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Uhhhh, no - it's a fact . . . nec·ro·man·cy Dictionary result for necromancy /ˈnekrəˌmansē/ noun 1. the supposed practice of communicating with the dead, especially in order to predict the future. As I told you before - denial is NOT a valid argument . . .

You are DEAD WRONG. Necromancy is the communication with the dead for the purpose of gleaning information. Do your homework. Catholics are't trying to get information FROM those in Heaven. We are asking them to pray FOR us as fellow members of the Body of Christ. Hebrews 12:1 says...

WRONG. Necromancy is seeking oracles from the dead. Nobody is trying to glean information from the saits who have died and are in Heaven. We are merely ASKING them to pray FOR us as fellow members of the Body of Christ. Who gave YOU the right to kick them out of the Body of Christ?? They...

WRONG - my ignorant, anti-Catholic, Ellen G. White disciple. CHRIST is the Head of the Church - as we read from the OFFICIAL position in the Catechism of the Catholic Church: CCC 782 This People has for its Head Jesus the Christ (the anointed, the Messiah). Because the same anointing, the Holy...

Nobody is "scoffing" at the fact the Christ is coming soon. - only at the false prophets who continually lead impressionable and gullible people like YOU astray.

That's only news to YOU because you have pre-judged Catholic teaching without doing your homework . . . There is only ONE way to the Father - and that is through Christ (John 14:6). Not only does the Church teach this - we taught it to the WORLD. Jesus is our ONLY mediator in that only HIS...

The Catholic Church teaches that this verse is true - so I'm NOT sure why you would think otherwise. There you go again. It's not "MY" definition. It is THE definition - and one that is supported by the consensus of Protestant scholarship, as I showed you. Besides - it doesn't make the BIBLE...

What motive would the "Reformers" have for promoting a "Catholic" doctrine?? ESPECIALLY since YOU say that these earlier Protestant translations rendered John 1:1 as NON-Trinitarian?? Protestants jettisoned all sorts of Catholic doctrines during this period in an effort to further divorce...

Now I know you're lying because Patrick was only about 3 years-old in 390 AD - seeing as how he was born in Scotland around 387 AD. NOT quite old enough to have started a "mission" . . . If you're going to attempt to debate in fairy tales - at least give me fair warning . . .

Rubbish. I gave you evidence from PROTESTANT scholarship. I never even once argued from the Catholic standpoint. The fact that YOU simply refuse to accept the linguistic facts about Epignosis doesn't "invalidate" the evidence I presented. Denial is NOT a valid debating point . . .

Sounds like a complete cop-out to me. As I stated before - If you can convince me that they mean something else - then I'll be willing to take another look. HOWEVER - if you don't have any evidence - then your response is understandable.

Only those who are NOT in mortal sin. As the Church teaches - venial sin damages our relationship with God - but it doesn't sever it. Mortal sin does. The view that there are varying degrees of reward in Heaven is shared by MOST Protestant scholars. Just as there are varying degrees of rewards...

I can agree with most of that. I'm a little fuzzy about what you mean about "final decision". Many people don't really make a hard "decision" not to follow Christ. they simply don't follow Him However - if that's what you mean by final "decision" - then I agree.

According to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance - it is rendered as: From epignosko; recognition, i.e. (by implication) full discernment, acknowledgement -- (ac-)knowledge(-ing, - ment). Epignosis and Gnosis are NOT the same thing, no matter HOW hard you try to rationalize it. Gnosis ad Oida refer...

The sin against the Holy Spirit is FINAL impenitence. ALL sin is forgivable until we die - mortal AND venial. A mortal sin does NOT place you outside of Christ forever if it is repented of and confessed to the Church (John 20:21-23). Some sins (venial) are forgivable AFTER death. Matt. 12:32...

I already HAVE addressed the verses YOU gave me - and they are conditional on our cooperation. That's what I've been saying all along. It is YOU who never addressed the verse that I presented. There is NO guarantee of Eternal Security without our cooperation with God's grace - and Scripture is...

As the Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, volume 2, page 25 I presented states - Epignosis is actually defined as "Christian faith". Also - The New Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon (page 237) calls it "Precise and correct knowledge" - "which has illumined the soul". This is NOT just...

Not necessarily. The Bible speaks of varying degrees of sin. There is sin, which damages our relationship with God - and there is sin that causes spiritual death (1 John 5:16). We call this Mortal sin. Less serious sin is referred to as Venial sin (1 John 5:17). If I am in a state of mortal...

So, whenever you DO sin - which is something that we ALL do - you are rebelling against God at that moment, so you are NOT constantly enduring in faith. That's my WHOLE point . . .

This is MY pet doctrine and has NO basis in reality?? WHY would you make this kind of ignorant, accusatory statement?? Here is a list of PROTESTANT scholarship on the importance of the meaning of the word "Epignosis": Richard Chenevix Trench notes, “In comparing epignosis with gnosis, the...