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Wrong. It is incorrect to regard St. Paul as some kind of spiritual “lone ranger,” on his own with no particular ecclesiastical allegiance, since he was commissioned by Jesus Himself as an Apostle. In his very conversion experience, Jesus informed Paul that he would be told what to do (Acts...

The Egyptians had an Ennead—a pantheon of nine major gods and goddesses. Osiris, Isis, and Horus were simply three divinities in the pantheon who were closely related by marriage and blood (not surprising, since the Ennead itself was an extended family) and who figured in the same myth cycle...

Atheism: the Faith of “Atomism” It’s currently fashionable for atheists to deny that a universe without God is caused by “pure chance” or “randomly colliding atoms,” as their earlier forebears might have boldly and proudly described it. Yet natural “laws” somehow attained their remarkable...

Chesterson is not saying the Gospels are "the greatest fairy stories'', absent of context. He repeatedly explains what he means, and I can't give you reading lessons in a forum.

That's a harsh dogmatic statement that I would never make. Ozpen is "holding fast" to the traditions he was raised with. As much as I disagree with Protestant theology, I have met MANY Protestants who are good Christians, who love and serve the Lord, and their neighbor. Doctrinal differences...

Over a century ago, the proud materialist-secularists of the day taunted the great Christian apologist, G. K. Chesterton, declaring to him that Christianity was built upon fairy stories. Chesterton's response was an even more proud, "Yes indeed!" What sounds like blasphemy on Chesterton's part...

"church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth" would crumble with errors in the pillar. Truth and error can't mix, it's impossible. If truth is not infallible, then neither is God, the source of all truth. That's called infallibility. CHURCH + TRUTH + GOD'S PROMISED...

The CC has been teaching Eph 2:8-9 for 2000 years. In post #411, I listed 6 scriptures showing that Paul was subject to the Church. The reformers didn't discover anything, they invented a whole new religion. Their novel inventions have no apostolic roots. Granted, the revolt did spark the...

If fallible Luther showed error in the Church, on what grounds are his judgments infallibler? He is fallible, or infallible on the alleged errors in the Church. Did he meet the indicated scripture requirements for infallibility? This has nothing to do with the Pinciple of Private judgement. The...

Josho, Oh great another legalistic on here, "children you can't have fun during Easter or Christmas." You guys are ya the religious police? Hahaha .God is happy no matter which day we worship him on, no matter which day we celebrate his birthday or dying on the cross for us. He never said thou...

but I think the Bible gives clues to a reasonable time frame. I said REASONABLE, I didn't say exact, in anticipation of legalists coming along with their microscope and tweezers. Passover is not the first month of the Jewish calendar, Rosh Hashana is. I've seen TV preachers fall into this trap...

Glad you asked. Nobody knows the exact day of Christs' birth, but I think the Bible gives clues to a reasonable time frame. Zechariah was acting as high priest when the birth of St. John the baptizer was announced to him in the Holy of Holies in the Temple. That would have been on Yom Kippur...

Some anti-Catholics (like heretoeternity) claim the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon of Revelation 17 and 18. Dave Hunt, in his 1994 book, A Woman Rides the Beast, presents nine arguments to try to prove this. His claims are a useful summary of those commonly used by Fundamentalists...

Men didn't start wearing wedding rings until World War 2, to remind them of their wife back home. Wedding rings are a sign of love and fidelity and not a concession to paganism. Post #95 explains "3 days and 3 nights"; There is no paganism going on with Easter eggs and the Easter Bunny. The...

”Three days and three nights” is simply Hebrew idiom. The phrase “one day and one night” meant a day, even when only a part of a day was indicated. We see this, e.g., in 1 Sam 30:12-13 (cf. Gen 42:17-18). It would be like saying, “This is the third day I’ve been working on painting this room.”...

You get an A+. Excellent work.

Several evangelical scholars have noted that the problem with Protestant ecclesiology is that there is no Protestant ecclesiology. In many denominations—and especially in non-denominational churches—there is no hierarchy of churches responsible to a central head, no accountability beyond the...

Wedding rings were pagan in origin, dating back before the formation of the Hebrew people. This Protestant site explains it well: http://lifehopeandtruth.com/relationships/marriage/what-is-marriage/history-of-wedding-rings/ But they are not contra-biblical. I was not trying to justify anything...

True. Many churches celebrate the Triduum. The Easter Triduum begins with the Vigil of Holy Thursday. It marks the end of the forty days of Lent and the beginning of the three-day celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ - Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Vigil/Easter...