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http://catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0128.html

Here's a show that Catholic Answers did on the Rapture: rtsp://radio.catholic.com/catholic/radio/calive/2002/ca020116.rm (I haven't listened to it yet, but I assume it's a good show :) ).

Uh....I still think you're missing his point....I believe his point was simply that in the Greek translation (Septuagint), the word adelphos wasn't restricted to meaning only brother, and that it could mean other relations as well. That being the case, then as nyj pointed out: "Given the...

Hi akthomas :) Probably because baptism is implied in those verses. It would naturally be assumed that one who believed would be baptized (since from the beginning of Christianity the necessity of baptism was preached, cf. Acts 2:38 ), and so "believe" would be shorthand for "believe and be...

www.mark-shea.com/rave.html

There's no reference to baptism in John 3:16, true. However, there are references to baptism in other parts of Scripture. For instance: "Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an apeal to God for a clear conscience, through the...

Thanks for posting this :) . This is very helpful.

Hi momoftommy, Thanks for the welcome! :) (I'm sorry to hear about the situation with your parents. I'll be praying for you.)

www.cin.org/users/james/e...aith_a.htm

Basically, apologetics is defending the faith Not at all! Actually, the Bible states: "Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence." (1 Peter 3:15)

At first I got server too busy as well, so I hit refresh, and it came right up. The only thing I have to say about that page is don't let Jack Chick see it!....if he does, then the secret will be out! (Hey, wait a minute! Is it a coincidince that the server is "too busy" when that shocking...

"But while they desire to set aside that true Council, they endeavor to give that name to their own unlawful combination; while they are unwilling that the decrees of the Council should be enforced, they desire to enforce their own decisions; and they use the name of a Council, while they refuse...

Hi Kotton and ZooMom, Thanks for welcoming me to the board :)

If I'm not mistaken, the mortal sin is not the mere fact of having impure thoughts enter your mind (that's simply temptation). Rather it is only a mortal sin to entertain those thoughts. Fr. William Most wrote about it this way: "Bad thoughts: Some confess these loosely, may even say: I took...

Hi Audio Prophecy, Yes and no. It is an official teaching that "Outside the Church there is no salvation". But you also have to understand it in the sense it was written in. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church explains: ___________________________________________________ "Outside the...