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Doctrine is not guided by documents, but flows from what has been divinely revealed by word both/and letter, not "either/or". Using a different meaning for the same word (doctrine) is standard anti-Catholic methodology. They do the same thing with one, holy, catholic and apostolic. And a list of...

That means you are unable, or unwilling, to admit that Rome had a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th.....40th bishop. It is IMPOSSIBLE to write early church history based on the Bible Alone, but you don't care, you do it anyway. That way you can falsify the historical record. Jesus commissioned 11 men to...

We don't mind if you borrow our title as "catholic", it's in the Creed. The reformers were forced to change the context, by isolating the title apart from the other 3 divine attributes, or characteristics. They are also known as The Four Marks of God of the true Church. By extracting the title...

Covenant theology is not an easy topic to put into a single post. The New Covenant came to fruition with a series of covenants. They are all connected, with the final covenant with Calvary. One does not cancel the other, there is no opposition. Try to think in Hebraic terms of "both/and", not...

Does that cancel out Old Testament prophecies about Jesus' restorative PHYSICAL death? Do you believe Jesus is all SPIRIT, with no physical Body? Of course you don't. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ has FREED us from the law of sin and death indeed, but you are missing the point. Jesus...

"It is finished" is the fulfilment of the Passover according to Old Testament prophecy, not the OT in it's entirety, and not the heresies of John Calvin. What you are saying is the Incarnation, the greatest event of all time, is not part of the New Covenant. This is absurd. The birth of the...

"Holy One of Israel" is a title found 37 times in the Bible, and only in the Old Testament. It always refers to God Who had not yet been fully revealed, who didn't live in anybody. In the strict literal sense, the first person still under the Old Covenant was a humble woman from Nazareth, a...

The authoritive proclamations of the Council of Ephesus concerning identity of Christ, the Trinity, and the Incarnation are accepted by Protestants, Orthodox and Catholics. This leaves anti-Catholics who have fits over the title "Mother of God" in a class by themselves.

The title "mother of God" or "Theotokos" resolved the Nestorian crisis, which taught falsehoods about the identity of Christ, the Trinity, and the Incarnation. Those were the stakes. The title "Christotokos" was rejected. The title "Mother of God" was about defending identity of Christ, the...

A few years back I ran across a woman online who used to be a Baptist and had become a Catholic. She expressed perfectly how the term “Mother of God” is so vastly misunderstood by a good portion of Protestants, in describing how she used to think: I felt that I was saying that a human being...

Good idea. Much of what CP says is true, and I like what CP says about Mary, but flooding the thread with orthodox schismatic rantings gets tiresome.

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Episcopalian? You should quote Mungo instead of making false assumptions. The reformers leaned toward a more historical-grammatical hermeneutics and technically ignored 2 Timothy 3:16. 2 Timothy 3 [14] But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, (Tradition)...

Each term has a broader, different meaning that overlaps. Reconciliation occurs after God's justice is satisfied, after penance is properly carried out. The last penny will be paid in this life or the next. The exegesis of "prison" took just as long to develop as did the doctrine of Original...

Absolution takes away sin, but it does not remedy all the disorders sin has caused. AND NIETHER DOES "FAITH ALONE", where no satisfaction is required, contrary to Scripture and reason. Great post, Mungo. Unfortunately, it falls on deaf ears.

Yes. I haven't met a Catholic who doesn't believe in hell, but if you look hard enough your bound to find one. Yes. Thank you. Your kind demeanor is most refreshing.

Apparently, you're not equipped to discuss Mary's title of "Kecharitomene". Kecharitomene indicates a completed action – with a permanent result. It translates as “completely, perfectly, enduringly endowed with grace.” YOUR turn . . . Apparently, you're not equipped to discuss Mary's title...

In other words, you deny the right for Catholics to defend ourselves, against a steady stream of fallacious arguments. You also assert, indirectly, that you are infallible, having no non-truths and full knowledge of the eternal gospel. You have one opinion amidst 40,000 other opinions, many...

Our arguments are backed up with plenty of scripture, your arguments are mindless flaming zingers. I'm still waiting for you to explain how Mary can be chosen and unimportant at the same time, which is stupid and illogical, not to mention many questions you run from. Mary can't do anything...