Do you believe there is one true church?

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Is there only one true Christian church?

I would like your answer to this question.

In other words: Did Jesus intend for there to be so many different churches? Why / why not??
 
contramundum7 said:
Is there only one true Christian church?

I would like your answer to this question.

In other words: Did Jesus intend for there to be so many different churches? Why / why not??
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Jesus did not, I believe, intend that Christianity should be split into so many different groups…
He was, however, God in the flesh, after all, & therefore He knew that divisions would arise. Therefore, He has used & is using all of our divisions for His purpose: Carrying the Gospel of His life, death, & resurrection to all, teaching them & baptizing them.
He is with us all, and will be with us all, unto the end of the age, when He returns in glory. At that time, all divisions will cease.
In the meantime, Christ reaches some with 🙂 Methodism, some with fundamentalist Baptist churches, some with Presbyterian, some with Catholic, some with Eastern Orthodox.
I only wish that we could all stop fighting once in a while, long enough to realize how many more Christians there are, on account of all the other Christian churches from ours. It should–no, it would warm the hearts of true believers everywhere, to see this great enormous fellowship that exists, in the eyes & mind & heart of God, whilst on this earth, we continue to squabble.
But that’s just me: Your Friendly Neighborhood Methodist, with a vision floating in her brain of how the world should be…and the knowledge that, one day, it will be…
“When He cometh,
When He cometh,
to gather His jewels,
to gather His children,
His loved & His own,
they will shine like the morning,
with their bright crowns adorning,
they shall shine, all His jewels,
His dear ones, His own”.**

** No idea of the source. My:love: grandmother used to sing it to me, when I was just a wee toddler, & I could not get to sleep…
 
There is only One Chruch for all who have been baptized into His Body through His Holy Spirit.

The church is not an organization…but an organism…the living Body of Christ on earth…His witness and Presence in the world, His holy people, called from every nation, kindred, tongue and people, a royal prieshood, a holy nation found in every part of the earth.

Those who follow Him are bound together in His love.

The Church is a real presence…holy and invisible, but manifested in each local meeting, where two or three are gathered together in His name, He is there.

The scriptures are a witness of God’s dealing with humanity, they record how others have experienced Him in their lives and are a witness and guide, but the Inspirer is greater than the inspired, and still works among us guiding and teaching us Himself, just as He did in the days of the apostles…the only difference between our time and theirs is separated in time.
 
This was something that bothered me when I first became a Christian. I came to believe in Jesus Christ before I belonged to any church organization. After I came to believe, I wanted to go to a church, but which one? There were dozens of different church groups in my phone book, and disagreed on many things (nature of baptism, predestination vs free will, etc.). I believed in my heart of hearts that somewhere, somehow, the church that Jesus and the Apostles started must still exist. Unfortunately, my quest for the True Church led down a few blind alleys (I was interested in the JWs and SDAs briefly as they claimed to be the true church, but in the end their claims were wanting) and unfortunately prejudiced me against investigating the claims of the Catholic Church for a long time.
 
In the Gospel of St John, Jesus prayed to the Father that “they may be one as We are one”. Its clear from that passage alone that Christ did not want division in His Church.
 
When you speak of Christ’s church as one church, I do not however believe that to be one denomination. The power and presence of God can be found in many churches not just one or even two. I do not believe that God looks upon any true believer in him as invalid for infractional reasons.
 
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When you speak of Christ’s church as one church, I do not however believe that to be one denomination. The power and presence of God can be found in many churches not just one or even two. I do not believe that God looks upon any true believer in him as invalid for infractional reasons.
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Like calling the Eucharist symbolic??🤷
 
I agree. Luckily, the one true church (Catholic) is not a denomination. . .🙂
 
What’s ridiculous?

The Eucharist is not just ‘symbolic’.
The one true Catholic Church is not a “denomination.”

Nothing ridiculous about either statement.
 
Come on, that is just self-serving man. I am an ex cradle Catholic turned Anglican and was is and always will be rock solid in the Eucharist and the body and blood of Christ, not symbolism make no mistake. As for the Catholic church being the only church, nothing proves that even though I do believe in most all teachings of the Catholic church as do most Anglicans.
 
" And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."–Jesus (Matthew 16:18)

Not Churches… Sorry, your argument is with Jesus not those on this board. Yes, there is one true Church founded by Christ not man and will stay intact until He comes again. I believe Jesus because He said so…teachccd:)
 
The real question is who has adheared to those original teachings
 
Traveller1534 said:
Come on, that is just self-serving man. I am an ex cradle Catholic turned Anglican and was is and always will be rock solid in the Eucharist and the body and blood of Christ, not symbolism make no mistake. As for the Catholic church being the only church, nothing proves that even though I do believe in most all teachings of the Catholic church as do most Anglicans.
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You’re not being intellectually honest with yourself. If God is Truth (and he can’t be anything but) than how do you square conflicting beliefs among Christain churchs? He most certainly would not have come to earth to create confusion! Read writings of the Church Fathers and you’ll find your way home.
 
Staying on course with this issue I still don’t believe that any one church can lay claim to being Christ’s only. After all, I seriously would doubt that he would lay claim to only one church and it be the one who condoned sexual abuse of children for decades and even centuries who has finally had to become honest with its parishioners about this grave travesty as over a billion dollars have been paid out in lawsuits.
 
After all, I seriously would doubt that he would lay claim to only one church and it be the one who condoned sexual abuse of children for decades and even centuries who has finally had to become honest with its parishioners about this grave travesty as over a billion dollars have been paid out in lawsuits
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Argumentum ad hominem.

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.

Next fallacy?
 
Traveller1534 said:
Staying on course with this issue I still don’t believe that any one church can lay claim to being Christ’s only. After all, I seriously would doubt that he would lay claim to only one church and it be the one who condoned sexual abuse of children for decades and even centuries who has finally had to become honest with its parishioners about this grave travesty as over a billion dollars have been paid out in lawsuits.
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Or a Church where one denies Christ and and betrays Him??
 
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