I realized many of you can careless, and no matter what I say, you are still going to remain brain washed believing this lie!
But anyway maybe their maybe some Catholic’s who are standing at the cross roads of your Catholic religion!
And you are like I was scared to death to leave the Catholic religion!
All because of the spirit of that the Catholic Church hung around my neck!
What was the spirit of fear that the Catholic Church threaten me with?
The losing of my salvation! It was loud and clear THEIR IS NO SALVATION OUTSIDE of the Catholic Church, this spirit of fear was holding me in a religious spiritual prison of bondage in this religion!
And I believe right now! You know that I am talking to you and many of you feel and think the same way!
The good news my Catholic friends you can be set free! From this spirit of fear! Like I was, by reading
Acts 4:12“And there is salvation in no one else; ( not in the Catholic Church, not in mother Mary) for there is no other name under heaven (not the Catholic Church, not in mother Mary) that has been given among people by which we must be saved [for God has provided the world no alternative for salvation].” not in the Catholic Church, not in mother Mary)
Be free in the name of Jesus
Your first step of faith is your aligence to Jesus Christ! And become Born again out of religion into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ! Read John 3
One of the reasons why the Catholic Church was not built on Christ is because of Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not be a partner in her sins and receive her plagues;
Here is the point! Their is a spiritual paradox here, the Catholic Church wants you to return home to the church of Rome!
But according to the Word of God! God wants you to out of the Catholic religion
So, your aligence is either to the Catholic Church or to the Lord Jesus Christ and his written Word
Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not be a partner in her sins and receive her plagues;
You have to choose what voice you are going to listen to
1. The church
As Bible believers, it’s essential to approach the claim that “Catholic” is used in the New Testament and that Saint Ignatius coined the term with careful scriptural evaluation.
Here’s a rebuke my Catholic friends in the hope it opens up your spiritual eyes to see the truth!
to the historical assertions using KJV Scripture vs. Scripture:
1. The Term “Catholic” in Acts 9:31
The phrase “Ekklesias Katholikos” in Acts 9:31 is often translated as “the church throughout all Judea,” not “the Catholic Church.” do you understand this my Catholic friends?
While katholikos in Greek means “universal” their is a difference between the true universal church that believes in John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
And the counterfeit universal Catholic church that embraces all religions
Not, caring what the Word of God says Ephesians 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
the context in Acts 9:31 refers to the geographical spread of the Church, not an institutionalized Church bearing the title “Catholic.”
• Acts 9:31 (KJV): “Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.”
• This verse highlights the Church’s growth across a geographical region but does not link it to the later development of a “Catholic” institution. It refers to the early believers (the “churches”) in a broader sense, but the term Catholic as a specific ecclesiastical title isn’t present.
2. Ignatius and the Term “Catholic”
While Ignatius of Antioch is historically credited with using the term Catholic in his Letter to the Smyrnaeans around 110 AD, this usage is a later development and not a term found in the New Testament for a specific denominational church.
The New Testament speaks of the Church in terms of the Body of Christ (Ephesians 1:22-23),
but there is no mention of “Catholic” as an institutional title.
• Ephesians 1:22-23 (KJV): “And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.”
• The Church here my Catholic friends is described as the body of Christ, not an institution known as the “Catholic Church.”
This is a reference to the true universal body of believers, not a specific organizational title. Catholic
3. The Term “Christian” in Acts 11:26
The term “Christian” my Catholic friends predates Ignatius or have you never gave it any thought at all and was used in Acts 11:26 to describe followers of Jesus Christ . Not followers of the Catholic Church!
The disciples in Antioch were first called Christians, never ever called Catholics.
Like I often say a Catholic is not a Christian any more than a Christian is Catholic
• Acts 11:26 (KJV): “And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
• This verse shows that the term “Christian” was used to identify Born again believers in Christ, not “Catholic.”
The term used in Scripture is tied to the followers of Jesus, not an ecclesiastical institution called Catholic Church
4. The Church and Its Universality
The Bible speaks of the true Church as universal, in the sense that it includes all born again believers, but it does not link this universality to any single institutional body.
Like this lie of the Catholic Church that Jesus founded the Catholic Church is absurd!
The Church is described as the body of Christ, made up of all born again true believers, regardless of denominational titles.
• 1 Corinthians 12:13 (KJV): “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.”
• This emphasizes that the true church Of Jesus Christ is universal in the sense that all bible believers in Christ, from all backgrounds, are part of the body of Christ, but again, this is not tied to a specific “Catholic” institutional structure.
Conclusion:
While the term Catholic (meaning universal it is a counterfit that embraces all religions) is important in church history, the Catholic Church is a later development in Christian tradition, especially associated with Ignatius of Antioch, who used it around 110 AD.
The Bible, however, uses terms like “church” and “Christian” to describe the true universal body of believers, but not in the specific institutional sense that later developed into the Roman Catholic Church.
The Church in Scripture is described as the Body of Christ, a spiritual reality encompassing all true believers, not a particular denominational or hierarchical organization.