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  1. Alain Valdivia

    Hope in the Lord

    I recently saw a post where someone was talking about how they repented 8 times and took an altar call several times and still suffered tremendous torment in their souls regarding their state before God. They still felt themselves to be under His wrath and condemnation and not one of His beloved...
  2. Alain Valdivia

    Salvation; Solely By Grace

    As a Roman Catholic, many these days, especially devout Protestants, proclaim that we teach that man is not justified by faith, but by their own works and efforts. As a Catholic, this is simply not the case. Our doctrine has its source not only in the writings of Holy Writ, but in the witnesses...
  3. Alain Valdivia

    Are Roman Catholics Saved?

    According to many fundamentalists and Reformed Churches, Roman Catholic who adhere to the teachings of the Church, namely that of the Council of Trent are unconverted and are damned by God. To the Protestants, are Catholics truly brothers and sisters in your view or are they unsaved? And what’s...
  4. Alain Valdivia

    Despairing of Ever Being Saved

    I’m really struggling and discouraged that I’ll ever be saved in the end. I mean, I don’t know how more people aren’t in despair as to their salvation. How can they not be? That gate they must enter is so narrow, so minute, so hidden and so difficult to enter. Entering that most narrow gate is...
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    For Catholics: Romans 8:16 and Assurance of Salvation

    I got a question in regards to assurance of salvation and Romans 8:16. I know the Church teaches that we may have a moral and reasonable certainty of salvation (otherwise who would partake of the Eucharist?) but that we can’t have an absolute assurance that we will necessarily receive the gift...
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    Is St. Augustine’s View of Justification Correct?

    Hey everyone, currently I’m reading St. Augustine and for me I would like to espouse his doctrine justification and whether you guys think his doctrine of salvation is sound To begin with, Augustine denied that we could do any good work by our own free will apart from the grace of God. He would...
  7. Alain Valdivia

    For Unsaved Family

    Please pray for my father, mother, and sister that they would be saved. My father seems to be going through depression and he says that he needs many things to make him happy including money. My mother is a professing Catholic but she doesn't know the Lord and she once denied that Jesus was God...
  8. Alain Valdivia

    Assurance and Love for other Christians

    Hello everyone, I have a question concerning 1 John and assurance of salvation. According to these verses: -"The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now. The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him...
  9. Alain Valdivia

    Question on Loving the Brethren

    Hello everyone, I have a question concerning 1 John and assurance of salvation. According to these verses: -"The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now. The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him...