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The Church of Christ IS the Catholic Church. There was no other Church for the first 1000 years of Christianity. The Catholic Church alone has the fullness of Christ's teaching, which it has never changed from the beginning. St. Paul refers to the Church as the "pillar and foundation of...

What you're doing is called eisegesis, which is reading into the text what you want it to mean. It's the opposite of exegesis, which good Bible scholars use. Exegesis is drawing out of the text what it actually means. You have to read Scripture as a whole, rather tha snippets out of context...

These “brothers” are never once called the children of Mary, although Jesus himself is (John 2:1; Acts 1:14). James and Joseph (also called Joses), who are called Jesus’ “brothers” (Mark 6:3) are indeed the children of Mary—Just not Mary, the mother of Jesus. After St. Matthew’s account of...

The Word of God is not a book. It is a Person, Jesus Christ. See John 1:1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Jesus Christ is the Word of God. Not a book and certainly not a translation of a book, and most certainly not a translation of a book...

Sola Scriptura is kind of nutsy. It claims the Bible Alone, but nowhere in the Bible does it say that. It does, however, say that the Church is the "pillar and bullwark of truth" in 1 Tim 3:15. Jesus didn't write a book to spread His truths. He founded a Church. If He had gone the book...

In Matthew 13:55-56 four men are named as brothers (adelphoi) of the Lord: James, Joseph, Simon, and Jude. It is a mistake, however, to think that adelphoi can only mean "sibling." The New Testament proves otherwise. In John 19:25 we read, “Standing by the foot of the cross of Jesus were his...

Correct "doctrine" is better said as "the teachings of Christ." The word "doctrine" means "teaching." So, are you saying the teachings of Christ don't save you?

I would be thrilled if they stopped taxing social security. How many times can they tax the same money?!

Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, no doubt. God's grace is not overwhelming. We always have a free will to reject it. Sadly, many people do. And there are those unfortunate souls who prefer to cling to some pet sin and reject the grace God sends them, in order to remain in their sin.

You clearly don't know or understand Scripture. When Jesus gave Peter the "keys to the kingdom" in Matt. 16:19, He was referring to an office of second-in-command that every first century Jew would have understood. (See Isaiah 22;22 for an example.) Kings back in those days had someone...

I follow Christ by following the men HE called to lead me in HIS Church. Nowhere does Christ say we're on our own and we have to figure it all out ourselves. In fact, Jesus told the ones He called, "Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me...

I keep in mind that although folks like Amigo post really crazy things, our answers are important, because it's not just Amigo that reads them. There very well may be intellectually honest, intelligent folks passing by that read these posts. And, if there are, they can benefit. I recall St...

So, Jesus put Peter in charge of His Church to lead and sanctify His Church after He ascended to heaven for no reason? He trained Apostles for no reason? The real issue is authority. Since Jesus knew He was ascending back to heaven, he needed someone down here to spread His truths. He...

So, how does one follow God, should be the question. Does one ignore the Church established by Jesus (God) to decide for him-/herself what is right and wrong and what Jesus taught? (like the serpent tempting Eve, telling her that if she eats the forbidden fruit, she surely will not die as God...

I can see how someone like yourself could be decieved. No background, no training, no real education in Scripture, etc. It's probably not your fault. Mary is Queen of Heaven (Rev. 12). Jesus is our King. In Jesus' day, the Queen mother always had great influence over her son. The same...

Behold, do you even know what that picture means? Tell me what YOU think it means.

I think it would be a mistake to look for any intelligent, well thought out communicaton with amiigo de christo. He/she hasn't shown that capabilty. Very low-brow posts.

There is plenty of evidence that Mary was a perpetual virgin. Read the following two articles: https://www.catholic.com/audio/scw/biblical-evidence-for-marys-perpetual-virginity-2 (You can listen to the audio on this one, if you prefer)...

1st & 3rd are lies. 2nd is from Scripture, if you know how to properly interpret it. Scripture also refers to Tradition as being on an equal footting with Scripture. See 2 Thes 2:15. Therefore, brothers, stand firm and HOLD FAST to the TRADITIONS that you were taught ,either by an oral...

Clearly, you don't know Scripture. Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant.