Same here.. I always wondered they they disliked Catholics with such fervor, and still do. I grew tired of the long, boring sermons also, and the never-ending guilt trips. My own daughter is Baptist and says all Catholics are going to hell, etc, This is what Baptist teach, hatred of other religions.

So glad you found the Family... Be blessed :-)

@@geod3589 It's the only way they can keep them in their denominations: lying about Jesus' Church.

Congrats ♡

Amazing! 🤗

If you need any help or more information regarding any Christian faith then you can let me know and I can help you in some ways. May god bless you too ❤😊

Look up Mike Gendron

This video is not accurate. He is calling all Protestants the same. Please, please, please see another video explaining Protestantism better. The way this man is explaining it is very uninformed. Protestants are a classification of Christianity. Some of us are as different as Catholics are from Orthodox. I just think it is important you know before making an informed decision about your Christian denomination.

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​@@JT-vk7mv where is in the Bible is being written about the pope.

YOU FORGOT MARY???

@@ashbyt1 I did not mean to, do forgive me.

Jesus is the Truth and the Truth can be hurtful but not hateful

Where did he mention hate?

@@BarrySobama Mary was a sinner. She is not divine. Repent and trust in Jesus

I am too presbyterian but what he said made perfect sense but i would chose orthodoxy

God Bless brother

Did you complete the RCIA process and receive the Sacraments?

@@patriotsru.s.2642 yes, I did in 2012.

@@outerlt2172 Deo gratias!

So now you are just as an Apostate as the Catholic church is ...wow talking about going downhill

Why do folk get so upset about what others feel. How does your Faith effect them

Where did you get your information from if you just listen to them you will not find the truth. I first investigated R.C. teaching when a friend I taught R.E .with ,who was R.C. asked me what I believed , saying she could not believe the Popes who were so evil , were the head of the true church and no longer believe in succession . She had a degree in Theolgy and Roman history and had talked to priests and monks about the problem and never found an answer. She then asked me what I believed about the gospel ,and how to be right with God . Get back to the New Testament and the teaching to the Apostolic church. The gospel was believe and repent of you sins ,putting your faith in Jesus death on the cross for you .The conduct of many Popes and priests show that they were never repentant sinners as they continued in sinful lives. There was no Pope ,as head of all bishops , before Leo .Something the church lies about . There were no priests in the Apostolic church ,that it the Jewish covenant as they carried out sacrifices . This was introduced by Rome when they thought they were calling down parts of the original body of Christ to go on the altars . The gospel was changed by Theodosius when he made Roman Catholicism the only legal religion of the Empire and threatened to take the property of any who would not join .This you can find on line as the laws of Theodosius . It meant unconverted pagans joined the church. They still say join the Roman church to be a real Christian . The truth is leave and be converted .Read what the New Testament says about conversion to Jesus ,not an organisation .

@@russellmiles2861 Obviously there is concern that people dont even know if they will go to HELL. This is NOT the GOOD NEWS!

@@wendymitchell8245 Do you have eternal life? If not..what is the point?

@@shihyuchu6753 The good news, is that hell doesnt exist 🔥

That's cool to hear. Have you ever looked into the life and works of Bartolo Longo?

I left the baptist church and first agreed with Lutheran theology due to my prior prejudices against the Catholic Church but were eventually subsided through the study of the church and reading works of the early church fathers.

@@basedchango2172 I was born into the Catholic Faith, but the works of the Church Fathers are really what kept me in the fold during my "seeker" phase. You can't deny history.

Vivat Jesus!

i was an agnostic now proudly catholic

Welcome home. God bless us all. Amen

God bless you, Robbie!

@@boss180888 God bless you!

I’m very impressed! If only more Protestants were as open minded to the truth as you are😅

Your charitable response is an inspiration to me Jeff

@@Neb-ie5mj Thank you, and your welcome. I am always trying to learn and grow-that's why I follow this channel!

Plenty of the Protestant churches around here are named after saints and some of them are obsessed with the martyrs.

@@jeffandthings77 Do you have eternal life?

@@c.m.cordero1772 What do you mean "obsessed"?

and this is exactly why Lutheran Protestantism has always seemed more closely connect to God than Catholicism. Rather than priests/bishops focusing on themselves as somehow "superior" to other followers, the pastor accepts they are also a flawed human being who does their best to serve in a Godly appointed position to convey the word in stewardship. Rather than church leaders focusing on extravagant temples, they remain focused on God without concern for vanity. No human is required to stand in judgment during a confession to make the followers feel lesser, the discussion of repentance for sin happens between God and his children directly. No need to priests to establish means to look down on those around them, the pastor simple serves as a humble leader directing the appointed flock as best as a human can. God willing.

Blessings on your new walk in Christ🙏🏼

Welcome!

Welcome home 🤗

I always believed in God. I had many ideas about who He was and when I was in His presence. It was only while in Army BCT that I had a Bible and plenty of time to read it entirely that I had the understanding that led me to seek Him. Being informed, even only by a pocket Gideon, I eventually landed in the Catholic church. I'm thankful for the RICA program, I felt so blessed to be born again into the Catholic church.

@@simpleisbetter4132 amen

Watch gavin ortlund

@@annamaria9225 Don't do it. He is very misinformative and misleading. Better watch one of the many excellent videos that debunk and rebuke him, like Tren Horn's from "The Counsel of Trent" channel per example.

@@annamaria9225 No thank you. The writings of the early church has already shown me the truth.

The Fathers know best!

@@GranMaese sorry to say , father is not misleading. You have been trained that Catholics are always misleading to a point that your Brain cannot process things from neutral point of view. If you are neutral and consider the Catholic Church and read the early church fathers , you cannot stop but will became Catholic. But again Protestants cannot be neutral. Their brains are forced and trained not to even hear out what the Catholic Church has to say. I pity you. May the Holy Spirit guide you to the one and only true Catholic Church founded by Jesus himself. Not by Martin Luther or Calvin or some xyz. It’s so funny that Protestant read so much Bible but never get the baptism, Eucharist, confession, mother Mary or anything correct despite of reading it day in and day out.

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WHY?

You can't be born a Catholic

​@@wendymitchell8245 Because Catholicism is the truth. It is the only Church Jesus established. When the Apostles were writing the Gospels and referring to the Church, it was the Catholic Church they were talking about. Christianity didn't begin with Martin Luther. It began with Jesus and the Apostles (all of whom were the first Catholics). Here is a suggestion. Instead of immediately, knee-jerk reacting negatively to anything Catholics are telling you about their Church, you do a little investigating on your own with an open mind, and an open heart, asking the Holy Spirit to show you the truth. He will lead you to the Catholic Church because the Holy Spirit cannot lie. Here is a part of a letter written by St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, to the Smyrnians in AD 107: "See that you all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as you would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. It is not lawful without the bishop either to baptize or to celebrate a love-feast; but whatsoever he shall approve of, that is also pleasing to God, so that everything that is done may be secure and valid." Ignatius was a student of John, the Apostle. Everything Ignatius knew came directly from the Apostle whom Jesus loved.

@@jeffscully1347 bullshit.

As a catholic I see your point. I don't agree.

Your instinct to distrust power is natural but I would also say that putting your faith in an historic church where everyone involved is beholden to one another, as well as teachings and traditions that span two millennia that was also directly instituted by Jesus and the apostles themselves makes way more sense then trusting in the whims and opinions of random people you find on the street who are beholden to no one and nothing, who preach based on their own egoic opinions and frequently lead people astray. Do not choose to be a lost sheep wandering in the wilderness on your own where it is most dangerous, that is not what God wanted for us. He created a church, whether you always agree with it or not.

@@lux-veritatis I'd agree that it's better to trust a time-tested systematic religion such as Catholicism over the egoistic whims of random passersby, but in no part did I say that I engaged in the latter. The dialogue I engage in with friends and others is not one of whimsy beholden to nothing - it is a battle, pitting idea against idea to see which holds up to both scripture and reason. God is a God of order, logic, reason - but also one of mystery and intrigue, something requiring faith to believe in. As such, he has given us this amazing tool with which to cut through the oppressive nature of our own ego and pride, and with which we can investigate his mystery, dig for the truth and better approach a complete picture of it. It is the foible of Catholicism that prevents such investigation, at least in so far as it is accessible to the common folk. Questions which doubt something are forbade, the power of an unknowable truth the ultimate appeal to cease investigation. Without the ability to question, there is no ability to know. The inability the Catholic church has to question it's core tenets means they have the inability to operate with any degree of reasonable certainty. The corruption of the church was and always will be inevitable, power in the hands of man always has been. The advent of the individual which propelled the modern age is the only worthwhile guarantee that we can actually perceive and know truth.

Nothing in Catholic doctrine prevents or forbids questions. Don't know you got that from. I have asked many questions and delved deeply. I also encourage others to do the same. Questions lead to deeper understanding and growth.

?? A lot of the comments say that we must rely on a church that was created long ago, but don’t people realize that the Pharisees did the same and started to create their own rules. Jesus came for the Jews first because of the things they put in front of God.

