Meriweather
Not all who wander are lost
- Oct 21, 2014
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Such bitter resentment!Like I've already posted, Jesus didn't found the Catholic Church, He founded a Jewish Church that expanded to include Gentiles and ultimately morphed into the Catholic Church, but He did not sit down with His disciples and lay out the power structure, saying "Okay, now you're going to need a Pope, some Cardinals, some Bishops and a lot of Priests. Here are the clothes that they're supposed to wear and the staffs they're supposed to lean on. Oh, and call yourself Catholics". All that was added later, and He most CERTAINLY did NOT found an organization whose adherents were supposed to proclaim themselves superior to followers of other denominations.
Jesus had Apostles and Disciples. And he was their leader. The New Testament speaks of Bishops. The Bible speaks of priests. Jesus is called the high priest. Why the need of high priest if there are not lower priests. The New Testament also has deacons.
The clothes priests wear today is because as fashions changed, priests retained the idea of robes because they were more sober than the evolving fashions.
Finally, the Church did not call itself Catholic--people began referencing it as catholic because it was/is open and welcoming to all. The Church accepted the name bestowed upon it. This is the genealogy and history of all Christian churches.
Consider that Jesus wished his followers to remain one and all the divisions during and since the Enlightenment. Recall that the Catholic church is still open and welcoming to all.
I truly do not understand the bitterness and the resentment.