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There are various objections to the divinity of Jesus, which are still held today by one of the fastest growing religions: Jehovah’s Witnesses. They even have defenders arguing for their position from Scripture, such as in Greg Stafford’s book, Jehovah’s Witnesses Defended. Some major objections to Jesus’s deity find their support in Mark 13:32, John 14:28, and John 20:17. These passages are confusing when we compare them to passages that imply the divinity of Jesus, such as when he walked on water, forgave people their sins, etc. Thankfully, the Church Fathers can help us understand how to interpret them. The first objection appeals to Mark 13:32: “But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” Does Jesus, the Son of God, not know about the end of the world? This would make sense if he were not truly God. However, the earliest Christians recognized this issue and commented on it. St. Thomas Aquinas cites Augustine and Jerome (A.D. 400s) on this matter, who said the Jews used the idiom of “know” in the sense of “tell” or “make known.” So, they tell us, Jesus did know about the end of the world, but he utilized a Jewish idiom here to emphasize that he would not tell the disciples. Augustine cites an example of this Jewish idiom in Genesis 22:12, where God tells Abraham to sacrifice his son (On the Trinity, 1.12.23). When Abraham attempts to do this, an angel stops him, and God says through the angel, “Now I know that you fear God.” If God is omniscient, then he always knew that Abraham feared him. So why would God say that he, only now, after the fact, knew about Abraham’s interior virtue? Because the Jewish idiom “know” can also mean to “tell” or “make known.” God was telling Abraham or making it known to Abraham. See also Deuteronomy 13:3. Applying this idiom to Mark 13:32, God the Father knows about the end of the world, in the sense that he tells Jesus or makes it known to Jesus, but Jesus does not “know,” in the sense that he does not “tell” or “make it known to” the apostles. God the Son did not think it wise to share with humans the exact day the world would end. So he concealed it. Other Church Fathers give different opinions. St. Athanasius argues from the distinction of Jesus’ natures to explain Mark 13. Since Jesus is both God and man, with both a divine nature and a human nature, Jesus did not know the end of the world from his human nature, but he did within his divine nature (Discourses Against the Arians, 3.28.43). See also St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations, Oration 30, On the Son, Second Oration 15. Continue reading: bit.ly/4cNIWrh

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Jesus Christ founded the Catholic Church. During his earthly ministry, Jesus clearly establishes a visible Church, founded on the apostles (Eph. 2:19-20), to whom he gives authority to guide, govern, and sanctify his people, including through baptism, the sacrament of confession after baptism (John 20:21-23), and offering anew his one sacrifice of Calvary “in remembrance” of him under the signs of bread and wine (Luke 22:19-20). To foster and maintain unity, Jesus gives St. Peter and his papal successors primacy in leading the Church, chiefly entrusting to them the keys of the kingdom (Matt. 16:18-19), the restored and fulfilled New Covenant kingdom of Israel; and he promises Peter and his other apostles—and, by extension, their successors—that the Holy Spirit will lead them into all truth (John 16:13). Indeed, the Lord made provision for his apostles to have successors to safeguard his Church until his return at the end of the world (see Acts 1:15-26; Matt. 28:20). So the Catholic Church traces its foundation directly back to our Lord Jesus Christ and his apostles, whom he fully empowered by sending the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. Therefore, the Catholic Church is a divinely ordained and sustained entity, not a manmade invention of subsequent centuries. catholic.com/tract/are-cath…

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