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Jun 24, 2015 · There are many reasons the Roman Catholic Church is the true Church of Jesus Christ, however, some of those reasons are necessary for discussions with those outside the Catholic Church. Jesus prayed for unity of believers and unity begins with understanding.
- The Source of the Issue. The source of the issue is found in Vatican II's dogmatic constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, where we read: 8. This Church [the Church of Christ] constituted and organized in the world as a society, subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the Bishops in communion with him, although many elements of sanctification and of truth are found outside of its visible structure.
- "Subsists In"? The matter would be much clearer if the Council had used the traditional language of saying that the Church of Christ is the Catholic Church.
- Addressing the Matter. The controversy over the meaning of this passage in the Council grew to such a point that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith decided to address it in 2007 in this document.
- Why Didn't They Just Say "Is"? The document also addresses this: Why was the expression “subsists in” adopted instead of the simple word “is”? The use of this expression ["subsists in"], which indicates the full identity of the Church of Christ with the Catholic Church, does not change the doctrine on the Church.
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that Christ founded only "one true Church", and that this one true Church is the Catholic Church with the bishop of Rome (the pope) as its supreme, infallible head and locus of communion.
We know that no other church but the Catholic Church is the true Church of Christ because no other church has these four marks. (a) All other churches lack essential unity. They recognize no authority in religious matters vested in an individual who is the vicar of Christ.
May 1, 2007 · The invisible Church subsists in the Catholic Church, and while you may not be able to identify the extent of the invisible Church, you can with certainty point to the Catholic Church and say, “There is the Body of Christ.”
The Roman Catholic Church claims to be the only true church. So does the Mormon Church. Protestants reject those claims of exclusivity and view the church as all people who have faith in Jesus Christ.
Name any teaching—the Eucharist, papal primacy, confession—it’s all there in the early Church. Therefore, I say with utter confidence that the Catholic Church is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ. Fr. Greg Luger is parochial vicar at the Churches of St. Joseph in Williston, St. John the Baptist in Trenton and St. Boniface in ...