Same thoughts here, recently became a member of an LCMS Church.

It is disturbing to me to see and hear a leader in a Christian church, through this and other videos, also an influencer on social media, discuss a reason to judge people of faith in Christ for the manner in which they worship or adhere to their understanding of the advent of Christ. First, this man drags all protestants into a comprehensive bag and as he does so, he demonstrates his lack of knowledge, culture and world history. He begins with the statement that Protestants have betrayed the rich history of Christ's church for impoverished theology and divisive individualism!? He speaks as though protestants don't practice baptism. He also asserts that Jesus has sought and represents himself to be the mediator of His presence to the world, rather than what Jesus truly sought, and that is to be the one and only mediator of man, men, and mankind to God. In truth, Jesus never sought, and it is totally unbiblical, to conceive of Jesus as someone who represented himself.... and He said so several times in the gospels. Jesus NEVER intended nor was it expressed in the gospels, that JESUS sought to mediate himself to men and mankind. What IS represented in the gospels is that Jesus sought to become the mediator of men to God, not men to himself. To make his lie work he asserts from the beginning of this video what he believes Protestants strive for.... Jesus, and Jesus only. This is a lie. Protestants and people of faith strive for God, and Jesus is the mediator to God, and not to himself (Jesus). This man is a liar, a thief, and his message is ungodly, hateful, deceptive, and ignorant. If you doubt, listen to his speech again...... He is a buffoon as well.

Is this copy-paste? Should I bother responding to it?

Amen, from a retired evangelical minister!

@@killianmiller6107 Clearly, this is someone who has not followed Fr. Casey for very long and does not realize that you cannot fit everything into one short video. As an evangelical minister, I find him very fair and kind towards us. I love than channel....

@@richardwillmon150 Does any of your knowledge also include calling people names are not what Jesus teaches? Perhaps you should watch his other videos before forming conclusion.

Welcome home. Jesus bless you

I’m glad you’re with us too! It takes a lot of humility to allow your views to be changed in such a drastic way. I greatly admire you for that. God bless!

God bless you, and welcome to the church that Jesus Christ establish, just have to warn you that you're faith is going to be question by other Christians churches and they're going to try to make you switch and go to their churches but just remember that Jesus said that not even the gates of hell shall destroy his church, So no matter how many people say that the catholic beliefs are wrong and that they're trying to make you idolize people just know they're are wrong and that their trying to get you to do the same wrong things as them. Also if they start to tell you all the wrongs that the church has done just tell them that it's okay because Jesus left the church in the hands of mankind who aren't perfect which means mistakes will be made, but because of those mistakes we learn to become a better church and with the help of Jesus Christ we can make his church become what he wanted it to be. One last things dont be mad at the Christians who are making you doubt you faith in the catholic church just tell them God bless their hearts, but you'll be sticking with Catholic Church.

Watch gavin ortlund

Welcome!

Unfortunately he misrepresents protestant beliefs completely.

You are most definitely more similar to a Methodist if you’re a Pentecostal.

@@buzzyuncle340 acts 10:48 Peter said to be baptized in Jesus name, also Acts 2:38, sorry bud, if you were baptized in the name of the father, son and Holy Spirit then you need to look it up in the bible. Come back to a book of Acts 2 experience.

@@FishiganMilligan This is the problem with Protestants; they take bits and pieces of scripture, certain verses and fail to look at the bible as a whole. Yes, Acts 2:38 says to baptize in the name of Jesus. However Acts is not giving the formula for baptism. You are forgetting the great commission of Jesus in Matthew 28:19. Here He gives the formula to His apostles, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. He is commanding the Apostles as to what to do and how to do it. In Acts Peter is addressing the public, not the apostles. He is addressing those would be receiving baptism not performing it. This is the big difference that you are missing. Look at verse 37 where people ask, “What are we to do…” This is in regards to salvation. The phrase to be baptized in the name of Jesus is NOT the formula for Baptism. It is referring to that fact that in the early church there were other types of baptism like Johannine. So in the name of Jesus was used to differentiate between the other baptisms that were around. Even some Qumran and Jewish communities had different rites of “baptizo”, Green work for washing. Remember, there were also pagan cults that performed baptisms. Study the early Fathers, like Tertullian, Cyril of Jerusalem, Cyprian of Carthage, Eusebius of Caesarea, The Didache, and the list goes on and on. All knew the teachings of the Apostles better than you or I will ever learn. And they didn't have the KJV to read. All the ECF's were in agreement to baptize “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” God Bless you.

@@ogdnaemoc I urge you to find one person who was baptized in the name of the father, son and Holy Spirit in the Bible. Jesus is saying, baptize in the name… what’s the name? Jesus. Make a list of all the people baptized in the Bible, you’ll find people were baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.

@@FishiganMilligan There is no one as blind as to the one who refuses to open their eyes and see. Do you understand as to who the apostles were speaking to? Read my post again. Where did Jesus command to go and baptize “.. in my name?” What was the great commission of Jesus? Let’s see, tell me if the following is correct. If not please correct the part that is wrong and how it should read: From the KJV---"16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of Jesus, that’s me. 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen."--- So you would rather follow a man by the name of Robert E McAlister who in 1913 started preaching his Jesus only warped theology and NOT follow the Church that Jesus found 1,913 years before and to whom He told them that He would be with them always, EVEN unto the end of the world? Show me where Jesus said He would send a messenger almost 2,000 years in the future to correct His teachings. You apparently think the apostle were a bunch of ignorant idiots who failed to pass on His teachings to their followers correctly. I leave you with this prayer: My God, I believe, I adore, I hope, I love You. I ASK FORGIVENESS FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE. Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly, and I offer You the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended, and by the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart. AMEN.

Yes constant praying to ask and to seek for the holy spirit to come us not to boast but to love

@@sherylaguilon7407 the true believer is indwelt by the Holy Spirit .Study Acts.

know your church for what? go and know your God.

@@jediv9910 Preach it brother! They’re in a Cult & they don’t know it. In the video, not once did he back he arguments up with scripture.

@@niswr7319 *Yes R Catholics love concocting their own tales then pretending they are biblical.*

Call no man father. Matthew 23:9

@@Alexander07865 *Yes. ROman ct members love papas and mommas.*

@@jediv9910 yup their non biological ones lol

It was God himself who sanctified Mary....as the angel said...full of grace....and in Genesis....I shall put enmity between you(Satan) and the woman. ( Mary) . It was her faith filled yes that gave birth to Christ. It is her example of intercession at Cana , that we can be assured of our friends (saints) praying for us being our advocates, our models . We are meant to pray for each other, so why not ask Mary and the saints to polish up our prayers and bring them to Our Lord!

Saints interceding for us? Try it once and you won't believe it (from personal experience)

When i was a little kid. My family was asked to pray for this woman who had a rare incurable disease that she would eventually die from. After seceral weeks we got word she would soon pass. I was so upset, and with a pure heart i told my mother "thays sp stupid. Why pray for her if it is not to help her! I am going to send my gaurdian angel to help her" and so i prayed thag my gaurdian angel to go to her. That week ghe doctors could not wxplain it and she inexplicably got better.

Amen! I grew up in that movement too. Welcome home!

I suggest you watch gavin ortlund(truth unites)

@@annamaria9225 I'm good. I have profound damage from my upbringing and I am where I am suppose to be now. Though of course I'd like unity in Christ's Church, it should be the one Christ founded.

@@annamaria9225 I would rather suggest Trent Horn [The Counsel of Trent], or Bryan Mercier from the "Catholic Truth" channel, or you could also look for Dr. Scott Hahn, to name just a few of the people that can greatly help expose and correct the inaccuracies of Ortlun's well-intended but incomplete and erroneous teachings.

Many Catholics become atheists as well ie. one of my children and a number of my 8 siblings. To truly appreciate the sacraments, one must believe in them. This requires Faith. And Faith is a gift from God. I am a 69 year old life long ( old Latin Mass ) Catholic, and sadly, I can see where and why Protestants may not want to become Catholic. Some of our own Catholics are in turmoil about Pope Francis and there is a growing division over those who feel the Latin Mass is the “ true Mass “ and that those of us who attend the NO and receive The Eucharist in the hand are “ sacrilegious “. Not instances that would draw converts. And I have always been amazed that the group that seems to help the poor and disenfranchised is the Salvation Army. I have thought about this since I was a young girl. Where’s our Catholic group like that? Where is the Catholic equivalent? In the same numbers as the Salvation Army? I am pleased that since Vatican 2, there has been a call to unity among Christians. And reverse the damage of the Great Schism of 1054. In our Ukrainian Catholic Church, we have leavened bread, the Filoque clause is not used, we have married priests, we have a Metropolitan who is kind of head of the Ukrainian Rite. These were some of the things that tore the Eastern and Western Churches apart. It was a huge division and is still there after a thousand years.

