Hi! I am attaching a reply I got from one of 'my brothers in the Lord' for some queries I have asked him!! I am not answering this myself because anyone could find the answer in the 'Catechism of Catholic Church' I am attaching a clipping here. Regards, Manoj Jons : Cochin/India. ----reply I got------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ > dear brother > since you know the truth and refuse god's church he created for everyone, > the only one holy see, if you do not return to the catholic church, then > there is nothing i can tell you except that i am sad and i want to tell you > not to play with you life and contact a priest and know this is true and > return to God. > for god created the holy see upon the 1st pope st.peter and it continues and > those who turn away from it are going away from him and those who go away > from him are on their way to hell. > sorry to tell this. but truth is truth. for now that you can see and that you > are not blind, please do not turn your back to the truth and god and his > teachings. > my uncle and aunt went to be protestants for silly reasons and all false > theories they accepted. i tried to reason, make them understand, but even > when they had all the evidences and all things before them, they did not > accept. this is nothing but the work of satan. > thank you > hoping for your return, > in the name of jesus christ ----from Catechism of Catholic Church---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- 817: In fact, "in this one and only Church of God from its very beginnings there arose certain rifts, which the Apostle strongly censures as damnable. But in subsequent centuries much more serious dissensions appeared and large communities became separated from full communion with the Catholic Church - for which, often enough, men of both sides were to blame." The ruptures that wound the unity of Christ's Body - here we must distinguish heresy, apostasy, and schism - do not occur without human sin: 818: "However, one cannot charge with the sin of the separation those who at present are born into these communities [that resulted from such separation] and in them are brought up in the faith of Christ, and the Catholic Church accepts them with respect and affection as brothers .... All who have been justified by faith in Baptism are incorporated into Christ; they therefore have a right to be called Christians, and with good reason are accepted as brothers in the Lord by the children of the Catholic Church." 819: "Furthermore, many elements of sanctification and of truth" are found outside the visible confines of the Catholic Church: "the written Word of God; the life of grace; faith, hope, and charity, with the other interior gifts of the Holy Spirit, as well as visible elements." Christ's Spirit uses these Churches and ecclesial communities as means of salvation, whose power derives from the fullness of grace and truth that Christ has entrusted to the Catholic Church. All these blessings come from Christ and lead to him, and are in themselves calls to "Catholic unity." 820: "Christ bestowed unity on his Church from the beginning. This unity, we believe, subsists in the Catholic Church as something she can never lose, and we hope that it will continue to increase until the end of time." Christ always gives his Church the gift of unity, but the Church must always pray and work to maintain, reinforce, and perfect the unity that Christ wills for her. This is why Jesus himself prayed at the hour of his Passion, and does not cease praying to his Father, for the unity of his disciples: "That they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be one in us, . . . so that the world may know that you have sent me." The desire to recover the unity of all Christians is a gift of Christ and a call of the Holy Spirit. 822: Concern for achieving unity "involves the whole Church, faithful and clergy alike." But we must realize "that this holy objective - the reconciliation of all Christians in the unity of the one and only Church of Christ - transcends human powers and gifts." That is why we place all our hope "in the prayer of Christ for the Church, in the love of the Father for us, and in the power of the Holy Spirit." ********************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] To know more about Jesus Youth, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org **********************************************************************
