"one Lord, one faith, one baptism" (Eph. iv., 5). That is, as there is one Lord and one baptism, so should all Christians, without exception, have but one faith. And so the Apostle St. Paul not merely begs, but entreats and implores Christians to be all of the same mind, and to avoid difference of opinions: "I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms amongst you, and that you be perfect in the same mind and in the same judgment" (I Cor. i., 10). http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/docuмents/hf_l-xiii_enc_29061896_satis-cognitum.html
Please do not accuse me of asking a loaded question here, for me it is an honest one.
Where is IT? The UNITY?
This is a serious problem for outsiders (or fallen away Catholics like my husband) who are beyond confused and trust NO ONE.
And because these here all lay claim to Her, Sedevacantists, Fr Pfeiffer and Co., FSSP and NO all believe that they alone are the Church Unified.
Many Catholics quote private revelation like Fatima, La Salette, Quito and others about the crisis to come, the apostasy, and how The Church will go into hiding.
How can The Catholic Church go into hiding if She is to always be visible?
Is She visible to me by the guy sitting at home reading his Sunday Missal? The one whom I'll never meet?
(forgive me I mean nothing ill to anyone in this position, I have been there personally)
I am Traditional Catholic 100%, reject all heresies, and especially hate modernism, and yet, would be accused by the above persons (at least some) of being outside the Church because I believe She may still be visible.
Somehow She must be.