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The Hypothetical Doctrine of the Two Fold Promises of Christ
In Matthew 16:18, Christ promised that the gates of hell will not prevail. He did not promise we would have priests until the end of the age. Rather He promised that He would be with us.
Therefore, if we had the Eucharist, but all validly ordained priests, bishops, and the Pope dropped dead, and the valid ones who are schismatics as well died, we would still have Christ in the Eucharist. Therefore His promise would not be broken.
The same thing as if we had not bread or wine to confect the sacrament, but had priests. We would still have Christ since they are acting in his person.
Therefore, the only way the promise of Christ could fail is if we had no priests and no transubstantiated Eucharistic hosts.
Wouldn’t one have to be eternal? In this scenario, the Eucharist would succeed the priests until Christ’s coming. As long as one transubstantiated host remains the gates haven’t prevailed. The same with a priest.
Born a Protestant, I converted to the Catholic faith at the age of 18 during my senior year of High School. I was baptized a United Methodist, became an American Baptist, and when I got my license I began to serch out other Churches and denominations. At 16 to 17, I was placed in the pulpit of a non-denomational church and preached a total of two sermons in the span of three months, before ultimately beginning the long and somewhat bumpy journey of converting to Catholicism. I was received into the Catholic Church on September 4th, 2021 and was confirmed on September 19th, 2021 by the Most Reverend Mark E. Brennan of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. For my patron saint, I was lucky enough to take the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who deeply inspired my conversion to the Catholic faith. I am currently discerning what God has in store for my life and what He will lead me to do. I am just beginning to publish articles that I have written. As St. Paul tells us, "Whatever you do...do it for the glory of God!" That is exactly what I intend to do. God Love You!
