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To those who believe, evidence is of secondary importance. To those who refuse to believe, no amount of evidence will suffice.

Correct. All bishops were called "Pope", the term was exclusively confined to the Bishop of Rome in the 4th or 5th century. Hostile anti-Catholics (Lavrovites) think that was the beginning of the papacy. https://www.patheos.com/blogs/standingonmyhead/the-early-papacy-2

Still, no answer to a simple question. You didn't mention Justin Martyr, I did, because it's relevant to the topic. "The “First Church”, the “ONLY Church” is Christ Jesus’ Church" with an invisible unity, with no history and no pedigree of leadership. I spoon fed you information about Justin...

The Principle of Authority in Religion The question of spiritual authority plagues (or ought to plague) all religions. In the first place, the problem of authority causes intelligent observers to reject immediately the reliability of any religion which does not claim to be revealed by God. If...

Just as I said. You reject the understanding of "born again" as expressed by Justin Martyr and supplanted it with man made traditions. You can't even admit Justin Martyr was a Christian. To you, a heretic??? Make up your mind, and stop identifying with the early church you are divorced from...

CCC1668 Neither can I, but it's captivating to watch. Here's a trick to find things in the massive catechism. In the address bar, key in a subject or topic, followed by "catechism", followed by ".va". Like this: holy water catechism .va You will get this at the top of the list. Catechism of...

Thank you. The preceding sentences of 4 lines condenses my 11 lines nicely. People are more likely to read short posts as opposed to walls of text, which I try to avoid. The many Lavrovites in this thread won't admit Justin Martyr was a Christian in the first place, or they have never heard of...

Ex. 29:4; Lev. 8:6 – Aaron and his sons were washed in holy water in their consecration to the priesthood. Thus, we see the use of holy water during the beginning of salvation history. Ex. 30:18-19 – the Lord requires Aaron and his sons to wash their hands and feet in holy water before they...

Catholics don't outright reject the historical evidence of the people of the first century. You do, which compels you to make stuff up. I. “Born Again” Means Water Baptism For Christ also said, ‘Except ye be born again, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.’ Now, that it is impossible...

The Second Council of Orange (529 A.D.), dogmatically taught in its Canon 7: also cites 2 Cor. 3:5 Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our competence is from God, Likewise, the ecumenical Council of Trent (1545-63): Chapter 5, Decree on Justification...

I've proven just the opposite, your "proof" is childish insults. My Bible says "but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou ought to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth." 1 Timothy 3:15. What does your Bible say...

But you made no reply to the councils I posted that emphatically states we are nor saved by works, but you don't care, you keep lying anyway. Oh, was there another church that canonized the books of the Bible??? A secret remnant that no one heard of until the middle of a revolt in the 16th...

Rom. 3:20,28; Gal. 2:16,21; 3:2,5,10; Eph. 2:8-9 – Eternally Grateful errs in her understanding of what Paul means by “works of the law” in his teaching on justification. Paul’s teaching that we are not justified by “works of the law” refer to the law of Moses or to any legal system that makes...

Not my opinion. I posted official Catholic teaching from 2 different councils 1000 years apart consistently teaching the same thing. They collapse your chronic lying into a heap. Truth is not subjective. I accept what has been handed down; no reconstruction is necessary. You accept whatever...

You have a reputation of being an irrational anti-Catholic. It does matter, a work done outside of faith is NOT a good work. And it is not necessarily sin. The Red Cross does a lot of good work, but it's humanitarianism, not done in faith, and not necessarily sin. You offer no plausible...

You stick to what the word says privately to you, your premise is false. This has nothing to do with McCarthy bearing false witness. Yes, said that repeatedly. When you see any post by a Catholic, you react without thinking. Rom. 4:5-6 – to him who does not work but believes, his faith is...

Thank you, Amadeus. First, though: some preliminary observations. As usual, McCarthy (along with many other Calvinist anti-Catholics) is unwilling or unable to understand the relationship of human free will to God’s grace. We believe we can cooperate with God’s grace in order to “merit.” Yet...