Are there any OTHER churces that claim to be the "One True Church Established by Jesus Christ?"

[JRKH]

David - you ask,
Can anyone actually cite any authoritative source from ANY (presently existing) Christian denomination that calls itself protestant (omitting quasi-Christian faiths such as Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses) that even CLAIMS that their version of Christianity is the One True Faith established by Jesus Christ?
My answer -
No I cannot.

I’m sorry if I added in any way to your frustration.

Peace
James

 

[Peter_J]

Sigh. I *TRY *to post a question and carefully qualify it. As God is my witness, I try. I get hammered with Greek Orthodox, and traditional Anglicans, and quasi-Christian movements. Then, when I point out that NOBODY has actually answered my question (and NOBODY still has), I am accused of being somehow uncharitable. Or, at least, unclear.

So let me back up and be VERY clear. Here are some very specific and verifiable claims made by sources which are recognized by the Catholic Church, which make the claim that the Catholic Church is the One True Church established by Jesus Christ:

I’m not EVEN going that far!!! I have not excluded the Orthodox, or other Communions who legitimately claim the title Catholic.

I have CITED two actual accredited and easily verifiable Catholic theological sources that claim that the Catholic Church is the One True Church established by Jesus Christ. I have cited what is perhaps the most widely circulated publication EVER by Catholic Answers (originally published for mass distribution during World Youth Day - I contributed to the cost of its publication), and I have cited the Baltimore Catechism, which was the ONLY Catholic Catechism approved for use in the United States until it was superseded by the Catechism of the Catholic Church in 1994.

I have CITED two actual accredited Catholic theological sources which rise to the standard that I asked for in my Original Post.

So I will re-present my question: Can anyone actually cite any authoritative source from ANY (presently existing) Christian denomination that calls itself protestant (omitting quasi-Christian faiths such as Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses) that even CLAIMS that their version of Christianity is the One True Faith established by Jesus Christ?

This is actually EXACTLY what I originally asked. If I have actually overlooked any relevant reply, I ask that my oversight be pointed out by post number, so that I may apologize and acknowledge my error, and give proper credit to the response.

IN OTHER WORDS - can ANYBODY cite ANY authoritative statement from ANY currently-existing protestant denomination (excluding the “me too” Catholic denominations that I have previously enumerated, and obviously excluding the quasi-Christian denominations) that claims that THAT PARTICULAR denomination is the “One True Church” to the exclusion of all others?

Hi again David. Sorry to hear that this thread has been frustrating for you. I guess I would say two things:

First, I think that for many of us, posting on this forum can at times be a bit like an addiction. (If you think 82 posts is a lot … well, you should see some other threads that I could show you.) I know for myself, every so often a part of me will say “I should just ignore (or unsubscribe from) such-and-such thread” but then I’ll go ahead and contribute something anyhow.

Having said, notice your original post:

It seems to me, if I were an alien from another planet who landed on earth, and was considering the Christian Faith, I would start out looking at whatever Christian Faith claimed to be the One True Faith. Why look at any faith that doesn’t even claim to be True?

But, as I look around, I find only the Catholic Church even being so bold as to even claim this.

(Greek Orthodox, blah blah, certain Anglicans, blah blah, Old Catholics, blah blah - I don’t want to get mired in these ancient topics, but rather discuss those faiths who identify themselves as “protestant,” which are none of the above, but which number in the thousands of churches, but none of which claim to be the One True Faith, AFAIK. I know there are Catholics who are not “Roman” Catholics, but I have not even heard these Faiths express themselves as boldly as to make this claim (they rather claim, “we are also Catholic,” which is true, but not as bold), so they would have probably have evaded detection on my alien sensors.)

My question is: Are there any protestant denominations who seriously claim (in some official capacity) that they are the “One True Church Established by Jesus Christ?” (obviously this would exclude ALL non-Christian churches, so let’s not get into Islam, etc.)

(I don’t mean old Uncle Bob, who was a Baptist, and pointed out that John the Baptist was also a Baptist… I mean a serious claim which they attempt to rationally defend in some official capacity - a published theologian, an official website, or whatever.)

And, for brevity, can we please omit Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses? We can debate whether these faiths are “Christian” in other threads (but there “boldness” is not in question here, that’s for sure!)

(emphasis added)

I think a number of the posts on this thread were posts telling you that the highlighted sentence is wrong … despite the fact that it was followed by "Greek Orthodox, blah blah, certain Anglicans, blah blah, Old Catholics, blah blah … "

I guess it is just human nature o) that, when told “I believe Blank, and I don’t want you to tell me I’m wrong”, people will want to do precisely that.

 

[Izdaari]

I give Catholics a pass on the “One True Church” claim, because I know they’re old, legit and definitely not a cult…

But otherwise, it’s the first red flag I look for if I suspect a cult, because usually any church that makes that claim (such as the previously named Iglesia ni Christo) is very seriously a cult, and generally a highly pernicious one at that.