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Broader examinations of Catholic theology, tradition, and doctrinal claims in light of Scripture.
Zwingli On Mary’s Perpetual Virginity Paid Members Public
Huldrych (Ulrich) Zwingli was a prominent magisterial Protestant reformer who even opposed Martin Luther in respect to core doctrines such as the holy Eucharist, which he denied became the actual body and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Yet despite his vehement opposition to the Roman Catholic Church, Zwingli actually
A Protestant Defends the “Apocrypha” Paid Members Public
I quote from Protestant authority William Heaford Daubney’s The Use of the Apocrypha In the Christian Church, published by C. J. Clay & Sons, Cambridge University Press, 1900, pp. 106-110. Daubney refutes some of the alleged contradictions which leveled by Protestants against the canonicity of the “Apocrypha,” such as
VATICAN II, THE CATECHISM & WORLD RELIGIONS Paid Members Public
In this post I will quote what the official documents of the Catholic Church teach in respect to the world’s religions and how salvation is to be obtained. I begin with what Catechism of the Catholic Church says. All emphasis will be mine: The Church and non-Christians 839 “Those
St. Cyril’s Praise of Mary Paid Members Public
At the Council of Ephesus (431 AD), the blessed St. Cyril of Alexandria uttered a litany of praise to the blessed Mother of our God Incarnate in honor of her being the holy and pure God-bearer. Here’s what this holy servant of Christ wrote: “Mary, Mother of God, we
The Reformation and Purgatory Paid Members Public
Quotations provided by William Albrecht. All emphasis is mine. DESIDERIUS ERASMUS It’s not surprising that Erasmus affirmed Purgatory since he was Catholic after all: “Even three hundred years after the birth of Christ, it was permitted to debate whether there was any fire in purgatory; some interpreted fire to
St. Optatus, Peter’s Primacy & the Papacy Paid Members Public
This lengthy extract from St. Optatus is taken from Optatus of Milevis, Against the Donatists (1917) Book 2. pp. 57-119. His statements affirm that the Roman Church is the See of Peter, and the grounds of unity which makes the Church one and universal. He further argues that to deviate
St. Maximus, Pope Honorius & the Papacy Paid Members Public
I share the following article on St. Maximus the Confessor from CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Maximus of Constantinople. St. Maximus of Constantinople Known as the Theologian and as Maximus Confessor, born at Constantinople about 580; died in exile 13 August, 662. He is one of the chief names in the Monothelite
Call No Man Father? Paid Members Public
Oftentimes, anti-Catholic/Orthodox Protestants will quote the following words of our Lord to condemn the practice of calling the Pope, Bishops, Priests etc. “father”: “And do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.” Matthew 23:9 In this post I