Why can the world not see the true Church founded by Jesus?

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Just look up the Holy Days of Obligation before Vatican II and you’ll see the one’s that no longer exist

What happened to the souls who failed to attend Mass on this former days which we no longer have to attend ?

BTW, most were in Europe.
 
Ephesians 2:8 states that faith is a gift from God and not something we can give ourselves. Therefore how can anyone believe in His Church if God’s not giving them that gift? The answer is in Jeremiah 29:13 which says we find God when we search for Him with all our hearts. That is why in deep search for the fullness of truth, I believe God grants people faith in His Church, but it takes humility to search for and courage to accept truth and walk in it. However, I think in searching for truth it’s not hard to see that the Catholic Church is the path towards fullness.
 
I recall some decades ago having a conversation with a non-Catholic cousin who had recently finished his first year of college including a course in European History. He said, “You know, I never realized that before the 1500’s, everybody was Catholic!” Of course, he was just getting into the shallow waters of history. Most people are not deep in history, especially Church history. Most people, when it comes to religion, are only familiar with whatever tradition has been handed down to them. Even someone as smart as David Anders never gave it much thought until he began to dig really deeply into Church history. His religious journey ended in Catholicism after a lot of work. I was impressed by his original apearance on Marcus Grodi’s “Journey Home,” where he has appeared several times since, and is now a Catholic apologist.

 
Well that response has nothing to do with my request. I will try again:
Please provide evidence to the claim the Church was financially motivated to create Holy Days if Obligation.
 
My own recollection is that the collection was always low for Holy Days; most people just used the Sunday envelopes, but not the ones for holy days of oblgation.
 
I can understand your frustration…although I had what I would call an “epiphany” moment…I had always believed that Christ said…“this is my body…do this in MEMORY of me”…“this is the cup of my blood…do this in MEMORY of me”…I was talking to a friend (Catholic) who I worked with at the time and told him that I couldn’t see how it was anything but in MEMORY of what he said and not to be taken literally…he just looked at me and quietly said that I was right…but just not reading what he said…he said…“Jesus said…THIS is my body…do THIS in memory of me…THIS is the cup of my blood…do THIS in memory of me”…exactly the same…yet a totally different meaning…I would never have thought it could mean anything other than what I had been taught as a Protestant…but I knew in that instant that Jesus meant his sacrifice to be taken literally…it really was like a veil had been lifted from my eyes.
 
I think it’s because protestants reject catholic teachings which supposedly go “against” the bible. But, we shouldn’t live solely by scripture. The bible isn’t to be taken literally. For example, when God says he created the world in seven days, it doesn’t literally mean one week. God is out of time. Protestants think they should live mainly by the rules of the bible. They misunderstand sacred scripture. I hope this helps!!! 🙂
 
Yes…sacred tradition came before New Testament sacred scripture
 
Here’s the history of Holy Days of Obligation

www.britannica.com

Holy days of obligation | Definition, History, & Feasts

Holy days of obligation, religious feast days on which Roman Catholics must attend mass.
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As the article points out, Bishops had the right to declare Holy Days of Obligation, until Pope Urban III limited them to 36 days.

Them they were reduced to 10 days

The article doesn’t say the reasons why individual Bishops made Holy Days of Obligation, but this is merely turning a blind eye toward the corrupt Bishops that did exists. Heck, read about how Bishops had cathedrals built in Europe and some of the corruption involved. One Bishop, the people revolted after learning he was using the Cathedral Building Funds to maintain his lavish lifestyle. The people beheaded the Bishop and to this day, there is a statue of the headless Bishop on the Cathedral.
 
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I admitted nothing, that’s your accusation which of course is insulting !
 
Why can’t the world see?

A whole lot of people have never been evangelized.

A whole lot of people have been told falsehoods, which they accept, often based on what seems a good argument.

Many people don’t want to know - they are comfortable in their place (often one of sin).

And many people lack any skill at all in critical thinking. They are told something and simply have no skill at looking at both that and other information, to discern truth.
 
AlNg said:
Hinduism has survived over 3000 years. Buddhism has survived for more than 2500 years.
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He’s not talking about isms, but the institution. The Catholic Church. Not Christianity. The Church. From Peter to Francis, same institution.
 
Justin_Mary said:
He’s not talking about isms, but the institution. The Catholic Church. Not Christianity. The Church. From Peter to Francis, same institution.
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anon98328916 said:
The Catholic Church has survived over 2,000 years, no human organisation would survive that long.
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Hinduism is both an organization and a social institution as is Buddhism and they are whole lot older than the Catholic Church which is also a social institution and an organization.
 
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I am making a point on a Catholic website, I don’t understand the problem here? I haven’t tried to be superior in some way if that’s what you are implying. I wanted to state facts and I was genuinely curious why people don’t see the truth.
 
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I wanted to state facts
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You didn’t state facts, you made claims that need evidence to be substantiated. Once again, saying it’s an obvious truth and that non-Catholics are blind or stupid for not seeing that is not going to bring anyone to Christ. It just makes Christians look like pompous jerks who only talk in massive echo chambers about how dumb non-Christians are.

Being on a Catholic website doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be careful about our appearance to others outside the Church. Many wonderful contributors here are not Catholic and even if only Catholics posted here, it’s still our responsibility to act as if others see and judge us. Ask yourself how you would feel if, say, a Muslim said the same things as in the OP. What would you do? What would you think of them? Of Islam?
 
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anon98328916 said:
The difference is Jesus founded only ONE Church in 33AD.
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However, since 33 AD the ONE Church has split into many churches such as the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Baptist Church, the Evangelical church, the Anglican church, the Old Catholic church, the Lutheran church, etc. Each one claims to be a continuation or restoration of the original church
 
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