Capturing Christianity

@Joseph_Spurgeon Clearly AI.

Roman Catholics never seem to understand the doctrine of sola scriptura. Sola scriptura is not the belief that Holy Scripture is the only authority, nor that an individual can infallibly interpret the Scriptures. Rather, it is the doctrine that Holy Scripture is the only infallible authority and therefore has supreme authority over the church. It is not the only authority. The church has real authority, along with other forms of authority in the Christian life. Those who hold to sola scriptura also maintain that Scripture is to be understood within the life of the church. It was given to the church. It guards and defines the boundaries of the church. It shapes the life of the church. The church receives it, interprets it, and works through it, not as a single infallible institution, but as a body that is accountable to the Word. A central problem in Roman Catholic argumentation is their equivocation on the word infallible. They blur the distinction between infallible and inerrant, and then build an entire doctrine on that confusion. Infallible means unable to err by nature. It is not merely that something happens to be correct in a given instance. It means it cannot be wrong. Holy Scripture is infallible because it is the very Word of God. God cannot err, and therefore His Word cannot err. Everything Scripture says carries full authority because it is true without any possibility of error. Human beings, however, can make inerrant statements without being infallible. “Jesus Christ is the Messiah” is an inerrant statement. “My name is Joseph Spurgeon” is an inerrant statement. Even something like the table of contents of Scripture can be correct. The church can recognize the canon without error. But none of that makes the church infallible. It simply means that, at times, it has spoken truly. Infallibility is not something that comes and goes. It is not something that appears in rare moments and then disappears. If a person or institution is infallible, that is a property of what they are, not a temporary condition they enter into under certain circumstances. That is exactly where the Roman doctrine of papal infallibility breaks down. It claims the Pope is infallible only in specific moments, under carefully defined conditions. That is not infallibility. That is a redefinition of the term to protect a doctrine that cannot stand on its own. And historically, this was not some universally held belief quietly passed down from the apostles. In the Middle Ages, the Franciscans, particularly in their disputes over poverty, began pressing arguments that would effectively bind the Pope to prior authoritative statements. They were attempting to lock in earlier papal rulings so that a later pope could not overturn them. In response, Pope John XXII rejected those claims outright. He saw exactly what was happening. To grant that kind of infallibility would place the pope in submission to prior declarations in a way that undermined his own authority. He resisted it, and the idea was not accepted as settled doctrine at the time. Only much later, under very different pressures, was papal infallibility formally defined at the First Vatican Council in 1870. It was not the clear, consistent teaching of the church through the ages. It was a deformation, argued for, resisted, and finally imposed. Sola scriptura cuts through all of this confusion. It locates infallibility where it actually belongs, in the Word of God. Scripture alone cannot err. Scripture alone carries absolute authority. The church has real authority, but it is always a derived and accountable authority. It can speak truly, but it is never incapable of error. Everything must be judged by the Word of God, because only the Word of God is infallible.

@Deenresponds Good.

Tiktok just banned Orthodox Muslim, Akber.io myself and many other islamic speakers/dais on tiktok.

“Blessed is the crisis that made you grow, the fall that made you gaze up to heaven, the problem that made you look for God!” Saint Padre Pio 🕊️

According to Islamic sources, Muhammad: - Thought he was demon possessed - Was bewitched so badly that he thought he was having relations with his wives when he wasn't - Used to foam at the mouth during his "revelations" And Muslims think this is normal?

We can barely comprehend the behavior of a single photon. If the source of all photons fits neatly inside your head, you probably built it there.

@ThoughtfulSaint Thanks! And sounds good, just let me know.

@CapturingChrist I will see what Blake thinks. I know you are a good moderator. (I would even say you are my favorite moderator). So maybe if I have assurances that you will keep Sam respectful perhaps I can convince Blake.

Sam Shamoun: “Gods can’t be made human and die like men… that is why Yahweh is species unique… Yahweh can’t die” Me: Remember when Jesus died… 🤔 ———— (Sam is literally making the same argument made by 1st century Jews to say Jesus was not divine)

Sam has triggers, and, at times, succumbs to those triggers. He's admitted to me privately and has said publicly that he's working on it. Having said that, if you go watch his debate with Khalil Andani on my channel, he was nothing but respectful. That's how he conducts himself in coversations with scholars. If Blake is open to it, just let me know!

@CapturingChrist I don’t know if Blake will want Sam there. His constant personal insults are unacceptable. Sam is not a grown up. Like seriously. What do you plan to do to keep this a grown up conversation? I would have to assure Blake his wife is not going to be called a whore by Sam.

@ThoughtfulSaint Let me talk to Sam and see if he’d be open to that.

@CapturingChrist I never claimed Christians ever had a low Christology. How about you have me and Blake on to discuss Sam’s analysis?

@JacobMaybe31981 @ThoughtfulSaint No, that's not my rebuttal. I would encourage you to read it again and come back once you have something substantive to add to the discussion.

@CapturingChrist @ThoughtfulSaint So your rebuttal is "yur wrong cuz hypostatic union". The Hypostatic union isn't some magic wand you can wave when people point out obvious contradictions in your theology.

@BlessedThomist @ThoughtfulSaint It's also quite sad that he genuinely thinks Christians have a "counting problem." More will be revealed tonight: youtube.com/live/rS_-I5wXE…

@CapturingChrist @ThoughtfulSaint At this point he purposefully misrepresent catholicism

The Sacrament of Reconciliation restores our unity with God through the forgiveness of sins and the infusion of sanctifying grace. This generates the inner unity of the person and unity with the Church. It fosters peace and unity within the human family. One might ask: do those Christians who bear serious responsibility in armed conflicts have the humility and courage to make a serious examination of conscience and to go to confession?

@ApoloJedi_ My total evidence confirms Catholicism by a wide margin.

Roman Catholics, What is preventing you from accepting Reformed Christianity?

@peterboghossian Same.

I have had deeply concerning issues with the same guy Warren discusses.

@RealBenLuigi @ThoughtfulSaint FWIW, I'm willing to host this debate.

Yup here comes the gaslighting. I’m offering a formal debate with you on basically any date on a serious video platform (MDD, the Crucible, etc). It doesn’t have to be April, it can be May, June, July, etc. The same thing I’ve offered you for damn near a year. When you’re ready for that, let me know. Until then stop wasting my time by running and pretending you’re not. ‘Let’s hop on a space THIS INSTANT OR NEVER😡’ is just you running.

Me: Hey you have been wanting to debate me on the Trinity for months let’s debate tonight on x Him: No let’s debate next month on a platform of my choosing Me: Sorry next month I have a debate planned. Let’s do it now Him: Stop running away Me:

Meanwhile, St. Ignatius, an early bishop and student of St. John, doesn’t even consider himself a true disciple of Jesus until he’s on his way to martyrdom.

Blessed is the crisis that made you grow, the fall that made you gaze up to heaven, the problem that made you look for God St. Padre Pio

Lord.

“No one can come to the kingdom of heaven who has not first fought bravely against sin.” — St. Julian of Toledo

“The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.” — St. John Paul II