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Our souls will, indeed go on. Without going into the spiritual/biblical reasons why we believe our souls continue after bodily death, we can also look to the medical communities that have done NDE (Near Death Experience) studies. There have been thousands of people who have clinically died (no...

I think that's correct. The Church's understanding is God's understanding. They rejected that in favor of their own judgement.

Could it be that they leaned on their own understanding of Scripture rather than God's?

Yes, the daily speaking language of Jesus and those around Him was Aramaic. Hebrew was the formal language used in the temple and Scripture for the Jews.

Those were all part of the Catholic Church. The "church in Rome", "the church in Ephesus", etc. were referring to locations not different Churches/demonimations. They all believed the same thing and recognized the same beliefs and practices, as well as the authority given the Church by Christ.

FYI, when the New Testament refers to "Scriptures" it is refering to the Old Testament, not the New Testament, because the New Testament was not considered Scripture yet. The New Testament was not decided until the late 4th century. Nice try, though...

There is absolutely no evidence of any Church other than the Catholic Church in the Bible. No, the name "Catholilc" isn't there. But it doesn't have to be. There was no other Church! There was but one Church in the beginning. Mot many. The Orthodox broke off in 1057 A.D. Protestantism...

Early Church historian J. N. D. Kelly, a Protestant, writes: “As regards ‘Catholic,’ its original meaning was ‘universal’ or ‘general.’ . . . in the latter half of the second century at latest, we find it conveying the suggestion that the Catholic is the true Church as distinct from heretical...

LOL Anyone who knew what they were talking about would know that the official name of the Catholic Church is not the "Roman Catholic Church." The "Roman" part was started by the Anglicans as a polemic.

Good point. It's all that.

FYI, Tradition (capital "T") was put on an equal footing with Scripture long before the Council of Trent. Read 2 Thes. 2:15 where St. Paul does so. Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours. When we...

How 'bout Saudi Arabia? Or Yemen? Or Syria? Or how about surrender and negotiate for peace? (Wild thought, huh?)

Do you recall that Jesus said that His truth would be divisive? (See Luke 12:51, "Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division." Protestantism needs to be 'trashed" (NOT Protest-ants. Big difference. They are usually very sincere, but...

Well, as St. Pope John Paul II said, we should try to tell the truth of the faith whenever we can, because when we do, God's grace accompanies that truth, and when the soul is going to need that grace (I'm assuming for conversion), it will be there for them. I would argue that this advice would...

Context is critical. Personal interpretation has resulted in a continually splintering part of Christianity (Protestantism), which cannot be the grounding for the fullness of truth brought to mankind by Christ. The context of Scripture must always be within the following context: 1. The...

I agree. The true Church was founded by Christ. The Catholic Church is the original Church founded by Christ. St. Ignatius of Antioch, the bishop of Antioch ordained by St. Peter, was captured by the Romans. While they were transporting him to be martyred for the faith, he wrote a letter to...

I would encourage you to read the parable about the sower in Matt. 13:1-9. Not everyone who hears Jesus' message accepts and heeds it. Whether that family was well catechised or not isn't my call. There are many who are Catholic these days who don't bother to learn what Christ, through His...

With regard to the office of Pope, that was established by Christ Himself in Matt. 16:18-19, especially 19, which says, "I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” The...

That's a really long post, with lots of addressable things. Let me start one piece at a time, okay? At every Mass, the congregation is read from the Bible, and the priest has a homily to explain what that reading means. If you go to Mass just on Sunday's, you hear the majority of the Bible...

The Church founded by Christ is a teaching/preaching Church. The fullness of Divine Revelation was given to the Apostles orally, and passed on to their successors orally for the first few centuries. Remember, the vast majority of people were illiterate for about the first 19 centuries. SOME...