The truth is and remains that no born again believer needs a man to teach him, because his teacher is God. This is Scripture (1 John) and it is truth. The
Spirit of Christ who indwells believers leads them into all truth. Jesus is not using man's religion to build His temple (His church.) He is using the Holy Spirit Who indwells believers. No pope, Catholic or Protestant, can usurp this.
@pegcage This is a completely erroneous opinion and is utterly anti-biblical. Did Jesus come to the Apostles and give them a book to worship? Did Christ command his Apostles to write down everything he said and make it into a book?
No! He instructed them personally, and was a visible teacher to them! Christ established the Catholic Church upon St. Peter in Matthew 16:18 to CONTINUE this visible instruction in our world!
It was the Catholic Church who first compiled the Gospels in the Blble
@drdst17 Jesus would have never endorsed a church that fostered the Spanish inquisition and tortured people who demanded their right to know God for themselves. As far as His building His church on Peter, He is building His church on no Man but Himself.That is why the gates of hell cannot prevail! He is building His church on the same kind of revelation Peter received, which is personal revelation of a personal Saviour. Sorry. We will never agree on this.
@pegcage Your first statement is utterly ridiculous. Men are sinful, but the teaching of the Church is infallible because JESUS SAID SO.
And if you read Matthew 16, the entirety of it: Jesus DOES found the Church on St. Peter. You have no right to take it out of context and say that He was NOT addressing Peter - you have NO authority to do so!
The Church is founded upon St. Peter - an indisputable fact.
You can still convert to the Truth, however. I will pray for you that you do so soon.
@drdst17 Jesus is Lord. Christ lives within the Christian by His Spirit and leads him into all truth. God is Love. God never led an institution to burn people at the stake for disagreeing with man's tradition. You are saying that God gave the CatholicChurch authority to teach, and then gave them authority to force that teaching on others, the penalty for disobeying being a horrible death. This makes God a monstrous tyrant, not the loving Father that Jesus taught.
@drdst17 Jesus is Lord. Christ lives within the Christian by His Spirit and leads him into all truth. God is Love. God never led an institution to burn people at the stake for disagreeing with man's tradition. You are saying that God gave the CatholicChurch authority to teach, and then gave them authority to force that teaching on others, the penalty for disobeying being a horrible death. This makes God a monstrous tyrant, not the loving Father that Jesus taught.
@pegcage You are correct, Jesus is Lord. But your problem is not so much with what the Catholic Church TEACHES, but with how the men who RAN the Church in the Middle Ages acted.
The Catholic Church long ago apologized for its misdeeds in the Medieval Period. Men are, unfortunately, sinful persons who sometimes do evil things, even if well intentioned.
The entire 500 year history of the Protestant Revolt speaks to this sad fact.
Catholicism will not save you. Even boasting in protestantism all your life will not save you. The Bible, the book about Jesus of Nazareth is all that is needed to be saved. I don't need to live in theology land for 30 years or listen to a pope to know that. In fact, no one needs a pope, bishop or priest to understand the Bible.
Indeed the question is which authority. That of the ''church'' or of the bible. We can see that in the early days of Christianity there weas no papal infallibility. This doctrine is invented later on. Of course bishops had some authority in the church but it was never to invent new dogmas. St Constantine was the first pope, not Peter. In the bible there is not place where Peter had any authority above others.
I think the question is this: What evidence do we have for the authority of the pope?
"You protestants try to seperate the head from the Body" You can't separate Christ from his Body that's spiritual decapitation, and divorce. Christ is God, God is married to the Church, Christ can't die, he already died, who dies? You die. That simple.
I don't hate Protestants. Most of my family and friends are Protestants. I just strongly disagree with their adherence to various heresies and refusal to return to the Church Christ established.
As for Luther, he was a hypocrite as well as a heretic. Then again, his religious beliefs would be seen by most modern Protestants as heretical... for being too Catholic. Calvin and Luther wouldn't even recognize 99% of modern Protestants or their theology.
The Protestant Reformation should have been based upon the Teachings of Jesus. I sometimes wonder if Luther was secretly commissioned by the Roman Catholic Church to REFORM the Roman Catholic Church. It was called the REFORMATION...not the SEPARATION. The children did not stray far from their mother. I appreciated your video. You are clearly thinking for yourself...but that can be a rocky road to travel...
@redletterchurch The church would never want rebellion. every. It is the tool of the devil. The church even allied itself with warlords in an effort to create peace to save the suffering of the average person who's life was hell on earth with roaming bands of marauders. this led to the stabilization of europe.
Union Jack?? You do know that Britain is a protestant country right? What's more, most people in Britain don't care about religion these days. Ahhh, poor backward Americans clinging to religion like 10 year olds at a Sunday school.
