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The Biblical Basis of 10 Catholic Distinctives

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This thread will sequentially discuss the biblical underpinnings of these 10 Catholic distinctives:
(1) Holy Water
(2) Holy Relics
(3) Prayer to Saints
Nothing in OT or NT for that
(4) Catholic Mariology
Not in the Bible.
Christ was confronted with it and responded "on the contrary"

(5) Priestly Confession and Absolution
Not a role specific to any office or person in the NT
(6) Infant Baptism
Not in the NT at all ( or OT)
(7) Transubstantiation/ Real Presence
"in remembrance of me" not "I am killed each time you do this"
(8) Purgatory
Not in the Bible at all ... not even in the Apocrypha
(9) Catholic Doctrine of Justification
Not sure what you mean by that
(10) Catholic View of Scripture and Tradition
Mark 7:7-13 is Christ's response to that
 
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