The Council of Trent and the foundation of the Catholic Church---[SINGULAR] the keys of the kingdom of heaven, --“Answers to my Catholic Friends” by Thomas F.

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 “Naked Truth“... Catholic responses to the Booklet:  

“Answers to my Catholic Friends” by Thomas F. Heinze    part 4

A Catholic reply to Protestant “[mis]- Understandings” Part 4

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ENDS, I am prefacing this section with a brief “How to Understand the Bible Lesson”

[See above John 20:20-23, and this:  Matt. 16: 18-19] “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it

 . I [Jesus] will give you {Peter} [SINGULAR]  the keys of the kingdom of heaven, 

 and whatever

 you bind  

on earth shall be bound in heaven,

 and 

 you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

 " And passed to other Apostles and therefore the CC

 Singular truth with patrick j miron

 in Matt. 18:18 “Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

1444 “In imparting to his apostles his own power to forgive sins the Lord also gives them the authority to reconcile sinners with the Church.

 This ecclesial dimension of their task is expressed most notably in Christ's solemn words to Simon Peter: "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." 

"The office of binding and loosing which was given to Peter was also assigned to the college of the apostles united to its head."

1446 “Christ instituted the sacrament of Penance for all sinful members of his Church: above all for those who, since Baptism, have fallen into grave sin, and have thus lost their baptismal grace and wounded ecclesial communion.

 It is to them that the sacrament of Penance offers a new possibility to convert and to recover the grace of justification.

 The Fathers of the Church present this sacrament as "the second plank [of salvation] after the shipwreck which is the loss of grace”

These are also from the same Catechism. So my friends, do you belief mortal man; Thomas or Jesus Christ who is the God who will Judge us? And actually we DO NOT claim to “dispense salvation”. What we do claim, and what is biblically provable is that the Bible and logic, supported by secular history all confirm and affirm that all Salvation MUST FLOW THROUGH the Catholic Church. WHY? Because the CC is the ONLY Church and only set of Faith beliefs given by God, and therefore the singular truth. AMEN! And because it is God’s Will and God’s own plan.

James 1:21-27 “Therefore put away all filthiness and rank growth of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls



. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.



 For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer


he is like a man who observes his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.




 But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer that forgets but a doer that acts, he shall be blessed in his doing

. If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain





 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.” 

I will share all of the key points and teachings of our friend Thomas, but only respond [and then briefly], to but a few of his thoughts.  

Then I will share what the Catholic Church

 [and therefore God Himself] 

teaches is absolutely necessary for ones personal salvation

 fully supported by the bible, because this is what Christ Himself demands.

 It really is a “take it or leave it proposition.” 

1. [A Direct quote]

 “We cannot merit salvation..

 ‘cursed is he who does not abide by

 EVERYTHING [my emphasis] 

 written in the book of the law‘ ”

 Gal.3:10 “God ask us to abide by “everything” 

 to be better than others.

 If my friends, this is actually understood and accepted; why then is it time after time disobeyed? Ignored? Or denied by the very ones making the proclamation?

Mark 1: 15 “and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel." [THIS MEANS THE ENTIRE BIBLE, NOT JUST CULLED QUOTES].

1^st. Tim.6:1-6 “Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be defamed. …

If--any one teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ  

[The ENTIRE Bible, not just parts of it]

 and the teaching which accords with godliness,

  he is puffed up with conceit,

 he knows nothing;

 he has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words, which produce envy, dissension, 

slander, base suspicions, and wrangling among men who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

 There is great gain in godliness with contentment”