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There was nothing wrong with statues until pope John Calvin came and smashed them all. Centuries of Christian culture obliterated in a few weeks time. Good thing Bach was a Lutheran. Music was forbidden. Any kind of theatre as well.

Just because something is absent in one verse(s) does not mean it is nonexistent.

The Bible came from the Church. This is why intelligent discussion is impossible when you re-write history to force fit into your opinions. There was no Bible until 397 AD. Church beliefs made the Bible. It is impossible to pit the Church's beliefs against the Bible without doing violence to all...

Mass was 20-25 minutes long, and the readings were not in Latin. I think you are just another angry ex-Catholic turned anti-Catholic. Maybe you were a restless brat with a short attention span, and now you want to blame everything on the Church. It's time you grew up and put Sr. Mary's ruler in...

What a phony post. You don't love anybody by throwing poop on them. There is no wrath in the papacy. When did this alleged apostasy take place?? Can't name encyclical? I didn't think so. You are anti-Christian/anti-human/anti-Catholic, just like the communists and post enlightenment cults that...

For 50 years you never heard the Bible read out loud during Mass? You never had a chance to talk to a priest about your irrational fear of gong to hell? Really?

62. Classical Protestantism had a deficient view of the Fall of Man, thinking that the result was “total depravity.” According to Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, and Calvinists, man could only do evil of his own volition, and had no free will to do good. He now has a “sin nature.” Catholicism believes...

39. Some strains of Protestantism (particularly evangelicalism and pentecostalism and especially the Baptists) greatly limit or disbelieve in sacramentalism, which is simply the extension of the incarnational principle and the belief that matter can convey grace. Some sects (e.g., Quakers and...

Good question. The bulk of brakelite's dogmas and doctrines are borrowed wholesale from the Catholic Church. If we are wrong, then so is he.

The main 'idols' in the center of the Reformation Monuments are William Farel, John Calvin, Theodore Beza, and John Knox. These are ok but some Protestants take offense to statues in honor of Jesus and His mother?

That's not a reply to what BofL said, it's an off topic whining rant. The Eucharist is consecrated Bread and Wine, because we do what Jesus told us to do. Why must you be so vulgar and offensive? I look forward to a discussion on the Eucharist when you grow up.

Exodus 34:20 – under the Mosaic law, the “first-born” son had to be sanctified. “First-born” status does not require a “second” born. Ezek. 44:2 – Ezekiel prophesies that no man shall pass through the gate by which the Lord entered the world. This is a prophecy of Mary’s perpetual virginity...

When and where did the Pope say any such thing? The moral deficiencies of the original Protestant so-called "reformers" were the MOTIVE, for their apostasy. It was not merely that they were sinners. They were sinners who apostatized BECAUSE of their sins. I think you are confused. If Henry...

Still making false statements about Catholic practices, eh Webers_Home? You remind me of the man who breaks up with his girlfriend, and then spends the rest of his life bad mouthing her.

For you to misrepresent the Catholic Church with such malice is a grave sin. But don't worry, God takes into account your invincible ignorance. You cannot name a single "tradition of men" that we are obligated to follow. That false charge alone is a tradition of anti-Catholics. Again, name...

It's jut a statement that says we stand alone. Getting back on track, I think some Catholics will see AMORIS LAETITIA as liberal, I don't. It's part of a growth process.

That's not BoL conclusion, it's yours. You can't read. BoL is not talking about decapitation as cleansing, he's talking about what God can or cannot do. If a person's life isn't over yet, how are they supposed to endure to the end? You are not making any sense. Those who have washed their...

St. Mother Teresa and St. Francis of Assisi are not Christians??? Really??? What were they then?? Pagans??? You judge all of Catholicism based on what you see in her weakest members, then you compare that with your most on fire members. Then you will tell me you are being fair. This is why I...

The "second chance theory" is for ignorant anti-Catholics who can't be bothered to find out the truth of the matter. Purgatory is not a second chance. How many times must purgatory be explained to you, brakelite? Can't get past your prejudice? I know of no binding traditions, how about you...

Sorry, I have no idea what you are referring to. I'm not saying this to attack Catholicism, but because I struggle to see how anyone, even the Pope, can function adequately within a set of rules that are obviously broad, vague, elastic and not clearly written. Please correct me if I'm wrong...