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What is a Protestant, Part One

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     It often comes up just what do I, or others think, about the Protestant church. Well, I DO think about non-Catholics alot, since I view them as separated brothers and sisters in Christ. As such, I have their eternal welfare in mind.      However, just a s with Greek Orthodoxy, so with Protestantism - there is no such thing in reality as the Protestant Church.      "Protestant," and Protestantism are generic terms, covering a huge number of different sects, all of which generally agree in only one thing: a loathful 'protest' against The Catholic Church .      Now some like to say that Protestant means one who protests against the Catholic Church seated at Rome, and ths is fairly so. The Rev. Dr. Goudge, a Protestant, and formerly the Regius professor of Divinity at Oxford, writes, "The number of meanings given to the word Protestant is astonishing, as the great Oxford dictionary will show us.      It sug...
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The Intercession of Mary and The Saints

C'mon man. I don't buy that junk you Catholics say about saints or Mary in heaven, or their intercession. How can you think that some dead woman can intercede for you?      First, let me put aside your crude reference to a canonized saint who has been honored by The Church, solely because of her heroic Christian virtue and charity - which you seem to lack and would deny. And lets forget for a moment that the Bible clearly refers to several, once-living people who are in heaven with God - saints, in other words.      Instead, let me ask you some questions. - Do you believe that human beings possess souls? - Do you believe that human souls are immortal by their very nature? - And if you believe in the future life of the immortal soul,... for instance, YOURS, ... do you think that, "some dead woman" is a sufficient description of a departed believer in Christ? - Would you demand that YOU be referred to as, "just some dead dude?"  - At the funeral of a dep...
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The Eucharist - Yes!

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  This was written only a century after Christ, long before councils, denominations, or the so-called, "Reformation." The early Church universally believed the Eucharist is truly the Body and Blood of Christ. Its not a symbol & not a metaphor. The Catholic Church today has never abandoned this truth: “In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ… are truly, really, and substantially contained.” (CCC 1374) The Eucharist is Jesus. 👉 Subscribe: www.youtube.com/@CatholicTruthOfficial 🙏 Support our Catechesis & Evangelization: www.catholictruth.org/donate/ #Catholic #CatholicChurch #Eucharist #RealPresence #CatholicTruth #Apologetics #EarlyChurch #CatholicFaith #BibleTruth
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Catholics Affirm Sola Scriptura

  Would it Matter if Catholics Affirmed Sola Scriptura? Does  Anything  Actually Follow from  Sola Scriptura ?       In what follows I will show that it would not matter if a Catholic were to affirm the foundational Protestant principle of Sola Scriptura (“Scripture Alone”). In fact, I will show that nothing relevant to the Catholic/Protestant debate actually follows from Sola Scriptura at all. What Is  Sola Scriptura ?      Although strict definitions of  Sola Scriptura  do not always agree, Protestant sources from Evangelicals to Reformed Baptists, and from scholarly to popular sources paint the following basic picture:     When it comes to Christian faith, the Bible (Scripture) is the one and only authority. There is nothing else and there can never be anything else. Period.      Here are some examples of this affirmation from ten highly acclaimed Evangelical and Protestant sources: ...
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