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[ChristianWAB]

Paris Blues:
Protestants say that the RCC teaches “another doctrine”. How so?

Many doctrines of the Catholic Church don’t gel too well with scripture. Just one example of this is transubstantiation. The Catholic Church says that they can transform a series of small, edible discs into the actual body, blood and divinity of our Lord Jesus. Catholics will cite John 6 to justify this and may need to invoke Matthew 16:18 if ever questioned as to where the priests get this power. The Bible forbids idolatry (worshipping objects as your God) and John 6 has also been interpreted to be symbolic; not figurative, so that’s just one of several ways that Protestants and Catholics butt heads.

Paris Blues:
As we all know, Protestants believe that they are saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone (cf. Eph. 2:8-9). But it says, “If anyone says that a sinner is justified by faith alone…let him be anathema” (from the RC Council of Trent, Can. 9). Where is this in the Bible as well? HELP!!!

You won’t find anything resembling Canon 9 of the Council of Trent in the Bible. Good works are a byproduct of your devotion, faith and trust in Jesus. If you have Jesus within you, good works would naturally follow. However, you can’t do good works to attain salvation. The Bible tells us this in, as you mentioned, Ephesians 2:8-9:

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."
Paris Blues:
I don’t know WHAT to believe because both contradict eachother :banghead: !!!

Welcome to the club. Well, you’re in a Catholic forum, so expect the majority of the answers you get to be pro-Catholic. If you want to know how these things measure up in the Bible, you might want to start here:

gotquestions.org/

God Bless you in your search for the truth.

 

[MariaG]

ChristianWAB:

Paris Blues:
Protestants say that the RCC teaches “another doctrine”. How so?

Many doctrines of the Catholic Church don’t gel too well with scripture. Just one example of this is transubstantiation. The Catholic Church says that they can transform a series of small, edible discs into the actual body, blood and divinity of our Lord Jesus. Catholics will cite John 6 to justify this and may need to invoke Matthew 16:18 if ever questioned as to where the priests get this power. The Bible forbids idolatry (worshipping objects as your God) and John 6 has also been interpreted to be symbolic; not figurative, so that’s just one of several ways that Protestants and Catholics butt heads.

Paris Blues:
As we all know, Protestants believe that they are saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone (cf. Eph. 2:8-9). But it says, “If anyone says that a sinner is justified by faith alone…let him be anathema” (from the RC Council of Trent, Can. 9). Where is this in the Bible as well? HELP!!!

You won’t find anything resembling Canon 9 of the Council of Trent in the Bible. Good works are a byproduct of your devotion, faith and trust in Jesus. If you have Jesus within you, good works would naturally follow. However, you can’t do good works to attain salvation. The Bible tells us this in, as you mentioned, Ephesians 2:8-9:

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."
Paris Blues:
I don’t know WHAT to believe because both contradict eachother :banghead: !!!

Welcome to the club. Well, you’re in a Catholic forum, so expect the majority of the answers you get to be pro-Catholic. If you want to know how these things measure up in the Bible, you might want to start here:

gotquestions.org/

God Bless you in your search for the truth.

Paris Blues was received into the Holy Catholic Church a few weeks ago.

But please feel free to start a new thread on even one Catholic doctrine that contradicts the Bible. If there is even one, I will leave the Catholic Church immediately.

God Bless,
Maria

 

[Paris_Blues]

Guys,

Please go back and read post #32!

 

[kayla]

Read this again…Would you think that the one Church that Jesus started just may be the true Church? Well, Jesus Christ did start a Church, He called it His Church. Read Matthew 16: v 17 thru’ 19. Jesus told St. Peter that He would build His Church on him (Peter).

where in this bible quote do you see Churches???
you don’t…it’s Church! the one true Chruch that Jesus started.
there was only “one” !
good luck Nichole…I’m glad your jouney brings you home to the one True Church that Jesus started…the Catholic Church.

 

[jimmy]

Today happens to be the aniversary of the start of this thread. Happy anniversary.

 

[Paris_Blues]

kayla:

Read this again…Would you think that the one Church that Jesus started just may be the true Church? Well, Jesus Christ did start a Church, He called it His Church. Read Matthew 16: v 17 thru’ 19. Jesus told St. Peter that He would build His Church on him (Peter).

where in this bible quote do you see Churches???
you don’t…it’s Church! the one true Chruch that Jesus started.
there was only “one” !
good luck Nichole…I’m glad your jouney brings you home to the one True Church that Jesus started…the Catholic Church.

GUYS GUYS GUYS!!!

Look, I made this thread back on December 1, 2004 (a year ago). Post #32 was to tell how I came to the Faith.

I was looking back at this thread to see how far I’ve come. I know the CC is the True Church but people don’t read #32 and they end up thinking I don’t know there is a TRUE Church when I know and they go ahead and post.

STOP IT!

For your info guys, PLEASE don’t tell me something I already know. This thread, again, was made LAST YEAR! Not this year.

 

[Milliardo]

kayla:

Read this again…Would you think that the one Church that Jesus started just may be the true Church? Well, Jesus Christ did start a Church, He called it His Church. Read Matthew 16: v 17 thru’ 19. Jesus told St. Peter that He would build His Church on him (Peter).

where in this bible quote do you see Churches???
you don’t…it’s Church! the one true Chruch that Jesus started.
there was only “one” !
good luck Nichole…I’m glad your jouney brings you home to the one True Church that Jesus started…the Catholic Church.

Kayla, Paris has already come home to the Church just recently. She’s definitely home, and we’re happy for her because of it.