There is no such thing as "The Protestant Way." You guys have almost as many denominations as stars in the sky, and each one is filled with people with different interpretations.
2 Peter 3: 17:Also our most dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath written to you: As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are certain things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction. You therefore, brethren, knowing these things before, take heed, lest being led aside by the error of the unwise, you fall from your own steadfastness.
The Magdalene Sisters. The slave launderies, run by the catholic nuns, everybody in ireland knows what happened there they sold the unmarried mothers babies off to rich americans the vatican has denied this ans classed it as slander, but its funny catholics i know have even commented on how cruel they where to them or is this all lies
The Church did recognize the possible (if not probable) abuses there in L'Osservatore Romano. Do your homework. Regardless, you are punishing the Catholic Church as an institution (as well as its beliefs) on the account of isolated incidents by isolated individuals. This is a logical fallacy to the extreme. Blurring the subject-object distinction doesn't play well, and if consistently applies would result in your condemning pretty much everything. People, family, medicine, schooling, gov't, etc.
When Peter Mullan's The Magdalene Sisters was screened at the Venice Film Festival last year, Cardinal Ersilio Tonini, a spokesman for the Vatican, attacked the film as a dishonest portrayal of the Church and accused its director of making "libelous statements against Catholics." At festival screenings of
yeah most do, ur not doing enough, no but im sure if u would like to tell im sure u can back it up with some facts. who gives a fuck plus are u accusing the victims of being liars
1. You talked to most priests? How many have you spoken to? How many do you know personally? How many are in America or around the globe? What % have you talked to then? Hmmm... stereotypes are pathetic.
2. Most accusations are against dead priests or incidents happening prior to our changes. Changes worked
3. Until you have a %, screw yourself.
4. Many of them, yes. Regardless, the priests being DEAD and unable to defend themselves is a shame on our judicial system. Rulings by hearsay.
4, one i could honestly say i liked, one who assummed i was a protestant by my name asked how it was spelt then looked me up and down and walked away, next one was a priest but left when ihe decided he didnt like the church,
Then you must be reading out of a pastor's pamphlet rather than a history book, therefore why must I even consider taking you seriously when you cannot even comprehend basic history.
the way i see it most priests and ministers think they are god themself, most are sick, abusing kids and u do nothing to protect the kids only ur church, do u think god will be proud of u and them
Mexico and Brazil problems stem more from poor agricultural conditions, climate, resources etc than religion.Brazil by the way is now one of the worlds largest and quickest growing economies.
Protestant nations were very good at exploiting there poor particuarly UK and USA , thousands of cheap poor irish not to mention their own poor working class-worked in british factories in victorian times for very little while capos got rich.
It was a Catholic president, JFK, who handled the Cuban Missile Crisis and help prevent a nuclear war, but their choice of religion has nothing to do with it you dummies.
"Protestant culture put a man on the moon" ummm...so? Big deal, I'm sure we as a civilzation would survive regardless if we had landed on the moon or not. What, did Mr. Luther predict we'd land on the moon if we rebel against the church and tear apart the body of Christ in our schisims?
More industrious and progressive? Stand in the way of progress? Tell that to the hillbilly fundie who goes about on the streets screaming evolution leads to hell. Catholicism may have been somewhat anti-progressive but that was probably during the 1800s at most. These days, if you're looking for a religion that aggressively pushes for an old-fashioned lifestyle, look no further than wackos like Jack Chick.
You got me there. . . Protestants have gone the way of Catholicism. . . A huge bloated institution and there are fundamentalists and zealots ruining things. . . Time for a new reformation!!!
when you protestants have this "new reformation," perhaps you could all take a look at sola scriptura and see if you can figure out where in scripture it's actually taught.
Aust. Founded as a Convict settlement..mainly used irish rebel catholics as cheap/slave labour to build the nation. Australia has the highest percentage on irish decendants of any country outside Ireland around 85%.
Canada in case you didnt realise was actually founded by the French, a catholic nation, and to this day has a sizeable french population and influence, Quebec is one of the most prosperous provinces..
Ah, no! I just happen to dress like that on a regular basis. The flag behind me was the result of convenience. I was in my office.
Honestly, I have never heard of the Northern Irish Orangemen. I prefer descriptive phrases like schismatics, heretics, or even enemies of the Church over the word bigot. But if the shoe fits, they need to wear it. :)
Well I would describe Ian Paisley and his Freemason Protestant Orangeman groups as a Bigots, They are very hateful towards catholic have been for 500 years i guess- check out a heretic guy called bibleortraditions on you tube he is fan of his' anyone who spreads hate based on race religion is a bigot..but at the same time yes they are heretics..
