Against Heresies

@PresbyInn The Rosary is way more effective when you sufficiently meditate on the mysteries and you do that best with the Scripture. Try it today and see the result today. youtu.be/8CmGSnWpR_8?si…

Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

@OpStCyprian Nice try

The US Catholic Bishops Bible identifies the woman as Israel

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I am officially a Catholic! Truly blessed to receive the body and blood of my Lord Jesus Christ and to be confirmed into the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. Photo of my priest, Father Dave, me, and my sponsor Tom.

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@needGod_net @Trent_Horn Does this mean you know more than St. John?🤔

Thanks for the reply Trent. But how do I know I’m truly saved? I don’t look to my works to find out if I believe, I can simply know what my confidence is in, Jesus or myself to save me. As Paul says “I know whom I have believed” (2 Tim 1:12). The big difference is, under the Catholic view, you think you remain in a state of grace but obedience to God’s rules (that is, not doing mortal sins). That’s what makes it performance-based, rather than purely grace based. I remain in a state of grace by faith in Jesus, and not my obedience at all, because Jesus was perfectly obedient on my behalf. But I still seek to be obedient out of love and gratitude to God, but it doesn’t keep me in a state of grace. By the way, we should definitely do this chat we were planning on doing earlier this year.

"I haven't mortally sinned" — Really? Responding to Trent Horn.

Of course you think that morality and avoiding mortal sins do not matter for heaven because under your view, as long as one believes that Christ died for his sins, he could go on and be a serial killer and still have eternal life in heaven (whether he stops his killings or not) But what does Scripture consistently say: “Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.” (1 John 3:15) St. Paul writing to believers: “I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things [live in sins of the flesh] will not inherit the kingdom of God” (Gal 5:21) St. James: “faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.” (James 2:17) This doesn’t mean that the Apostles are saying that our going to heaven depends on our ability to do these, no, it depends on the Grace which Christ won through His death on the cross. No one can love his brother, avoid mortal sins, do good works pleasing to God except by Grace. St. Paul on his apostolic work: “No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.” (1 Cor 15:10) That is the Catholic position: “not I but grace”. We don’t give ourselves the credit when we avoid mortal sins and do good works. We believe that we are able to do them ONLY by God’s free gift of grace. So, there’s in fact no reason at all for anyone to boast in himself. We’re going to heaven because Christ died and brought us the grace that sanctifies and helps us say ‘no’ to the sins/disobedience that would’ve otherwise condemned us before God: “for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.” (Romans 2:8)

@rock_breakin @needGod_net Welcome to the gospel of Ryan. Thinking that it’s necessary for one to repent from his sins to be saved is too much work according to him and only means that you are trusting in yourself and not God for salvation. lol

@beCatholicc @needGod_net I have never heard an argument that repentance isn't key to accepting The Gospel into your heart. Where did you get this notion from?

This is often how Catholics/Orthodox respond as soon as we say "Our obedience doesn't save us, Jesus does." They think obedience not saving us = not important. To the contrary, obeying is important, it just has no part in getting us to heaven. What Jesus did is enough.

@DisaffectedZ @needGod_net True

@beCatholicc @needGod_net There is a good discourse on confession in the epistle of St. James as well.

Which one sounds like good news to you? Option 1: Jesus saves you if you're obedient - avoiding mortal sins, confession to priest, other good deeds. ❌ Option 2: Jesus saves you based on His obedience and sacrifice alone, received by faith. And we obey out of gratitude. ✅

@laughinglionl @needGod_net 💯

@beCatholicc @needGod_net Not sure why this is still a debate or ever was when the NT consistently refutes sola fide over and over

She crossed the line Protestants warn you never to cross. Now listen to why she’s glad she did.

How are they not the same? The only difference between a Marian altar and that set up for Charlie Kirk is just the image. Replace Charlie’s image with that of Mary and watch you scream idolatry. (People also burned candles for him and you totally understood it as honor). The woman and her seed in enmity with “that ancient serpent” is in reference to the prophecy of Genesis 3:15 which was ultimately fulfilled in Mary and her seed Jesus. The interpretation of the woman is multilayered: from Eve to Israel to Mary and the Church. None literally fits 1:1 (Israel never literally fled for 1260 days). But that’s beside the point. The question remains, is Scripture worshipping the woman for depicting her with a crown in heaven, irrespective of who you think she is? The Saints in heaven are also our living friends. Christ gave them eternal life and He said there’s rejoicing in heaven when one sinner repents, meaning that the heavenly beings are aware of things on earth so we know they’re aware of our request to pray for us. And even if they aren’t (they are), still doesn’t make it worship. (John saw them in Revelations offering our prayers to God) Catholics also go directly to Jesus every time. The real question is why ignore the help from the righteous in heaven when their prayer is more powerful and effective?

@beCatholicc @needGod_net 1. You damn well know its not at all the same, why playing this dumb game Revelation 12 is israel, not mary, AT ALL. The "sun, moon, and 12 stars" is a direct quote from joseph's dream in genesis 37:9-11, the 12 tribes. Mary didn't flee for 1,260 days; the remnant of israel does.

Bringing in a statue for all pray to. This isn't Christianity. They do this in Buddhism and Hinduism.

@needGod_net How about this comment from a former supporter of yours under Trent Horn’s latest response to you?

Praise God, Catholic student gets his view totally flipped! "I just never knew. I just followed, kind of blindly to what the church taught."

Didn’t Evangelicals make and decorate a golden statue for trump just 2 weeks ago? You also all had no issue with all the Charlie Kirk “altars” that was set up in his honor, with people kneeling before his image, surrounding it with flowers, candles and writing messages to him in heaven. You all understood it as honor, you all grasped that it is distinct from worship but when a similar thing is done for Mary (the most honored woman to ever exist), you suddenly can no longer grasp it? Revelation 12 also depicts the woman who bore Christ as a Queen having a crown in heaven. Is Scripture too worshiping the woman? Anyone who knows Catholicism knows that every petition to Mary is for her to take to her Son like she did at the wedding at Cana, not that she can do anything on her own. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective (James 5:16)

@beCatholicc @needGod_net 1. ​Comparing photos to how the church treats mary is a huge false equivalency, u don't build golden altars for dead relative's photo, crown their statue, assign them cosmic titles like "Queen of Heaven" and "Co-Redemptrix," or recite repetitive prayers demanding protection,

@DMarie_PTL @ChadEsparga @needGod_net Is this worship?

@beCatholicc @ChadEsparga @needGod_net Do you see anyone kneeling down and praying to those Veterans who served or died for our country… no!

People cry, kiss the images of their loved ones everyday, make songs for them, ask them to pray for them (exactly what Catholics do when we pray to Saints in heaven). Many cultures bow as a way of honor (we see this in Scripture too). No one thinks that these things are worship of itself. You’re the ones who are either feigning ignorance or have a low view of worship.

@beCatholicc @needGod_net You just playing coy and feign ignorance, you know exactly catholic and ortho worship and venerate mary unlike random statue, crying before it, howl, seething, and bow before it unlike random statue, you even made a prayer and song exclusively for mary, none of it on the bible