BAPTISM IS THE BAPTISM INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST, NOT A FALSE CHURCH . The Eunuch was told by Philip you can only be baptised if you really believe in Jesus. Belief is not to a religion it is for a true believer in JESUS AS SAVIOUR FOR SIN . THIS ELIMINATES CHRISTENING BABIES WHO HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IS DONE TO THEM.

Yass! Welcome! 💃🕺

@@wendymitchell8245 Read the writings (hundreds upon hundreds of them) of those who were there at the beginning. You'll quickly discover the Catholic Church is the Church founded by Jesus. It is undeniable. Protestantism began only 505 years ago. Catholicism is 1,989 years old, and will last until the end of time. That's what Jesus promised us. He promised He would be with us and His one, holy, catholic, and Apostolic Church for ever, and that the gates of Hell hall not prevail against it. Why would Jesus establish His Church if He didn't want us ALL to belong to it? Why did Jesus pray to His Father in Heaven that we would all be united as one, as He and His Father are one, if He didn't want everyone to belong to the Church He founded?

Amen! Welcome!

So glad for you! God bless!

Thank you, may God bless you too and may God be present in your life forever. ✝️🤝☦️

Your flesh based experience has nothing to do with God.

@@jacksonrelaxin3425 God made flesh and became flesh to have his flesh beaten, torn and pierced so the He can offer His blood to you so that you may become united to Him in both body and spirit. So I would say my flesh based experience has a LOT to do with God.

@@Serquss well said sir

@@Serquss no. It has nothing to do with him. Salvation does not come from works from the flesh. You rely on your flesh if you want. It will always fail you.

@@Serquss I’m saying that you can’t rely on warm fuzzy feelings to feel the presence of God or whatever. People fall into this trap and don’t realize that demons can give you those same feelings and also perform miracles too. Look at all these false testimonies on KZfaq and they’re talking about a magical feeling they got when the “Holy Spirit” visited them. They then proceed to preach a false gospel and usually never get that feeling again. Also research Mormonism. They’re entire faith is based on whether they “feel” something is true. Truth has nothing to do with how we feel, therefore it has nothing to do with our flesh.

Mysteries? Yes. The mysteries of Babylon.

@@geordiewishart1683 you mean catholic pagan???

The mysteries of Non Biblical teaching?

​@@geordiewishart1683 What the "babylon" did heretcs Western Civilization was born and developed based on the values ​​and teachings of the Catholic Church. Specifically, it explains, among many other things: why the miracle of modern science and a philosophy that brought reason to its fullness could only be born on the soil of the Catholic mentality; how the Church created an institution that changed the world: the University; how it gave us architecture and visual arts of incomparable beauty; how scholastic philosophers developed the basic concepts of modern economics, which brought unprecedented wealth to the West; how our Law, the guarantee of freedom and justice, was born in large measure from Canon Law; how the Church created virtually every care institution we know of, from hospitals to welfare; and how he humanized life by insisting for centuries on the universal rights of human beings - both Christians and pagans. At a time when an image of the Church as an enemy of the progress of science and technology, as well as freedom of thought, is propagated, this is a book that dispels prejudices, corrects clichés and teaches countless truths stubbornly omitted in educational institutions and in good faith. part of the media.

​@@firingallcylinders2949What are you talking about if in all homilia the Prist teach the bible if it was the catholic church the guardian and organized the bible for almost 2000 years, heretic??!!

I feel like it depends on the Protestant church because mine doesn’t it take to far

@@operatorwhiskey3879 Even Luther took it too far. Only half his thesis were necessary

@@ofaoilleachainLuther wanted to remove more than the Deuterocanonical books of the Bible. He wanted to remove books like Hebrews and Revelation. He wasn’t about “Sola Scriptura”, cause he wanted to change the scripture.

@@Brother_Piner I know, but even so I deny Sola Scriptura. For it to make sense, you have to appeal to reasoning outside of Scripture

Sorry what is an Insular Church? I've never heard of that.

Welcome 🙏 to God's House. God Bless and your family

Error in judgement in my opinion. This man's videos, in my opinion are judgemental, opinionated, and in serious theological error. I think he does them for his own vanity. Please reconsider your decision on becoming a Papist. The Roman church does have its appeal, but there is a reason for the Reformation. GOD BLESS.

Welcome home 🙏🏼🙏🏼

This comment should be pinned. What you said is quite rare; many people admit it but don't have the humility to outright express it (unlike their first remark).

I encourage you to carefully consider this commentary on the scripture “Call no man on earth Father” from a biblical standpoint by Gill’s Exposition: Quote--And call no man your father upon the earth,.... Not but that children may, and should call their natural parents, fathers; and such who have been instrumental in the conversion of souls, may be rightly called by them their spiritual fathers; as servants and scholars also, may call those that are over them, and instruct them, their masters: our Lord does not mean, by any of these expressions, to set aside all names and titles, of natural and civil distinction among men, but only to reject all such names and titles, as are used to signify an authoritative power over men's consciences, in matters of faith and obedience; in which, God and Christ are only to be attended to. Christ's sense is, that he would have his disciples not fond of any titles of honour at all; and much less assume an authority over men, as if they were to depend on them, as the founders of the Christian religion, the authors of its doctrines and ordinances; and to take that honour to themselves, which did not belong to them; nor even choose to be called by such names, as would lead people to entertain too high an opinion of them, and take off of their dependence on God the Father, and himself, as these titles the Scribes and Pharisees loved to be called by, did: and who were called not only by the name of Rabbi, but Abba, "Father", also.--End Quote

In all it’s glory and shame we are the church.

Ther is no such thing as a protestant church .The word means protestor. It covers genuine and false churches .The Roman church broke away from the true church in the time of THEODOSIUS WHO MADE IT THE ONLY RELIGION OF THE EMPIRE . HE TREATENED ANY WHO WOULD NOT JOIN ,AND FILLED IT WITH UNBELIEVERS . You will not find the truth in the Roman church.

@@wendymitchell8245 which Protestant church did Rome break away from? Some of the best Catholics are former Protesters who tempered ego in pursuit of Truth.

Why wouldn't you become Catholic if you know that is where the fullness of faith actually is?

@@commercialrealestatephilos605 How can the church be protestant if it is the original . The word protestant means to protest error, the Roman church protested against the original Apostolic church when it was corrupted by Rome at the end of the 4th. cent. mainly Theodosius .Then the true original church protested against Rome.

no holy spirit leads us . not sacraments

Christ did not institute penance/confession or confirmation or holy orders More on the holy orders, the RCC system is just a reinvention of the Jewish levitical priesthood which is no longer necessary as Christian’s are from order of Melchizedek The priesthood (presbyters, deacons, etc) Paul talks about in his pastoral epistles are closer the the evangelical interpretation than the RCC or EO Someone who is to receive Christ but cannot accomplish a single sacrament for one reason or another still would be saved. So the approach to Christ happens WAY before any sacrament is done.

@@duckymomo7935 Baptism is a Sacrament

It is disturbing to me to see and hear a leader in a Christian church, through this and other videos, also an influencer on social media, discuss a reason to judge people of faith in Christ for the manner in which they worship or adhere to their understanding of the advent of Christ. First, this man drags all protestants into a comprehensive bag and as he does so, he demonstrates his lack of knowledge, culture and world history. He begins with the statement that Protestants have betrayed the rich history of Christ's church for impoverished theology and divisive individualism!? He speaks as though protestants don't practice baptism. He also asserts that Jesus has sought and represents himself to be the mediator of His presence to the world, rather than what Jesus truly sought, and that is to be the one and only mediator of man, men, and mankind to God. In truth, Jesus never sought, and it is totally unbiblical, to conceive of Jesus as someone who represented himself.... and He said so several times in the gospels. Jesus NEVER intended nor was it expressed in the gospels, that JESUS sought to mediate himself to men and mankind. What IS represented in the gospels is that Jesus sought to become the mediator of men to God, not men to himself. To make his lie work he asserts from the beginning of this video what he believes Protestants strive for.... Jesus, and Jesus only. This is a lie. Protestants and people of faith strive for God, and Jesus is the mediator to God, and not to himself (Jesus). This man is a liar, a thief, and his message is ungodly, hateful, deceptive, and ignorant. If you doubt, listen to his speech again...... He is a buffoon as well.

@@richardwillmon150 ok so Protestants don’t strive for Jesus, but they strive for God. Correct me if I’m wrong but Jesus IS God yeah? I’m fact dare I say the one thing every Christian, catholic, Protestant, or orthodox believes is that Jesus is the incarnate of God. Is he the mediator sure but to make a distinction between God and Jesus in such a manner is bordering on heresy good sir.

Jesus did establish the sacrament of penance in John 20:21-22, giving his apostles authority (by breathing on them) to both forgive and retain sins. Confirmation is the further sealing of the grace of baptism, and is evident particularly in Acts 8:16 where some were baptized but the Holy Spirit hadn’t fallen upon them yet. Holy orders was instituted the same time as the Eucharist, on Holy Thursday, and we see that Jesus said only to his apostles to “do this in remembrance of me.” We also see ordination in places like 2 Timothy 1:6. Jesus’s Melchizedekian high priesthood doesn’t contradict the role of a human ministerial priesthood, who’s role it is to administer the sacraments.

