Living Divine Mercy: Protestantism vs Catholicism

In this week’s episode of Living Divine Mercy, Fr. Chris Alar addresses a claim often heard from evangelicals and non-denominational Christians: that Catholics are not truly Christians. But history tells a different story. The Catholic Church is not a breakaway group or a later invention—it is the original Christian Church, founded by Christ Himself upon the Apostles nearly 2,000 years ago.

Fr. Chris explains how the early Church, guided by the Holy Spirit, preserved both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, safeguarded by apostolic succession. From the very beginning, Catholic Christians gathered for the Eucharist, baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and lived in unity under the authority Christ entrusted to His Church. These are not later additions, but the very foundations of Christianity itself.

While evangelicals and non-denominational Christians share with us a love for Jesus and the Bible, the Catholic Church possesses the fullness of the faith: one Lord, one baptism, one Eucharist. As St. Ignatius of Antioch—writing just decades after the Apostles—testified, “Wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.”

This teaching is not meant to divide, but to invite. It calls us to appreciate the beauty of Catholicism and to lovingly share with others that to be Catholic is to be truly and fully Christian.

Don’t miss Episode 209, “Protestantism vs Catholicism,” airing Thursday at 10pm ET on @EWTN, and later on YouTube and DivineMercyPlus.org.

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