Are there early Roman church people Jews? I mean, when did the church go from the Jews (apostles/disciples, Peter, Paul, etc) to the Romans? I know 'Roman' is just a nationality, but I assume these early leaders were gentiles. I also 'know' there are very few Messianic Jews, so it MIGHT be hard to even have a church w/ Jews as authority, but shouldn't the Jews be pivotal?
Also, do you know why the orthodox Jews don't believe in Jesus? Have you ever studied much in the way of orthodox, Jewish beliefs? They seem to be BRILLIANT people. Surely they have SOME rational. Of course, they stayed in trouble in the bible. :)
Yeah, I have done a decent amount of study on them. Michael Brown, a messianic jewish theologian, has debates with Jews over the issue. Extremely good material.
The church of Jerusalem, headed by James, was very important. The reason Rome became the center was due to the fact that both Paul and Peter gave their lives there and it was there that Peter extended the keys of the kingdom to a successor.
Jews are pivotal. When they convert to the Catholic faith, the fullness of the Church will be complete.
No. But we are by far the most messianic of them all. We chant, use incense, sing scripture aloud, keep sabbath holy, have confession, have priests, celebrate with bread and wine, have high holy days, tradition, etc. etc. The list could go on. We are the fulfillment of the OT religion.
One major flaw in your arguement is "Why not let the Pope do the private interepting instead". That's pretty circular and begs the question; why not Luther or anyone else?
Luther calls it "His Gospel" the same way you might consider "Your God" to be the only God.
I will admit however he's a bit extreme.. I think some christians who are christians dont have a complete understanding of all doctrinal principals though I consider it very dangerous not to.
That would be a serious flaw. Thankfully, I would not hold adhere to such a claim. At least not without qualification. The Church believes doesn't sit around waiting for the Pope to speak. We have the fathers, liturgies, traditions, Councils, catechisms, and Popes. Each contribute, in their own way, to our understanding of the Scripture. These are safeguards, checks and balances, to how we look at the dogma and morality.
Well I was refering to your video, where I heard you somewhat make the comparison. Your kind of beating a dead horse here. We as Protestants also have a Presbytery and or other authorities in our church as well that give adherence to interperation. The difference being we consider them subject to the actual word of God it self if they dont adhere to it.
Most Protestants are aware of Martin Luther's exstremism during the time (given the understanding of what was done to heretics at the time). When Martin Luther says in general "Unless someone accepts my doctrine they're going to hell" He's calling it "My doctrine". The reason is, because Paul in the very same manner did so in his epistles. Paul may call it "His gospel" but Who's is it really?
luther was a head banger...there are no protestants left in britain its old men and women in your churches..in the other hand catholic churches are booming..packed every week..so get it up you..
This country was founded by quasi-theocrats. It was later taken over by a bunch of Masons who drafted what we refer to as the Constitution and Bill of Rights. And one could easily argue that those "Catholic" countries currently in dire straights are not there due to their consistently applying (or living) their Catholic principles... rather, the contrary would be more accurate.
well you are the expert. . . . i just see a bunch of poor people converting to protestant missionaries because your pope has turned his back on the poor. i just calls it as i sees it. I read the papers and watch the news. check out the BBC , last bastion of true journalism!!!!
This country that legally allows over a million abortions a year? This country that bombs civilian populations? The Romans could have used your reasoning against the early Christians. What you say is not entirely true anyways.
All pope's have been hypocritical thats a just a slight generalisation dont you thing seeings there have been over 2000 years of them. And how do you explain catholic countries like Spain Portugal, France having huge empires..Switzerland and Germany have huge catholic populations how come they are not 3rd world..Munich, a Catholic city in Germany is the countries richest city..how does you well thought out anti catholic theory explain that.
Well actually No, You haven't fooled anyone except yourself my friend. The Protestant Work Ethic is probable one of the greatest myths floating around..u fell for it. It should actually be renamed the protestant SLAVE ethic. Let's examine the counties you name.
US founded by puritan self sufficent farmers expelled from Protestant England for oppresion, the taken over by Masonic Slave owners who built the nation on the back of slaves.
So, you are saying that Protestants have some bad doctrines, therefore they should listen to the ridiculosity of the Catholic Church? I mean, if the RCC is wrong, as it probably is, who cares what the Protestant church thinks?
No, that is not what I am saying. Actually, I am a tad confused as to how you could possibly glean that from my post. My contention was not so much that the Catholic Church is right (which I happen to obviously maintain), but that the Protestants have failed, from the very outset, to consistently apply the very cornerstones of their religion. Showing that they are internally inconsistent is one thing; establishing the alternative is something altogether different, and not the focus of this vlog.