It's interesting that you apparently have a hard time spelling out Mary, the literal mother of God. Seems like you came here to roll your eyes at him more than to actually listen to how your faith looks to us.

​@@crorioga well you can't blame someone so full of hate from the Devil that the enemy blinded his eyes to the truth

​@crorioga "All have fallen short of the glory of god" Mary is not the queen of heaven. Calling her that is blasphemous

@@chrisd2051 No. I don't hate you, or Catholics, or people of other religion. I do hate the twisting of the scriptures and the presumption of the Catholic Church elevating themselves over only a thone that Christ can sit on. I hate when it leads people astray, away from God, away from His Son, and away from truth, in general. But no matter your sin, you can come out of that by throwing away your idols and coming to Jesus. Mary can't help you, she's dead, and she was never qualified to intermediate for you.

I am very sorry to hear of your father’s passing. I will pray for his soul tonight. And what a beautiful story as well. Is it any better now with regards to mass - do you have an interpreter or do you just read the leaflet? In the love of Christ Rudy

I've known the opposite as an evangelical ... two of the most on-fire-for-Jesus women I know, women who have taught the Word through women's Bible studies, have converted to Catholicism. I have become an Anglo-Catholic as part of the Reformed Episcopal Church. We believe in the Real Presence in the Eucharist and in the regenerative power of Baptism. John 6 was pivotal in my journey. We read the Church Fathers, study Church History, have icons in our church, practice Confession and Holy Unction, etc. Some believe that the Anglican Church started before the Roman Church, but I'm a bit doubtful about that. But St. Augustine of Canterbury found Christians when he came to the British Isles. I am currently seeking God's discernment regarding becoming a Benedictine Oblate.

Well, you are both right. It's been observed that strong Protestants become Catholics and weak Catholics become Protestant. However, for every one Protestant joining the Catholic Church, there are about 100 Catholics becoming Protestant. Even the Anglicans are not spared, with many flocking to Evangelical churches. The Evangelical/Pentecostal movement is a well-oiled marketing machine, and the sheer magnitude of lies about the Catholic Church they perpetuate on young men and women is something to be seen to be believed.

Why did you leave the Baptist church?

I was never southern baptist, but I also came VERY close to converting to Catholicism. Very close. For a lot of reasons this man points out, but chiefly the protestant obsession with thinking that God was wrong, or that he changed his mind, when he said that the world he made was Good.

@@rulosingmymind7635Protestantism can be just as damnable as Catholicism just so you know.

@@henkaistudio "Can be". You're right. No argument here. There are plenty of protestant heretics. But saying "YOU TOO" doesn't fix the problem, and it doesn't prove that I SHOULD be Catholic just because Protestants are wrong. That's a false dichotomy. Unlike Catholicism, Protestantism isn't a homogeneous, universal system with a centralized theology. "Protestant" just means "not catholic" in the same way "gentile" means "not jew". It's not a specific claim to theological dogma(And I mean "dogma" in the technical sense, not the derogatory one) while Catholicism absolutely is. I don't believe Catholics aren't Christians. I don't believe that Catholics in general are any worse or any better at being Christians than protestants. Some of the most influential preachers in my life have been Catholic. But if I were to become Confirmed in the Catholic Church, I could only do so by lying because I do not believe some of doctrines they teach as core that I believe aren't just not core but also aren't true. Therefore I can't be Catholic. Even though I want to, because MOST of what Catholicism teaches is true, and even, I believe, a lot closer to the truth than much of the protestant world. As a protestant, I am free to believe everything about the Church and God that I do, while disagreeing with much of my protestant brothers and sisters, and not be in contention with them as far as any protestant version of being "confirmed" is concerned. Also, any protestant "church" that claims Christ but is clearly not Christian, I can freely denounce without excommunicating myself from the entire protestant church. If I only thought "some" Catholics were wrong, I could be Catholic. If I thought "most" Catholics were wrong, I could be Catholic. If I thought "all" Catholics were just "wrong" or "Damnable" in some way or another, I could still be Catholic. But that's not why I can't be Catholic. I can't be Catholic because I reject certain core doctrines, dogmas, and practices that I find to be in flagrant contradiction with Scripture. It is not a "You're bad people so I can't be one of you". If that were the case, then I wouldn't be a Christian at all. It is that I don't believe certain things to be true that the Catholic Church requires that I assert to be true in order to be Catholic. Any affirmation of its truth on my part is a lie. I won't tell that lie. Ergo I can't be a Catholic. If other people DO believe them, they can be Catholic. I don't think they are going to hell for believing them. But as some have pointed out on this comment thread in other places, the Catholic church views my rejection of specific points of their theology as my rejection of "the Church". So that same grace isn't offered in my direction. Even if it is offered by most Catholics as individuals, It is not offered by the Catholic Church as an organization, as is evidenced by my inability to take communion at any Catholic Mass.

“Call no man father”

I just hope his love for Christ is much deeper than it is for BVM. PS, I am LCMS.

Are you familiar with Issues, Etc.? Or the works of Pr. Bryan Wolfmueller? Excellent resources. I’d also be curious to know how you’ve reconciled certain teachings of the Roman Church that contradict the Scriptures and the writings of the Fathers.

Beautiful words God Bless 🙌

So happy for you...

You are now in the wrong one. There is unity in the true church ,as it is the total of all true believers . It is made up of those who have realised they are sinners and Jesus died for their sins .Then have faith in him to forgive, and really repented ,turned from sin . The church is not an organisation or denomination ,it is the indwelt body of Christ on earth . It follows Apostolic teaching and is a united organism, not organisation .

@@wendymitchell8245 😂 who told you the catholic church was an organization? I hope you have the decency to do your research not your usual nonsense calomnies and misleading statements

For some reason, I've watched a few channels where the Catholic Church is attacked and it is very disturbing. I was saved in the Catholic Church and won't be swayed by Satan to leave it.

@@lindahandley5267 amen

@@lindahandley5267 Satan wants you to remain in darkness and error .You do not study history or God's word .There is no gospel in the Roman church it teaches you are saved by water not faith and repentance ,as in Acts2

Get ready for more abuse PROTESTANT SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN: ● Billy Graham's grandson is an attorny who is investigating sexual abuse of children in evangelical churches and HE said the problem is WORSE in evangelical churches. Here are some statistics: ● ★ 7 thousand catholic priests were accusing of sexual abuse of children in the past 10 years. ● ★ TEN THOUSAND PROTESTANT MINISTERS were accused of sexually abusing children in the past ten years. ● ★ 200 thousand Public school teachers who were accused of sexually abusing children in the past 2 years.😘😘

@@biblealone9201 will I am from ireland (Republic of Ireland) and it is domintly Catholic probably about 90%. And is has had a history of child abuse from priest and nuns

Is that the only reason you converted?

​@user-lk4ym4qr2u Unfortunately it was a system wide problem. I doubt this person was the only one that left the church. I'm sorry it happened to so many people...

Sad, bcs that diabolical priest achieved his purpose

There is no gospel in the Roman church .Study the evil Popes they were corrupt because they were not converted.

@@wendymitchell8245I'm sorry you feel that way. There certainly is the Gospel in the Catholic Church. The Church is protected from error not from people doing evil deeds. The Gospel on the Church is not contingent on a lack of evil deeds but is contingent on God's blessing. I wish you the best.

@@zacharyo.484 My R.C. friend said she left the Roman church because her knowledge of Roman history showed the centuries of EVIL Popes were the evidence that there could not be succession though these unbelievers. The church is the people who make it up.

@@wendymitchell8245 Thanks for your reply, Wendy! I'm not bothered by your friend's reasoning, however. Nothing about the nature or theology of apostolic succession suggests that moral goodness is necessary for proper succession. First off, immorality is technically anything that goes against God's will (i.e. sin). So if succession is contingent on moral perfection then succession wouldn't have been possible to begin with. But since succession is based on the laying on of hands from apostle to successor and on, and not on the morality of the person as they are inherently flawed by sin, I'm not worried that succession has been broken. I'm also not worried considered the evil acts committed by Protestants wouldn't be helpful to their claim to being the True Church, themselves.

@@zacharyo.484 By their fruits you know them ,what ever their label .It is not a matter of moral perfection as all sin ,even not doing good when you could have is sin .A repentant sinner is one who turns from sin to follow Christ. This means they are a new creature not wilfully continuing a sinful life. 1 John.

