@LJersey77@doth4580@catholiCanadian@needGod_net The one body of Christ, made up of the faithful who are united to Christ through the Holy Spirit, visibly gathered in worship, baptism, Eucharist, apostolic teaching, and episcopal leadership.
This is also what the early church fathers thought too.
@LJersey77@doth4580@catholiCanadian@needGod_net The 66 books in the Protestant Bible are all included in the original 73 books put together by the church fathers. It’s Protestants that took the books out. So yes, I do believe they’re the word of God
@LJersey77@doth4580@catholiCanadian@needGod_net I don’t agree with papal supremacy. Or transubstantiation, but I do believe that the bread and wine are the body of Christ. This is irrefutable in the first 1000 years of the church. 99% of early church fathers believed it was literally the body and blood of Christ.
@LJersey77@doth4580@catholiCanadian@needGod_net I disagree because the ecumenical councils that decided how many books the Bible had (Council of Rome, Carthage, Hippo) all decided on a 73 book canon. It wasn’t until the Protestant reformation that the number of books changed to 66.
@LJersey77@doth4580@catholiCanadian@needGod_net But the church isn’t “All believers”
The church is a physical church, and we see that in Acts. Jesus left a physical church when he ascended into heaven. Not one that was created 1600 years after he ascended
@LJersey77@doth4580@catholiCanadian@needGod_net I’m implying that without the early church (they were NOT Protestant btw) you wouldn’t have the bible that you do today. And even in the Ecumenical councils that put the bible together, you don’t have the same books that were agreed upon.