Yea i recognised it, very good points in the video, i've just started coming back to the faith, i was brought up catholic and my family are catholics but drifted away as i got older but now i am coming back but have a long way to go since i haven't been to confession or mass in about a year and have did alot of mortal sins
I used to collect flags. I will have different flags behind me for different posts. There is no political agenda behind it. I also think that it visually sets videos apart from one another. The same old background gets rather boring, don't you think?
P.S. Did you notice the intro song was from the British band Oasis?
The truth is and remains that no born again believer needs a man to teach him, because his teacher is God. This is Scripture (1 John) and it is truth. The
Spirit of Christ who indwells believers leads them into all truth. Jesus is not using man's religion to build His temple (His church.) He is using the Holy Spirit Who indwells believers. No pope, Catholic or Protestant, can usurp this.
pegcage 1 year ago
@pegcage This is a completely erroneous opinion and is utterly anti-biblical. Did Jesus come to the Apostles and give them a book to worship? Did Christ command his Apostles to write down everything he said and make it into a book?
No! He instructed them personally, and was a visible teacher to them! Christ established the Catholic Church upon St. Peter in Matthew 16:18 to CONTINUE this visible instruction in our world!
It was the Catholic Church who first compiled the Gospels in the Blble
drdst17 7 months ago
@drdst17 Jesus would have never endorsed a church that fostered the Spanish inquisition and tortured people who demanded their right to know God for themselves. As far as His building His church on Peter, He is building His church on no Man but Himself.That is why the gates of hell cannot prevail! He is building His church on the same kind of revelation Peter received, which is personal revelation of a personal Saviour. Sorry. We will never agree on this.
pegcage 5 months ago
@pegcage Your first statement is utterly ridiculous. Men are sinful, but the teaching of the Church is infallible because JESUS SAID SO.
And if you read Matthew 16, the entirety of it: Jesus DOES found the Church on St. Peter. You have no right to take it out of context and say that He was NOT addressing Peter - you have NO authority to do so!
The Church is founded upon St. Peter - an indisputable fact.
You can still convert to the Truth, however. I will pray for you that you do so soon.
drdst17 5 months ago
@drdst17 Jesus is Lord. Christ lives within the Christian by His Spirit and leads him into all truth. God is Love. God never led an institution to burn people at the stake for disagreeing with man's tradition. You are saying that God gave the CatholicChurch authority to teach, and then gave them authority to force that teaching on others, the penalty for disobeying being a horrible death. This makes God a monstrous tyrant, not the loving Father that Jesus taught.
pegcage 5 months ago
@drdst17 Jesus is Lord. Christ lives within the Christian by His Spirit and leads him into all truth. God is Love. God never led an institution to burn people at the stake for disagreeing with man's tradition. You are saying that God gave the CatholicChurch authority to teach, and then gave them authority to force that teaching on others, the penalty for disobeying being a horrible death. This makes God a monstrous tyrant, not the loving Father that Jesus taught.
pegcage 5 months ago
@pegcage You are correct, Jesus is Lord. But your problem is not so much with what the Catholic Church TEACHES, but with how the men who RAN the Church in the Middle Ages acted.
The Catholic Church long ago apologized for its misdeeds in the Medieval Period. Men are, unfortunately, sinful persons who sometimes do evil things, even if well intentioned.
The entire 500 year history of the Protestant Revolt speaks to this sad fact.
drdst17 5 months ago
Catholicism will not save you. Even boasting in protestantism all your life will not save you. The Bible, the book about Jesus of Nazareth is all that is needed to be saved. I don't need to live in theology land for 30 years or listen to a pope to know that. In fact, no one needs a pope, bishop or priest to understand the Bible.
v01741r31 1 year ago
Very interesting video Paleocrat. Are you a convert to catholicism from another christian denomination?
havock89 1 year ago
Bible is the name that Prostestants give to themselves. I live in Brazil.
daltonagre 2 years ago
Indeed the question is which authority. That of the ''church'' or of the bible. We can see that in the early days of Christianity there weas no papal infallibility. This doctrine is invented later on. Of course bishops had some authority in the church but it was never to invent new dogmas. St Constantine was the first pope, not Peter. In the bible there is not place where Peter had any authority above others.
I think the question is this: What evidence do we have for the authority of the pope?
