Was Jesus a Catholic?

[Rhuarc]

Technically if the Jews had not been obstinate with the Lord there would be no Catholic it would simply be Jew. It is when it was readily apparent that the Church could not keep their Jewish identity and had to move onto the ways of Christ that we were called Catholics (or simply Christian if you like).

 

[PRmerger]

I think Jesus was a Catholic since it’s clear he was not a Protestant. To have been a Protestant would mean he was protesting the universal Church he intended to build.

So then the question is, why do Protestants say the Catholic Church was a rebellion against Christ? When did it begin to revolt, from the Protestant point of view? If Protestants are sincere about this conviction, they must have some evidence that the Church went off the tracks that Christ built for it. When would that be? What century? What Council? What doctrines reveal that the Church became heretical from the Protestant view?

Any Protestant takers?

Catholics have priests. Jesus was The Priest.
Catholics have the Eucharist. Jesus was The Eucharist.
Catholics honor Mary. Jesus honored His Mother.
Catholics proclaim the primacy of Peter. Jesus proclaimed the primacy of Peter.
Catholics have the Divine Liturgy. Jesus presided/presides at the Divine Liturgy.
Catholics proclaim the fullness of Truth through Scripture and Tradition. Jesus proclaimed the Truth of the Scriptures and Tradition.

Yep, I’m pretty sure that Jesus was a Catholic.

 

[empther]

In Heaven everybody will be a Catholic.

So Jesus must have been Catholic.

 

[Charlemagne_II]

Rhuarc

**Technically if the Jews had not been obstinate with the Lord there would be no Catholic it would simply be Jew. It is when it was readily apparent that the Church could not keep their Jewish identity and had to move onto the ways of Christ that we were called Catholics (or simply Christian if you like). **

The Jews began to persecute the followers of the Way right away (Paul participated in the persecution). So the followers of Jesus knew from the start they were not going to be held to many of the Jewish traditions. The Council of Jerusalem certainly settled the matter, that the Jews were no longer the specially chosen people set apart from all others, since Christ had come to save all others through the universal Church that he created and established with Peter at the helm. Jews were invited into the new Church (indeed, most of the early Christians were Jews), but the new universal Covenant had replaced the old one.