The 40 Questions Most Frequently Asked
About The Catholic Church
By Non-Catholics

8. Christ's Church -- Corrupt?

Is it not true that the Catholic Church became so corrupt before the 16th Century that it was no longer the Church of Christ?

So-called "reformers" have chosen different points of history at which the Church of Christ was supposed to have become corrupt. No matter what point is chosen, it must then be admitted that UNTIL that particular time, the Catholic Church (the only one then in existence) was the true Church of Christ. To admit CORRUPTION OR APOSTASY, is to say that Christ failed in establishing a church -- either because He COULD not, or He WOULD not keep His promise.

Three texts of Scripture prove that Christ made the promise that His church would go on until the end of time:

(1) Matthew 28:18-20. Christ promised that He himself would remain with the Church until consummation of the world.
(2) Matthew 16:18. His promise to Peter that He would build His church upon him as a rock and that the gates of hell would not prevail against it.
(3) John 14:16. Christ promised to send the Holy Ghost to abide with the Church forever.
These promises were made by the Son of God; and therefore, He INTENDED to keep them, and WAS ABLE to keep them.

Although individuals, large groups of men, and even entire nations, have apostatized from God, we can never say that the Church itself apostatized; for this would mean that Christ had not kept His promises.


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