Ritsaart 2 years ago
Father Corapi put it best when he said:
"You protestants try to seperate the head from the Body" You can't separate Christ from his Body that's spiritual decapitation, and divorce. Christ is God, God is married to the Church, Christ can't die, he already died, who dies? You die. That simple.
joeb0 2 years ago
TU es Petrus. TU!!!! Not "we" or "many people" but THOU art Peter. Upon this Rock I will build MY Church. End of.
iamlondon 2 years ago 3
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Why do you hate Protestants so much? It's a miracle Luther escaped with his life for his faith in Christ alone.
desutterml1 2 years ago
I don't hate Protestants. Most of my family and friends are Protestants. I just strongly disagree with their adherence to various heresies and refusal to return to the Church Christ established.
As for Luther, he was a hypocrite as well as a heretic. Then again, his religious beliefs would be seen by most modern Protestants as heretical... for being too Catholic. Calvin and Luther wouldn't even recognize 99% of modern Protestants or their theology.
paleocrat 2 years ago
The Protestant Reformation should have been based upon the Teachings of Jesus. I sometimes wonder if Luther was secretly commissioned by the Roman Catholic Church to REFORM the Roman Catholic Church. It was called the REFORMATION...not the SEPARATION. The children did not stray far from their mother. I appreciated your video. You are clearly thinking for yourself...but that can be a rocky road to travel...
redletterchurch 3 years ago
@redletterchurch The church would never want rebellion. every. It is the tool of the devil. The church even allied itself with warlords in an effort to create peace to save the suffering of the average person who's life was hell on earth with roaming bands of marauders. this led to the stabilization of europe.
havock89 1 year ago
okayo: I am available in 15 mins :P
Agila1 3 years ago
The Church of Christ is as much as of this world also as was the Davidic Kingdom.
The glory of the Church is the glory of the Body of Christ: the gathering, the COMMUNION of saints.
I would agree to a certain point that he tried to fix the focus and some problems: however, he himself lost the focus in the end.
Agila1 3 years ago
Why are you in front of a
Union Jack?? You do know that Britain is a protestant country right? What's more, most people in Britain don't care about religion these days. Ahhh, poor backward Americans clinging to religion like 10 year olds at a Sunday school.
wrldmap2006 3 years ago
What about the Kincorra boys home scandal in Belfast in the 70's??
paedophile PROTESTANTS I believe........
Why don't you make a video about that instead of lecturing others.
Any why are you talking with a stupid American accent in front of a Union Flag??!!
Thorwulf18 3 years ago
The Catholic doctrin is false. The Protestant way is the right way.
claurarau 3 years ago
There is no such thing as "The Protestant Way." You guys have almost as many denominations as stars in the sky, and each one is filled with people with different interpretations.
paleocrat 3 years ago
2 Peter 3: 17:Also our most dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath written to you: As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are certain things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction. You therefore, brethren, knowing these things before, take heed, lest being led aside by the error of the unwise, you fall from your own steadfastness.
Raven0065 3 years ago
A great work here again. I love these video series of yours, because they are very thought-provoking and informative.
I hope through these videos, our seperated brethren would be awakened to see through their errors due to misinformation, lies and pride.
Thank you very much for these postings.
Welldone and God bless †
benaggreyfynn 3 years ago
where is my facts between protestant ministers and catholic priests
cp7819 3 years ago
i go by what the victims say most are children and im sure its eay to tell if there lying u only have to take a look
cp7819 3 years ago
The Magdalene Sisters. The slave launderies, run by the catholic nuns, everybody in ireland knows what happened there they sold the unmarried mothers babies off to rich americans the vatican has denied this ans classed it as slander, but its funny catholics i know have even commented on how cruel they where to them or is this all lies
cp7819 3 years ago
The Church did recognize the possible (if not probable) abuses there in L'Osservatore Romano. Do your homework. Regardless, you are punishing the Catholic Church as an institution (as well as its beliefs) on the account of isolated incidents by isolated individuals. This is a logical fallacy to the extreme. Blurring the subject-object distinction doesn't play well, and if consistently applies would result in your condemning pretty much everything. People, family, medicine, schooling, gov't, etc.
paleocrat 3 years ago
When Peter Mullan's The Magdalene Sisters was screened at the Venice Film Festival last year, Cardinal Ersilio Tonini, a spokesman for the Vatican, attacked the film as a dishonest portrayal of the Church and accused its director of making "libelous statements against Catholics." At festival screenings of
cp7819 3 years ago
yeah most do, ur not doing enough, no but im sure if u would like to tell im sure u can back it up with some facts. who gives a fuck plus are u accusing the victims of being liars
cp7819 3 years ago
1. You talked to most priests? How many have you spoken to? How many do you know personally? How many are in America or around the globe? What % have you talked to then? Hmmm... stereotypes are pathetic.
