Catholic Church Successes

The Success of the Catholic Church The Catholic Church had many close encounters of failure in the first 400 years of its being, yet it is still standing 2,000 years later. Jesus said “the gates of hell will never prevail against it”, meaning that no matter what, the church shall never fall.1 Through the hardships of the Church, the Church still stands strong due to the guidance of the Holy Spirit guiding the members of the Church on to the right path. In the first 400 years of the Church, the Catholic faith endured many hardships. Catholics suffered from harsh persecution and ridicule from the fellow people around them that did not accept the new found religion that Jesus himself created. Even though the first few hundred years were
the hardest time to worship for Catholics, these devoted Catholics never gave up their faith in God. The leaders of the Catholic Church helped to keep the faith among the followers of Jesus by being the spiritual leaders of the Church. The Church consists of leaders who are, after all, human beings that make mistakes. The mistakes of mankind could have seized the existence the Church, yet there is always some spiritual guidance that brings the Catholic Church back to its holy state of enlightenment. The Holy Spirit guided the spiritual leaders of the Church to success and has helped the Church get through times of hardships and mistakes. God would have never let the Church fail due to the weakness and limitations of human beings. God knows that the beings he created have weaknesses and do not have the divine notions and wisdom that make him God. God knows we are only mortal humans, so he sends the Holy Spirit with his wisdom so that one can make the right choice.