Wonderful analogy

It's not a wonderful analogy at all. We are the frame? The building has never been what it's about. Read Luke 21:5-6. We are the stones that make up the church 1 Peter 2-12. It interests me how we attack each other by pointing out obvious faults within the institution while ignoring the clear faults within our own? How the Catholic church persecuted those who wanted to preach the gospel, a clear command of our lord jesus Christ, it's many crimes of murder, torchers, and rapes. Yes the Catholic church is also deeply problematic and until this chap makes an attempt to answer these problems let alone the Hersey of the pope I can see no end to the protest of bible reading, believers. The prodestant church has many problems, just like the Catholic church. The early church fathers did get somethings right but unfortunately also started to get things wrong! The priesthood is one of them, according to God's word we are all priests if we are in Christ Jesus and there is only one mediator between God and man, The lord jesus Christ.

@@gary4034 The physical building and its art is what I was talking about dude, it's pretty obvious that was the case. In your opinion, given that you have all this 'the Church Fathers started to get things wrong' stuff, A) How do you know that you have the correct teaching, or even the right Bible, since the Biblical canon is known through tradition? How wrong were they, in your opinion, that you felt the need to bring it up? and B) What does "the gates of Hades will not overcome it" mean to you? Because that phrase is talking about the Church.

The Anglican "church" came from Protestantism when their churches were stolen from the catholics. All the altars were ripped out on the orders of Cromwell. Frescoes painted over, religious paintings destroyed, and every shred of catholicism removed. The children in school were taught that the Pope was the anti-christ and that catholics were evil and many people still believe that to this day. After the Oxford Union in the 1800s the altars were restored, the Cross, but not the Crucifix, stained glass etc etc. They also copied the robes of the catholic priesthood and all the ceremonies. When the Queen was crowned the ceremony was all copied from the catholics. Their bishops used to wear white robes, black stoles, and a black flat tri-cornered hat. They don't now. They then started calling their "church" the reformed catholic church no less. Their vicars are NOT priests. When Cromwell could not find a catholic Bishop to ordain a priest in the "new" protestant church, Cranmer, a heretic bishop, said they would be "Ministers of the Gospel. That it would be their job to preach the Gospel and minister to the poor. There is NO priesthood in Anglicanism. Also Protestantism was founded on the 39 Articles of the Church of England. Written by Cromwell and re-written by him a few times. He was an evil politician, not a theologian. Article 31 of the 39 Articles says THE MASSES FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD ARE A BLASPHEMOUS FABLE AND A DECEIT. Their "mass" is therefore a fake, copied from the true Mass in the Catholic Church. They cannot have a real mass when they don't have a real priesthood. Read HISTORY OF ENGLAND: THE TUDORS by Peter Ackroyd. Read what Elizabeth I told her senior lady in waiting shortly before she died. It will shake u. Read also THE GREAT UNFROCKED: A 1000 YRS CHURCH SCANDAL, by Matthew Parris. Canterbury Cathedral, The Abbey, York Minister, Lichfield Cathedral, etc were built by the catholics but stolen by the Protestants at the so-called Reformation. Countless other churches also. St Andrew's University and Oxford were built to educate the poor by the Catholic Church. Who has them now?

As a big-C Catholic, I can recognize that the “catholic” church in the creed is low-c, because the church accords to the whole faith that has been revealed, not part of it. I think the more significant thing to keep in mind is whether the church you are in communion with is apostolic. I don’t know what Anglicans believe about apostolic succession, but the Catholic Church’s (and Eastern Orthodox) bishops can clearly show their succession from the apostles.

Unfortunately, in separating from the Catholic Church, the Anglican Church is another woman trying to take the place of Jesus' bride. But if he were to be married to an Anglican bride, it would be by being unfaithful to the bride he did marry, the Catholic Church he created. Even though Anglicans still have some of the theology from before the Reformation, there are no valid ordinations, and the Anglican Church can't do what it says it does. Same for the Lutherans.

Sorry, episode 99-108, covering the various dogmas and how they saw them before being Catholic and now.

@@ericrun Couldn't the church refered to as being the bride of Christ be all the Christians, the universal church if you will and the different denominations be like the bride's different traits and characteristics? I view Catholics as my brothers and sisters in Christ so that would make us part of the same dysfunctional family x

Same here 😂

Well, in Christian tradition Paul knows of the Lords Supper and the Breaking of bread etc from oral accounts passed on by Jesus’ followers. However, Paul asserts the instructions were “received from the Lord” (1 Cor. 23-26). Paul notably does not describe any events, stories from or about Jesus or his family and followers. One supposition is that Paul received from revelation ... which suggest Jesus was a celestrial angle sacrificed "above the earth and below the Moon", which were then transposed into narratives in the Gospels by latter Church leaders to aid comprehension. Best no raise the Eucharaist as this is rabbit hole that we don't really want to go down.

@@russellmiles7247 read the Acts. You will find there what you are looking for.

Calvin did not believe in Baptismal regeneration, and fought vehemently against transubstantiation

@@expeditionaryrevival3677 He believed in spiritual real presence, not transubstantiation. Do you know the difference?

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I would encourage you to also consider Lutheranism and Anglicanism.

Will be praying for you Scott 🙏🏼

I was brought into the church by protestants, and know how beautiful and loving and accepting they can be. I have always loved that type of protestant, even after I entered the Catholic church. I would never go on Protestant forums and call them names and troll them. I have too much respect for them.

@@ThomasAnderson1111 Why? Why not just study the Woks of Luther and how that Played out in Germany (Holy Roman Empire) as the State Religion and Then Anglicanism its founder King Henry the 8th

lol. For me as a German it was almost the opposite. Now I am 24 yo converting to catholicism

@@karlheven8328 orthodoxy for me is much more magical because I'm used to this. Also feeling left out since most of other Slavs are orthodox Anyway, good luck in your journey😉

They are indeed in dire need of our prayers, as there are forces trying to co-opt Her to the forces of degeneracy.

@@DanteColburn yes I can feel it directly as I am living in the german 'diaspora'

@@MeisterEck Can you explain why the German church ? Did Protestantism start to develop in Germany ?

@@Yutup88 eh yea? But that was like 500 years ago 😃 Of course they are doing damage but also the damage comes from unfaithful catholic priests

@@Yutup88 The channel Ready to Harvest has a concise video explaining the current situation. It's called Are Catholics About to have Another Schism?

I have a dog as well, and his obedience and trust in my commands and care even when he doesn't understand, such as being put in his cage when I'm at work or going to the vet for vaccines, reminds me to trust my Heavenly Father even when it doesn't make sense to me and is painful.

😂 i feel ya

All beauty resides in God. And is meant to point to God.

1Corinthians 1;10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that you be perfect in the same mind, and in the same judgment.

@@mariadaurewa5266 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. ~ I Corinthians 13:2

You cannot be either divided in truth or united in lies. That is a nonsensical statement. Also, you need to read Christ's own words and the words of the church fathers (early Christians) as they all specifically disagree with your unfounded and most likely uneducated opinion.

@@mrcomment5544 the church Jesus talked about is definitely not the Romans catholic church. As an ex-catholic I am face palmed by that claim. If you think that's nonsensical I promise you once you leave the great Babylon it will be very clear to you. I promise you.

​@@LarkinsDsouza history would disagree with you.

You do not believe the work of Christ was enough to bring you to the Father? If so, why are you calling all these sacraments a mediator, replacing Christ as mediator?

@@JC-li8kk of course Christ’s work is enough. only through him may we be with the father, he said that! we are simply not ignoring everything else that Jesus offered us to connect with him while here on earth. It is important to take in everything he has said and done for us. the sacraments are a gift established by christ himself. they are his works

​@@JC-li8kkWhich countries have the highest rates of atheist or non-religious citizens? Not counting countries dominated by communist dictatorships, at the top of the list are Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Czech Republic, Finland, Iceland, Germany and England, and finally the USA. What motivates such disbelief? The answer lies in what all these countries have in common: they were the scene of the first expansion of the Protestant Reformation. Protestantism is a first and irreversible step towards atheism. The countries that were first swallowed up by Lutheranism and Calvinism (and, in the case of England, by Anglicanism) are those that today reject Christian values. They release drugs before all other countries, equate gay unions with marriage, allow euthanasia and abortion and have a very low birth rate. Was the promotion of atheism by Protestantism intentional? Certainly not. But it was an inevitable consequence of the hollowing out of Christian doctrine at the whim of every Protestant "theologian". From this disgrace, only relativism and disbelief can result. To this Luther bore eloquent testimony by his despair and suicide. ATHEISM IN ALL ITS FORMS Always, in all times and parts of the world, there have been atheists. But Protestantism encouraged and is certainly the father of modern Western atheism, as an ideology, whatever form it takes. As? Simple. Sola fide and Sola Scriptura and to understand Sola Scriptura. See, imagine that I am a believer and I believe that my faith and the interpretation that I make or that I accept to be the correct one of the Holy Scriptures are enough for me to receive the Grace of sharing the fellowship of the elect. I don't have a Sound Doctrine to guide me, like Catholics do. Hence, all it takes is for something to go wrong in my life to have my faith shaken. If something happens in the world that does not agree with my interpretation of the Scriptures, it is enough for me to consider them as a book of fables. This is a simplification, my friends, which to the more erudite will seem very gross, but in general terms it is what happens. Add to this Calvin's doctrine of predestination, which says that a person's salvation or damnation is already predefined by God from birth, and that we can only differentiate the saved from the damned by their material prosperity. Are you good with money? Glory to God, this one is blessed. Is it hard, chipped? It's in the capiroto's lap. So the subject thinks, "Why worship a God who has already condemned me? If I'm poor and miserable alive - and I'll be even more so dead - why should I care about the Gospel?" The next step is for the chipper to reject this God and look for another way to guarantee himself in this life. Screw the afterlife, because it's so unfair, it's more likely nothing more than a farce. Why I Am A Catholic The Church is not merely armed against the heresies of the past or even of the present, but equally against those of the future. - G.K. Chesterton The difficulty of explaining “why I am a Catholic” is that there are ten thousand reasons all amounting to one reason: that Catholicism is true. I could fill all my space with separate sentences each beginning with the words, “It is the only thing that…” As, for instance, (1) It is the only thing that really prevents a sin from being a secret. (2) It is the only thing in which the superior cannot be superior; in the sense of supercilious. (3) It is the only thing that frees a man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age. (4) It is the only thing that talks as if it were the truth; as if it were a real messenger refusing to tamper with a real message. (5) It is the only type of Christianity that really contains every type of man; even the respectable man. (6) It is the only large attempt to change the world from the inside; working through wills and not laws; and so on. - Chesterton

