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Where on this thread has a non-Catholic gotten back on topic? The topic of purgatory has been exhausted, with arguments based on scripture and reason twisted or ignored. If you want to discuss purgatory further, fine. If all people want to talk about is Mary, I'm ok with that too. What makes...

His mother said to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you." John 2:5 What is the expiry date of this verse? The anti-Mary animus in certain Protestant circles is unbiblical. Mary: The Blessed Virgin (Index Page)

But you don't give your interpretation of any of the scriptures I used. Just denials with no substance. Post 477 presents a strong argument based on your very own premise that you cannot refute, so you throw in empty accusations, and claim you are victorious over Catholics. You are better than that.

The Doctrine of Purgatory has been well defended on this thread; so anti-Catholics resort to the usual derailment tactics because they blindly refuse all reasonable explanations: derailers like repetitious prayer, Mary, Deuterocanonicals, Mary, Docetic arguments against the Real Presence, Mary...

Catholics believe that this verse is an indication of the sinlessness of Mary – itself the kernel of the more developed doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. But that is not apparent at first glance (especially if the verse is translated “highly favored” – which does not bring to mind...

How can a vessel be chosen and unimportant at the same time? If you were to say MY mother "was no more important than rahab the harlot" in our presence, I would punch you in the face; it would be natural to do so. The only rationale I can theorize for such a demonic statement is that you were...

The Greater Union Baptist Church in St. Landry Parish, La. was set ablaze on April, 2, 2019. A Roman Catholic diocese donated an estimated $50,000 to three historically African-American churches that were the victims of a series of arson attacks in Louisiana. Earlier this year, St. Mary’s...

How I have failed...

Yea, that's what you, the JW"s, the SDA's, the Christadelphians, and every made-in-America cult that popped up in the last 250 years keep saying. And loudly. 1 Corinthians 13:1

Are you aware that "sola scriptura" is a Latin phrase? If any one still harbors the traditional prejudice that the early Protestants were more liberal, he must be undeceived. Save for a few splendid sayings of Luther, confined to the early years when he was powerless, there is hardly anything...

No, we do not say "The POWER of God WITHIN SUCH A MAN, is NOT ENOUGH" That is a gross misrepresentation, a false man made tradition. Technically, you deny the all sufficiency of Christ, not us. NICK'S CATHOLIC BLOG: Does Imputation make the Resurrection superfluous?

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That's true, however "the Bible, which was compiled by men relying on scholarship, prayer and tradition", IS THE CHURCH! There harmony with all three, one is not "over" the other. Conflicts arise when different meanings for the same words are used, different definitions. Without an agreement on...

You pervert the true meaning of "Tradition" as a tradition of your own making. It's standard anti-Catholic methodology and it's dishonest. Until you agree to the Biblical understanding of good Tradition, (which you are incapable of doing) discussion is pointless. Nowhere does the Bible attack...

The concepts of the diagram originated in Judaism. You can deny the inspiration of 7 books all day, it makes no difference to me. But in the process, you deny the facts of Judaic history, which is precisely where you stumble. A Christian who dies in a state of sanctifying grace goes straight to...

My point is the Bible doesn't need Institutes on the same grounds. It's OK for Calvin but not for Catholics. That's a double standard. Post #47 exposes Calvin as a trinitarian heretic using scripture alone. My purpose was to discredit Calvin's authority, which is closer to the OP than you...

“It is finished.” These words spoken by Jesus in his final moments on the cross have perplexed scholars for hundreds of years. What was finished and how does “it” relate to the Eucharist, the Passover meal, Christ’s Passion, and our own suffering as Christians? Protestants are fond of saying...

If Scripture is so clear and self attesting as Calvin claims, then he contradicts himself by writing the Institutes in the first place.