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There were over 300+ letters, documents, books, etc., that were considered important writings. The Catholic Church, at the Councils of Rome, Hippo, and Carthage, in the late 4th century, chose 27 (only) of those 300+ to be considered formally as Scripture. That was when the New Testament was...

Considering that the first writing of the New Testament occurred years after Jesus ascended to heaven, where would the writers have obtained the information to write the books? Jesus didn't write a book to spread His truths. That would have been very ineffective since only a tiny percentage...

Scripture and Tradition never contradict one another. Tradition preceded the New Testament in writing, and the New Testament was taken FROM Tradition. Tradition in this sense means "teaching" not "common practices." See 2 Thes 2:15, where St. Paul puts oral teaching (Tradition) on the same...

Did you read my explanation of the office of Pope and the authority given the office by Christ? Or were you just not capable of understanding it. I can try a simpler approach, if you like. You really should try to understand.

No, it's not because we say it is. That would be credulity. We don't ascribe to credulity. We say it is because history and theology say it is. Ignoring history leads you folks into all sorts of error. For example, where did the Bible come from? Did God reach a big Hand down and give King...

We don't need to use the word "head" to show that Peter was given authority over Christ's Church. We need only show the principle, which I have done, clearly. Same with the word Trinity. The word Trinity is nowhere in Scripture, but the principle most certainly is. And, quoting Col. 1:18 to...

Jesus refers to Peter as the head of His Church in Matt. 16:19, when He gives Peter the "keys to the kingdom." In order to properly interpret Scripture, you have to understand the culture and language of the times in which it was written. Not an English translation, interpreted through 21st...

Then you are accusing Jesus of lying. Jesus promised that the "gates of hell" would never "prevail" against His Church. Yet, you claim they have. The Catholic Church, which is the original Church, personally founded by Christ, recieved the entirety of Divine Revelation from Christ. It has...

And had the German feifdoms in the northern/eastern part of what is now a united Germany not sided with Martin Luther, it would have faded away into a brief footnote of history. The German feifdoms who sided with Martin Luther didn't side with him because of his theology. They were hurting for...

amigo, all you've shown is that you don't know how to properly interpret Scripture. You use an English translation and filter it through your 21st century cultural lense, out of context. Error, error, error.

Interesting side note: Every Protestant Reformer (Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, et al) were Catholic before the Reformation! Every one of them! Then, through pride, they decided they knew better than the original teachings of Christ and His Church.

The proper definition of freedom is the ability to do that which one ought to do. Doing whatever one wants is not freedom. It's license. Because of original sin, we are all afflicted with its effects: Darkness of intellect and weakness of will. Therefore, we will have problems, either...

Interesting side note... Calvin, as well the other Reformers (Luther & Zwingli) were Catholic, then strayed from what had always been taught, preferring their own personal opinions. Then, others strayed from them, and others from them, etc., for 500 years now, ending in thousands of man-made...

Well, I think it was most probably clearer to first century Jews than it is to 21st century, English-speaking Western culture folks like us. Our culture and world view is far different than theirs was. We don't have kings, although I suspect some in the higher levels of our government, past...

Actually, there is. The office that Peter first occupied was a dynastic office, i.e., it was intended to have successors. How do we know this? Because of the reference in Matt. 16:19 to "the keys." Jesus only gave the "keys" to Peter. The reference to keys is something every first century...

I think one of the most important parts of forming a relation is communcation and time. People can put on airs for a while and hide who they really are. But only for a time. Eventually, the real person they are comes out. I would watch carefully how she treats her family and friends. How...

Keep in mind that our emotions are nothing more than chemical reactions in the brain. And, they can be manipulated by others, if we allow them to do so. Satan and his demons can tempt us to sin though some combination of our imagination, our emotion, and our memory. We are at war, not between...

I'm not sure what you mean. Re-post it where?

"Roman" was never part of the official name of the Church. It was just the "Catholic Church." The "Roman" part was a perjorative started by the Anglicans when they splintered off. There was but one Church. The Eastern part of the Church schismed in the Great Schism in 1054 A.D. Here's an...

We should always treat one another with dignity, because each one of us is made in the image and likeness of God. Love is not an emotion, stomach butterflies, or a privately held conviction. Love is willing the good of the other, as other. Period. No strings attached. If we love someone, we...