@@jubernardi23 You worship Catholicism not God. It has become an idol. How do I know this? Because you keep saying “It is only” where instead you should be saying GOD is only. You have replaced God with Catholicism. So much so that you believe a non-catholic who believes & worships God through Christ is an atheist. You would call the apostles of Christ atheists because they refuse to worship & put their faith in your religion. They ONLY testify of God through CHRIST, not through an established religious organization within 4 walls. They NEVER once mention salvation OR righteous living by ANY means outside of faith in Christ though the Holy Spirit LIVING WITHIN US. To seek salvation or God outside of Christ through a religious man made establishment is anti-Christ. The very reason God gave us Christ was to DESTROY the 4 walls & bring us DIRECTLY TO GOD BY FAITH. That all who worship him may worship him IN SPIRIT & IN TRUTH. This is the Truth, that God hath reconciled us to himself through faith in Christ. No man made establishment such as Catholicism can bring us to God. We who put our faith in Christ ARE THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. No matter who you are or where you gather ALL who put their faith IN CHRIST are the CHURCH.

Lol yea the pope seems legit. Good luck with that🤣

To see a protestant perspective, you'd need to watch a different video! :P It's not about beauty or simplicity but more about the role of scriptures vs human institutions in knowing God. For protestants, the scriptures explain themselves (mostly) since it is the testimony that scriptures give about themselves. For example, when Jesus confronts the religious leaders of his day he doesn't appeal to a particular institution to bolster his case but only to the Bible. Protestants don't reject neither tradition nor history nor human authority but place them under the authority of scriptures. It is similar to democracy: the ultimate authority is the constitution. Other institutions and offices play a role but they come under the authority of the constitution. Catholicism claims ultimate authority in the Catholic institution forgetting that there are other christians (such as the orthodox or the copts) who have the same (if not greater) claim to apostolic succession. In a way, catholics are closer to Jehovah's Witnesses (or other cults): the power resides in the hands of a few, at the top. Those of a different opinion or who are not part of the club, are automatically condemned to eternal damnation (or, at least, purgatory).

What prevents you from becoming fully Catholic?

What an interesting way to describe your Christian walk. Using the word vineyard reminds me of when the Lord said the following: "I am the vine" and "You are my witnesses".

@@killianmiller6107 the extra Biblical teachings. Mary was not sinless, we are saved by faith alone not faith and works, I believe in the once for all atonement of Christ which contradicts the Mass. Praying to Mary or the Saints treating them as having intercession power is a gross act of idolatry. I also deny the authority of the Pope. I embrace Sola Scriptura not Sola Ecclesia.Those are the big reasons to name a few. Rome gets many things right such as Jesus's divinity, the Trinity, pro life etc. But the areas I mentioned are too egregious for me to leave my Reformed Faith.

Which among these would you say is the most egregious? Mary’s sinlessness, faith and works, atonement and the Mass, praying to saints, papal authority, or Sola Ecclesia? Some of these are misconceptions that I’d be happy to clear up.

@@killianmiller6107 1 .the Papacy does not go back to Peter . There were only bishops attending the first church meeting ,no Pope was heard of before Stephen started to make some claims ,which were developed by Leo. .

Protestant "differences" DO matter. You cannot have two versions of the truth.

Protestants are in fact the breakaways from Catholics the church founded by Christ... I'm just telling the truth.

@@Anon.5216 💯.

The world doesn't need unity, it needs truth! Nothing Satan would love more than for false theology to be accepted by true Christians.

Is the Catholic Church part of Christianity or is it a separate religion? There are a few large branches that fall under the technical heading of Christianity as a world religion: Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and Protestantism. So in the technical sense of religious categorization, Roman Catholicism is classified as Christian. While the Roman Catholic Church traces its start back to the times of Jesus and the apostles, and believes itself to be the only "true" church, not all of its doctrines are actually biblically sound. Following Jesus Christ, or being a Christian in the true sense of the term, is not about joining a religious organization. Rather, it is about being "born again" and entering into a relationship with God in which we are justified by His grace and transformed through His Holy Spirit. What are the essential doctrines of biblical Christianity? First, it is essential to believe that there is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Mark 12:29-30) and that He is a Trinity (Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 12:4-6; 2 Corinthians 13:14). Jesus, as God incarnate, was fully God and fully man (John 1:1, 14; Colossians 2:9; 1 John 4:1-4). He was born of the virgin Mary (Matthew 1:25). He was crucified, died, was buried, and physically resurrected three days later (John 2:19-21; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, 14). Finally, it is crucial to acknowledge that salvation is only received by grace through faith (Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:8-9). When Jesus was speaking with Nicodemus, He told him that a person must be "born again" (John 3:3). Upon salvation, a person's spirit is reborn and they are filled with the Holy Spirit who helps them to walk out their salvation (John 14:26; Acts 2:38; 2 Corinthians 5:17). Being born again is an experience that happens by faith and with a repentant heart; there is nothing anyone could do that would earn them salvation: "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9). In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, it teaches, "…so that all men may attain salvation through faith, Baptism and the observance of the Commandments" (CCC, par 2068). This is a works-based approach to salvation and is unbiblical. There is a works component to Christianity, but it is not for the purpose of our becoming saved. Before being saved, we were all enslaved to sin (John 8:34; Romans 6:16). The Bible clearly teaches that we are saved by grace through faith alone (Galatians 2:16; Titus 3:5-7). When we have been born again, our new nature leads to righteous living as an overflow of the salvation that has already taken place (1 John 3:7-10; Ephesians 2:10). Prior to salvation, we do not have the power we need to be able to live righteously before God. Baptism and obedience to God are not means of salvation or ways in which we receive grace; rather they are things we do in response to God's grace and His saving work in our lives. Within Catholicism, there have been extra-biblical beliefs and practices such as the above that create a religion that is different than biblical Christianity. This does not mean that Catholics cannot be born again Christians, but it does show us that following the rules of Catholicism does not make one a Christian. This is an example of "teaching as doctrines the commandments of men," which is something Pharisees of Jesus' day did, as well (Mark 7:7). Jesus had harsh words for such Pharisees (Matthew 23). Another Catholic belief that makes it a separate religion is the idolization of Mary and the veneration of her to deity and other notable believers to that of sainthood. As has been established, there is only one God and it is the sin of idolatry to worship any other person or thing in addition to Him. Catholicism has exalted Mary to the point of praying to her and needing her as an intermediary by which people are able to reach Christ. According to Pope Leo XIII, "By the will of God, Mary is the intermediary through whom is distributed unto us this immense treasure of mercies gathered by God, for mercy and truth were created by Jesus Christ. Thus as no man goeth to the Father but by the Son, so no man goeth to Christ but by His Mother" (Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, On the Rosary, Octobri mense, September 22, 1891). Pope Leo XIII's statement is in direct contradiction to the word of Jesus who always invited people to come directly to Him: "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). He spoke of being one with His Father (Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22; John 7:28-29) and kept Mary on the same level as everyone else around Him (Mark 3:32-34). Jesus never venerated Mary or gave any sort of indication that she was anything other than a normal human being, nor did the early church. There is no biblical basis for veneration of Mary or viewing her as any sort of co-redemptrix. Salvation is in Jesus Christ alone (John 14:6) and people are invited to come directly to Him in order to receive it (Romans 10:9; Hebrews 4:14-16). Finally, another key difference between Catholicism and orthodox Christianity is the Catholic belief that a priest is necessary to be an intermediary between us and God. First Timothy 2:5 says: "There is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." When Jesus was crucified, upon His death, the veil within the temple was torn in two (Matthew 27:51). Historically, the veil separated the innermost holy of holies from the rest of the temple-this was an area that only the priest could pass beyond. The tearing of the veil symbolized how we now have direct access to God the Father through Christ's death and the Holy Spirit's presence in our lives: "For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father" (Ephesians 2:18; see also John 14:6; Hebrews 4:14-16; 10:19-23). There are certainly born-again Catholics who love God and do not worship Mary. However, inherent within the Catholic doctrines mentioned in this article are the underlying issues of: works-based salvation, the exaltation of Mary, and the claim that a human priest is necessary to be the mediator between humans and God. These key factors seem to distinguish Catholicism as its own separate religion, rather than just a denomination within Christianity.

