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The Church is called the “Body” of Christ often (e.g., Eph. 1:22-3), and is compared to a seed which grows into a tree (Mt. 13:31-2). Seeds and bodies grow and expand. Yet Protestants tend to see Church and Doctrine as more like a statue, subject to pigeon droppings (i.e., so-called Catholic...

C. S. Lewis, the famous Anglican writer, once wrote: The very possibility of progress demands that there should be an unchanging element . . . the positive historical statements made by Christianity have the power . . . of receiving, without intrinsic change, the increasing complexity of...

For the second time, the Creed was not "changed", it was amended because of the heretics. You oppose the amendments with no historical context. You also seem to oppose the authority of the historical Church to develop. You refuse to understand the difference between "change" and development...

Philip James gets his information from official Catholic sources. Over 90% of the total media in our culture of death is controlled by Satan. Choose your sources carefully, and with discernment. The media is at war with the Church. If you want evidence, just ask.

The Council of Constantinople decided the best way to refute the heresies of Eutychianism (Jesus had one nature) Macedonianism, (semi-Arianism) Sabellianism (denied the divinity of the Holy Spirit) and Apollinaris-ism (denied the proper humanity of Christ) was to AMEND the Creed, they didn't...

It's the same thing.

There is not one verse in Scripture that forbids SCRIPTURE in ART FORM. Oldest known art of Baby Jesus on His mother's lap, 150-170 AD. Location: Catacombs of Priscilla (Rome, Italy)

88 The Church's Magisterium exercises the authority it holds from Christ to the fullest extent when it defines dogmas, that is, when it proposes truths contained in divine Revelation or having a necessary connection with them, in a form obliging the Christian people to an irrevocable adherence...

In post #789, you said: As to Augustine,,,,I did say ECFs, of which he is not one.(which is false) Some theologians will accept that the ECFs go up to about 400 or even 600... MOST will stop at 325 because that's when the church began to CHANGE. 325 was the year of the Council of Nicae. ECF...

I made a generalization: It requires honest investigation and study. These things are anathema to anti-Catholics. I didn't specifically mean you. It's Ok for you to make false generalizations about the Council of Nicae of 325, because you have no concept of development. That council did not...

I quoted Augustine to prove he made no changes to the essence of apostolic teaching. You keep making false assertions with no quotes and no evidence. What would be the point of quoting the ECF when you reject Augustine's quotes that proved you wrong? The ECF wrote truckloads on baptism, and...

Please refrain from repeated stupid insults, you keep affirming your bigotry.

It does not go beyond the reasons of the early church. Never. Original sin is inherited from Adam and Eve, it is not committed by a conscious choice, therefore it can be removed without a conscious choice. In the early centuries, the Church did not know the fate of unbaptized babies because it...

No, it does not. Augustine did not promote new ideas, he developed what was already there (Titus 3:5-7) because the consistent and unanimous teachings on baptism was challenged by heretics. As a side note, Luther taught baptismal regeneration, Calvin denied it. Protestantism is hopelessly...

You are comparing the best evangelicals (or whatever you say you are) with the worst Catholics. That's hardly fair. First, stop repeating yourself, especially the insults. Second, nobody is trying to convert anyone to Catholicism. Most of the posts in here by Catholics are responses to...

TRANSLATION: I cannot refute BoL so I will change the subject to evangelization. I never heard the Gospel proclaimed daily in liturgy (public worship) because I never listened for 25 years. I'll throw in the mythical "State Church" as a final insult to demonstrate my authority to re-write...

"neihborhood of baptized devils" - is that in the Bible somewhere or is that another man made tradition you blindly accept?

The education of the conscience is a lifelong task. From the earliest years, it awakens the child to the knowledge and practice of the interior law recognized by conscience. Prudent education teaches virtue; it prevents or cures fear, selfishness and pride, resentment arising from guilt, and...

In moral theology, ignorance is defined as a lack of knowledge that a person ought to have. Ignorance is distinguished from mere nescience, which is a lack of knowledge that a person has no need of. For example, a person who did not know the square root of 1429 would be ignorant of it if he were...

That's called denial, but in your case, it's also invincible ignorance. That means holding on to such a falsehood is not entirely your fault.