1 Corinthians 3
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I always find it strange that this is the specific thing which Protestants object to. I can't tell if they're bothered by the Transubstantiation as a modality or if they're more broadly skeptical of the Real Presence but don't understand the distinction between the Real Presence and Transubstantiation.
Strange.
Intercessory prayer is something which all Christians should believe in. Most Protestants do believe in it.
As with so many things, Protestants believe in something but Catholics believe in it more. In this case, Catholics do not see mortality as a barrier between us and a request for intercessory prayer.
This "believer's baptism" thing is what needs to be justified, imo.
Not all trips to Confession result in penance. Some do, some don't.
Here again we encounter an issue that Protestants will admit to believing in if they're pushed. Catholics simply believe in it more.
Christians generally believe that Sacred Scripture was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. They also generally believe that the Holy Spirit guided the Early Church in recognizing the canon of scripture.
So right there we have identified two instances where the Spirit guided the Church. So really, the key issue is that Protestants seem to labor under the notion that at some vague, unknown point in history, the Holy Spirit ceased guiding the Church.
Meanwhile, Catholics see no reason to believe that the Holy Spirit has stopped guiding the Church and protecting her from teaching error with respect to matters of faith and morals.
This practice goes back to the ancient Church.
Um, don't you believe in baptism?
I gather that you object to infant baptism. It would therefore be pretty illogical to also object to the sacrament of Confirmation, don't you think?
It goes back to St. John 6.
St. John 20:23 means something.
The Church recognizes that some people are called to the priesthood as their vocation. I don't see why this would be a problem, particularly since other communities believe in something similar to this. As with so many things, I think it is Protestants who should justify their rejection of this (if they do reject it, that is).
Um, you do believe in marriage, yes?
This is a very real and very dangerous thing. Even among most Protestants, I wouldn't think that believing in the possibility of a demonic possession would be controversial.
The argument for the abbreviated Bible which Protestants use seems to be "The Bible needed to have certain scriptures removed because those scriptures contradict scripture". Or something, idk.
Here again, I think the onus is on Protestants to justify why they have broken with over a millennium and a half of history and tradition by abbreviating their Bibles. Afaik, the Catholic Church and the Eastern Churches broadly agree on the canon of scripture.
This is a prayer that goes back to the ancient Church. To hear some Protestants talk about it, you'd think it's an obscene gesture or something.
I agree with the others, this belongs in OBOB.