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Anonymous wrote:

Hi, guys —

Based on my reading of the Bible, it looks like the Catholics are correct about the fundamentals of theology such as justification but all the institutional aspects such as the Pope and the administering of the sacraments strike me as dubious.

So should I invent my own church?

Anonymous

  { Since the institutional aspects of the Church are so dubious, should I start my own church? }

Mary Ann replied:

Hi, Anonymous —

Well, you would then know your own church to be dubious.

The Catholic Church is authentic because it was founded by Christ, on Peter and the Apostles.

The words and works of Christ are handed on in time through the power of the Holy Spirit (in the laying on of hands) by the successors of these men.

  • Does the Catholic Church meet that same one Christ founded criterion?
  • Does yours?
  • Does any other?

Mary Ann

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