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Certainly. Here is the section on atonement from the Catholic Encyclopedia: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02055a.htm “in Catholic theology, the Atonement is the Satisfaction of Christ, whereby God and the world are reconciled or made to be at one. "For God indeed was in Christ, reconciling...

Catholics understand Christ was crucified “for the atonement of our sins and of the whole world.” (Literal wording from a Catholic prayer, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy). You are mistaken.

Nothing wrong with a crucifix. “We preach Christ crucified…the power of God; Do not allow the cross to be emptied of its power.” (1 Cor 1:23;17) Jesus carries the cross into his Resurrection, as we see the glorified Lord with the wounds in his side, hands, and feet. (See Jn 20:27) Bishop...

The Papal Encyclical, Exsurge Domine, was the official response from Pope Leo X to Martin Luther’s 95 Thesis in 1520. The Pope’s response addressed 41 topics of concern raised by Luther. Topics in questionwere addressed, and have since been ratified by the Church. The separation brought about by...

You must be perfectly clean to enter heaven (Rev. 21:27). 1 Corinthians 3:15 accounts for this cleansing. As we will need to pay for each of our sins: “I tell you, you will never get out till you have paid the very last copper” (Luke 12:59). The Jews made “atonement for the dead that they might...

So where was this man after his death and before he was saved? (“he will be saved…”)

It’s the copy you hold in your hands. That one. Though yours may or may not have the complete canon of 73 books. The Holy Spirit guided the Catholic Church (capital C) in canonizing the table of contents for Sacred Scripture. There was not “official bible” before this. So what did Christians do...

This is a good popcorn trail to follow. Who gave us the first bible? It certainly was not Jesus. Jesus himself actually never writes anything down, and He never left us a bible as a sole authority. He left us a church, the pillar and foundation of truth (1 Tim 3:15)

Keep following this popcorn trail. Who gave us the first bible? It certainly was not Jesus.

The word “purgatory” is not found in the Bible. This is not a problem, as the word “Trinity” is not found in the Bible either, yet it is a unanimously observed doctrine among Christians. The concept of Purgatory is quite biblical. As a basic principle, we know that “nothing unclean can enter...

There was no printed bible to give anyone for nearly 1,500 years. The Christian world truly has the Catholic Church to thank for the Holy Bible. Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the Catholic Church definitively established the canon of scripture in 382 A.D. at the Council of Rome, which...