The Catholic Church
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| Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz |
Needless to say, everything is hereunder said and noted, is not for agnostics who acknowledge no God; neither for eclectics who simply choose what they want to believe as their own private and personal choice; nor is this short and elementary composition intended for people who subscribe to any sect here and there that come and go, or any system of beliefs that blatantly defies all logic and reason. In other words, this whole plain and simple matter about certain particulars about the Catholic Church are the concerns the faithfully practicing Catholics, of the occasional Catholics and even of but the nominal Catholics.
At the very start, let it be said that it is only the Catholic Church that is found existing and operative in all the known continents of the world. There are wherefore baptized Catholics among peoples of all races and colors. Furthermore, the Catholic Church is the only worldwide institution that is some 2000 years old and counting. There is not a single entity in the whole universe that is as one and universal; that has remained global and vibrant as the Catholic Church. Yes, they are other old creeds — but there are neither one and universal,
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Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101014com5.html
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