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May 15, 2024 · The seven major Christian denominations all agree on the nature of Christ—that Jesus Christ is fully human and fully God. This doctrine, as spelled out in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, states: "He became truly man while remaining truly God. Jesus Christ is true God and true man."
- The Apostles' Creed
The Apostles' Creed, like the Nicene Creed, is widely...
- Willow Creek Association, Now Global Leadership Network
Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington, Illinois,...
- Nicene Creed
The Roman Catholic Church made the addition of the words...
- The Apostles' Creed
- Only The Catholic Church Can Trace Its Roots Back to Christ himself.
- The Eucharist—The Real Presence of Christ—Is Not Found in Protestant Churches.
- More Than Any Other Christian Religion, Catholicism Takes Scripture Seriously.
Within a few short years of the Resurrection, the followers of Jesus began calling themselves “Christians” (cf. Acts 11: 26), and by the end of the first century, the word “catholic”—meaning “universal” —was applied to the Church. The idea of different (and sometimes competing) Christian denominations would have been unthinkable to the early Christ...
Jesus described himself as the bread of life, stating that whoever eats his flesh and drinks his blood will have life eternal (John 6:54). At the Last Supper he gave the apostles and their successors, the bishops (and through them, validly ordained priests), the power and authority to continue his sacrifice when he said, “Do this in memory of me” (...
This assertion will surprise those who assume that Catholics are ignorant of Scripture and that the Protestant belief in sola scriptura(accepting “the Bible only” as a source of religious teaching) makes them the only true “Bible Christians.” However, history and logic are again on the side of the Catholic Church. It was the Church that, under the ...
- Fr. Joseph Esper
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.
Catholicism believes that while it is the fullest and most complete revelation of God to man, other Christian denominations have also received genuine revelation from God.
In fact, up until the Church of England's Lambeth Conference of 1930, which accepted contraception and thus broke with the Christian tradition, contraception had been considered wrong by all Christian churches. The Catholic Church does not feel free to change the law of God, as do Protestants.
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.
People ask how many denominations there are, and critics will assert that the “thousands” of denominations are proof that Christians cannot agree about what is true. But what is a denomination in the first place?
