Sometimes, don't you just wish that you can strip away all of the man-made traditions of the Christian Faith, and believe the same way that the first Christians believed? Have you ever taken the time, to look around at all of the different denominations of Christianity that we have in America, and wondered if any one of them can lay the claim to complete and total truth? Here is something that I found on YouTube, that I found sheds some light on what the first Christians believed:
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WOW!!! That one covered several false doctrines of the Catholic church in just a few minutes! I notice the earliest of the "first" Christians was dated 107 AD.
Great add for the Catholic Church!
Anonymous,
Hehehe...I know. It is crazy right?
It is almost as if the same Catholic Church that exists today is professing the same faith as the Earliest Christians. Who would have thought?
All joking aside, these same beliefs, that you are touting as false doctrines, have been around since the beginning of Christianity. 107 A.D. may be the recorded date of Irenaeus, but surely, you must think that the Christians believed these things prior to this.
The whole reason for St. Irenaeus Against Heresies, which is what I believe was quoted, was not to explain the faith to the faithful. That would be a waste of time, since they already knew it. It was because heresies started to crop up, and people started to be persuaded by those heresies. He made his statements in light of that. So as the flock will not be misled.
It is like one of the most famous Catholic Converts said...
To be deep in history, is to cease to be a Protestant...-Cardinal John Henry Newman
God bless....
Anonymous,
My apologies....I just rewatched the video. It would appear that it was not St. Ireneaus that was 107A.D. It was St. Ignatius.
St. Ignatius was one of the first people to use the term Catholic Church. He was a bishop and a martyr of our faith, yours and mine.
He was born around the year 50AD, and died sometime between 98-117. He was most likely a disciple of John and was made bishop by St. Peter.
In the video he mentions that the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of our Savior. Where would he get his information from? Did he get it from the Bible? Maybe, but most likely, he got it from the Apostles themselves.
This is one of those things that really struck me. You and I can debate all we want about what the Bible says and what it means and how we each believe that the other is not interpreting it correctly. How can I argue with someone who sat at the feet of the Apostles, was placed in charge of the Church in Antioch? I can't. It is his word against mine - a former Protestant.
God bless...
Ah yes, transubstantiation, another doctrine that can only be implied from scripture and not exegeted, formalized by Trent.
Yet you argue with scripture...
Anonymous,
Ah yes, transubstantiation, another doctrine that can only be implied from scripture and not exegeted, formalized by Trent.
??? The only thing that may have been formalized by Trent, was the term transubstantiation. If you do your research, you will see that the True Prescence of Christ in the Eucharist has always been a part of the faith. Even Luther got this one right (somewhat). Ever heard of the Marburg Colloquy?
Yet you argue with scripture...
I can't really tell what this is in response to. ;)
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