Recent content by kepha31

Foxe’s book of martyrs is mostly accurate, but it is extremely biased against the Catholic Church. The coverage of them martyrdoms in the early Church is generally good. It can serve as a great inspiration to see the early Christians standing up to withering persecution by the Roman empire...

Controversial bishops in Chile deny sex abuse cover-up good background resource: https://www.catholicleague.org/shining-the-light-on-spotlight/

Presbyteros is simply Greek for priest, as any dictionary will affirm. "hiereus" is for the OT priests that fell into disuse, which is why you don't see "hiereus" in the NT. The reason you are so angry over this matter is that your spiritual forefathers abolished the NT priesthood. Now you want...

This is a rant. Cut it down to one or two topics, not rattle off 5+ topics in one post that would take 5 pages to answer.

"Catholic distinctives which are not manifest in the inspired record of the NT church." Wrong. That's called blind prejudice. THE CHURCH The Biblical Church Primacy of Peter Apostolic Succession THE BIBLE Scripture Alone Oral Tradition Deuterocanon Septuagint THE SACRAMENTS Baptism...

When the Bible is ripped from the Tradition and Teaching Authority that it flows from, it's reduced to a check-opinion manual.

That has nothing to do with infallibility. These sins may exist, but that does not mean they are endorsed. These divisions may may exist, but that does not mean there are separate doctrines. There is only one set of unchanging doctrines.

Woe to those who read the Bible apart from the Tradition and Teaching Authority that the Bible flowed from in the first pace. Every heretic in the world was a sola scripturist as history demonstrates. Not all sola scripturists are heretics, but sola scriptura is a heresy.

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This is a rabbit trail because it doesn't define Tradition. You can't find 1 Corinthians 3, nor can you find any one of 70+ verses where Peter is spokesman and leader of all the Apostles. You perpetuate standard Protestant myths about devotion to Mary, she can do NOTHING without God. I'll...

I agree, but you make the jump from hyperbole (call no man father) to the literal. Jesus was not speaking literally and that is your error. Acts 7:2; 22:1,1 John 2:13 – elders of the Church are called “fathers.” 1 Thess. 2:11- Paul compares the Church elders’ ministry to the people like a father...

Indeed. Luke 1:34 strongly indicates Mary took vows of perpetual virginity, it's just not explicit enough for Protestants. She took vows according to Numbers 30. If Joseph violated these vows contrary to the Torah, the sin would be upon him. He would no longer be a "righteous man" and the Bible...

No, we did not change God’s law, we just list the wording differently to what you do. And also, not all Catholics do that. Many Catholics use EXACTLY the same ten commandments as you Adventists and Protestants do! In fact, Martin Luther, and most Lutherans today, use the same numbering system...

That is a lie, and SDA propaganda. Protestant sources of their charges that the Catholic Church changed the Ten Commandments… KJV…..first appeared on the scene in 1611, a product of Protestantism. NIV…..first appeared on the scene in 1978. NKJV…first appeared on the scene in 1982. RSV…..first...

Jesus was talking to the crowds who were giving more status to the pharisees than they deserved. He called them hypocrites. Matthew 23:9 And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Father—the one in heaven. Clearly, Jesus is saying not to elevate anyone to the level of our heavenly...