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How did you determine your church is the one true church and not the Orthodox Church, or the Oriental Orthodox, without using your own private interpretation? Can not these churches claim at least as old as the RC, and have a decent argument for it? 
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Mar 29, '14, 8:55 am
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Mar 29, '14, 8:55 am
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[1] t is indisputable fact that Peter,was freely chosen by Christ to head His One true God; One true faith and in only One church; which follows OT tradition of One God; Faith and People. Go back to my previous post and READ carefully the bible reference I gave. [2] Todays Catholic [RCC] Church was the ONLY recognized form of Christianity to exist ANYWHERE in the world until the Great Eastern Schism. a Period of about ONE THOUSAND YEARS  [3] Even the Early Church Fathers agreed with this: The Early Church Fathers on The Primacy of Peter/Rome The Early Church Fathers understood from the beginning that Peter and his successors held a place of primacy in the Church. Clement of Rome Accept our counsel and you will have nothing to regret. . . . If anyone disobeys the things which have been said by him [Jesus] through us, let them know that they will involve themselves in no small danger. We, however, shall be innocent of this sin and will pray with entreaty and supplication that the Creator of all may keep unharmed the number of his elect (Letter to the Corinthians 58:2, 59:1[A.D. 95]). Ignatius of Antioch You [the See of Rome] have envied no one, but others have you taught. I desire only that what you have enjoined in your instructions may remain in force (Epistle to the Romans 3:1 [A.D. 110]). Irenaeus But since it would be too long to enumerate in such a volume as this the succession of all the churches, we shall confound all those who, in whatever manner, whether through self-satisfaction or vainglory, or through blindness and wicked opinion, assemble other than where it is proper, by pointing out here the successions of the bishops of the greatest and most ancient church known to all, founded and organized at Rome by the two most glorious apostles. Peter and Paul, that church which has the tradition and the faith which comes down to us after having been announced to men by the apostles. With that church, because of its superior origin, all the churches must agree, that is, all the faithful in the whole world, and it is in her that the faithful everywhere have maintained the apostolic tradition (Against Heresies 3:3:2 [inter A.D. 180-190]). Clement of Alexandria [T]he blessed Peter, the chosen, the preeminent, the first among the disciples, for whom alone with himself the Savior paid the tribute [Matt. 17:27], quickly grasped and understood their meaning. And what does he say? "Behold, we have left all and have followed you" [Matt. 19:2 7, Mark 10:28] (Who is the Rich Man That is Saved? 21:3-5 [A.D. 200]). Tertullian [T]he Lord said to Peter, "On this rock I will build my Church, I have given you the keys of the kingdom of heaven [and] whatever you shall have bound or loosed on earth will be bound or loosed in heaven" [Matt. 16:18-19]. ... Upon you, he says, I will build my Church; and I will give to you the keys, not to the Church; and whatever you shall have bound or you shall have loose and, not what they shall have bound or they shall have loosed (Modesty 21:9-10 [A.D. 220]). Letter of Clement to James Be it known to you, my lord, that Simon [Peter], who, for the sake of the true faith, and the most sure foundation of his doctrine, was set apart to be the foundation of the Church, and for this end was by Jesus himself, with his truthful mouth, named Peter, the first-fruits of our Lord, the first of the apostles; to whom first the Father revealed the Son; whom the Christ, with good reason, blessed; the called, and elect (Letter of Clement to James 2 [A.D, 221]). Cyprian With a false bishop appointed for themselves by heretics, they dare even to set sail and carry letters from schismatics and blasphemers to the Chair of Peter and to the principal church [at Rome], in which sacerdotal unity has its source" (Epistle to Cornelius [Bishop of Rome] 59:14 [A.D. 252]). The Lord says to Peter: "I say to you," he says, "that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church" . . . On him he builds the Church, and to him he gives the command to feed the sheep John 21:17], and although he assigns a like power to all the apostles, yet he founded a single chair [cathedra], and he established by his own authority a source and an intrinsic reason for that unity. Indeed, the others were that also which Peter was [i.e., apostles], but a primacy is given to Peter, whereby it is made clear that there is but one Church and one chair. So too, all [the apostles] are shepherds, and the flock is shown to be one, fed by all the apostles in single-minded accord. If someone does not hold fast to this unity of Peter, can he imagine that he still holds the faith? If he [should] desert the chair of Peter upon whom the Church was built, can he still be confident that he is in the Church? (The Unity of the Catholic Church 4 [A.D. 251]). God Bless you, and Thanks for asking, Patrick [PJM]
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Mar 29, '14, 9:06 am
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Mar 29, '14, 1:25 pm
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Catholic answers forum and the rest of Christ's church I have been a Christian most of my life but depended on my “smart” reading of the bible and superior intellect to gaurantee I knew everything. Of course I had no Holy Spirit power evident in my life such as tongues, prophecy, miracles, even victory over my vices and flesh nature. I was sure that Christians who spoke in tongues were possessed or so spiritually retarded that they were just making the sounds to try and pretend to be like Jesus’ disciples. Everyone who I met who spoke in tongues was definitely not smarter than me. And they read some scriptures weird. Plus I got the highest score in my college phsyics class and am a commercial pilot and computer programmer to boot! How could babbling buffons know more about the bible than me?!!! After about 10 years of this though — my leaven wore thin and I got sick of “knowing” so much about the bible but living in defeat to my flesh and fasted for 3 days to see if God would make me like the apostles (or at least not like the Pharisees which is what I felt like) then it happened. After 1 1/2 days of fasting I was baptized in the Holy Spirit and started speaking in tongues and my whole life changed. Then my wife followed suit 3 months later. Our life hasn’t been the same since.. this book describes everything EXACTLY as it is with tongues and the baptism and explains the different types of tongues that can manifest for different reasons. I sympathize with Christians who think tongues is optional and not for all and maybe they’re right. But I also know from experience that Christians who do speak in tongues are usually on fire for God (even if they are a little wacky sometimes). If I could have read this book 10 years ago I’m sure it would have knocked the spiritual smugness right out of me and got me depending on the Holy Spirit through the Baptism of the Holy Spirit instead of my flesh. In Summary — if you are living in defeat to the flesh and struggling with addictions to food, drugs, porn, whatever — don’t go to more church meetings, or buy expensive courses, or go see famous preachers — read this book and see what happens when you make drawing near to God your goal come hell or highwater.
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Mar 29, '14, 3:56 pm
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 If they held to "Peter" their WOULD HAVE BEEN NO SCHISMPlease read this from a VERY non-catholic site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism I'm sorry, but I don't understand your final comment about the Protestants. Please give me a bit more information. And please understand that what I shared is the position of the RCC and Christ Himself; not only my opinion. God Bless you, Patrick God Bless you,
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Mar 29, '14, 4:31 pm
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Mar 30, '14, 11:41 am
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I can do all things in Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
Through Him With Him and In Him
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