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(marksman;45870) Luther challenged the might of the Roman Church which was selling indulgences to buy your salvation by saying that salvation was by grace alone and by scripture alone. He brought the focus back to the cross and the redeeming work of Christ which the Roman church deemd...

(Kooks;43153) This might seem a pointless topic but I am getting really confused about tithes and when you have to pay them. For example, I have a part time job, working only one day a week, and am unsure as to whether I should be tithing my wages. I have tried looking for answers in both my...

(DrBubbaLove;39962) Where does it tell me it is ok to fly on planes? 2 Kings 2:11As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven.If it was Ok for Elijah to ascend into the skies in a fiery...

(Jon-Marc;39953) I have a problem with being reminded every year that I'm getting old. :eek: My body reminds me of that every day. True, but then there are highlights, like getting a free bus pass!

(Thunder1;39934) Why celebrating your birthdays is so important? That's not biblical:rolleyes:. People here are picking on celebrating Christmas and Easter:eek: and still remembering their own birthdays for sure. Where does it say in the Bible to celebrate your birthday or make big thing out of...

(slipstream;37978) Could you tell me why the St Benedict order of Monks has different branches. Their are Benedictine, Cisterion, Trappist and other I think. What is the difference between the different orders. I think what happens is that after many years an order can become lax and in need of...

Didn't note the whole list but I came up #1 Orthodox and #2 Catholic - I'm actually Catholic. I suspect it's how you take the questions. I would like to know which ones gave me that result.

(Kimshi42;37165) Thanks but what if I'm having trouble forgiving someone else and I harbor resentment that I can't seem to shake? Just keep confessing? If they haven't asked you for forgiveness then you don't have to forgive them. However if you hang on to resentment you are damaging yourself...

I believe there are people, holy people, over the ages who God has spoken to, but since his supreme revelation in Jesus, God does not give new revelations and whatever he says does not contradict scripture.This sort of thing is very sad as there are many people who are seeking something and they...

Angels are pure spirit. They have no form and no sex. They can appear to us as though they have form in the book of Tobit. At the end Tobit says:"I am Raphael, one of the seven angels who stand ready and enter before the glory of the Lord........As for me, when I was with you, I was not acting...

(DrBubbaLove;36940) Love God, love yourself and love others. Strictly speaking the rest is gravy. I like that. I must remember it.

Constantine and ChristianityThere seems to be a belief among some Christians on this site that the Catholic Church was started by Constantine in the 4th century, that he was head of that Church; that he combined it with paganism or made it basically pagan; that real Christianity was abandoned by...

(SealedEternal;35951) The "Universal" (Catholic) so-called "church" was established by the Roman Emporers to unite the Roman empire in the fourth century by giving a "christian" veneer to the traditional pagan mystery religions. The Emperor Contantine took all of the pagan deities and renamed...

(sevver;36510) Thanks, something to seriously ponder... it is nice having a place to challenge, and be challenged. Hopefully I will never presume that I have grown enough. sevver,I have re-read my post.Please accept my apologies for putting it in such a confrontational way. I tend to do that...

(horsecamp;34790) most of the christian world believes in a rapture Does it?

(waynemlj;36469) Hi Winsome,This statement you made in your Reply is untrue, "A dogma is a revealed truth defined by the Church. It is firmly rooted in Judaism and scripture."A dogma is a made-up and fanciful idea of churchmen and popes throughout the history of the Catholic Church. Dogmas...

(sevver;36485) I don't see communion as having anything at all to do with taking a piece of bread and juice. Communion is eating with others, fellowship, love, worship of God and being together in Christ. Our church does communion with the sacraments, and I take it as a time to thank Jesus for...

(horsecamp;36236) I believe in the real presents of Gods body and blood in holy communion.same as the old catholic church once taught But i do not believe in the new papal teaching that it is a re sacrifice of it.read hebrews chapter ten that Jesus sacrice is once and for all.and next time you...

It depends on what you mean by apocrypha. I presume you mean the books of the OT that the reformers removed from the accepted Canon of Scripture. These are not apocrypha to Catholics (or Othrtodox). However assumeing you do mean those:- (Mikey;36249) The Catholic Bible has this group of books in...

(waynemlj;36130) 5) I don't have to look up any site on the subject of Purgatory which is nothing but a dogma of the Church. No intermediate state is mentioned anywhere in the Bible. No purgatory!!waynemlj Purgatory is indeed a dogma. A dogma is a revealed truth defined by the Church. It is...