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>YOU were the one who was interested.< Yes, because I knew there was a mistake, and I know the answer without looking it up. If you look it up you may find that your memory slipped just a little! >Kinda like our *discussion* where I referred you to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.<...

>Can you prove that you didn't?< For those interested, click 'Stephen' in blue, under 'User info' find and click 'Search for all posts by this user'. Stephen

>That's certainly the impression I've got from reading your posts< Impression? Either I have discussed this, or not. Kindly provide a quote if you wish to disagree with me. Stephen

>However, as we have been trying to point out to Lion Heart and Stephen, those boneheads didn't DESTROY the foundation of the Church.< Anybody; when have I discussed this? Stephen

>Paul did< What did he write? Stephen

>Sacred Tradition is the oral teachings of the Apostles, passed to the Early Church fathers.< Did the apostles write that? Stephen

>By definition, Sacred Tradition is the oral teaching of the Apostles.< But is that what the Early Church fathers taught? Stephen

>You see what the Early Church fathers had to say< But did they agree with the apostles? Stephen

>chief corner stone< In Biblical times, buildings were constructed by accurately positioning a single cornerstone, then aligning all the others in the building to it. Stephen

BigEd >In this chapter the writer, using Old Testament scrpiture explains why Christ is superior to angels. Why do you think this comparison was nessicary?< It wasn't a hypothetical statement, it was a conclusion taken from the sentence before it: 'After he had provided purification for...

>I would like to know if you think that you can be saved without confessing Jesus as Lord or repenting?< Repentance is a necessary part of real faith, and confessing Jesus is an inevitable result of it, unless we live on a desert island. In Jesus' day water baptism was the way in which people...

>At that time there was only ONE CHURCH. Not many choices available.< True, but yours is one of the choices. And there's no guarantee with churches. You can't go back and complain once you've passed on. Caveat emptor. Stephen

In a verse in Timothy the Scripture does indeed tell us that the church is the pillar and foundation of the truth. It does not tell us that it is any particular organisation. Any persons who expect that merely quoting that verse will gain them credibility are not themselves exercising Christian...

VOW >If you agree that no one else in the Bible was given those instructions that Jesus gave to Peter, WHAT is your argument about?< I would have thought a Catholic would be the first to admit that there are things that Jesus and the apostles did that are not written about. It was the...

VOW >You answered your own question.< Not so. I said that no one else is recorded in the Bible as being told to feed sheep by Jesus. That does not mean anything more than what it says. Now please answer the question, yes or no. >He told Peter to feed his sheep< Do you know that...

VOW None. Now please answer my question. Stephen

VOW >He told Peter to feed his sheep< Do you know that Peter was the only person that this applied to? Stephen

>"The road to hell is paved with the best of intentions."< Should that not be, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions"? It brings to mind another adage, anyway: 'The good is the enemy of the best.' Stephen

>Thank God my loving parents never talked this way to me when I was a child....< With all respect, aikido, it wasn't you who was being addressed. Anyway, I don't really think you'll mind being uncovered as a heretic if you are of the view that miracles are a common feature of sundry heroes or...

Aikido7 Broadly I would agree with you, but I think that the final purpose of Jesus' miracles, and that of the apostles' too, was to increase faith (as trust) OR to provide a reasonable basis for belief (intellectual), depending on the witness. It is true that miracles were often a result of...