Full Question
In John 10:16 Jesus says “I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must lead them too, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd.” Does that one flock mean the One Holy Apostolic Catholic Church or does that include all the other Protestant churches in the world? What does the Church teach?
Answer
The Church teaches that the “one flock, one shepherd” in John 10:16 subsists in the Catholic Church, governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him (Dominus Iesus 17).
While the Church acknowledges that many truths are found in other ecclesial communities, the complete fullness of Christ’s teaching and grace is only found in the Catholic Church:
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.” (John 17:21, CCC 820)
To work ceaselessly and efficaciously for the return of all humanity and all its goods, under Christ the Head in the unity of his Spirit is the mission of the Church (CCC 831).
With Pope Benedict VXI, “Let us remember it in our prayer to the Lord, as we plead with him: yes, Lord, remember your promise. Grant that we may be one flock and one shepherd! Do not allow your net to be torn, help us to be servants of unity!” (Homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI, St. Peter’s Square, April 24, 2005)
Further reading: Catechism of the Catholic Church, 11-870; One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic: The Early Church Was the Catholic Church by Kenneth D. Whitehead
Catholic is greek word (katholos mean universal, kata+holos, according to whole).
Church came from greek ecclisia (to be called out). Meaning the people which accepts the call of the faith.
It came out in Acts 9:31: So “the church throughout” Judea, Galilee, and Samaria enjoyed peace. As it continued to be built up and to live in the fear of the Lord, it kept increasing in numbers through the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
“The Church throughout” in greek words: ecclesia katholos… Catholic Church.
Then the name came up in Ignatius of Anthiocs letter to Smyrnaeans, “Where there is Lord Jesus Christ, there is Catholic Church”.
Ignatius of Anthiocs was a martyred bishop of Anthioc, at the first century.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_to_the_Smyrnaeans
Catholic is greek word (katholos mean universal, kata+holos, according to whole).
Church came from greek ecclisia (to be called out). Meaning the people which accepts the call of the faith.
It came out in Acts 9:31: So “the church throughout” Judea, Galilee, and Samaria enjoyed peace. As it continued to be built up and to live in the fear of the Lord, it kept increasing in numbers through the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
“The Church throughout” in greek words: ecclesia katholos… Catholic Church.
Then the name came up in Ignatius of Anthiocs letter to Smyrnaeans, “Where there is Lord Jesus Christ, there is Catholic Church”.
Ignatius of Anthiocs was a martyred bishop of Anthioc, at the first century.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_to_the_Smyrnaeans
This “historical Jesus” that you are potentially prepared to believe in seems like a very enlightened chap. What good taste he has to share your opinions on things like the idea that hell does not exist!
I wonder how it is that in the first three centuries of Christianity (“Christianity”, if you prefer) there were all sorts of sects who based their ideas on a mythical man who had never existed. If the first of these supposed sects started its preaching around the supposed time of Christ, didn’t anyone bother to point out to them that the person they were preaching about never existed?
If you think the Catholic Church did not exist until the third century, I wonder if you could please share your special theory about: WHAT YEAR exactly the Church was founded? WHO founded the Church? WHAT CONCRETE EVENT was involved in this founding of the Church? Why did other existing “Christians” at the time not protest the creation out of the blue of a new religious organisation that hijacked the Christian legacy?
This “historical Jesus” that you are potentially prepared to believe in seems like a very enlightened chap. What good taste he has to share your opinions on things like the idea that hell does not exist!
I wonder how it is that in the first three centuries of Christianity (“Christianity”, if you prefer) there were all sorts of sects who based their ideas on a mythical man who had never existed. If the first of these supposed sects started its preaching around the supposed time of Christ, didn’t anyone bother to point out to them that the person they were preaching about never existed?
If you think the Catholic Church did not exist until the third century, I wonder if you could please share your special theory about: WHAT YEAR exactly the Church was founded? WHO founded the Church? WHAT CONCRETE EVENT was involved in this founding of the Church? Why did other existing “Christians” at the time not protest the creation out of the blue of a new religious organisation that hijacked the Christian legacy?
the catholic church was everything JESUS preached AGAINST!!! the BIBLE says call no man father ….what do they call their priests? have no graven images ….what are their churches full of? confessing your sins to priest? when JESUS died and the veil of the temple was rent in two,that was to symbolize the way to GOD is open ….we don’t need a priest anymore …JESUS himself is our mediator…the church is EVIL at the top …many deceived people are taking part in services that are pag
an in nature…
The Catholic Church is everything Jesus preached against? Well, the Catholic Church teaches — and has taught for 2,000 years — that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, that he died for our sins and rose from the dead, that the Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God. Which part of that is pagan? As to the other specific points you raised (the sacrament of confession, the title of “Father” used for priests …), I am sure people here would be willing to explain the basis for all this (in the Bible!), if you mean it as a sincere question and are not just spouting off.