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You do realize that it isn't just Catholics who believe this, right? Marin Luther, the father of Protestantism also believed it. ALL of he Protestant Reformers were Catholic originally. Then, they splintered off and began to change what was always taught. The major ones, Luther, Calvin...

If I had a parrot, and taught the parrot to recite certain passages of Scripture, and the parrot, from time to time, for no obvious reason, would blurt out Scipture passages, would that mean much of anything to a passerby, other than being impressed that the parrot could seem to speak? Is it...

Marks, point of order here. Just a suggestion. If you're going to throw out Scripture snippets, it would help the conversation to provide your personal interpretation along with an explanation as to why that's relevent to the point being discussed. I suspect you are assuming that everyone...

The most prominent Protestant reformer, Martin Luther, supported the doctrines associated with venerating and honoring Mary. Martin Luther firmly believed in the perpetual virginity of Mary, in her role as the Mother of God, her reign as the Queen of Heaven, and in her immaculate conception...

I can see how you can fall into that error by reading an English translation of the Bible and filtering it through 21st century cultural lenses with an outcome in mind to begin with. But, the Bible says that Mary was sinless. Worshiping Mary as if she were God is, indeed a sin. However, I...

Jay, it's slow because there are mostly old people on here. (LOL Just kidding.)

Human beings.

Part 2. The question remains: how do we know that Mary is an exception to the norm of “all have sinned”? And more specifically, is there biblical support for the Immaculate Conception? Yes, there is. Indeed, there is much biblical support, but in this brief article I shall cite just three...

Part 1. Not a few Protestants are surprised to discover that the Catholic Church actually agrees that Mary was “saved.” Indeed, even if she was conceived immaculate, Mary still needed a savior! However, Mary was “saved” from sin in a most sublime manner. She was given the grace to be “saved”...

Well, I didn't correct you before because I thought perhaps you were being cute. Mary didn't "fly" into heaven. She was "assumed." The Bible is NOT the sole rule of faith, nor does it claim ANYWHERE in its pages, that it is so. That is a man-made doctrine. The Bible is a tool of Christ's...

Let me see if I can explain this to you properly. It's something that was always taught and believed, and was formalized in 1950. The Church sometimes formalizes something that was always believed in order to remove doubt or confusion that may come up. The Assumption wasn't something the...

Why don't you find out what the Catholic Church actually teaches, and why, rather than listen to her enemies who don't mind lying?

You have been blinded by lies and desception. You will be very surprised, sooner or later. Much more intelligent, but intellectually honest Protestants, including well-known pastors, have converted to Catholicism. But they never do it out of ignorance. They do it because they found the truth...

You know, when the serpent (Satan) was tempting Eve in the Garden of Eden, he asked her if God said that they could not eat of ANY of the fruit in the garden. She said, no God only said they couldn't eat of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, because if they did, they would...

Well, clearly the Bible is NOT your final authority. You are. You place your own personal interpretation above that of the Church founded by Christ that wrote the NT and set the canon for the Bible. VERY distinctive difference!

I see you still aren't comprehending very well. I don't blame you. I blame our failed educational system. Anyway, quoting John 20:22 does NOT, in any way, say that the Apostles were never baptized. The NT does NOT say that it contains EVERYTHING we are to know or that Jesus taught or did...

Where in the Bible does it say that the Apostles were NOT baptized? (It doesn't.) Where in the Bible does it say that EVERYTHING Jesus said and did, and the Apostles experienced, is IN the Bible? (It doesn't. In fact, it says the opposite. John 21:25) Your context of Sola Scriptura leads...

Peter, they actually are in Scripture. Baptism John 3:5 – “Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” Matthew 28:19 – “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the...

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Sacraments are outward signs of inward grace, instituted by Christ, for our sanctification.