The Catholic Church was either always evil or has fallen to the forces of evil. That is my point.
Jesus said the gates of hell will not prevail and seeing as how the deposit of faith is still in tact, the Church has not fallen. You can look at the Catholic church and say it has fallen? How do you figure? It's still up and running.
Lucifer was kicked out of heaven for going against God's will.
The Church has been kicked out of heaven for going against God's will? No. The Church's teachings are 100% correct. The Church is perfect, the people are not.
As Catholics, we should rejoice that we are members of the only earthly institution that has been given a divine guarantee of success. In Matthew’s gospel, chapter 16, Jesus instituted the Church on the Rock of St. Peter, and then the Lord said about the Church, “The gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.”
Jesus said the gates of hell will not prevail and seeing as how the deposit of faith is still in tact, the Church has not fallen. You can look at the Catholic church and say it has fallen? How do you figure? It's still up and running.
Lucifer was kicked out of heaven for going against God's will.
The Church has been kicked out of heaven for going against God's will? No. The Church's teachings are 100% correct. The Church is perfect, the people are not.
More on that here:
https://www.catholic365.com/article/3759/the-gates-of-hell-shall-not-prevail.html