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    ECT PROTESTANT REFORMERS HAD NO LEGITIMATE MISSION FROM GOD TO REFORM THE CHURCH

    The Protestant reformers had no legitimate mission from God---or from someone given power by God---to reform the Church: Jesus Christ instructed His Apostles to preach the Gospel to the whole world (Mt. 28:18-20; cf. 1 Tim. 3:15), therefore they had an "immediate" mission from God. St. Paul...
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    ECT WHY EVANGELICAL PROTESTANTS BECOME CATHOLICS

    Why Evangelical Protestants Become Catholics: “Bottom line: we convert because we come to believe, by God's grace, and with His leading, that the Catholic Church is the fullness of theological and spiritual truth, and the Church that Jesus instituted. Period.”* ________ *Dave Armstrong...
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    ECT THE FOLLY OF PROTESTANT SECTARIANISM

    CHRIST’S LOVE FOUNDED A CHURCH Man’s Pride Invented Denominations & Sects “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18)
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    ECT DEEP IN HISTORY

    It certainly worked for me. :thumb:
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    ECT THE UNIQUE HISTORICAL LEGACY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

    Consider the following facts regarding Christ's one historic Catholic Church: Jesus promised, "I will build my Church [not "churchES"], and the powers of hell shall not prevail against it" (Mt. 16:18). This means that his Church will never be destroyed and will never fall...
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    ECT DID THE ROMAN CHURCH FALL INTO APOSTASY?

    Did the Roman Church Fall Into Heresy and Apostasy? At the time of the Apostles, the Church at Rome is orthodox, and famously faithful: St. Paul praises them for it (Romans 1:8-9), and greets them on behalf of the global Church. Yet the Protestant case requires claiming that sometime, somehow...
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    ECT "I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH"---not "churchES"

    THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: The only Church that Jesus Christ personally & historically founded. All other "churches" were founded by mere men. "The Christian Church in Scripture & Early Christian Testimony"
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    ECT HOW GOD SPEAKS TO US: The Catholic Teaching

    HOW GOD SPEAKS TO US As from the first, God speaks to his Church through the Bible and through sacred Tradition. To make sure we understand him, he guides the Church’s teaching authority—the Magisterium—so it always interprets the Bible and Tradition accurately. This is the gift of...
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    ECT INFALLIBILITY OF THE POPE: Common Non-Catholic Misconceptions

    The Catholic Church’s teaching on papal infallibility is one which is generally misunderstood by those outside the Church. In particular, Fundamentalists and other "Bible Christians" often confuse the charism [gift] of papal "infallibility" with "impeccability." They imagine Catholics believe...
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    ECT A LIST OF TYPICAL ANTI-CATHOLIC STRAW MEN CORRECTED

    Thoughts, comments, questions?
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    ECT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH & DOCTRINAL AUTHORITY: Three Sources

    Thoughts, comments, questions?
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    ECT JESUS NEVER TAUGHT SOLA SCRIPTURA

    Just sayin'...
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    ECT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO "BELIEVE" IN JESUS CHRIST?

    WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO "BELIEVE" IN JESUS CHRIST? I often times run into people who believe once saved always saved. They firmly believe that once they have confessed their sin and asked Jesus into their heart they are saved and can never lose their salvation...
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    ECT "THE CHURCH": A Description of the Biblical Data

    CHURCH Ekklesia (Greek): refers to an "assembly" or "congregation" of people. The words is used 23 times in Acts and 91 times in the rest of the New Testament. The term was broadly applied in Greek literature to several types of social or political gatherings, but more narrowly applied in...
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    ECT NO, THE BIBLE IS NOT THE CHRISTIAN'S ONLY AUTHORITY

    "THE BIBLE, NOT ORAL TRADITION, IS OUR ONLY AUTHORITY!" False. Christ sent the Apostles to teach all things that He had taught them, but the Bible tells us that not all that He did was written in Scripture (Jn. 21:25). Therefore, if all is to be taught, and not all is in Scripture, part of...
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    ECT COMMENTS ON PROTESTANTS AS "SEPARATED BRETHREN"

    What about the Catholic acceptance of some non-Catholics as "separated brothers" in Christ? Musterion closed his thread before I could post my reply---perhaps he didn't want to see my answer. Here's my response to his final post to me: Post your proof. Good question. One's belief in Christ...
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