Facts About Catholic Beliefs

[Glory]

Here it all is on this website sent to me. It helps when sharing with Catholics to better understand what they believe.

http://community-2.webtv.net/TheDeaconSays/RomanCatholic/index.html

[Debbie M.]

Oh my, i loved this link. Such excellent information. I am keeping it in my favorites to possibly pass on to catholics. I find catholics a hard bunch to talk to about the true Jesus and mainly because of the intense indoctrination they have been force fed since childhood. This link is a must read for anyone dealing or witnessing to the many catholics we are surrounded by. Thank you tremondously for posting it.:hug

[Glory]

I'm glad you'll find it helpful. I came from Catholic roots on both my mom's side and my dad's side. How I thank God for leading my parents to build a house right next door to a Baptist woman who shared the gospel with my mom. My mom pulled out her dusty Catholic bible so she could find scripture to argue with this woman, and instead, saw TRUTH in everything the neighbor had told her! My mom was born again! And never went back to the Catholic church again! PRAISE GOD!

[harvest]

Cool link.
I've had some notes I keep on my computer, but this site pretty much answers just about any objections to catholicism.

[The Lord Is There]

I think the confession part is one of the most tragic doctrines.

Regarding degrees of sin, I always thought this verse out of James summed it up pretty well:

"For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it." [James 2:10, NIV]

[AnotherOldGuy]

"21": The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The word "save" occurs in that epistle. "Save" is a verb. Verbs must have nouns, either implicit or explicit, to go along with them in order to make complete sentences.


Funny how people see what they want to see.


The word "faith" is not found anywhere in that passage. The noun that goes along with the word "save" in that epistle is "baptism." Thus, the Bible says that "even baptism doth also now save us," and that is the Scriptural foundation for the Catholic belief that baptism saves us.
Don't just pick out a word. Read the whole verse.

"not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God"

It's not the getting wet part. The answer of a good conscience toward God is what?????

FAITH.



The link says the following: "God's Word makes no distinction as to the gravity of certain sins. It simply states that the wages of sin is death."

However, God's written word does make a distinction as to the gravity of sins. A "sin unto death" is certainly more grave than a "sin NOT unto death."

And that is not the only place where the Bible makes a distinction between sins.
I think two different concepts are being argued here. "The wages of sin is death" - that's a general phrase directed at all mankind. We die because of sin.

I think there are distinctions as to the gravity of sins. The offerings required in the OT varied.

I think that John is referring to the temporal, not eternal, consequences of sin. Some people die during the commission of their sin. It is pointless to pray for that person - they are dead. If that person is a Christian, as implied by the use of 'brother', John does not say that person has lost his salvation. In verse 20 he reminds us that the Lord Jesus is true - He keeps His promises.

[Buzzardhut]

Understanding Roman Catholicism (http://www.buzzardhut.net/Catho/)

Sacramentalism (http://buzzardhut.net/index/htm/Sacramentalism.pdf)

[will729]

Catechism:
"Finally the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things." Pg. 252, #966

that's a bit scary to me.

[Jesse]

Here is one that I would recommend for understanding what Catholics believe: http://www.reachingcatholics.org/

This one has many articles and radio broadcasts - mostly by former Catholics.

[seeHimsoon]

Also, Richard Bennett is an excellent resource (former Catholic priest for 22 years)
http://www.bereanbeacon.org/

as is Mike Gendron (former Catholic for 30 years)
http://pro-gospel.org/x2/