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The Church is distinctive among institutions in the history of mankind: it is human and yet divine; perfect, yet in need of reform; holy, yet made up of sinners; infallible, yet led by fallen, fallible humans. That’s a hard concept to express to someone outside the Church—sometimes it’s hard for us inside the Church to remember it.
 
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Volume's too low...probably for the best, since I am a protestant spying on your message.
The title of the thread should actually have been "Just for Protestants" since the video title is "Catholic Answers to Protestant Questions". But those answers are already provided in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) in great detail. Of course, any time you quote the CCC you will be told that you are an ignorant Protestant who does not understand the nuances of the Catholic church.
 
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As an evangelical Protestant pastor, let me say what a privilege it is, Father Casey, to count you as my brother in Christ, and truer words were never spoken than what you say here about social media. Not only do we stand shoulder-to-shoulder protecting the pre-born, aged and infirmed from the spirit of death that ravages our world, we likewise stand together protecting those wounded in spirit by the all too frequent words of condemnation, judgment and degradation of social media. May the love of the Father, the fellowship of the Son and the power of the Holy Spirit continue to rest upon you and your ministry!
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Understanding the Mass
Non-Catholics should understand (if they do not already) that the Mass is NOT the Lord's Supper and the Lord's Supper is NOT the Mass.

The Mass was created by the Roman Catholic Church and has no authority in Scripture. In fact, it violates the meaning of the finished work of Christ.
 
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Pope Francis: God forgets our sins after confession

Vatican City, Sep 15, 2019 / 07:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis said Sunday that God forgets sins absolved within the confessional.

“How do you defeat evil? Accepting God's forgiveness … It happens every time we go to confession; there we receive the love of the Father who overcomes our sin. It is no longer there, God forgets it,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus message Sept. 15.

“God, when He forgives, loses His memory. He forgets our sins, forgets. God is so good with us,” he added in a departure from his prepared remarks.

In the sacrament of confession, God completely erases the evil confessed, making one new inside, reborn in joy, Pope Francis explained.

“Brothers and sisters, have courage. With God, no sin has the last word,” the pope said.

Pope Francis reflected upon Sunday’s Gospel from Luke in which the Pharisees complain that Jesus “welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

“Jesus 'welcomes sinners and eats with them.' This is what happens to us, in every Mass, in every church: Jesus is happy to welcome us to his table, where he offers Himself for us,” Pope Francis said.

“It is a phrase that we could write on the doors of our churches: 'Here Jesus welcomes sinners and invites them to his table,’” he added.

The pope focused on the lessons of God’s mercy and justice contained within Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son. He said that the elder brother’s rejection of the father’s mercy for the prodigal son contains an important warning.

“The eldest son, who does not accept the mercy of his father ... makes a worse mistake: he is presumed to be just … and judges everything on the basis of his thought of justice,” he said. “It is also a risk for us: to believe in a more rigorous than merciful god, a god who defeats evil with power rather than forgiveness.”

“We are also wrong when we believe ourselves to be right, when we think that the bad ones are the others. Let us not believe ourselves good because alone, without the help of God who is good, we do not know how to overcome evil,” Pope Francis said.
 

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God's justice and God's mercy meet at the Cross.

His justice is not compromised when He shows mercy; because His justice is satisfied in that Jesus paid the penalty of justice for our sins. He took our sins upon His shoulders and suffered the wrath and justice of God over what we did; in our place.

And now His perfect life that He lived, His righteousness, is applied to us through His blood; and when God looks at us He sees the perfect righteousness and blood of Jesus; thus we are worthy to enter into heaven.

Now there is also a practical sanctification that takes place through His blood (Hebrews 13:12, Hebrews 10:29). He makes us holy so that we will be able to see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14).
 
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God's justice and God's mercy meet at the Cross.

His justice is not compromised when He shows mercy; because His justice is satisfied in that Jesus paid the penalty of justice for our sins. He took our sins upon His shoulders and suffered the wrath and justice of God over what we did; in our place.

And now His perfect life that He lived, His righteousness, is applied to us through His blood; and when God looks at us He sees the perfect righteousness and blood of Jesus; thus we are worthy to enter into heaven.

Now there is also a practical sanctification that takes place through His blood (Hebrews 13:12, Hebrews 10:29). He makes us holy so that we will be able to see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14).
Catholics regard Calvinists and other Protestants as brethren in Christ, and rejoice over the many important beliefs that we hold in common.


 
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Catholics regard Calvinists and other Protestants as brethren in Christ, and rejoice over the many important beliefs that we hold in common.


lying and killing? It would have been funnier if he had made it the 7th commandment (thou shalt not commit adultery).
 
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Myth 1: Confession shows Catholics don’t really believe Christ’s sacrifice was enough
Truth: This objection usually comes from Protestants who wonder why a person needs any more forgiveness if they’ve already put their faith in Christ. Thus, they see Confession as something separate from and additional to the grace of Jesus.

There are two problems with this objection.

