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I have never used an MP3 player. However, I thought it would be good to put a bunch of church music on one, so that I could carry it around who knows where. But figuring this out is not easy for me, and I prefer not to spend money. So... does anyone know of some good sites where I can...

That may be your view of Catholicism, but it is not every Catholic's. Holy Tradition does degrade Scripture -- placing the Pope as the Vicar of Christ sets an authority that goes beyond Scripture in contradiction to Scripture. Then, he can say it is OK to communicate with the dead (pray to...

I think another basis for the success of the RCC is its highly secretive manner of operation. For example, the RCC has archives that go back 1,000 years, but they will not permit review of their records. The RCC has enormous wealth, but they will not release complete banking statements, even...

I'm not stopping you from looking at the sources I quoted. The military unity and finances of English speaking societies were the decisive difference of WWII. We kept the Russians afloat, and we set up a second front. English speaking countries at the time were predominantly Protestant...

A lot of Catholic success is based on having established centuries of institutional authority by sending out armies to slaughter in mass other Christians who disagreed with them. In northern Europe, the armies were not strong enough. They also tried to wipe out Orthodox Catholicism the same way...

No, your statement is a distortion of my posting. This thread is attempting to uphold Catholicism as superior to Protestanism on a basis other than Scripture. This is always how Catholics do it. It is true that Catholics venerate Scripture, but they subordinate it to Holy Tradition and degrade...

Psalm 119 has a great deal to say about the Word of God, and below are quotes of relevant verses. Actually, it might be better to just set out the entire Psalm, as when it does not refer to God's Word, it refers to God's Law, which is contained in his Word, but to keep the post short, I will...

So it seems that you are saying that you will not set out official Roman Catholic Church statements on the authority of Holy Tradition, but you will set out your version of it. It is the same as saying you do not want a comparison of how the bible represents the authority and power of the Word...

OK, I really do not know what you are getting at -- but let's go on. However, I would guess that the official statements on the authority and power of tradition should come from like the Vatican Council, 1871, or Vatican II, 1968, or even the Council of Trent, just after the Reformation...

Some more stuff on the power of the Word of God. Isaiah 55:11: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Romans 10:14,15 How then shall they call on...

Here's an interesting link -- World Christian Encyclopedia

There are sound statistical studies that indicate that within 100 years of the Azusa Street Revival, there were 500 million Pentecostals and Charismatics, not counting those who already died, and the movement was still growing so fast, it was impossible to keep up with the numbers. This was...

Ok, here are two more verses from the bible on what the bible is. I'll post more later, as there are a lot of them. When I read the verses on what the bible says about the bible, it makes me love the Word of God even more. It's very wonderful. Psalm 12:6,7: The words of the Lord are pure...

Pfaffenhofen, I'm not sure what you are saying. First, it seems you are saying that you prefer that "Holy Tradition" should be called "Core Tradition." Second, it seems you are saying that there are no official and authoritative statements from the Roman Catholic Church on what "Core Tradition"...

Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Mark 7:5-9 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders...He answered and said...

My first post on Scripture will actually be a little different than those that follow, as in order to quote what the bible says about the bible according to the Protestant prospective, it is most appropriate to begin by setting out the verses in the bible used by Protestants to establish...

In the thread "Was the Reformation a Mistake," started by Pfaffenhofen, I emphasized that to truly understand the difference between Protestants and Catholics, there has to be a foundational focus on how the Protestants uphold Scripture as the only ultimate authority, as compared to the Roman...

My Gosh -- now I have a bad cold or something. I'll start the thread, but it might be a day or two. At the start I'll explain what it is.

OK, I'll start a thread, and in the first post I'll explain what it is and how it comes out of this thread. There are a lot of verses from Scripture on what Scripture is -- so I'll make a series of posts, just one here and there from time to time probably, just setting out different verses, but...

When the Reformation first happened, Protestants debated whether other Christians should be condemned for their beliefs, as the Catholics did, or whether there should be toleration and freedom of conscience. Eventually, the toleration and freedom of conscience side won out -- and the basis of...