 Now, you might say, hold on here, doesn't the Catholic Church contend that Jesus has, in fact, appeared to other people, like Sister Margaret Mary Alacoque, who really popularized the Sacred Heart devotion, or St. Faustina, the Apostle of Divine Mercy? Well, this is exactly why Jesus established the Church, to have an authoritative arbiter over all of these alleged appearances, whether or not they're legit.