Honestly I think this just comes from 1% of protestants in north america who are just puritan weirdos and keep reviving hatred. Ps: honestly just scroll through this comment section. Most people are totally chill and are coming together as christians, and then there is this 1% of raging triggered protestants who just wont shut up. You can tell they are very emotional about this, they just like to tell others that they are wrong. They are the atheists among christians from the way they behave

I think both groups need to seek God more not mans opinions

​@@jonmartin3669My first instant is to rebuke your heart handedness, your deliberately distortion of the truth!! I find it really stupid for anyone to tell another how they feel! When someone is telling you I am not hungry but you insist you are hungry! Or I do not have fever and you keep saying no your favish. The Catholic Church has settled on equivocally! We do not worship Mary! We do not idolize Mary!!! What is difficult for you here to understand??? There are three levels of reference, Dulia ( reverence due to saints ) Hyper Dulia ( reverence due to Mary) latria ( worship due to God) Mary is creation, but a special one. The church recognized her role in the history of a salvation. God chose her to share her flesh in being the mother of God Jesus took flesh, Mary's flesh and dwelt among us! Jesus was nursed In his human nature by Mary! Biblically, Mary interceded for us at a wedding of Kenna in Galilee! Mary went to Jesus to say they have no wine! That is intercession without her Jesus wasn't going to perform that miracle. Jesus said Do you not know that my time has not come yet... Mary said do whatever he tells you. So even though it wasn't the time for Jesus to begin his ministry because it came from his mother he was obliged to do that miracle. Isn't it biblical? Isn't it intercessory? .... I don't know why you are getting the demarcation between Catholicism and the Catholic Church that's so ridiculous. Catholic mean universal. Plz go do a proper research on history of the church.

What do you think of this commentary on the scripture “Call no man on earth Father” from a biblical standpoint by Gill’s Exposition: Quote--And call no man your father upon the earth,.... Not but that children may, and should call their natural parents, fathers; and such who have been instrumental in the conversion of souls, may be rightly called by them their spiritual fathers; as servants and scholars also, may call those that are over them, and instruct them, their masters: our Lord does not mean, by any of these expressions, to set aside all names and titles, of natural and civil distinction among men, but only to reject all such names and titles, as are used to signify an authoritative power over men's consciences, in matters of faith and obedience; in which, God and Christ are only to be attended to. Christ's sense is, that he would have his disciples not fond of any titles of honour at all; and much less assume an authority over men, as if they were to depend on them, as the founders of the Christian religion, the authors of its doctrines and ordinances; and to take that honour to themselves, which did not belong to them; nor even choose to be called by such names, as would lead people to entertain too high an opinion of them, and take off of their dependence on God the Father, and himself, as these titles the Scribes and Pharisees loved to be called by, did: and who were called not only by the name of Rabbi, but Abba, "Father", also.--End Quote

@@JC-li8kk Jesus criticized Jewish leaders who love “the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the market places, and being called ‘rabbi’ by men” (Matt. 23:6-7). He was using hyperbole (exaggeration) to show the scribes and Pharisees how sinful and proud they were for not looking humbly to God as the source of all authority and fatherhood and teaching, and instead setting themselves up as the ultimate authorities, father figures, and teachers. Jesus is not forbidding us to call men “fathers” who actually are such-either literally or spiritually. He is warning people against inaccurately attributing fatherhood-or a particular kind or degree of fatherhood-to those who do not have it

@@JC-li8kk CLEARLY, Jesus is telling us to call no man on Earth God (The Father). St. Paul calls himself Father. And he calls Abraham Father . . . twice. THIS, among all of the other dozens and dozens of ridiculous criticisims of the Catholic Church, is the most ridiculous, and yet Protestants drag it out every time they have nothing else to whine about the Jesus' Church. It is extremely obvious from the text of the New Testament, as well as writings of the Early Church FATHERS what Jesus meant.

@@candyclews4047 Actually, Christ in His foreknowledge knew that one day, sinful men would give themselves this title. You do know that the Catechism suggests the Pope cannot be wrong? That he has ultimate/unhindered authority over the Word of God, the church, and all the world? That their robes cost thousands of dollars,. and they expect people to call them Holy Father and Vicar of Christ? Both blasphemous. We don't have "Spiritual fathers".

​@@JC-li8kkI've learned to read between the lines and can tell when someone is asking a sincere question rooted in a humble quest for knowledge and growth or simply wanting to sharpen iron against iron, hoping for sparks that may bring illumination (Pro. 25:2) versus tired Protestant tropes with someone with an axe to grind and a point to prove. I don't interact with the latter. Waste of time. If you ever get to the point where you can ask yourself if it is possible that maybe the majority report of the early church that converted much of the pagan world and created Western culture/Christendom was more right than your tiny slice of a much, much later pie...well just do a Google search. Type in your trope (call no man father, Mary's immaculate conception, can the Pope be wrong, etc) a long with Catholic Answers (of course always from a position of asking the Holy Spirit to guide you, admitting that it's possible I've been deceived and if that's the case I want to know the truth regardless of what it costs me) and one day you might realize that you've been swimming in the wrong fish bowl and have been blinded by ithe epistemic fields that have dosed the water.

I have an honest question: how can you feel like the Anglican church is true, when it was literally started because a king threw a hissy fit that he couldn’t remarry? Like many of the other denominations seem to have started due to legitimate critiques, but Anglicanism is really weird to me. You guys still believe the king of England is the “supreme governor” of the Anglican Church for crying out loud. You trust a bunch of celebrities to be your religious authorities yet don’t trust bishops who have devoted their lives to Christ and His Church?

@@SteveKilgore27 It's way, way more complicated than Henry wanting an annulment. The contemporary Church of England really much more started under Edward and Elizabeth than Henry; Henry's break was really almost irrelevant to the actual English Reformation as a whole. Protestant sentiment had been building in England separately, and so from early on in Edward's reign the Church of England became strongly Protestant (moderated only slightly in Elizabeth's time), and so there have always been genuine theological disagreements with Catholicism from the start. While the Church of England's supreme governor is the monarch, Anglicanism is way broader than the Church of England. Outside of England, no Anglican Church answers to the King, and many Anglicans, especially outside of England, are against the implied caesaropapism. And even in England, the bishops hold almost all the actual religious authority; the King has a mostly ceremonial role. And of course we trust bishops! Hence why we, along with the Lutheran national churches of the Nordics, maintained our episcopate during the Reformation--I would even say that the episcopacy is of such apostolic origin that it is, as such, ineliminable. What we don't trust is the supremacy of the bishop of Rome.

@@SteveKilgore27 Actually King Henry himself remained a devout Catholic all his life, leaving a lot of money for Masses to be said for him, after his death. You have to remember that this was the 16th Century. Reformation was sweeping Europe at this time so it was inevitable, even without Henry's obsession about having a legitimate male heir, that England would have been reformed. Henry took advantage of the situation rather than being the catalyst.

As a Lutheran I'm always bemused by Catholic apologists' explanation of where "Protestants get it wrong", then what they describe is totally unfamiliar to me as anything I encounter in my church. Re. the Sacraments: Different churches define the word differently. Under the Lutheran detention there are two but we perform almost every other Sacrament listed by the Catholic Church. Anglicans have two Sacraments and five "Sacramentals". Don't ask a Orthodox priest how many Sacraments their church has unless you are ready for a very long discussion but they generally believe (as it was explained to me) that any way the church acts to fortify the faith of believers and help them in Theosis is a "Sacrament". . (I wonder if there's a KZfaq video from an Orthodox creator on "How Catholics get it wrong." I'll bet it would be a long video.)

I'm Anglican here in the Philippines, and I love being Anglican because Anglican makes you feel like in a Family

All may be one but those days when Jesus said there were no Christian sects like what had happened today which now have thousands of man made churches

This was how I felt on Saturday. Today, I feel like I can't do Protestant churches anymore. There was a straw that broke the camel's back, and it caused me to see things for what they are. Everyone is fake, but not because they are necessarily bad, but because everything is make believe to them. I've been going to Baptist Churches, and fakeness is often considered a problem there. So, I thought about changing denominations, and then I realized that Baptist was as good as it would ever get. SBC is a sinking ship right now.

