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I need to know, in light of this link and years of not knowing, what is meant by "the holy[Catholic] catholic church.
Is it referring to Roman Catholicism, or as said here: http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/faq/ap ostcath.html
The basic creed of Reformed churches, as most familiarly known, is called the Apostles' Creed
*that is, the true Christian church of all times and all places.....
IS THIS TRUE?
The word "catholic", as you know by now, literally means "universal". It was considered one of the four "marks" of the Christian Church, along with "one", "holy" and "apostolic". Each of these terms had a specific meaning.
"One" means there are not multiple versions of the Christian Church, just orthodoxy and heresy.
"Holy" essentially means "special, set apart by God".
"Catholic" means that anyone can be part of the Church. It is not nationalistic, racial or tribal.
"Apostolic" means it has a continuously inspired tradition leading back to the original Apostles of Christ, who were commanded to spread the "good news" to "the ends of the world".
After the Reformation, there were two kinds of "Christians" in Western Europe. One adopted the name "Protestant". The other clung to the name "Catholic", giving the word a second, esclusive meaning. As a result, it is hard for some of the more hard core Protestants to use the Nicene Creed. It's simply too hard to explain what "one" and "catholic" really mean in the middle of prayer. "Catholic" also appears in the Apostles' Creed, but it's the only controversial term, slipping by easily with a simple understanding: "No, not THOSE Catholics. Small c".
The Catholic Church is made up of 3 major Rites which are divided into 20 smaller Rites from the East and West. We are fully united as one body in ...
Don't this make them part of the Church; since they were a Holy Order of the Church? Also aren't the ones of us who are Templars part of the Chatolic faith?
The Templars were excommunicated and to belong to them today would be automatic excommunicated ipso facto. They are the modern day free masons and are the enemy of the church.
I remember from childhood that this is part of the Methodist statement of faith. When I asked my dad about it, he didn't have an answer. If Methodists believe in the Holy Roman Catholic church, why are they Methodists instead of Catholics? What, precisely, do they believe about RCC?
There are many different beliefs within the Methodists religion. Many of them live by the Word of God. Some have strayed and have compromised the Word. They are the ones that will say they believe in anything just to show they're willing to do anything to bring ones to their church. That's all they're interested in.
The marks of the church are one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.
We are one church, the bride of Christ with many members, Holy is called to be saints, catholic means "universal church" not Roman Catholic church. apostolic means "message bearing" church. The Gospel of Jesus Christ.
It is part of the Nicene Creed of 325.
All; Remember that this is part of a Creed, it is a definition of a belief system.
What's the difference between the Roman Catholic Church and the Holy Catholic Church?
Huge!
The Holy Catholic Church mentioned in scripture and in the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed etc. is the universal church as founded by Jesus and the Apostles.
The Roman Catholic Church is the Roman version of the church, founded by the Emporer Constantine to unite his Empire under one standard religion.
To make it acceptable to the many and varied nationalities and beliefs, over a 1,500 year period, names, customs and practices from many different religions were "christianised" and grafted onto to Christianity. It has been estimated that 70% - 80% of the doctrines and ceremonies of the Roman Church have come straight from Non-Christian religions including Pagans and Idol worshippers.
Because Rome ruled the known world, their version of the faith became the largest and most influential and Christians who disputed Rome's version were branded as "heretics" by the authorities and persecuted and discriminated against.
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He added, “Aside from the impropriety of such a grandiose celebration for one of the country’s most notorious dissident Catholics, the ‘celebration’ was filled with liturgical errors and transgressions against the General Instruction of the Roman Missal which governs every celebration of the Church’s liturgy.” Bishop Gracida concluded,
“It is not unreasonable to suggest that the ‘buck’ for the scandal of the secular extravaganza which obscured the sacred liturgical nature of the Kennedy funeral should stop at the desk of the Cardinal Archbishop of Boston. Again, since I do not want to directly criticize another bishop, I leave it to the laity to analyze the true nature of that celebration.” This article is the attempt of one layman, a former lawyer and judge, to “analyze the true nature of that celebration.” The issues surrounding Ted Kennedy’s funeral are not limited to whether Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the Cardinal Archbishop of Boston, should have allowed or presided at his public funeral or whether he should have allowed the grand celebration of Kennedy’s supposed legislative accomplishments (without mention of his support for abortion, embryonic killing or same-sex marriage) or the liturgical transgressions or even the quasi-canonization by Fr. Mark Hession in his homily. The central issue is whether sacrilegious Communions were committed by Catholic politicians who publicly support the horrendous sin of abortion. This was interpreted by Pope Benedict XVI, then Cardinal Ratzinger, to mean that when a Catholic politician has consistently campaigned and voted for permissive abortion laws, his Pastor should meet with him, instructing him about the Church’s teaching, informing him that he is not to present himself for Holy Communion until he brings to an end the objective situation of sin, and warning him that he will otherwise be denied the Holy Eucharist. If the pro-abortion Catholic politicians at Mr. Kennedy’s funeral received the Holy Eucharist, perhaps they were never warned by their Pastor or Bishop or by Cardinal O’Malley or any of the celebrating priests that their conduct violated Canon 915. Or, if they were warned and their minster of Communion knew it, than the minister failed under his duty to refuse to distribute the Holy Eucharist to them. Curiously, the printed program for the funeral liturgy did not contain the usual U.S. Bishop’s statement on the guidelines for receiving the Holy Eucharist. These guidelines are that only Catholics may receive and Catholics who do receive must be property disposed. Moreover, neither presiding Cardinal O’Malley nor any priest gave any oral statement about the guidelines before the distribution of the Holy Eucharist. Giving these Catholic pro-abortion politicians the extraordinary benefit of the doubt, perhaps they were in total ignorance because no Pastor, priest or Bishop ever warned them as they should have. Nevertheless, even though they may have never received any warning, still their reception of the Holy Eucharist was objectively unworthy and an objective sacrilege against the Holy Eucharist. This is why the Church in America is spiritually sick and infirm. Eucharistic sacrilege means to treat the Holy Eucharist unworthily and is a grave sin because in this sacrament the true Body of Christ is made substantially present for us. ( No. 1385). Pope John Paul II in his
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A perennial issue in our discussions with Roman Catholics is the issue of whether, in addition to believing God's word in Scripture, we ought also to trust (in a similar way) in the church. While nothing in Scripture suggests that the church is another rule of faith in addition to Scripture, such that we would accord the church the same credence we give to God and his written word, we are sometimes presented with folks who want to latch onto the creeds. The so-called Apostles' Creed (not formulated by them, as some have supposed, but taken from the Scriptures that they left behind for us) includes a phrase regarding the "Holy Catholic Church," which is often seen as problematic for those who are unfamiliar with the meaning of the creed. The usual way in which this section of the creed is...
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