2. Most accusations are against dead priests or incidents happening prior to our changes. Changes worked
3. Until you have a %, screw yourself.
4. Many of them, yes. Regardless, the priests being DEAD and unable to defend themselves is a shame on our judicial system. Rulings by hearsay.
paleocrat 3 years ago
4, one i could honestly say i liked, one who assummed i was a protestant by my name asked how it was spelt then looked me up and down and walked away, next one was a priest but left when ihe decided he didnt like the church,
cp7819 3 years ago
Anyone who protests against the Church is obviously labled a PROTESTant, duh.
Childinfaith 3 years ago
You are mistaken, that is not the origins of the term PROTESTANT.
VictorLepanto 3 years ago
Then you must be reading out of a pastor's pamphlet rather than a history book, therefore why must I even consider taking you seriously when you cannot even comprehend basic history.
Childinfaith 3 years ago
the way i see it most priests and ministers think they are god themself, most are sick, abusing kids and u do nothing to protect the kids only ur church, do u think god will be proud of u and them
cp7819 3 years ago
This is one of the more ignorant and stereotypical posts I have come across in a while.
1. priests do not think of themselves as God. I have never met a priest who thinks of himself as being anything but a servant.
2. we have done quite a bit to protect the children from wicked priests. Programs, informant lines, defrocking, etc.
3. are you aware of the % priests involved in incidents as compared to Protestants?
4. How many accusations are against dead priests unable to defend themselves?
paleocrat 3 years ago
The Paradox of Worms...?
FateEternal 3 years ago
Mexico and Brazil problems stem more from poor agricultural conditions, climate, resources etc than religion.Brazil by the way is now one of the worlds largest and quickest growing economies.
Protestant nations were very good at exploiting there poor particuarly UK and USA , thousands of cheap poor irish not to mention their own poor working class-worked in british factories in victorian times for very little while capos got rich.
cathaustralia 3 years ago
All good points. . .
you forgot that the protestant culture put a man on the moon.
citizenkong 3 years ago
mmm no not quite..after all it was a Catholic President who backed it JFK hahaha ACED you again philistine.
cathaustralia 3 years ago
and Spain enslaved the native Americans. . . we just killed them and took their land away. . .
Catholic Prez of protestant culture. . . don't kid yourself. . . Nixon was prez when it happened. now run along and count your beads.
citizenkong 3 years ago
Haha Nixon also got the sack!
cathaustralia 3 years ago
Technically Nixon resigned. . . . and he was a conservative Republican. . . just like your buddy Paleocrat,
citizenkong 3 years ago
Like he had a choice LOL. was watergate a demonstration of the greatness of the protestant work ethic LMAO!
cathaustralia 3 years ago
Nixon rose from middle class and became president. . . yes a good example of the Protestant work ethic,
citizenkong 3 years ago
It was a Catholic president, JFK, who handled the Cuban Missile Crisis and help prevent a nuclear war, but their choice of religion has nothing to do with it you dummies.
"Protestant culture put a man on the moon" ummm...so? Big deal, I'm sure we as a civilzation would survive regardless if we had landed on the moon or not. What, did Mr. Luther predict we'd land on the moon if we rebel against the church and tear apart the body of Christ in our schisims?
Childinfaith 3 years ago
You are funny. . . I'm just pointing out that Protestant culture tends to be more industrious and progressive. . . Less tied to the dark ages.
Britain's colonies did rather well compared to the Spanish colonies. . Catholicism tends to stand in the way of progress.
citizenkong 3 years ago
More industrious and progressive? Stand in the way of progress? Tell that to the hillbilly fundie who goes about on the streets screaming evolution leads to hell. Catholicism may have been somewhat anti-progressive but that was probably during the 1800s at most. These days, if you're looking for a religion that aggressively pushes for an old-fashioned lifestyle, look no further than wackos like Jack Chick.
observingwatcher 3 years ago
You got me there. . . Protestants have gone the way of Catholicism. . . A huge bloated institution and there are fundamentalists and zealots ruining things. . . Time for a new reformation!!!
citizenkong 3 years ago
when you protestants have this "new reformation," perhaps you could all take a look at sola scriptura and see if you can figure out where in scripture it's actually taught.
vint7107 3 years ago
Aust. Founded as a Convict settlement..mainly used irish rebel catholics as cheap/slave labour to build the nation. Australia has the highest percentage on irish decendants of any country outside Ireland around 85%.
