Zone1 To Those Who Have Ears - LET THEM HEAR! Knock and It Will Be Given To You - The REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST HAS BEEN FULFILLED.

[Cougarbear]

Do you believe that taking vows of poverty, while focusing on even more advanced education and be instructed to live lives as Jesus led on Earth - being selfless, helping the poor, teaching a ministry with a focus on Jesus and his core values/teachings is "strange"?

The Jesuits and Franciscans are among the two most respected and revered orders of the Church. If you go to mass on Sunday and you hear that a Jesuit Priest will be saying the mass and homily, a tenured Catholic would know to pay attention - because they have the knowledge - and the wisdom they have is truthful - it manifests itself by the lives they live. They are the "real deal".

Peter and the Apostles received their education from "the source itself" - they lived it, breathed it and went through it - Jesus' ministry is as much a part of them as it was his own. But even the original Apostles themselves - in early times - Specifically Peter and Paul had disagreements over who to minister to, how to minister, the Law/Prophets - how they relate to Christianity - and even over (what is still disputed today among Christians) being"saved by grace" with or without "works".

Now imagine establishing a worldwide church, in Roman times - after being persecuted for the previous 100 - 300 years by the same Romans you are now establishing the Church for. Strict guidelines in regards to teachings, order, education, and so forth had to have been established - and to this day the Catholic Church is one of the few Churches of the world that a person attending mass in Boston hears the same readings and Gospel as a person attending church in Japan or Italy or Lebanon, etc.

You answered nothing. The two priesthoods established are Melchizedek and Aaronic. That doesn’t mean the people trapped in fake priesthoods are evil people. As with any Church, there are good and evil people as all have the choice of good and evil. This post of yours doesn’t begin to understand faith and authority. While it’s great to study the scriptures, leadership is based on faith and who God chooses for leadership and the priesthood. It’s not based on forcing men it to marry. It’s not based on who many years you go to some school. The priesthood and authority to use it is solely based on the principles of righteousness.

 

[surada]

You answered nothing. The two priesthoods established are Melchizedek and Aaronic. That doesn’t mean the people trapped in fake priesthoods are evil people. As with any Church, there are good and evil people as all have the choice of good and evil. This post of yours doesn’t begin to understand faith and authority. While it’s great to study the scriptures, leadership is based on faith and who God chooses for leadership and the priesthood. It’s not based on forcing men it to marry. It’s not based on who many years you go to some school. The priesthood and authority to use it is solely based on the principles of righteousness.

Your righteousness won't save you. That's just arrogance.

“there is none righteous, no, not one” ( Romans 3:10).