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The Church teaches that Mary was born without original sin – and that Jesus, of course, never sinned. There is NO official teaching about John the Baptist being born without original sin or having live a sinless life. The Greek word is Kecharitomene that Luke used in his Gospel (v.1:28), which...

If you’re an “ex” Catholic – how could you NOT be a student of the Reformation? I can assure you that just about every argument you have against the Church has already been argued. I’m referring to your earlier rant against the Church in post #345., which shows an abject ignorance of Catholic...

HUH?? In one breath, you preach IMPARTED righteousness – then in the very next breath, you preach IMPUTED righteousness. As for becoming justified and showing justification – they are INTERTWINED. As I showed you – Abraham would NOT have been considered justified had he NOT agreed to sacrifice...

The historic Christian view is that God imparts His grace on us and MAKES us righteous. Luther envisioned “imputed” grace, where we are merely “covered” by the righteousness of Christ. He even used the anti-Biblical metaphor of “sow-covered dunghills”. How does a piece of dung make it into...

When you post dishonestly – I will hold you accountable. So, what YOU consider “abrasive” is merely my exposing your dishonesty. Priestly celibacy is a Biblical precept. I have posted the verses repeatedly (1 Cor. 7:8-40), yet YOU continue to deny the Word of God by calling it a “tradition of...

Define “FAITH”. The BIBLICAL definition of the kind of faith that justifies.

No - they MAKE faith effacacious. If they DIDN'T - then faith would only be about belief and NOT obedience. Anf we BOTH knoiw that this is false (James 2:19) . . .

NOT according to the LAW - but according to CHRIST. HE is the REALITYof the observance (Col. 2:16-17). BIG difference. Once again - they're NOT works of the Law. They are commands of CHRIST - the fulfillment of the Law (Matt. 5:17). John 14:15 “If you love me, keep my commands."

It has EVERYTHING to do with being born again. Pail expllicutly states: 1 Cor. 13:1-3 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all...

WRONG. There is no power in doing workjs of the LAW (Rom. 3:20, Gal. 3:12). The works that God Himself prepared in advance for us to do (Eph. 2:10) are effacacious in our faith - but NOT by themselveves. That's what Matt. 25:31-46, 1 Cor. 13:1-13, Gal. 5:6 and James 2:14-24 are ALL about.

It's ALL intertwined. Only faith that WORKS is genuine faith that can justify. Anything else is an clangling cymbal - an empty shell (1 Cor. 13:1-13). Ummmmmm, NOT if you think that "Faith" and "Belief" are the same thing. James 2:19, assures us that they atre NOT, because even the DEMONS...

WRONG. I've answered it several times - but you refuse to listen. ONE nore time: We are justified (made righteous) by a faith thart WORKS. Paul says this (1 Cor. 13:1-13, Gal. 5:6) and James says thgis (James 2:14-24). More importantly, JESUS says this (Matt. 25:31-46).

WRONG. They don't become priests - then have to make this decision. They kbow it going in. As @Illuminator and I have repeatedly shown you - if a married man wants to become a priest - he is FREE to do so in the Eastern Rites. As I have shown you - the ONE Catholic Church is comprised of over...

An idiotic false charge. Do me a favor - find these man-made PROTESTANT traditions in the Bible - THEN come and talk to me about the Biblical discipline of Priestly celibacy (1 Cor. 7:8-40) . . . - Pre-Tribulation "Rapture" - Accepting Jesus Christ as "Personal Lord and Savior" - Altar...

It's not Faith "+" Works. Faith = Belief + obedience (works of love, submission). In other words - TRUE faith includes works (1 Cor. 13:1-13, Gal. 5:6, James 2:14-24). Anything other than that is NOT a saving, justifying faith.

Once again, this stems from YOUR abject ignorance of what a Tradition is. Priestly celibacy is a Biblical discipline – NOT a “Tradition”. It is observed in the Western “Latin/Roman) Liturgical Rite. In the Eastern Liturgical Rites, there ARE married clergy. And celibacy is STILL a choice...

One again – you refuse to pay attention to the details. The Bible tells us that justified nu gaith. The Bible ALSO tells us that the only TRUE faith is one what WORKS in love (1 Cor. 13:1-13, Gal. 5:6, James 2:14-24). Ergo, James 2:24 is correct and does NOT contradict Romans 7 – NOR is it...

Some ignorant people would say that, yes. Celibacy is a discipline that is based in SCRIPTURE (1 Cor. 7:8-40), however – and didn’t just jump out of someone’s head one day.

No – it doesn’t make ANY sense grammatically. I’m talking about your sentence structure: “If there is just one person in all the universe that can be saved outside the church, for whatever reason.” What does this mean?? What are you trying to say?? READ it slowly out loud - it doesn’t make ANY...

No – it doesn’t make ANY sense grammatically. I’m talking about your sentence structure: “If there is just one person in all the universe that can be saved outside the church, for whatever reason.” What does this mean?? What are you trying to say?? READ it slowly out loud - it doesn’t make ANY...