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I am by no means a fundamentalist or a radical traditionalist, but I am truly worried by the way the pope is conducting the Church, at times, I even feel very angry (his statement on the commandments is a good example). I don't think Vatican II is invalid, I do belive Francis is the true pope...

Hi everyone, I am looking for a good OT Catholic Commentary. I already have the New Jerome Bible Commentary and I like it, but its too academic, I want something more doctrinal, for example, I own Lapide's Commentary but thats only on the Gospels, I also own the Catena Aurea and Paul's epistles...

Thank you everyone for your contributions. I know that my argument can be an ad populum fallacy. I do believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, but it does make me wonder if the canon of the Bible is complete or incomplete, perhaps we are excluding some writtings that should be in the...

What about the other 6 epistles that are not attributed to Paul? Particularly 1 and 2 Timothy ...with many scholars suggesting that First Timothy, along with Second Timothy and Titus, are not the work of Paul, but rather are unattributable Christian writing some time in the...

Many letters at the beggining say that it is Paul writting them, if its not Paul, then how shall we call the act of someone who claims is Paul but who isn't? Listen, I love the Bible, I am not trying to disprove it, I am just asking questions...

So if they weren't written by Paul, yet claim to be written by Paul, forgery, they are still Inspired by God?

There are many books, letters that have a lot of early teachings of Christianity, yet they are not in the canon.

Yes, again, maybe Hebrews is an exception, what about 1Timothy, 2 Thessalonians, Colossians, etc.. Like I said, is not the only letter that is not attributed to Paul, almost half of all Pauline Epistles are not attributed to Paul

Some Church fathers don't think it was written by Paul

Maybe not in Hebrews, but for example, 2 Thessalonians is definitely signed by Paul and many think it wasn't written by Paul, same with 1st Timothy, and others

Most scholars agree that not all of Paul's epistles were written by Paul. Almost all scholars think that Hebrews wasn't written by him, even Luther and Calvin believed it wasn't written by Paul. Luther thought it was written by Apollo. So if most agree that Hebrews was forged by someone...

Thank you, I enjoy reading a lot. I have many books regarding Catholicism but I also own many books from Protestant writters, its good to read about their point of view, I don't think its healthy to only read books that agree entirely with your faith or way of thinking. There is a lot to learn...

Well I am a Catholic but I am also a math kind of guy, so I analyze (or over-analyze) when it comes to statistics. There are defenitely many Catholics becoming Protestants, and I will tell you my opinion as to why. I am not trying to dismiss Protestants, but the main reason why I think...

Hey Vincent, I'm located in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, which is actually Mexico State, but I work at a university at the south side of the city, so it takes me around 2 hours to commute from my house to the university (that was before the pandemic). Did you find a good Baptist church...

Yes, that sounds about right. Mexico's population used to be 97% Catholic in the 70s, today it is 82%, it is still a big chunk, making it the 2nd country on earth with the largest Catholic population (after Brazil). Now, that 82% is also not real, because that 82% counts everyone who was...

This happens with everything concerning religion, I read a statistic (and old one BTW) that before the 60s, 80% of those who attended a catholic school ended up keeping the faith after they graduate, after the 60s its around 3% The world no longer believes, well they believe in themselves, not...

Today I confessed with another priest in a different church, everything seems ok, not lenient, not tyrannical. I confessed my sins, he gave me some feedback, absolution, penance, and I was out in less than 3-4 minutes. Lets see how it goes. Today the church was packed, I guess more than 100...

Thank you, I have not much authority on that issue, I have to research more. Thanks for the tip!

Thank you from the warm welcome! I think the priest suffers from the "I'll preach what I think is my own view of God" way of thinking, rather than sticking with Tradition and the Magisterium. Now that you mention the other sacraments, I noticed that when he gives out communion he doesn't say...