How Church is Holy?

[hasantas]

Christians have doctrines wichs seem difficulty to concur with other revelations even with Gospels. I mean Christians hold Church above every thing even above revelation. Church can say that the interpretation of Gospel is in that way but Church must not claim that it is the only true one. Because saints and The popes are humanbeing. They may slip up. God had never delegated His authority to any one even to prophets. Even if Jesus is Son of God that does not mean Church has a divine authority. Because every holy religion was established by God with a prophet. But that does not mean people in that religion gain a divinity. They may have a divinity with their faith but that does not get any authority from God. Am ı wrong?

 

[davidv]

Christians have doctrines wichs seem difficulty to concur with other revelations even with Gospels. I mean Christians hold Church above every thing even above revelation. Church can say that the interpretation of Gospel is in that way but Church must not claim that it is the only true one. Because saints and The popes are humanbeing. They may slip up. God had never delegated His authority to any one even to prophets. Even if Jesus is Son of God that does not mean Church has a divine authority. Because every holy religion was established by God with a prophet. But that does not mean people in that religion gain a divinity. They may have a divinity with their faith but that does not get any authority from God. Am ı wrong?

Very wrong, in many ways.

Catholics do not hold the Church above revelation. The Church is the guardian and teacher of revelation.

The Holy Spirit guides the Church to truth and protects it from error.

Humans who are protected by the Holy Spirit will not err.

Jesus delegated his authority to the Apostles and their successors.

Jesus is divine therefore the authority He gave to the Apostles is divine.

 

[Miserissima]

Even if Jesus is Son of God that does not mean Church has a divine authority

Jesus was begotten, not made, one in Being (consubstantial) with the Father.

You can’t get more “Divine” than that.

No human can claim this. No prophet can ever be as close to the Father as the One who shares His very nature and being.

 

[PietroPaolo]

How holy is the Church? As holy as God is. For the Church is the Body of Christ, His Bride (a man and a woman make one flesh). And Christ is God. Therefore, the Church is as Holy as God. It derives this holiness directly from God, not from its all too sinful members (like me).

Saying the Church cannot teach infallibly b/c God is using human instruments would be akin to saying the Koran isn’t without error because God used a man to transmit it. Your logic doesn’t work.

 

[Pablopedro]

Christians have doctrines wichs seem difficulty to concur with other revelations even with Gospels. I mean Christians hold Church above every thing even above revelation. Church can say that the interpretation of Gospel is in that way but Church must not claim that it is the only true one. Because saints and The popes are humanbeing. They may slip up. God had never delegated His authority to any one even to prophets. Even if Jesus is Son of God that does not mean Church has a divine authority. Because every holy religion was established by God with a prophet. But that does not mean people in that religion gain a divinity. They may have a divinity with their faith but that does not get any authority from God. Am ı wrong?

As Jesus was about to ascend into heaven he reasured his fearful and distraught disciples that they would not be left alone. That he was going to be sending them a comforter that would continue to guide them. On Pentecost The Holy Spirit (God) descended upon the disciples. This provided them a very intimate ongoing relationship with God.

We believe that that relationship has not diminished over time. The Catholic Church still maintains a very real, intimate, ungoing relationship with The Holy Spirit who continues to guide His Church. That is precisely the reason that the Church is Holy. We believe that the Church today has just as real and strong of a relationship with The Holy Spirit as it did on the day of Pentecost.

Further there are multiple passages in the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles where Jesus does confer on his disciples great Authority. We very much believe that the Authority of the Church does indeed come directly from God and is manifested through the workings of The Holy Spirit.