On the True Church of Christ: Vatican II vs. Roman Catholicism - Can the Church of Christ be found also in heretical sects?
On Mar. 4, 2024, the professional Novus Ordo apologist Trent Horn of Catholic Answers had a discussion with a Calvinist on his Counsel of Trent YouTube channel. Entitled “Calvinism and Catholicism”, it was a roughly 100-minute chat with the YouTuber known as ‘Redeemed Zoomer’. The video, which can be found here, has received over 192,000 views so far. As a loyal Novus Ordo adherent, Horn of course presented the teaching of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), not the teaching of the Catholic Church during the 1,900 years before that. And the difference is striking, as we will now see.
The Church Established by Christ
The first theological question they discussed was: Which ‘One True Church’ is the One True Church? In other words, which entity claiming to be the one and only Church founded by Jesus Christ, is in fact the one He founded? For someone who …More