Sola Scripture isn’t in the bible. IT IS the Bible.
**Where is it then? I need a verse
Call no man Father- Then forget about calling your dad “dad” because “dad” in essence is the simpler version of "Father. Don’t call the American founding Fathers, the founding fathers because that is a violation as well. Don’t call the Church Fathers “Fathers” (Such as Augustine) because this is then a violation of Call no man Father. Don’t call Your Pastor “Reverend” because Only one PERSON could ever merit the title of Reverend and that is Our LORD. Don’t call Your Pastor “Pastor” because there is only one Shepherd and that is JESUS.
The True Presence of CHRIST in the EUCHARIST- Read John 6. Also read the account of the Last Supper. JESUS never said “This represents my Body” or “This is a symbol of my Body”, HE said 'THIS
I]IS** MY BODY". HE then gave this command “Do this in rememberance of ME”. Hence the reason the Church does this every Sunday, and evn every day. To fulfill the Divine Command and to renew the New, Eternal and Saving Covenant written by the PRECIOUS BLOOD of CHRIST upon Calvary.
St. Peter as the First Pope- “Thou art Peter, and upon this rock, I shall build my Church”. The whole Petros vs Petras arguement doesn’t hold due to gender specific nouns. Also, Our LORD said to St. Peter "I Give
YOU the keys to the kingdom of Heaven. “Whatever
YOU bind on Earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatever
YOU loose on earth, shalt be loosed in Heaven”. Why on earth would Our LORD bother adressing Peter this way? Why does Peter always appear with John the Beloved and James? Why does Our LORD tell Peter to
FEED MY SHEEP. Why wouldn’t Our LORD tell all the 11 that? Why did HE pull Peter aside and tell Him this, alone? Of course Peters faith faltered, but so does ours. Peter went out of this world on an upside down Crucifix. The Humility of St. Peter is astouding. He told His executioners that “I am not worthy to die in the same manner as my LORD”. When Our Humility becomes thus, then we can point fingers at how weak or strong someones faith is, even then we shouldn’t.
Sacrament of Confession- HE breathed on them and said “Recieve the HOLY SPIRIT. Whomevers sins
YOU forgive are forgiven. Whomevers Sins ***YOU *** reatin, are retained”. Our LORD never gave us this command as laymen because we don’t have the authority to forgive sins. HE did give it to the assembled 11. Why did He bother saying this? Why would Our LORD apparently spit air for no reason? HE didn’t because HE gave His Apostoles and all those who would be ordained through the line of Apostolic succession the power to forgive sins in HIS NAME.
Holy MASS- Scott Hahn, a very, very sharp Catholic theologian once went to a Catholic MASS. As a Protestant, He thought this was THE ultimate act of blasphemy. However, curiosity drew him in. He attended and He was shocked at how Biblical the MASS was, and how often Catholics use the Bible at the MASS. Protestants use it for 2% of their Services. Catholics use it 26% (For reading) and this does NOT include the vast number of Biblical and Early Christian prayers during the MASS, e.g. at the Canon or the Eucharistic Prayer.
So which is more biblical? A Group that splintered from the Only True Church? Martin Luther should be accused of Dishonesty. Martin Luther added the word “Alone” to Romans 3:28. Dishonest Much? You know that the very Bible You use to slam the Catholic Church is the same Bible that the Catholic Church put together, and it is for this reason that You are able to hold one in your hands? (Albeit a chopped up, dishonest 7 book missing version) Our LORD had the Bible written for the Church, not the Church for the Bible.
Finally, Sacred Tradition is clearly stated by St. Paul in Thesselonians 2:15. "Therefore Brethren, hold fast to the
Traditions! which YOU have been taught. There was no bible at this time remember. So what on earth could St. Paul have meant if not for the Traditions of the Church? Another fact to remember, the True Church of Our LORD is not divided. Protestantism is so divided that Protestantism alone (Not including baptists, lutheran, calvinists, pentecostals etc.) has 30,000 different spin-offs. Not only this, but to add to the confusion that each of these 30,000 ALL say that THEY are the ones who interpret the Bible correctly. So then which one? Because some of them agree to contradictory tenets (Depending on how conservative or liberal the group is). The True Church, the One, Holy,Catholic and Apostolic Church is one and undivided. We have held fast even against the Protestant reformation. We have held fast against everything thrown at us. We will continue to do so. For this reason, the Catholic Church is the Sole True Church, and the Only Church that can claim to be “Truly Biblical”.
I’m unsubscribing from the thread. God bless you all.