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There is truckloads of biblical and historical evidence to prove the papacy began with Peter, the evidence is there for anyone who wishes to see it. Arguing with a person who accepts revisionist history is a waste of time. I strongly recommend several trips to the library history section...

Wikipedia is not a reliable source for Catholic history or theology. But since you seem to accept it over my list of popes in post 21, here is a wikipedia source for the list of martyred popes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_murdered_popes Who do you think killed the first 30 popes? The...

G.K. Chesterton once said that the best argument against Christianity is Christians. That is certainly true of Catholicism. Pope John Paul II, putting it politely, says, "The Catholic Church does not forget that many among her members cause God's plan to be discernible only with difficulty." (Ut...

You need to be up-to-date. Your information is 10 years old. Mine is 3 weeks old. Catholics are free to disagree with the Church, they are not free to rebel, so you got that wrong. Newsweek 2005? Really? Newsweek ranks among the most anti-Catholic news sources going, so nothing reliable...

Mary’s first appearance in the New Testament comes in its very first chapter - at the end of the long genealogy that begins the New Testament. She is introduced as: "Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Messiah" (see Matthew 1:16). We have to read these words in context. These are...

Luke, like Matthew, introduces Mary as a virgin betrothed to Joseph, a descendant of David. She is greeted by the angel Gabriel: "Hail, favored one, the Lord is with you." The angel uses a word - variously translated hail or rejoice - that the prophets used to foretell the joy of the people at...

The book of Revelation, quipped Ambrose Bierce, is "a famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing." And G. K. Chesterton wrote, "Though St. John the Evangelist saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no...

Jesus certainly did not plan for the inflated and corrupt popes of the popular imagination. He intended to found a church, but the church was not democratic in structure. It was established with clear individual leadership. In Matthew 16.18-19 Jesus says to Simon Peter, “You are Peter, and on...

In all His Love I don't deny the plain meaning of scriptures. Peter is the rock on which the Church is built. If you don't like it, take it up with the Protestant bible scholars who disagree with you. See post #12

the road To Rome. nice thread title. Let's take a look at some who actually made "the road To Rome". The Scott Hahn Conversion Story SCOTT HAHN Here following is the transcript of a talk given by Scott Hahn outlining his journey of faith, a journey that took him from being a fervent...

Your negative obsession with the Catholic Church is not based in reality. The Catholic Church hated every effort to translate the Scriptures and especially King James of England for his role in appointing the translators and bankrolling the production of that Bible. But the argument is not the...

Matt. 16:18 - Jesus said in Aramaic, you are "Kepha" and on this "Kepha" I will build my Church. In Aramaic, "kepha" means a massive stone, and "evna" means little pebble. Some non-Catholics argue that, because the Greek word for rock is "petra", that "Petros" actually means "a small rock", and...

Glad you are here. It's a good thing you have been called directly by God to correct 2000 years of error. what? another one???

We are to subdue the earth, not abuse it. If the climate is affected by corporate greed and irresponsibility, and the sea level rises, it's not God's fault. But I don't think Proverbs 8:29 has anything to do with rising sea levels. The whole chapter seems to be a conversation between Jesus and...

Yes, that is what a crucifix is for: a reminder. There is no Easter Sunday without Good Friday. Romanism is a word that was used as a derogatory term for Roman Catholicism in the past when anti-Catholicism was more common in the United States and the United Kingdom. The term was frequently...

Protestant Scholars Agree: Peter Is the Rock by Gary Hoge (no longer on line) One day, when Jesus was in the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” (Matt. 16:13). The disciples gave a variety of answers before Peter finally said, “You are...

Maybe you will get it. None of the pope bashing - paranoid conspiracy theories line up with the Pope's words and actions, unless one is predisposed to prejudice and bigotry. But anti-Catholicism sells. Big time. You have a nice day too.

New York City, September 24, 2015 (ZENIT.org) Staff Reporter | Here is a Vatican translation of the address Pope Francis gave this evening at Vespers with clergy and religious in New York. A ZENIT translation of the few remarks he added off-text are included in brackets. * * * [I have today...

Fr. Robert Barron on Protestantism and Authority https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWYwBDqFsuE

That was it, not another word. You would expect him to say something like “while it appeared to be a failure to His disciples, the cross was actually a victory…” or some such thing. I have heard that preached many times before in church. But the thing is, he didn’t say that. He just simply...