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thank you.... I don't see ANYWHERE in there that atheist cannot produce works (help the homeless, feed the hungry etc) but if you see it then so be it....Thank you for your opinion.....Mary

Hey Steven, Instead of asking me if anything was lost in 1,700 years how about if you give me evidence that The Church has lost something in 1,700 years? After all, Jesus said that the gates of hell will not prevail against The Church. It seems you are suggesting that the gates of hell HAVE...

Wow...u must be rich if you can afford a car less than 1,700 years old :p One important relationship with God is that we adhere to all of Scripture. We Catholics adhere to all of Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:15, 1 Timothy 6:3-5 You choose to hold fast to the 500-year-old (or less) teachings of...

How do you define legalism in Christianity? Curious Mary

We have a 1,700-year-old "confession of faith". Correction: Catholicism came first therefor Protestants do things different than the long-held practices of the Catholic Church and all protestants do things different than other Protestants. Respectfully, Mary @Earburner

Hey earburner, No visible Church is required?????????? What invisible church enforces Matthew 18:17?

Hey E, I get it. You and your ilk want to turn what the Pope Leo wrote into an infallible teaching. Only you and your ilk believe it is.....The Church doesn't and has made it very clear it is not.

Help me out here Ronald. What passages of Romans and Isaiah "prove that absolutely".

Your opinion is different than what Scripture says. When one accepts that Jesus is the Saviour sent by God and then is water baptized their sins are washed away AND they receive the gift of the Holy Spirit AND they are saved. It is in those moments that they "invite the Spirit of Christ into...

For a person who is raised Catholic from birth first comes baptism by water and the Spirit preferably within a couple weeks of birth. Chrismation (aka confirmation) is done later in life (usually around the age of 7-8). Hope that helps....Mary

Give an example of when I wasn't honest kiddo.

Mr E, I apologize. You did give me an example of what you believed to be an infallible teaching of The Church (Pope Leo X condoning burning of heretics). I should have told you that what Pope Leo X wrote (Exsurge Domine, Condemning the Errors of Martin Luther) was not an infallible teaching of...

Wow.....thanks for your condescending vote of confidence.......

Hey E, Let me clarify. I think we would agree that Jesus started The Church (Matthew 16:18) and that the church is the pillar and foundation of truth (1 Timothy 3:15). While Jesus was alive if there was a disagreement or a question by the Apostles on what the Truth was they would ask Jesus...

Hmmmm....so the church is invisible? So how does one fulfill Matthew 18:17? :watching and waiting:

Not sure what that passage has to do with @St. SteVen and my discussion about baptism having to be public....but thanks for your input!

Very well put. Thank you.

Thank you for the clarification.

Hey Ronald, An atheist can do good works . On the other hand a person with faith in the finished work of Jesus does not necessarily produce good works. Faith does not automatically produce works. That is why Scripture gives the WARNING, "faith without works is dead". Paul also said that God...

I don't understand your rationale but I digress.....