Quotations about the Church

The Church has been Catholic since its foundation by Christ. Since the first century it was called the Catholic Church. All Councils considered themselves Councils of the Catholic Church. This can be easily verified by reading the documents of the Councils in Greek.

Father Alexander - a Catholic Priest

The purpose of the Crusades was, above all, religious - to free the Holy Sepulchre. The second goal was political - to stop the invasion of the Arabs and the Turks into Palestine and the Middle East.

It suffices to recall that after the termination of the Crusades the Christian Byzantium fell.

There were, of course, abuses - for example, capturing Constantinople by the Crusaders forces, although that was done according to military laws of that time (the emperor of Constantinople had promised a reward for help and did not keep his word).

Father Alexander - a Catholic Priest

There is no doubt in the fact that St. Peter was in Rome and received a martyr's death there. Starting from the 2nd century, the Fathers of the Church called Rome the Chair of Peter. (Tertullian, Irenaeus, Cyprian of Carthage).

Father Alexander - a Catholic Priest

For 2000 years they have been trying to destroy the Church (our generation has witnessed that), they laugh at it, but the Church exists and will exist until the end of time. So Christ set.

Father Alexander - a Catholic Priest

Indeed, the first 1,000 years of Christianity Rome was the center of the unity. If you read the materials of the first seven councils in Greek language, you'll see the councils are called Councils of the Catholic Church.

Father Alexander - a Catholic Priest

During the first ten centuries the whole Church was Catholic. This is easily verifiable by reading the documents of the first seven councils in the original language. Councils identified themselves as Councils of the Catholic Church - "catolice ecclesia." Of course, the statement that "the Catholic faith is wrong, it carries a heresy" - to put it mildly, is not true.

Father Alexander - a Catholic Priest

Converting yourself into Catholicism is not a sin: angels in heaven rejoice when a person accepts the fullness of the Church.

Father Alexander - a Catholic Priest

There is only one Bible. The schism occurred because of the sins of people. The main contentious issue is the Primacy of Peter. That means whether the Church here, on earth, needs a head or not. We, Catholics, claim that it does need, and that God has provided st. Peter as the head of the Church. Then this function was passed to the Bishops of Rome. Other differences are not so significant.

Now there goes a theological dialogue on these issues.

Father Alexander - a Catholic Priest

Only Council can determine what is heresy and what corresponds to the teachings of the Church. You take on a lot of responsibility, blaming the Catholic Church for heresy. You (and the others who do) simply do not have the competency for this. As Jesus Christ is present in the Eucharist, then of course He is present in full. We Catholics respect the form of the Eucharist in the Orthodox Church.

Father Alexander - a Catholic Priest

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