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Apostolic succession - says who?

Once again, from the Catholic Catechism, we read:

"In order that the full and living Gospel might always be preserved in the Church the apostles left bishops as their successors. They gave them ‘their own position of teaching authority.'"35 Indeed, "the apostolic preaching, which is expressed in a special way in the inspired books, was to be preserved in a continuous line of succession until the end of time."36

This is a VERY important claim of the Roman Catholic church. read more »

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Is the Roman Catholic Church the one true church founded by Jesus Christ?

The simple answer is that Jesus Christ founded the church which began at Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost and continued in the lives of those who truly belonged to Him and put their faith in Him, no matter what their relationship was to any particular leaders in the visible church structure.

Sadly, institutional church leaders transformed the expression of Christianity from what it was in the days of the apostles - a family of royal priests who knew God personally, to a kind of hierarchical religious institution which came to dominate the people of God and wrote the history books of  read more »

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Does the Roman Catholic Church represent the true Christian faith?

"Let it be known to you all ... by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead ... This is the 'stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.' Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:10-12)

"For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all." (1 Timothy 2:5,6). read more »

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Where is the Mother Church?

In the Catechism of the Roman Catholic church on the U.S. Catholic bishop's site, it writes:

"Our holy mother, the Church, holds and teaches that God, the first principle and last end of all things, can be known with certainty from the created world by the natural light of human reason." http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect1.htm#36

Is the Roman Catholic church correct in saying that it is the mother of all believers? read more »

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Vatican text say others are not really churches

I refer to the article on BBC news, Vatican text angers Protestants.

It begins by saying, "Pope Benedict has approved a new text asserting that Christian denominations outside Roman Catholicism are not true Churches in the full sense of the word."

And further, concerning this document:

"Other Christian denominations, it argues, cannot be called Churches in the proper sense because they cannot trace their bishops back to Christ's original apostles."

It is good for the Roman Catholic church to state their position openly, wh read more »

Submitted by michael on Tue, 07/10/2007 - 21:37
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Irish Catholic Priest turns from Tradition to Truth

RICHARD BENNETT'S LIFE TESTIMONY


From Tradition to Truth


The Early Years

Born Irish, in a family of eight, my early childhood was fulfilled and happy. My father was a colonel in the Irish Army until he retired when I was about nine. As a family, we loved to play, sing, and act, all within a military camp in Dublin.  read more »

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Should We Approach Jesus through Mother Mary?

The Catechism of the Catholic Church says:

2679 Mary is the perfect Orans (pray-er), a figure of the Church. When we pray to her, we are adhering with her to the plan of the Father, who sends his Son to save all men. Like the beloved disciple we welcome Jesus' mother into our homes, for she has become the mother of all the living. We can pray with and to her. The prayer of the Church is sustained by the prayer of Mary and united with it in hope. Reference read more »

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The Sacramental View of Salvation

At the heart of Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox theology we find what may be called the "sacramental" view of salvation. In this view, true salvation from sin and the judgment of God can only come through certain rites and rituals of the church - the "sacraments". These rites and rituals are seens as channels through which the saving grace of God must flow. According to this view, the rite of baptism, for example, confirms upon the recipient the status of being "born again", while partaking of the Eucharist (i.e. read more »

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Does the Church Speak for God?

Some people believe that their church speaks for God - that if the church has spoken, God has spoken. Others reject organised religion totally and trust more in their own inner spirituality for guidance. How can we know what God is really saying? In this article I give my own perspective on some of the very important questions people must look at if they seek to find God's will in the midst of the spiritual confusion that exists today.

Does the Church Speak for God?

By God, I mean the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. If atheists are right, the question itself is foolish. read more »

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Does a long history give a church validity?

One of the most plausible arguments in favor of traditional churches like the Roman Catholic church is that they have a long history. They argue that they can trace their roots back right to the apostles. They argue that the bishops received special grace and authority from the original apostles. Before these bishops died, they ordained other bishops and so on. This process continued to the present day. It is argued that only those in this chain of succession have true authority in God's church.

While these doctrine has a certain appeal, it is not directly taught in the Scriptures. read more »

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