One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church

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[vasilyjc1955]

This not true. The oldest Church is the Orthodox Church, founded by Christ Himself on Pentacost in AD33, Christianity spread form the eastern half of the empire. Rome split from the Eastern Orthodox in AD1054.The Orthodox have been steadfast in keeping the traditions and dogmas of the early Church. Innovations such as infallibility, Immaculate conception, purgatory, baptism by sprinkling, are all foreign dogmas to the early Church.

[kell0618]

@vasilyjc1955 All old arguments, but the one about Baptism by sprinkling? We cannot Baptise by sprinkling, though some protestants do. Baptism must be done by immersion or pouring - not sprinkling.

[kell0618]

@vasilyjc1955 The Greek Orthodox Church's belief in the immaculate conception continued unanimously until the fifteenth century, then many Greek theologians began to adopt the idea that Mary had been made immaculate at the moment of the Annunciation.

[kell0618]

@vasilyjc1955 Times change minds sometimes, I guess.  Example in mind, at the Council of Chalcedon in 451, it was said that "Peter has spoken through the mouth of Leo [the then-reigning Pope Leo I].The matter is closed. Let him who will not listen to Leo be anathema."

[Raven0065]

Beautiful faith, music and images. The Catholic Church is the true Church of Christ. No doubt. If you disagree you separate yourself from Christ. His words, not mine: I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture." (Jno. 10:7-9) Its the Catholic Church, founded by Christ on Peter and his successors. Amen.

[captainjds22]

Yes, the Roman Catholic Church is the only true Church. Thanks for posting this. Great video.

[Islandretreat]

Read Alexander Hislop's The Two Babylons, my Roman Catholic friends, and then ask yourselves how can Popery be anything other than demoniac worship? The Bible depicts the Roman Church as the Whore of Revelation. Read Revelation Chapters 17 & 18 (KJV) and see for yourselves. The Protestant Martin Luther only discovered the truth when he stumbled across a Bible in Erfurt Library. READ THE BIBLE FOR YOURSELVES AND FLEE!

[Islandretreat]

I challenge any Romanist to read Wylie's History of the Scottish Nation and John Jamieson's An Historical Account Of The Ancient Culdees of Iona And Of Their Settlements In Scotland, England and Ireland, and then tell me the Antichrist Kirk is the "Mother Church" of the Church of Scotland. The Culdees (Servants of God) of Scotland and Ireland. The Celtic Church was born-free and remained Rome-free until the 11th and 12th centuries. The Culdees were the evangelisers of Europe.

[1wendt]

why do orthodox and Roman Catholics fight? I am a Catholic and i believe that both churches were founded by Christ, because both are the oldest christian denominations! do i beleive the pope is the succedes peter? yes, but the orthodox have ties to other apostels!

[tomb1954]

"[A]ll the people wondered that there should be such a difference between the unbelievers and the elect, of whom this most admirable Polycarp was one, having in our own times been an apostolic and prophetic teacher, and bishop of the Catholic Church which is in Smyrna. For every word that went out of his mouth either has been or shall yet be accomplished." Martyrdom of Polycarp, 16:2 (A.D. 155).

[tomb1954]

Corinth appealed to Clement of Rome not to Constantinople for help in their disagreement. The early Church fathers (many from eastern parts of the church) call the Church Catholic by name and they also pointed to the bishop of Rome as the head. I will agree back then the council were in eastern areas but mainly because that was where most of the heresies were. I think most of these councils sent their record to Rome for approval.

[vasilyjc1955]

@kell0618 During the early church, the Pope had no temporal power and served only as the bishop of the Christian church in Rome. The "Byzantine Papacy" was a period of Byzantine dominance of the papacy from 537 to 752., when popes required the approval of the Byzantine Emperor for episcopal consecration. No bishop of Rome presided over the Seven Ecumenical Councils, which were all held in the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Rome was involved when matters of disputes occurred, only as arbitrator.

[vasilyjc1955]

@kell0618 The Orthodox do not question Peter's role as "the voice", but he had no authority over the other Apostles. Peter did not preside at the Council in Jerusalem. James took the direction of the gathering.(Acts 15) St Luke ,in the Acts of the Apostles, does not mention Peter being in Rome, but in Jerusalem, Caesarea and Antioch.St. Paul played an important role in the assembly in Rome, but never mentions Peter in any of his letters.

[vasilyjc1955]

@kell0618 This is unfounded and please prove your source. The Orthodox don not recognize the Latin added dogmas of the immaculate conception, purgatory, papal infallibility, the addition of the fillioque and the use of unleavened bread in communion. All of these are foreign to the early church's theology and traditions.