Exact Terminology argument

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I’m trying to practice my skills in apologetics. I’ve been studying for a year or two. I’ve been chased down with this claim over and over and I don’t have a definitive argument. They say oh the word Eucharist, Sacraments, Trinity, Catholic, Pope, and many other terms are not in the Bible. I used evidence to support my claim on sacraments once, but they said,” if it’s not in Gods word, it’s not doctrine.” Sure I would use evidence against sola scriptura but they wouldn’t bother. Has anyone gone through anything like this? They want the exact word which is just crazy.
 
Well, Eucharist is found in the Bible, εὐχαριστήσας is used in Matthew 26:27. The word “Sacrament” is in the Bible in Latin, and yes, I have dealt with this very thing. Sometimes, you have to point out the logical inconsistencies in their beliefs. Like this: “So, you believe in altar calls”? “Yes, that is correct”, okay, fine, could you tell me where sacrifice takes place in your church?
 
Thanks for answering. And WOW! I never knew that. That’s really cool! God Bless you!
 
I remove this one guy saying the words are not there in scriptures, it’s not in Gods word. He then said the concept is not there. I remember saying the word trinity is not in the Bible, and he said the concept is there but continually says that all of the Catholic terms are not in scripture and our concept are not in the Bible.
 
1)Is the word Catholic in the Bible? (Old threads that may be helpful to you)
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Is the word "Catholic" in the Bible? Sacred Scripture
A friend sent me this. QUOTE: Acts 9:31 (Greek Bible), “ai men oun ekklēsiai kath olēs tēs ioudaias kai galilaias kai samareias eichon eirēnēn oikodomoumenai kai poreuomenai tō phobō tou kuriou kai tē paraklēsei tou agiou pneumatos eplēthunonto” EKKLESIA KATH’OLES. The term “Catholic”, derived from the Greek word καθολικός (katholikos), which means “universal” or “general”, was also used to describe the Church in the early 2nd century. The term katholikos is equivalent to καθόλου (katholou), …
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Word Catholic Found in Scripture? Apologetics
According to Fr. Gerry Tapiador, SSL, in his pamphlet “The Roman Catholic Faith and the Bible”, the word Catholic can be found in Scripture. Here’s what he wrote: In the original Greek text, the last part of Romans 1:8 reads as follows: he pistis humon KATangeletai en HOLO to kosmo… (emphasis his, btw). “He pistis humon” means “your faith”. “Katangeletai” means “is proclaimed/heralded throughout”. It is a compound verb consisting of the preposition “kata” which means “according to” or “through(…
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SPLIT: Acts 9:31 - Origin of the word "Catholic" Sacred Scripture
This is off of an older thread: This is terribly interesting!! :hmmm: Does anybody have some commentary on this, or would like to discuss, etc? Or just learn something new! We commonly think of the first official use of the word “Catholic” as 107 AD by Ignatius, but now it turns out it’s probably biblical.:heaven:
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2.Concerning The Trinity
The Trinity in the New Testament by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.


" Matthew 28:19, where Jesus instructs the apostles: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

The parallelism of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit is not unique to Matthew’s Gospel, but appears elsewhere in the New Testament (e.g., 2 Cor. 13:14, Heb. 9:14), as well as in the writings of the earliest Christians, who clearly understood them in the sense that we do today—that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are three divine persons who are one divine being (God)."

The Blessed Trinity
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3.Is the Word Eucharist in the Bible? (Saint Paul)
 
When a protestant preacher preaches… Unless everything he/she says is a direct quote from the Bible,
then, what they’re saying - can not be found in the Bible…of which, the NT came into existence 400 A.D.

And Gutenberg printing machine came about many 100’s of years later,

And Moses is Saved…

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Exactly! I just don’t understand Protestant or “Non Protestants”.
 
So much more Cosmically Important to get to know Jesus’ Mind and Heart via Gospels // NT
 
DictatorCzar said:
they said,” if it’s not in Gods word, it’s not doctrine.”
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Where in the Bible does it literally say, “if it’s not in the Bible, it’s not doctrine”? For that matter, where does that concept appear? 🤔

(And no… saying “the Scriptures are profitable” isn’t the same thing. 😉 )
 
Protestants who unrealizingly play the, Where is that in the Bible? routine,
trip themselves up …

Barely Nothing said by their preachers … is congruent with Bible.
 
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Bible alone is self-defeating. Ask them: how do you know the names of the authors of the gospels? they don’t name themselves in the Bible.Some Protestants even assume what is not there: I have some yell at me: Herod the King was a Jew, it is in the Bible! …wrong, he was an Edomite and the Bible does not say either way.
 
The word “Trinity” is not in the Bible, yet it is a foundational Christian doctrine.

Also of note, the word “Bible” does not appear in the Bible.

Neither does the word:

Computer
Automobile
Machete
Elevator, etc.
 
Remember, “Protestant” is not a generic term. There are thousands of versions of Protestantism with beliefs and doctrines as widely varied from Holiness Pentecostal to Health-n-Wealth and everything in between.
 
What would be some nice terminology that most Protestants or “Non-Protestants” would get really mad about? Other than Bible and Trinity.
 
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but they said,” if it’s not in Gods word, it’s not doctrine.”
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I love that question from a Protestant because it gets to the heart of why Sola Scriptura is wrong. Next time you are asked that question, ask them where does the Bible say that it must be found in the Bible for it to be doctrine. Not all Protestants even agree what doctrines are in the Bible. The simple answer is that you cannot fine Sola Scriptura anywhere in the Bible.

An excellent debate on this was a number of years ago between Patrick Madrid and James White. I suggest you watch this over and over again and memorize the points. Basically it comes down to the fact that Sola Scriptura is unbiblical, unhistorical, and unworkable as a framework. Happy defending!

 
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What would be some nice terminology that most Protestants or “Non-Protestants” would get really mad about? Other than Bible and Trinity.
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Protestant? and for some non-Christians - Jesus Christ?
 
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