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Those are lovely verses, but they have nothing to do with the anti-authority, anti-institutional mindset that infects this forum.

Yes, but to deny that God used sinful humans to preserve His Word is self defeating and illogical. All authority belongs to Jesus, and He gave His very own authority to earthly, physical human beings to teach and baptise. Matthew 28:18-20 "therefore" in verse 19 is a conjunctive verb, joining...

Giuliano said: ↑ First, it is a grave error to discern the truth by judging the actions of others. Second, the Catholic Church does not claim to have "all truth", that is polemical nonsense. The claim to be the one true Church does not mean nobody else can have truths. Dichotomous thinking is...

To accept the Bible as authoritive and reject the authority that preserved, compiled and proclaimed it is illogical and self defeating. That's why rebels are forced to re-write history.

If the president of the United States gets impeached, it does not mean the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are wrong, it means that president failed in his duties as president. Similarly, if a bishop goes bad, it does not prove the doctrine of ordination is wrong, it means that particular...

“The Church expressly distinguishes between ‘formal’ and ‘material’ heretics. A ‘formal’ heretic rejects the Church and its teaching absolutely and with full deliberation; a ‘material’ heretic rejects the Church from lack of knowledge, being influenced by false prejudice or by an anti-Catholic...

2 Timothy 2:2 And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Paul : 1st generation Timothy: 2nd generation faithful men: 3rd generation able to teach others also: 4th generation who in turn teach...

I simply defined what apologetics is. I named two professional apologists, I can name more if you like. None of them are members of this forum. No, I wouldn't say that. Waiting on Him first brought up the subject of apologetics, Marymog defined it, I embellished her definition. There is no...

Apologetics can also be defined as a branch of evangelism that explains and defends the faith, so it is a much broader term that includes the doctrine of Christ. There are no professional apologist members in this forum. I am not an apologist, I do apologetics as a hobby. We often turn to the...

Catholicism cannot IMPOSE truth, she can only propose truth to those who are DISPOSED to receive it. Repeating the same LIE over and over again, with no scriptural support, means the person is NOT disposed to be corrected. No discussion is possible. This kind of idiocy happens all the time in...

There is one mediator but I am still waiting for scriptural evidence that denies subordinate mediators. Subordinate mediators is entirely dependent on the sole mediator. You are forcing them to mean the same thing with thoughtless parroting. If you will not or cannot provide scriptural...

This is not a rebuttal or refutation, it is a denial of what I said. Either you refuse to understand the English meaning of "co", or you build up this false dichotomy of "either/or": because Jesus is the sole mediator, therefore there cannot be subordinate mediators. That is a false dichotomy...

This is the Greek word martus, from which is derived the English word “martyr.” 1) Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Joseph H. Thayer, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 4th ed., 1977; orig. 1901, 392) defines it — as used in this verse — as follows: “One who is a spectator of...

"one mediator" and a "co-mediator" are not equal mediators. You become a "co-mediator" when you hand a new Christian a Bible, or pray for others. It is BECAUSE Christ is the sole mediator that He allows us to CO-operate with Him. As an analogy, a co-pilot of an airplane does not have equal...

Prayer For Our Non-Catholic Brothers and Sisters (Especially Those Who Do Not Regard Us As Their Brothers and Sisters in Christ) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Dear Lord, We come to You today, particularly on behalf of our brothers and sisters in Christ...

I've yet to meet an anti-Catholic who properly understands what it is they are attacking. That goes all the way back to Luther. I agree with Fulton Sheen. Anti-Catholics don't know that the Catholic Church is the Bride of Christ, as Sheen says. They sincerely believe a falsehood, in ignorance...