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The Pope is the Vicar of Christ. Vicar means ambassador or servant. "Taking the place of God" is anti-Catholic hate speech, and unbecoming of anyone claiming to be a Christian. I am aware of how bible cults change the wording of old encyclicals to make it look like the Pope declares to be...

Once they "save you from the Catholic Church" they indoctrinate you with lies. That explains why ex-Catholics become anti-Catholics. No teenager leaves the Church over doctrines, they leave to have friends or to rebel against their parents, or their parents are lapsed or their family is...

No, because it's nowhere in the Bible. If you say otherwise then prove it. I simply pointed out, more than once, a list of proof texts showing Paul was subject the the Church. I don't make any distinctions that removes Paul from the Magisterium, he is very much part of it. But he did not have...

I don't like derailing threads, but when I do it's to teach a lesson. Whether or not it is learned is another matter. Getting back on track... The Holy Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith, the truth from which all other truths proceed. The sending of the Son of God by the...

David may not be theologically astute in his explanations of the Trinity with "personality disorder", I do not agree with that. But I am rather astute in identifying paranoid anti-Catholic bigotry. "Roman Catholic Church, and her Harlots did" looks to me like Dave Hunt or similar pack of lies...

His spin on Galatians and Acts is illogical, as shown. I demonstrated using several proof texts that Paul was always subject to the Church which is in harmony with his divine call he received directly from Christ. Pitting Paul's divine call against the Church always fails because it's nowhere in...

Though Protestants and Catholics have many points of disagreement, it seems the most fundamental area of conflict has to do with the nature of the Church. Is the Church a visible, physically identifiable reality with an institutional government that keeps guard over doctrine and discipline, or...

Your question is confusing. I think you mean "why did Paul need to go there if they already had a leader". Are you trying to disprove Paul or prove Calvinism? Maybe Paul knew by interior locution he had to go there to die. Maybe he was summonsed by Peter, and as usual, did what he was told...

Daniel 8:25 By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind he shall magnify himself. Without warning he shall destroy many; and he shall even rise up against the Prince of princes; but, by no human hand, he shall be broken.[/size] Who is the "Prince of...

Why is it always Catholicism getting picked on? What did she ever do to you? We are instructed to call all baptized Christians as brothers and sisters in the Lord and your churches are a means of grace and salvation, even though they are in varying degrees of separation from the historic Church...

No, you ignore the plain meaning of the text. Galatians 2 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. 2 I went up by revelation; and I laid before them (but privately before those who were of repute) the gospel which I preach among the...

This blind opinion is in direct contradiction to Acts 15:22-27. Paul and Barnabas were sent off, or commissioned by the council. This verse has also been repeated in this thread, you just don't like it or choose to ignore it. It just is so. What you further don't understand is what being...

Peter's primacy has nothing to do with “being loved the most”. Jesus asked him 3 times if he loved Him, and said each time “feed my sheep”. Jesus was not talking to any body else. Feed who? And feed them what? Here are some 70 NT verses showing Peter as leader and spokesman for the Apostles...

Mark 3:16; John 1:42 – Jesus renames Simon "Kepha" in Aramaic which literally means "rock." This was an extraordinary thing for Jesus to do, because "rock" was not even a name in Jesus' time. Jesus did this, not to give Simon a strange name, but to identify his new status among the apostles...

I never said anything about Paul needing Peter's approval. Verification is not the same as approval. The Council of Jerusalem had nothing to with approval. The truth is the Council commissioned Paul, a truth you don't like. Paul verified his gospel in Gal. 2:2 with James, Cephas, and John. How...

I said no such thing. I said Paul was always subject to the Church, Gal. 2:2 has come up at least three times. You think I am undermining Paul's divine call by asserting the authority of the Church, but that idea is a false man made Protestant tradition. This does not cancel Gal. 2:2. I did...

I never even hinted at such an absurd notion. I quoted Gal. 2 TWICE where Paul consulted James, Cephas and John to make sure his gospel was the same as theirs. You should read your own bible quotes more carefully because it seems you aren't aware of what you are quoting. . It turns out Paul's...

Was this a monarchical papacy? In a way it was. In Matthew 16 Jesus goes on to say to Peter, “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” This is a direct reference back to...

Peter's role as leader and spokesman for all the Apostles does not rest on one verse. It's indicated in about 70 verses throughout the NT. You just don't like them. I believe what has been handed down from the Apostles, you believe whatever you choose. So there are sinners in every church except...

http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/alaffey/other_files/Augustine-Genesis1.pdf Augustine was the most advanced theologian of his day. But doctrinal development didn't stop with him. The Catholic Church has always taught that "no real disagreement can exist between the theologian and the...