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"God does all the work" corresponds somewhat to Aristotle’s four causes. None of these causes is the work of the individual Christian. Cooperating with God's grace is not in the same ball park. So what are the 4 causes that SOMEWHAT correspond???

I don't see how that matters; anathemas don't apply to Protestants. The Church cannot undo any teaching, but can clarify and develop doctrines. Francis Beckwith, former President of the Evangelical Theological Society (very Protestant) said this in an interview after his reversion: "...Then I...

It would be redundant for Trent to make that distinction because its impossible to anathematize people who are not in the Church. Of special interest are Paul’s ecclesiastical uses of anathema—Galatians 1:8–9 and 1 Corinthians 16:22—in which Paul says that if a person is guilty of certain...

Not all Catholics take up apologetics as a hobby and don't have snappy answers to every Protestant challenge. There are no professional apologists on this forum, I wish there was. You can ask questions here Home | Catholic Answers or go to the forum.

Anathemas only apply to Catholics, not Protestants.

I don't think such individualism can work. Either truth is objective, or it ends up subject to personal opinions. So what. There have always been dissent and rebellion. That doesn't change Church teaching. The Church had to reformulate (not change) the manner in which her teachings were...

I suggest you pay a visit and attend Mass. But before you do, read Scott Hahn's testimony. It is a journey that took him from being a fervent Presbyterian minister and Professor of Theology at a major Protestant seminary (and an anti-Catholic) to become a Roman Catholic Theologian and...

What you mean is you don't believe Peter was a Pope with supremacy according to the evang/nondens definition of pope. I don't either. I'll go with Scripture and centuries of authentic witness, not 21st century conflicting opinions. THE PRIMACY OF PETER - Scripture Catholic

Do you mean the leader that washed the feet of drug addicts and criminals? The same leader that has eaten with the homeless? Do you honor your parents??? You are are a real piece of work. Why do you have such issues revering anyone? Paul tells us to “imitate” him, which is a concept, it seems...

Does that mean your previous experiences in the CC had nothing to do with where you are now? If God has taken you to "many places" does that automatically mean He was previously absent from the beginning? God's plan doesn't need reconstructing, but ongoing renewal to implement it. That's why...

Jesus effectively rejected their man made traditions. He was a devout Jew and followed good Jewish traditions all His life.He was circumcised as a Baby, went to Jerusalem for the annual Passover and other celebrations.(Rosh Hashana, Sukkot etc.) He rejected their making void the word of God...

John 6:35,41,48,51 – Jesus says four times “I AM the bread from heaven.” It is He, Himself, the eternal bread from heaven. Jesus does not say 'I am the spiritualized symbolic bread from heaven. John 6:51-52- then Jesus says that the bread He is referring to is His flesh. The Jews take Him...

That's your problem, you have a heavenly authoritive head with no earthly authoritive body. That may explain your rigid anti-institutionalism.

Jesus wasn't taking about His physical parts, He was talking about His very Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity, substantially present in consecrated Bread and Wine.

What some anti-Catholics are desperately trying to prove is that Peter could not be the first Pope if he was never in Rome. This is juvenile. The office of the Pope is not established by geography but by the authority of Jesus Christ. Isaiha 22: 19 I will thrust you from your office, and you...

Good point. One example of the confusion that followed (the reformatiion) is evidenced in Christopher Rasperger’s work published in 1577, 200 Interpretations of the Words: This is My Body, within 60 years.

What he may mean is that Catholics put the Pope in heaven before he is dead. It's typical insane reasoning. just because we love our Pope.. Everybody with a Bible is a pope except the Pope:confused: Scott, would you mind if I called you pope Scott? Since you are your own authority in a church of...

False. Nicae questioned the canonicity of James, 2 Peter, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude 1) Douglas, J.D., ed., New Bible Dictionary, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1962 ed., 194-98. That is just Protestant propaganda. Luther's Protestant Bible came out 1520 and before his Bible the Catholic Bible had...

If I have said something that isn't true, quote me and we can discuss it. I am not afraid to admit to making mistakes. I don't reject completely your experiences, but they are for you, and not intended to teach the whole world. I thought you were claiming this authority for yourself. Sorry...

The robes of righteousness are washed white in the Blood of the Lamb. It occurs only in Revelation 7:14 No pope has ever taken upon himself to reach up to heaven and get a washed robe. The notion is absurd. Vestments are no more a heavenly robe than the minister's $600 suit. Jesus used kings...