but thanks for the answers guys, I gave it back to him and told him I didnāt want it. He seemed to be relatively expectant of it 
May God bless you and your father abundantly.To clear things up, yes, my father is a Pentecostal, and probably believes this Jimmy Swaggart guy is good enough for him
From your Catholic bible, you can tell him of the three (thereās that number again) mentions of the resurrection in 2 Maccabees. You can tell him of the teaching of eternal life in 2 Maccabees. You can tell him of life everlasting which is taught in the book of Tobit. You can ask him if he has heard of the Jewish holy day of Hanukkah, which was established by the events in 2 Maccabees, when the Law of Moses, which had been banned by the Seleucid kings, was restored to Israel, and the Temple cleansed and re-dedicated in time for Christ to be born under the Law so as to fulfll the Law. Things like that. Some say that those books were not inspired of God.To clear things up, yes, my father is a Pentecostal, and probably believes this Jimmy Swaggart guy is good enough for him
The reformers also believed in Maryās ever virginity with Luther even supporting the praying of the Hail Mary. Iāve said this beforeā¦ When the reformers and the Catholics agree on something and you do not, you have to question the sand that your house is built on.
Good for you in pIcking his bible notā¦
No it has not always been historically taught held doctrine. Jerome is the first one that can be cited for it. The doctrine first appeared in gnostic writings and not christian writings . I guess you have not carefully studied the early church fathers which would explain the false claims you make. I am not doing LOL at that doctrine or laughing at Roman Catholic doctrineā¦ I did that with regard to each side being able to cite him on something. If unsure of this you should have asked me first rather than assume the worst. I dont think very highly of Liberal protestant professors at all. Evidently you are unaware of the various views held on this issue. Even when men like Jerome held to it that belief itself was not a dogmatically defined held doctrine itself. You see I dont care one way or the other if one believes in it or not. I do have an issue when it is made a required doctrine to be held by all the people of God. I personally do not hold to it but allow the right of others to mistakenly to believe it as long as it is not made a dogmatic doctrine. You seem to be unaware of the " Helvidian theory " . This theory is held by a majority of Protestants.The so called " Hieronymian theory " and the " Epiphanian theory " are clearly exegetically false and contradict one another in itās arguments for Mary being ever virgin. The RCC has not settled which of those two theories for Mary being ever virgin is correct. You seem to be unaware of Protestant beliefs. The early reformers were divided on the issue and yet none of them held to it as a dogmatically held doctrine. Sure some had belief of it but never as a defined doctrine requried to be held by everyone. Very big difference there. Beside this is off the topic of the tread. You do see the title of this thread right ? Please do not be selffish and distract from the purpose of this thread.
The Catholic teaching on Mary being ever-virgin comes from the Apostles. If St. Jerome affirmed this, then he was just being a good Catholic.Hey but Roman Catholics use Saint Jerome for things too like the doctrine of Mary being the ever virgin. lolAll is fair that each side can quote him on some things lol
First of all, I was a former protestant and actually I really donāt care about the fancy names of all your different theories. This has been taught and testified to from the beginning of the Church. It is not an invention of St. Jerome. I only brought up this old Professor because while he did not even believe in the virgin birth, he did admit that this was the teaching of the church from the start and the get go, written and testified from the earliest writers and those who might have known Mary or knew those who knew Mary. You are the one that brought it up and I wanted to defend Our Blessed Mother and I am very much aware of Protestant beliefs and I am not a cradle Catholic.
He was a good Catholic in agreeing to translate the scriptures into Latin, a good Catholic when he deferred to the Church on the canon, and is praying for Christian unity before the Lordās throne as we speak!
Sorry the belief that she was the ever virgin is just not apostolic in orgin.You have no idea of what I believe or teach or anything of my theological back ground of my entire life. Please give it a rest. I read the church fathers themselves and I dont find that teaching in the 1st or 2nd cen at all.Guess some fairy tales from you. I do agree that Mary was a virgin when she gave birth. That is the core issue. It does not matter if you are a former this or a former that. This does not make you more realiable of anything . The fact of the matter is from a historical stand point the belief Mary forever remained a virgin was first documented in Gnostic writings and not Christian writings. You dont want to defend anything and are rather causing an unnecessary argument over something that is entirely irrelevent to this thread. Get yourself together. I was not trashing Mary in case that was what you were incorrectly thinking. Me saying Jerome can be cited by each side for something different is what I was talking about in context and nothing more than that. In reality there was nothing to defend at least not in this thread. You are making it a biggger deal than what it really is. All too often converts such as yourself do totally unnecessary stuff like this and there is no need to. I dont run into problems like this with cradle catholics. I never acted like that either from the cradle either. All I am here to do in this thread is to explain why Swaggart is heretical in several of his teaching which is a concern for Roman Catholics and Protestants.Because of you I will leave this tread.
You have done that very clearly.
Because a question was asked about finding a good Bible and this happens to be an excellent Bible.
Iāve had this Bible for about two years and read it every day and I havenāt found anything that even the staunchest Catholic could consider āanti-Catholicā. Is there anything in particular about the Bible you find anti-Catholic?
Agreed! Even most Protestants would avoid the notes that Swaggart has in his study Bible (that is a huge subject in itself, but suffice it to say that Swaggart holds little weight outside of his own followers).
Did you notice that brand new suit Swaggart was wearing the following weekā¦?My father got me this Bible (cost him a lot, about $100
What does Rev Swaggerts commentary say of the bread of life discourse? Does he say that we receive the body and blood of our Lord in the Eucharist or does he believe Christ is speaking symbolically?