Bro if "christian artist" is an oximoron where you live try to come to Italy 😂👍

Enjoyed your comment Francine. I was a fervent Baptist guy for my first 29 years on earth. Never thought of Catholics as not Christian as others I knew did. One day I thought I should see why Catholics thought one way about a certain doctrinal topic. It made complete sense to me. That led to a lot more research on other topics. The biggest one being authority. Would Christ have left his church here on Earth to not know for certain about a topic that had serious moral implications? No he wouldn't. There would be an authority that we could look to to know we were following his will. After all my research I found it was the Holy and Apostolic Catholic church.

Keep researching. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you. He won't lie to you. You'll wind up Catholic. Most of what non-Catholics and anti-Catholics believe about the Catholic Church, Catholicism, and Catholics is flat out wrong, and often come from deliberate lies that have been taught for 505 years.

@@jessepayne3843 the authority Christ left behind is primarily His Word...the church is basically nothing without the Word.

@@NeshaCora I'm not catholic or protestant but sometimes I think this. According to protestants, everyone prior to Martin Luther would have been damned it seems

@@NeshaCora after the time of Christ there was already The Word...The Word has always been in existence it's for us mankind to have it's knowledge and keep it in our hearts ('my people die due to lack of knowledge ') things concerning damnation who is or isn't headed where after death is upto God to decide it's not for us humans to determine who should or shouldn't be damned... remember 'God cannot be mocked '

This is something I see as well, tradition is a good and wonderful thing, but it's possible to get so wrapped up in it that the whole meaning and purpose behind it (the gospel) is forgotten by many, which in turn allows the creation of new traditions and doctrines incompatible with the faith itself to become entrenched over time. We see this happening with the Pharisees and Sadducees of our Lord's own time, so caught up in the traditions of man that many of them forgot the commandments of God and neglected the people of Israel in their ministry. I do however see a similar thing happening in many protestant churches though, particularly amongst the larger and more populated ones like megachurches, but instead of ancient traditions, they're caught up in hype and performance to a degree that the gospel is neglected or greatly watered down. I reckon that whatever branch of the tree of Christendom, the enemy will afflict some sort of blight to attempt to hinder us.

Well said. Being grounded in the gospel is vitally important, and even today too many Catholics should be better read, because when you learn about the gospel we become better rooted and find out that the Catholic Church is truly the apostolic biblical church of the Good News of Jesus the Christ. 🙏🏼

Well said amen

My problem is when I hear, "not surrendering their entire life to Christ," I don't hear something "genuine," I hear a tradition of emptiness and jargon. This is why today, I am no longer Protestant. I don't know what I am yet, but it's not that.

I was raised Presbyterian, but now go to a non-denominational church, where our pastor says that we don’t go to Church, we are the Church, and a lot of what you say resonates strongly with me.

As a Protestant as well, I find it interesting in how much I agree with him here. I personally view the Church as the Kingdom of God on earth, not a social gathering, and it should very much reflect that, in a church's architecture, interior design, liturgy, sacraments, and the role of pastors. It would be really nice to be in a church that's not only lively through fun gatherings, but also rich in theological resources, provides the laypeople with a place solemn place to reflect (like a small prayer room, which my local church doesn't have), and have pastors that the laypeople can actually just talk to when they need to confess or if they encounter problems and doubts in life. Lucky for me, I don't think my local church is not that far from that reality (it's an old mainline church in Indonesia, theologically rather moderate), me and a friend of mine are planning to push through with some of our ideas to make our local church be more of, well, a church, so I hope that could be pushed through. Ecclesia reformata semper reformanda

Confession and prayer for absolution are important practices in the Anglican Church. Anglican Protestants participate in confession practiced together by the congregation in any Church service or they can confess privately with only a priest as a witness. You just have to ask!

I’m sorry for what happened to you

I don't agree with that at all. I want to confess fully to God and Know that He has forgiven me. As a Protestant if I did choose, I could confess to a pastor etc. I can if I want to. But, I think it's better that we aren't encouraged to or made to confess to anyone but God.

@julienielsen3746 I'm not saying it should be formalized to confess to priests, but that it should be common practice to confess to one another. Mark 1 and Matthew 3 show that those at John's baptism confessed their sins. James 5:16 "Therefore confess your sins to one another..."

Yah, Obey what He commands, like you shall not make any graven image, you shall not bow down nor worship it... Jesus was not a catholic nor the disciples... Pilot worshipped idles and so do you. So I guess Catholics are more like pilot than Jesus... Tradition!

As a Catholic, there are actually a couple things I'd like to bring up in response because this is a prevalent argument against the Catholic and Orthodox insistence upon icons. First and foremost is the Law of Adonai, "You shall not make for yourself a carved image -- any likeness of that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them." (Ex. 20:4-5). You're absolutely right. Idols are bad, nobody likes those. However, this commandment is not a blanket ban on all images in any form whatsoever. To say such a thing is to imply God is contradicting himself when he commands Moses to place angels on each end of the mercy seat. (Ex. 25:17-21). God does not contradict himself. So if God commands us not to worship idols, then why is it that we have made numerous images in our churches? One important thing to note is the intent behind the Law. God made it very clear that there is only one True God. He banned idols as idol worship was a tradition of polytheists. But our Church icons are not themselves objects of worship; rather, they are chronicles of our history, in the same way that a history book tells you the story of a certain period. Additionally, God himself came down to Earth as a man. Therefore, that which could not be depicted by a statue nor a painting was seen in the flesh for the first time. On another note about Pontius Pilate, despite being himself an idol worshiper, he felt hesitant to be responsible for condemning our king to die. For this reason, Ethiopia calls him a saint, as they believed he knew in his heart he was in the presence of the One True God. I'd like to talk more if that's alright! I love discussions about God, almost as much as I love God.@@YTRhyms

@@mNmcookies I'm here for you Cookie, I had some hardware issues. If we are mistaken or off course at the beginning, our journey is often hopeless. Why is every other book in the Bible originally written in Hebrew including "Matthew"; then the next 26 books are all greek/roman? Ohh it's that the romans killed Messiah. Then they Translated the Hebrew Testament of Messiah and canonized 66 greek books. Why would Heavenly Father reward rome for executing Messiah; with the right to canonize greek, contradictory books? True Hebrews Worship Heavenly Father... not the inspired designs on The Arch of The Covenant. romes love for worshipping idles pre-dates constantine..

In a nutshell, catholics always believe that saints (or our beloved brothers and sisters who died while loving Jesus and believing in Jesus, and especially who died FOR Jesus!) Never die even though they are dead. And thus, because they now are alive with Jesus, they can pray for us too. Protestants? They even boldly say Mary, the mother of Jesus, is a dead person. You can guess what I am to say next, dont you? Let's pray for one another.

@@jamesm5462 Let's pray for one another. God bless you 🙏

So to put it simply: Jesus promised that people who come to Him will have eternal life. Saints are people who lived exceptional lives in the sense that they mastered Jesus’ teachings, conquered sin on earth, and are souls that are now in heaven with God. How do we know they’re in heaven? Well, the Church takes note of the many miracles that occur when people ask for their intercession. It’s said that when you are in heaven, you are alive, you are part of the Church victorious. So if you ask someone in heaven to pray for you, their prayers are efficacious. So the church investigates what miracles have been performed when saints have interceded, and only after rigorous investigation and research does the church declare someone a saint. These guys are literally heroes of the faith. But disclaimer: you don’t have to pray to saints, or believe in any saints even, to be a good Catholic. It’s not required in any way. It’s important for people looking at the faith to understand that. There are many things that are “Catholic” that aren’t required. You can be a good Catholic and not do devotions, for example.

In the Catholic view, both the saints on earth and the Saints in heaven are part of the Body of Christ (the church). We are in communion with each other under Christ the head, and one thing members of the body do is pray for each other, and it seems to me not very fitting for this communion to break when a saint dies and enters the heavenly kingdom.

@@jamesm5462 As an evangelical minister, who views Catholics as my brothers and sisters, I feel the need to correct you, as I have corrected many fellow evangelicals on the false idea that the Catholic Church teaches worship of the Saints. We would agree 100% that the Saints - to include Mary - are ALIVE with Christ. Anyone stating that they are dead is just wrong and IMHO heretical. So where do we differ? Catholics believe that we may direct intercessory requests to Saints who are with Christ, just as we believe we may ask those in this life to pray for us. (I hope that is a fair representation of the Catholic position.) Evangelicals do not see any support for this practice in Scripture, and this do not teach it. Protestants who see some role for tradition MAY take the Catholic view here. In any case, asking someone who is with Christ to intercede for you is not the same thing as worship, nor does it preclude addressing prayers directly to our Lord Jesus Christ. Do those who are with Christ intercede for us? I would be shocked if they did not. Why would I stop praying for my children after I leave this life and enter into the Lord presence? That said, I trust that they no better how to pray for me than I do :)

Lucky you that she is willing to even listen

Your dinner conversation must be wonderful. And children so lucky

I am also Orthodox and my wife is Pentecostal. It has been an interesting trip.

Don’t stop learning the Catholic faith and one day you will be one since it has the absolute truth.

@@JanetMartin134 how do catholics justify praying to saints when the bible tall US not to talk to the dead