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The only appropriate outrage is against an unjust administration that would actively seek to separate children as a deterrent to unlawful immigration. The last sentences of the article you posted reads... “To be clear: the Obama administration’s use of ATEP was not intended to break-up...

Let’s continue with #1, a bishop must be a married man. Now first, do you understand Paul’s instructions as guidance, an example of qualities desired, or a list of mandatory requirements? Since you place emphasis on the word “must”, I’m going to assume that you mean mandatory requirements. So...

Let’s deal with Call no man father first... Here’s what the Bible says (Matt 23). 1Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2“The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, 3so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice...

One point I’ve not seen mentioned is that the Semitic cultures of that time maintained two records of major political/kingdom events. 1) those kept by those in power (ie the Kings) and 2) those kept by independent observers (ie Chroniclers). Experts in this claim that the accounts of “kings”...

This is believed by many, but may be quite wrong. A competing idea is that Mary is a representational type of Eve, chosen to be the bearer of Christ, the new and perfect Adam. This idea has some support in writings from the early Middle Ages. Also, while syncretism was a thing then as...

I don’t yet know when the concept of Mary as “queen of Heaven” started but I do know that by 998 or so, Aelfric, a leading English cleric, wrote various sermons that we still have. In them he calls Mary the “Heavene Cwen”. In Old English, Cwen means lady, think Lady of the House, and the...

There seems to be an issue of what is meant by literal translation and “word for word”. “Word for word” simply means that the one best word in English is used for the Hebrew or Greek word—this poses some challenges as illustrated by the very good example you chose. While “knew” would be a...

First, there is a problem of false equivalency—does the OP point to the same decision with the same magnitude and consequences or something else? Second, one story is not “evidence”. A story from prior to May 2018 might be better support, otherwise it’s likely propaganda or selective...

That would be a question for BNR32FAN, since they wrote the OP, but attending church has little to do with whether one has been saved or not.

I’m not sure that “living in sin” in the OP means unmarried but living together. I think the broader sense of sinful or unrepentant is meant.

Part of the difficulty in addressing this topic well is the very real problem of knowing what passages mean. If Catholic, you accept Holy Tradition which tells you what to know. If Protestant, rejecting all but Scripture itself is common, which means you read and cross-reference and the Holy...

From “catholicculture.org” ACCIDENTS Definition Things whose essence naturally requires that they exist in another being. Accidents are also called the appearances, species, or properties of a thing. These may be either physical, such as quantity, or modal, such as size or shape...

Hi Radagast, I’m a Protestant but I think I can explain this doctrine—I think it will make some sense to many Protestants who believe that Christ is spiritually present in the Lords Supper. To start, I believe “accidents” refer to the material substance that we call real. The true reality is...

A great question. Christmas is the wrong time to read all the replies :) I suspect that much of the animosity results from the intrinsic conflict that arises from each side believing they have an authoritative position. It’s rare to find a truly ‘private’ interpretation of what it means to be...

There's a lot that's been said about conditions placed on people to determine whether they are saved or not. However, the one condition that must be met is that sin must result in death. Jesus died that death--he who had no sin became sin for us. The condition has been met, his love for us is...

Alas, Galileo was tried for promoting Heliocentrism (that the sphere of the sun is the center of our solar system and that the earth is its satellite), not for challenging a "flat earth" theory. Scientist knew the Earth was round well before Galileo.

There has never been a "Flat Earth Theory", the ancient Greeks knew it was a sphere. The word Theory itself is from the late 16th century. Which generations of scientists disbelieved the evidence of the Greeks?

If this is Luke 13:23, Jesus doesn't say "few will be saved", he answers the question "will few be saved?". The answer is telling. Jesus says many will try to enter by the narrow door, but then he intimates that only being known by the owner of the house will gain entry. This passage is a...

Some documentable support for you position that the Reformers believed their interpretation to be infallible would be helpful. Semper reformanda (always reforming) is frequently overlooked. Also, where does Scripture contradict Sola Scriptura? An infallible understanding/interpretation is NOT...

While there was no "canonized" NT for about 400 years, the written books were definitely present in abundance and well used. There are no books in the canonized NT that were foreign to the church of the late first/early second century. The goal of canonizing/codifying the NT was to establish...