Saint John Chrysostom: The Triumph of the Church – How can it be proved that Christ is God?

How can it be proved that Christ is God?

Let’s not try to answer this basic question with the argument of the creation of Heaven and earth, because the unbeliever will not accept it. If we tell him that He resurrected from the dead, healed the blind, chased out demons, neither then will he agree. If we tell him that He promised the resurrection of the dead, the kingdom of Heaven and inexpressible goods, then not only will he not agree, but he will laugh as well. Continue reading “Saint John Chrysostom: The Triumph of the Church – How can it be proved that Christ is God?”

What is the meaning of “Church”?

Church:  Greek = Ecclesia  (the summoned ones)

 What is the Church?  Is it a building in which we meet and spend some time praying?  No. Of course, it is important that we be churchgoers, but that is not the Church.  Is the Church  an organization that makes us feel good, or one that does charities, or one that provides lovely works of art and culture?  Does it make us feel like “good people”?  Could it have to do with ceremonies and rubrics – state or otherwise?  It is just the “Padres”?  All these things might be very nice and useful, but they are not the Church.  So let us see what the Church is, and why She is a necessity.

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