Catholicity

 ... and its not what you think! ✠ Why The Christian Bible Was Created      M  any Christians, today, proudly hold up the Bible as the sole foundation of their faith. The y claim it is the "end all" - that there is nothing else. These Christians are known as, "Bible-only," fundamentalists, and their Bible-only notion is known as, "sola scriptura."       While this sounds practical, and has nearly become a cultural concept, it has an inherent problem:      It typically resorts to  giving simplistic answers to complex issues, which sola scriptura adherents claim are biblical. You'll hear them say things like, "It's God," or, "...its in the Bible and you don't need anything else..." and that is often as far as they think things through.      Further, they often justify this by claiming the Bible is, "...from God..." without ackowledging that it had human origins and was the work of physical human beings.  ...

       T oday, there is a great emphasis placed  on the role of, "a personal relationship with Christ,"  among  fundamentalist Christians  - particularly those known as, "Bible-only."       It has become their battle cry, in fact, and  it' s fair to examine it and  put it in to perspective - both practical and h istorical.      Catholics, many Protestants, and even some non-believers remind us that neither  T he Church, nor Christianity over the ages, has ever taught that a, "personal relationship with Jesus" is necessary for salvation. It is wholly a modern, secular-influenced, fabrication.        Of course, all Christians must relate to Christ in certain defined ways. That's clear, as we shall see shortly. But, the term, "personal relationship" is not actually biblical. Neither word, nor the compound phrase itself , is found in the Bible.       Like...

  WHY DON'T CATHOLICS INDICATE THE CHAPTERS AND VERSES WHEN READING THE BIBLE AT MASS? ✝️ _______________ A young man once asked me: 👉 "Why don't Catholics mention the chapters and verses when reading Bible passages at Mass? My pastor told us it's because The  Catholic Church doesn't want people to know the Bible or the truth." I smiled and replied, "Well... I have a question for you. If you already believe your pastor's answer, why are you asking me?" He paused and then said, "Well, because it seems a bit farfetched and conspiratorial....and I'm not convinced." "Good," I said. "That's the right,  enquiring approach...youre going to make a good Catholic." Then, I gave him the true answer. 1️⃣ READING VS. PROCLAIMING Catholics don't just read the Bible at Mass. We PROCLAIM it. 📖 "Reading" is looking at the text and maybe understanding it   ✝️ “To proclaim," on the other hand, is ...