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September 30, 2014

What Does Church Mean?

While perusing old editions of Christian histories in a Protestant used-book store, I could not resist eavesdropping on a conversation between two men. "Praise God! He finally joined the church,"…

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September 30, 2014

Baptism Saves You

Even though I was brought up in a devoutly Evangelical home, I wasn’t baptized until I was 21 years old. We attended an independent Bible church with an essentially Baptist…

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September 30, 2014

Can the Church founded by Christ mislead?

Many people who attack certain teachings end up showing their ignorance not in what they say but in what they attack; they show they do not actually understand the real…

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September 30, 2014

How to know if you will be in heaven?

1. If you sincerely STRUGGLE TO PLEASE GOD, by; a) forgiving those who wrong you. b) struggling to be free from sin, and not bringing and keeping sinful materials/companions with…

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September 29, 2014

Judge Not?

As an apologist at Catholic Answers I often get calls and e-mails from people dealing with the immoral behavior of others who are close to them. They are unsure of…

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September 22, 2014

On the ‘Iglesia ni Cristo’ Church

The Iglesia ni Cristo (Tagalog, "Church of Christ") claims to be the true Church established by Christ. Felix Manalo, its founder, proclaimed himself God’s prophet. Many tiny sects today claim to be…

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September 22, 2014

On Mortal Sin; What this means

The concept of mortal sin has been an integral part of the Christian message since the very beginning. Literally dozens of passages in the New Testament proclaim it a fearful…

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September 21, 2014

Immaculate Conception and Assumption

The Marian doctrines are, for Fundamentalists, among the most bothersome of the Catholic Church’s teachings. In this tract we’ll examine briefly two Marian doctrines that Fundamentalist writers frequently object to—the…

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September 21, 2014

Mary, Mother of Salvation

My first personal encounter with the Blessed Virgin Mary happened while I was a student at an Evangelical Anglican seminary in England. I had been brought up as an Evangelical…

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What is the Church's position on tithing?

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September 20, 2014

What is the Church’s position on tithing?

Full Question I was born and raised in the Mormon Church, went on a mission, and did everything a good Mormon should do, including tithing. Since my wife and I…

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September 20, 2014

What "Catholic" Means

The Greek roots of the term "Catholic" mean "according to (kata-) the whole (holos)," or more colloquially, "universal." At the beginning of the second century, we find in the letters…

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September 20, 2014

The Antichrist

The claim that the pope is the Antichrist has been part of anti-Catholic rhetoric since the Reformation, when it was needed to justify the Protestant Reformers’ desire to leave the…

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September 20, 2014

Celibacy and the Priesthood

Fundamentalist attacks on priestly celibacy come in a number of different forms—not all compatible with one another. There is almost no other subject about which so many different confusions exist. The first…

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September 20, 2014

Does Luke Contradict Himself on When Jesus Was Born?

St. Luke begins the second chapter of his Gospel with a chronological note about when Jesus was born: writing: In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that…

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September 20, 2014

On Confession

Are all of our sins—past, present, and future—forgiven once and for all when we become Christians? Not according to the Bible or the early Church Fathers. Scripture nowhere states that…

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September 20, 2014

Could Jesus Have Sinned? Absolutely Not!

Sacred scripture, sacred tradition, and the teaching of the magisterium are unanimous that Jesus Christ was, and still is, sinless. Hebrews 4:15 says, “For we have not a high priest…

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