Becoming Catholic #23: Wicked Shepherds—St. Augustine on Remaining in the One True Church

One of the most common objections against the Catholic Church is it is corrupt and full of wicked shepherds. This supposedly justified the protestant revolt, and people leaving the Church to this day…

But as I discovered when I began studying the Church Fathers, this is not a new objection. In fact, it’s a very old one, to which the Fathers offered a unanimous and resounding answer: separation from the Church is never justified.

Becoming CatholicJoshua CharlesMay 30, 2022Church Fathers, Catholic Church, St. Augustine, Church Authority, One True Church

Becoming Catholic #22: What Did the Ancient Church Believe? The Catholic Church is the One True Church

While I had assumed my whole life that Christians could differ in Faith, in government, and in sacraments (though I could not harmonize this with Scripture), I found the ancient Church universally believed the opposite, and everywhere asserted that the Catholic Church was the one true Church established by Christ.

Becoming CatholicJoshua CharlesApril 30, 2022Church Fathers, Catholic Church, Becoming Catholic, One True Church

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