ramblin_ag02 said:
XUSCR said:
But in the end, the gates of hell will not prevail.
This has the be the most incomprehensible thing to me as a non-Catholic. We could find out that the Pope and every cardinal, archbishop, and bishop in the entire RCC is a pedophile, kidnapping, murdering satan worshipper, and lay Catholics would still rest easy knowing "the gates of hell will not prevail"
Matthew 16:17-19 English Standard Version (ESV)
17 And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock[
a] I will build my church, and the gates of hell[
b] shall not prevail against it.
19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed[
c] in heaven."