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Good catch on both the spelling and the correct grammar. ;)

The ethos of CF is essentially anti ancient churches not only anti Catholic Church. Catholics receive more negative attention because the Catholic Church is by far the largest Christian Church in our world. Yet the Orthodox also receive anti Orthodox Church commentary. Even some of the older...

Be careful not to hold your breath waiting for a definitive definition of sola scriptura. One that its advocates will stick to even when it is carefully examined and discussed and challenged. As with many doctrines opinions vary as to its proper meaning and among the separated brethren there are...

It doesn't seem very erudite or interesting. I do not think it represents Catholic Church teaching any more than any other personal opinion (in this case a bit of a melodramatic vlog). The vlogger failed to note the distinction between inspiration and infallibility. These concepts are defined...

I do not think that the answer is "he was not the pope yet" because he was the pope from the moment that the Lord called him to the role of strengthening his brethren and even before that when the Lord named him Rock. But that is a side issue I think. Infallibility does not make a person...

Post #75 is old Seventh Day Adventist propaganda, cherry pick some comments by some chap and claim they represent the teaching of the Catholic Church ... it's all rather 19th century and very tawdry.

You do not consider the new testament as doctrine?

Many people who write posts on forums such as CF write in terms of my-bible-and-my-interpretation vs my-inaccurate-characterisation-of-catholic-beliefs. It's more a case of debating a straw-man that they've constructed than a case of debating Catholic teaching.

Is "bible alone" the definition that you use for "sola scriptura"?

The Catholic view is that holy tradition never contradicts holy scripture but it may enhance it and expand on it and add to it but only what is consistent with holy scripture.

The Glossary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church offers this brief definition of the term Tradition: The body of the CCC offers this on Scripture and Tradition:

Save us all time and CF some band width and stop pretending that the Council of Trent was about Sabbath keeping and breaking. In fact save us time and CF bandwidth and stop posting this nonsense.

Where in the documents of the Council of Trent were "protestants" told "Sola Scriptura meant they would have to keep the Sabbath"?

I have no interest in transforming this thread into a Sabbath debate.

I don't want to argue about what saint Augustine believed. His beliefs are documented and pretending that he taught and believed "sola scriptura" is obviously wrong.

@OzSpen, the holy scriptures are of central importance in Catholic Church teaching so the quote from saint Augustine is exactly what we teach and believe yet saint Augustine did not teach "sola scriptura" because saint Augustine and the Catholic Church teach and believe that apostolic tradition...

Hmm, I wonder if that was a mistaken 'like' it is gone now. I am unsure of the accuracy of the statements about Photius in it. I think I intended to like a post from erose with quotes (and nothing else) from early church fathers. But one can like a post without approving all the things said in...

Peter was not infallible and nor is the current pope nor any pope that preceded him because infallibility is an attribute of specific statements and not a guarantee of personal correctness in every situation and for every statement. Infallibility applies to statements made by church councils and...

I was moderate in my critique of your post by referring only to the conclusion and refraining from mentioning the route taken to reach it in post #26. Specifically, you wrote "Please do not attempt some sort of scripted apologetic. RC are supposed to respect reason and have a higher standard...

Surely the conclusion you've offered is absurd because an individual cannot reduce a whole faith community to sect status simply because you dislike the style of his/her apologetic. I noticed also that @All4Christ liked your post and that makes me wonder what part of it was liked?