themselves that God asks us to partake in! ❤ 🎉 Not the ritual animal sacrifices that once were, before Jesus of course. But there is nothing Biblical that says to stop reverence of those times. Even Jesus celebrated Hannukah and the symbolism of the servant candle is intensely Christian. 🕯️ Along with the historical value, even though it is not a holy day(s) in the strictest Biblical sense (occuring during the inter-testimental period and not dictated by God to celebrate/observe). 🕊️💙🙏 I hope this helps you! Thank you for reading.

St. Ignatius an apostle of St. John (107 A.D.) (Letter to the Smyrnaeans 8:2): “Where there is Jesus Christ there is the CATHOLIC church.” (110 A.D.) (Letter to the Philadelphians Chapter III. Avoid Schismatics 3:2, 3:3, 4:1, 4): “Repent and return into the UNITY of the CHURCH, follows a SCHISM… he shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.”

Opening my eyes got led away by tv phoney evangelical preachers who confuse me now came back home and see clearly that I was fooled and the Eucharist pulled me back in ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

They probably do become the best Catholics because Protestants are taught how to study and love their Bibles. They are taught to think for themselves and to do research. Protestants know how to pray and don't spend the bulk of their time regurgitating designed prayers. They stress a personal relationship to God and Jesus above all else. Those kind of people will thrive in any Christian environment.

Follow your heart and read and learn. You will be amazed as what God has to reveal to you

Protestantism doesn't make any sense to me either. Why be a Protestant or a Roman Catholic when I can bjust place my personal trust in Jesus on the basis of scripture and be a Christian witrhout being Catholic or Protestant? Who needs religion if you can have Jesus?

@@jacobprasch8236 Read more, dude. 😂

That's because it is, my friend. Cross the Tiber and never turn back! 😁

@@ignatiusjackson235 By the grace I turned away from the lies and corruption of Rome after reading the New Testament, and I thank God I did. I would not want to be either a Protestant or a Roman Catholic. I just want to be a Christian and trust and follow Jesus on the basis of God's Word. I have a bible. I need neither the catechism of Rome nor the Institutes of John Calvin.

❤I cannot justify attending protestant or evangelical churches. I study many versions of the Bible, as old as I can and understanding who was responsible for the translations. I am even studying Hebrew and my husband Greek. I plan to study the ancient dialect to read the oldest surviving Torah first hand. Before the Catholic Church was the church of the saints. The Bible says saints are people sainctified by genuinely accepting salvation. Only Jesus can do this. Only Jesus/God can truly know if we are saved in our heart of hearts. His church was established by followers, he did predict the split of churches. Which started with the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had lost most of it's imperialist grip and was panicking for a new form of control. This was at the same time Christianity was blossoming after Christ. But they didn't want to commit to throwing away their polytheism and pantheon gods, thus representing god falsely as Jupiter, angels as valkyries, cherubs/cherubim to chunky baby angels, and Jesus to Saturn. Even though this rejects earlier sculptures of Christ, and against descriptions in the Bible. Not surprising they didn't bother with the evidence for Jesus' birth during the holy days (dictated by God Himself) of Sukkot, in stead the Catholics twisted Saturnalia into "Christmas", around the time they had been fervently attacking Christians/Saints. It wouldn't be the last for using "holidays" to cover up abuse of the Bible and of the faith. I'll skip over celebrating Ishtar, and worship of saints AKA false idols, the prayer that isn't how Jesus tells us to pray...Lent is typically in violation of how Jesus tells us to fast. With All Saints Day came a pre-cursor of All Hallows Eve which was utilized to cover up Reformation Day/Martin Luther Day. Since he made significant headway in combating the greedy abuse of the Catholic Church. He pushed forth the previous notion that the general public should have access to the Word of God, as Jesus wanted, and for missionaries to help communities learn to read to be closer to God, spread His messages, through this method. Which the Catholic Church of course did not like, they managed to stifle his message. Brainwashed masses were of great help as usual, (hello crusades to modern public education). Martin Luther still helped clarify some important Biblical messages, thus came the Lutheran Church which ironically in itself is ironic, I personally can't get behind a church that names itself after another saint, celebrates Paeganism/ materialism through consumerist "holidays" etc. BUT my family does appreciate Luther and saints as such, and casually observe Reformation Day for sake of education in lieu of Halloween. There are several days of historical importance to discuss, but nothing close to the importance of the holy days themselves that God asks us to partake in! ❤ 🎉 Not the ritual animal sacrifices that once were, before Jesus of course. But there is nothing Biblical that says to stop reverence of those times. Even Jesus celebrated Hannukah and the symbolism of the servant candle is intensely Christian. 🕯️ Along with the historical value, even though it is not a holy day(s) in the strictest Biblical sense (occuring during the inter-testimental period and not dictated by God to celebrate/observe). 🕊️💙🙏 I hope this helps you! Thank you for reading.

He’s coming back soon!

When Jesus talked about unity he was talking about unity between Jew’s and Catholic’s. There’s ONLY ONE CHURCH NOT churches! Protestant’s belong to 40,000+ man made CULTS. To be Christian one must belong to the holy Catholic Church which is Jesus’s mystical body on earth!

Glad it was helpful!