Christ's Prayer of Unity
When Jesus had said this, he raised his eyes to heaven and said...
"...And I have given them [Christ's Apostles]
the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me."
John 17: 1,22-23
The Church, created by God, founded by Jesus Christ, and guided by the Holy Spirit, is One, Holy, Apostolic and Universal. This is the Catholic Church.
Then Jesus approached and said to them [Christ's Apostles],
“All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”
Matthew 28: 20
The Church was founded in the year 33 by Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and it is still the same...One, Holy, Apostolic, and Catholic(universal) Church.
These
marks of the Church are four essential, indivisible characteristics of the Church (cf. DS 2888), possessed by virtue of her having been founded by Christ and her divine mission.
Origins of the sects and churches that were established merely by men and women.
Lutheranism was founded by Martin Luther, an ex-monk of the Catholic Church, in the year 1517.
The church of England was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534 because the Pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to remarry.
Presbyterianism was founded by John Knox in Scotland in the year 1560.
Protestant Episcopalians were an offshoot of the church of England founded by Samuel Seabury in the American colonies in the 17th century.
Congregationalism was originated by Robert Brown in Holland in 1582.
Methodism was launched by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1744
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Unitarianism, Theophilus Lindley founded this church in London in 1774.
Mormonism (Latter Day Saints), Joseph Smith started this religion in Palmyra, New York in 1829.
Baptists owe the tenets of this religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in 1605
The Dutch Reformed church recognize Michaelis Jones as founder, because he originated this religion in New York in 1628.
The Salvation Army sect began with William Booth in London in 1865
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Christian Scientists look to 1879 as the year in which this religion was born and to Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy as its founder.
Religious organizations known as "church of the Nazarene", "Pentecostal Gospel." "Holiness church," "Pilgrim Holiness church," "Jehovah's Witnesses," "Non denominational" are just a few of the thousands of new sects founded merely by men or women within the past century...each one morphing and changing according to their own beliefs and differences.
When Jesus had said this, he raised his eyes to heaven and said...
"...And I have given them [Christ's Apostles] the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me."
John 17: 1,22-23
Jesus Christ: True God and True Man
God reveals himself to us through the natural law, through his creation, through his Word, and through the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ represents the fullness of Divine Revelation.
If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing.
Philippians 2: 1-2, Saint Paul in his letter to the Philippians
"If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."
-Saint Augustine
When you search for Life, Truth, Love...the answer is God.
Being Catholic
"What are you looking for?", Christ asked of his disciples.
Are you new or have been away from the Church? Are you Catholic and have not received the Sacraments?
We welcome and invite you to learn more about the faith that Jesus Christ founded.