First, the power of Confession depends entirely on the sacrifice of Christ. Christ earned infinite grace on the cross, and the Sacrament of Confession is one important way that grace is applied to an individual. In other words, Confession isn’t a source of grace separate from Christ, it’s an instrument for its application.

Second, this objection usually comes from a misunderstanding of the Christian life. Some Protestants think that after a person’s initial conversion, there is no more additional cooperation and growth in grace needed for salvation. The Catholic Church, on the other hand (following the Bible), teaches that the Christian life is one of continual conversion and growth in holiness by the grace of Christ.

5 Myths About Confession that Too Many People Still Believe (Maybe Even You!) | ChurchPOP
 
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Non-Catholics should understand (if they do not already) that the Mass is NOT the Lord's Supper and the Lord's Supper is NOT the Mass.

The Mass was created by the Roman Catholic Church and has no authority in Scripture. In fact, it violates the meaning of the finished work of Christ.

The Mass is the re-presentation of the sacrifice of Calvary. The Didache, also known as The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, is a very early (around 80 AD which is before some NT books) writing from the Christian community. Part of it instructs Christians on what to do on Sunday: “on every Lord's day gather yourselves together, break bread and give thanks after having confessed your transgressions”. The Didache, written by people who walked and talked with the Apostles, instructs us what to do with the Eucharist (bread and wine). YOU rely on the writings of the men who were the reformers of the men of the Reformation. Catholics rely on the writings of men who walked and talked with the Apostles.

The early Christians recognized the sacrificial character of Jesus’ instruction, “Do this in remembrance of me” (Touto poieite tan eman anamnasin), which is better translated, “Offer this as my memorial offering.” That is what Catholics do. Do you? If YOU do not you violate what Christ instructed you to do. Are you in violation Enoch?

The earliest written document of a Church service was written around the year 152AD. Have you ever read it?

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Myth 1: Confession shows Catholics don’t really believe Christ’s sacrifice was enough
Truth: This objection usually comes from Protestants who wonder why a person needs any more forgiveness if they’ve already put their faith in Christ. Thus, they see Confession as something separate from and additional to the grace of Jesus.

There are two problems with this objection.

First, the power of Confession depends entirely on the sacrifice of Christ. Christ earned infinite grace on the cross, and the Sacrament of Confession is one important way that grace is applied to an individual. In other words, Confession isn’t a source of grace separate from Christ, it’s an instrument for its application.

Second, this objection usually comes from a misunderstanding of the Christian life. Some Protestants think that after a person’s initial conversion, there is no more additional cooperation and growth in grace needed for salvation. The Catholic Church, on the other hand (following the Bible), teaches that the Christian life is one of continual conversion and growth in holiness by the grace of Christ.

5 Myths About Confession that Too Many People Still Believe (Maybe Even You!) | ChurchPOP
Can you provide a verse where Jesus 'earned' infinite grace on the cross? How does one 'earn' grace in the first place? Since by definition grace is unmerited.

I've never said that confession doesn't mean Christ's sacrifice wasn't enough. But penance and purgatory does. Your own ccc 1459 and 1475 show that you expiate or make satisfaction for your sin. Which is atoning for your sin. Meaning, Jesus didn't do it all on the cross. Hence His sacrifice wasn't enough.
 
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The Mass is the re-presentation of the sacrifice of Calvary. The Didache, also known as The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, is a very early (around 80 AD which is before some NT books) writing from the Christian community. Part of it instructs Christians on what to do on Sunday: “on every Lord's day gather yourselves together, break bread and give thanks after having confessed your transgressions”. The Didache, written by people who walked and talked with the Apostles, instructs us what to do with the Eucharist (bread and wine). YOU rely on the writings of the men who were the reformers of the men of the Reformation. Catholics rely on the writings of men who walked and talked with the Apostles.

The early Christians recognized the sacrificial character of Jesus’ instruction, “Do this in remembrance of me” (Touto poieite tan eman anamnasin), which is better translated, “Offer this as my memorial offering.” That is what Catholics do. Do you? If YOU do not you violate what Christ instructed you to do. Are you in violation Enoch?

The earliest written document of a Church service was written around the year 152AD. Have you ever read it?

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Hey, Demas walked and talked with Paul. What did he do? He split and left Paul high and dry; 2 Tim4. What did Hymanaeus and Philetus do? Taught that the resurrection had already taken place and upset the faith of some. They knew Paul too..2 Tim 2. So what does walking and talking with apostles really do for your proof? Nothing. And i'm curious why youre quoting the latin and not the greek? The Lords Table is a remembrance, not a sacrifice. Big difference huh?
 
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Catholics regard Calvinists and other Protestants as brethren in Christ, and rejoice over the many important beliefs that we hold in common.


No offense, but we don't share that sentiment. The rcc has a false gospel, a false Jesus, a false holy father. You get the idea. So no, we aren't brothers in Christ. And we hold zero theological essential beliefs in common.