Canada in case you didnt realise was actually founded by the French, a catholic nation, and to this day has a sizeable french population and influence, Quebec is one of the most prosperous provinces..
cathaustralia 3 years ago
good video but whats the story with the cap,tie and british flag
cathaustralia 3 years ago
I wear a cap and tie almost every day. As for the British flag, it is just one of the many flags I have in my home. I own many.
paleocrat 3 years ago
ok,,hey i subscribed
check out my channel and vids..
cathaustralia 3 years ago
Actually I thought you were trying to look like a northern irish orangeman protestant bigot thats all.
cathaustralia 3 years ago
Ah, no! I just happen to dress like that on a regular basis. The flag behind me was the result of convenience. I was in my office.
Honestly, I have never heard of the Northern Irish Orangemen. I prefer descriptive phrases like schismatics, heretics, or even enemies of the Church over the word bigot. But if the shoe fits, they need to wear it. :)
paleocrat 3 years ago
Well I would describe Ian Paisley and his Freemason Protestant Orangeman groups as a Bigots, They are very hateful towards catholic have been for 500 years i guess- check out a heretic guy called bibleortraditions on you tube he is fan of his' anyone who spreads hate based on race religion is a bigot..but at the same time yes they are heretics..
cathaustralia 3 years ago
just say no to popes.
4096x 3 years ago
why
cathaustralia 3 years ago
"a protestant economist" haha.
sawgaw1982 3 years ago
Jews for Jesus!!! The Messiah has come and will return to judge the living and the dead.
mediator4u 4 years ago
Are there early Roman church people Jews? I mean, when did the church go from the Jews (apostles/disciples, Peter, Paul, etc) to the Romans? I know 'Roman' is just a nationality, but I assume these early leaders were gentiles. I also 'know' there are very few Messianic Jews, so it MIGHT be hard to even have a church w/ Jews as authority, but shouldn't the Jews be pivotal?
pairunoyd 4 years ago
Also, do you know why the orthodox Jews don't believe in Jesus? Have you ever studied much in the way of orthodox, Jewish beliefs? They seem to be BRILLIANT people. Surely they have SOME rational. Of course, they stayed in trouble in the bible. :)
pairunoyd 4 years ago
Yeah, I have done a decent amount of study on them. Michael Brown, a messianic jewish theologian, has debates with Jews over the issue. Extremely good material.
paleocrat 4 years ago
The church of Jerusalem, headed by James, was very important. The reason Rome became the center was due to the fact that both Paul and Peter gave their lives there and it was there that Peter extended the keys of the kingdom to a successor.
Jews are pivotal. When they convert to the Catholic faith, the fullness of the Church will be complete.
paleocrat 4 years ago
Do you know what percentage of Jews are Catholic?
pairunoyd 4 years ago
No. But we are by far the most messianic of them all. We chant, use incense, sing scripture aloud, keep sabbath holy, have confession, have priests, celebrate with bread and wine, have high holy days, tradition, etc. etc. The list could go on. We are the fulfillment of the OT religion.
paleocrat 4 years ago
Another funny point is this too...
Where in the OT do we read about the system of Judaism that exists today (aka Rabbinical/Synagogue)?
vint7107 3 years ago
One major flaw in your arguement is "Why not let the Pope do the private interepting instead". That's pretty circular and begs the question; why not Luther or anyone else?
Luther calls it "His Gospel" the same way you might consider "Your God" to be the only God.
I will admit however he's a bit extreme.. I think some christians who are christians dont have a complete understanding of all doctrinal principals though I consider it very dangerous not to.
MRKetter81 4 years ago
That would be a serious flaw. Thankfully, I would not hold adhere to such a claim. At least not without qualification. The Church believes doesn't sit around waiting for the Pope to speak. We have the fathers, liturgies, traditions, Councils, catechisms, and Popes. Each contribute, in their own way, to our understanding of the Scripture. These are safeguards, checks and balances, to how we look at the dogma and morality.
paleocrat 4 years ago
Well I was refering to your video, where I heard you somewhat make the comparison. Your kind of beating a dead horse here. We as Protestants also have a Presbytery and or other authorities in our church as well that give adherence to interperation. The difference being we consider them subject to the actual word of God it self if they dont adhere to it.
MRKetter81 4 years ago
I have dealt with that in other videos:
/watch?v=PWflpnHZOy4
/watch?v=AbX7jJFC4Dc
paleocrat 4 years ago
Most Protestants are aware of Martin Luther's exstremism during the time (given the understanding of what was done to heretics at the time). When Martin Luther says in general "Unless someone accepts my doctrine they're going to hell" He's calling it "My doctrine". The reason is, because Paul in the very same manner did so in his epistles. Paul may call it "His gospel" but Who's is it really?
