Recent content by Sola Fide

The Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach is, as surely you know, not canonical even in the Roman church. Rather, it is Apocrypha and, in the Roman church deutercanonical and the Council of Trent held that it is not to be used for doctrine. So to hang the doctrine of the divinity of Mary on a book...

I see I touched a sore spot. When you pray to Mary you pray to a creature and not The Creator. You might as well pray to a tree.

You are correct to say doctrine must be tested against the Word but doctrine does indeed matter. There is a difference between veneration and worship. Mary, the mother of God the Son is most highly favored and blessed among women but to worship her is to worship the creature not the triune...

When the pope speaks of joining “Lutherans” at the Eucharist it is really a one way street. Many of the 227 Lutheran denominations in the USA alone (yes, there are that many, each with doctrines differing by varying degrees) would allow the pope the take communion in their church (some no doubt...