Even if it means going against our own families

We must strive for righteousness

It will involve going against our families

Inevitably

Maybe not for all

But for most

My family is very religiously divided

Out of my siblings I’m the only Christian

and out of my family I’m the only Catholic

I am lucky to be born into a relatively traditional Christian family

Ukrainian Baptists here, so you may not see us as exactly uh traditional but eh

I was raised Baptist

Southern Baptist specifically

I have some quarrals with Catholicism that are mostly fundamental so I dontt think I'd ever join

I didn’t think I would either

but as I became more religious I got more interested in Christian Theology and Philosophy

My biggest issue for me is the concept of the Pope

Then I fence rode between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox for a while

I still wish to attend an Orthodox Church soon just to see what it’s like

I'm very interested in Christian theology, I'm currently saving up some money to buy all 5 volumes of Saint Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologia

130ish USD

I don't like ebooks

Prefer physical copy

Well the Bishop of Rome (Pope) is the successor of the Apostle/Saint Peter

The most important apostle

I understand the historical backing for that I've talked with numerous Catholics about it

And the biblical 'evidence' they gave

[Matthew 16:18-19]

This is the main reason

+setversion kjv

genesis 34:25-31

^^^everyone read this

I just wished both churches were still united

Roman and Byzantine

I asked my pastor and he told me there is no biblical precedent that the church in that rock is singular absolutely, but rather referes to *all* churches that are in Christ, be they Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant

As there’s apostolic succession in both churches

I've also had some heated feuds with Catholics as some say that Protestants can't enter heaven

Or aren't blessed by Jesus

Well Peter founded a church and established a line of succession, with which they could set doctrine.

The sheer egotism behind some Catholics is heretical

The Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church are the only two legitimate churches in my opinion

Why didn't the powers of Peter transfer?

Peter could raise people from the dead

Not everyone can perform miracles

But the "legislation" powers for lack of a better term did

The Pope is still a man

but also the Vicar of Christ

Jesus said there is no middle man between everyone and Christ

There isn’t

You pray directly to Christ

I forget which verse, I'll see if I can find it - but it says that in terms of scripture that we each can interpretat what it says

The Pope just sets the doctrine for the church

Not some higher human authority

The current pope, I refuse to believe is legitimate

In any way

Most Catholics agree

But according to the lineage

He is

He has committed many heresies that directly conflict with past popes and the church

Unless the Cardinals selection process was rigged

Technically

Which I belihe it was

The next pope could name him a heretic

Taking him out of succession

The church will never fail, but clergy and the *human*, church have and will continue to fail

Most cardinals directly oppose the current Pope

And I do believe when it mentions *the church* in scripture

It does not relate to the apostolic church directly

But the aetherial concept of it

He excommunicated some traditional Catholic Priests and Bishops

Immaterial

As well as fired many traditional teachers

The current pope publicly stated he will retire when he replaces enough Cardinals/bishops with liberal ones

@Maksim he really said that?

rip

Communists in the 1950's joined the Catholic Church with the sole aim to undermine it

I adamantly believe they haven't left yet

Pope Benedict XVI is still the legitimate Pope

Tbh

I just wish something fantasy-like that of the show Young Pope would happen

Have you watched it?

Lmao

Yeah

I wish

unpopular opinion

john paul ii was an inadequate pope

Completely based Pope Pius XIII

Jews have infiltrated the church

That is rather obvious

if that were true then the church would side with israel on every issue

which it rarely does

Vatican II 👎🏻

@sleep they can't make it that obvious goy @sleep

i guess

Well the Catholic Church directly opposes Israel

but israel literally has to fight collosal wars for its survival

and also