MRKetter81 4 years ago
Protestant Popery, Ha hahahahahaha, thats a cool phrase, mind if i borrow it sometime.
virumdei 4 years ago
Please... but always cite me. : ) haha
paleocrat 4 years ago
Kewl, XD
virumdei 4 years ago
Excellent!
patrissimo 4 years ago
luther was a head banger...there are no protestants left in britain its old men and women in your churches..in the other hand catholic churches are booming..packed every week..so get it up you..
frankyboy283 4 years ago
Christ not man is King!
Kilsally 4 years ago
Who ever said God wasn't?
paleocrat 4 years ago
Love the Union Jack! As a Protestant I say all your popes were even more hypocritical! yay Luther he was a rebel. . .but you are square!!
this country was formed by White Anglo Protestants. yay America!
look at the countries colonized by Catholics. . . . mostly 3rd world!
citizenkong 4 years ago
This country was founded by quasi-theocrats. It was later taken over by a bunch of Masons who drafted what we refer to as the Constitution and Bill of Rights. And one could easily argue that those "Catholic" countries currently in dire straights are not there due to their consistently applying (or living) their Catholic principles... rather, the contrary would be more accurate.
paleocrat 4 years ago
well you are the expert. . . . i just see a bunch of poor people converting to protestant missionaries because your pope has turned his back on the poor. i just calls it as i sees it. I read the papers and watch the news. check out the BBC , last bastion of true journalism!!!!
citizenkong 4 years ago
This country that legally allows over a million abortions a year? This country that bombs civilian populations? The Romans could have used your reasoning against the early Christians. What you say is not entirely true anyways.
patrissimo 4 years ago
aha! you admit there is truth in what I say! gotcha!!
citizenkong 4 years ago
I am confused as to what this has to do with anything I have written. Help me out here, I have been away for a few days.
And what did I say here that is not entirely true?
paleocrat 4 years ago
Can't help you there Paleo. . . you know I question everything you say!
Try clicking on view all comments and then follow the thread.
citizenkong 4 years ago
All pope's have been hypocritical thats a just a slight generalisation dont you thing seeings there have been over 2000 years of them. And how do you explain catholic countries like Spain Portugal, France having huge empires..Switzerland and Germany have huge catholic populations how come they are not 3rd world..Munich, a Catholic city in Germany is the countries richest city..how does you well thought out anti catholic theory explain that.
cathaustralia 3 years ago
As for my theory my being well thought out. . . . HA!
Fooled you!
I was referring to the remnants of Catholic colonies versus Protestant colonies. . . U.S.. . . Australia, Canada compared to Mexico, Brazil etc.
Culturally Protestant societies tend to be more productive.
Ever here the phrase "Protestant work ethic"?
although a country may have a huge catholic population, like the U.S.. . It may still be culturally Protestant. . .
citizenkong 3 years ago
Well actually No, You haven't fooled anyone except yourself my friend. The Protestant Work Ethic is probable one of the greatest myths floating around..u fell for it. It should actually be renamed the protestant SLAVE ethic. Let's examine the counties you name.
US founded by puritan self sufficent farmers expelled from Protestant England for oppresion, the taken over by Masonic Slave owners who built the nation on the back of slaves.
cathaustralia 3 years ago
So, you are saying that Protestants have some bad doctrines, therefore they should listen to the ridiculosity of the Catholic Church? I mean, if the RCC is wrong, as it probably is, who cares what the Protestant church thinks?
Philosophickle 4 years ago
No, that is not what I am saying. Actually, I am a tad confused as to how you could possibly glean that from my post. My contention was not so much that the Catholic Church is right (which I happen to obviously maintain), but that the Protestants have failed, from the very outset, to consistently apply the very cornerstones of their religion. Showing that they are internally inconsistent is one thing; establishing the alternative is something altogether different, and not the focus of this vlog.
paleocrat 4 years ago
"Protestant Popery" - A brilliant phrase! I wish I could give this video 10 YouTube stars.
You point out extremely succinctly how disasterous it is to the Protest-ant position to look at the actual words of the Reformers (e.g. Luther).
Docs such as the Westminster Conf. of Faith function as equivalents to Catholic dogmas, but without any pedigree whatsoever!!
alt173 4 years ago
Yea i recognised it, very good points in the video, i've just started coming back to the faith, i was brought up catholic and my family are catholics but drifted away as i got older but now i am coming back but have a long way to go since i haven't been to confession or mass in about a year and have did alot of mortal sins
Paddy234 4 years ago
Why do you have british flag in backround
Paddy234 4 years ago
I used to collect flags. I will have different flags behind me for different posts. There is no political agenda behind it. I also think that it visually sets videos apart from one another. The same old background gets rather boring, don't you think?
P.S. Did you notice the intro song was from the British band Oasis?
paleocrat 4 years ago
Great expose .Well done.
HOPINGAGAINSTHOPE 4 years ago