By Auguste Meyrat, The Catholic Thing - There’s a great line by St. John Henry Newman that Catholic apologists like to quote, particularly in debates with Protestants: “To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant.” Among the strongest reasons to become Catholic is realizing how the Church continued to exist and thrive over the course of over two millennia, making it the oldest continuous institution on the planet. Surely, a divine force is working through the Church’s members, driving them to spread the Gospel and build up God’s Kingdom.