The Catholic Church teaches there is only one religion and all the rest are false. There is only one true God and all the rest are false gods (the Catholic Church teaches that these false gods are demons (Ps. 95:5; 1 Cor. 10:20). When pagans worship their gods, St. Paul says, they are worshiping...
To be a Christian means having received the Sacrament of Baptism (John 3:15) without which no one will enter Heaven (John 3:15). To be a Christian also means belonging to the Church established by Jesus Christ, the Catholic Church, (Matthew 16:18-19) because he who will not hear the Church is...
"Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name (singular - 1 God) of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost (plural - 3 Divine Persons)" -Matthew 28:19.
"He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall be condemned" -Mark 16:16
Here is the very simple truth of our existence in the words of St. Augustine:
“Thou hast made us for Thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee.”
We were created to love, more specifically, to LOVE God above all things and to love others for His sake (that is, always...
That doesn't prove anything. The condemnation and abjuration of Galileo is irrelevant to the the indefectibility of the Catholic Church. I'm not going to high-jack someone else's thread about the Bible. You are welcome read the actual details concerning Galileo and the Church here...
Exaggeration is not truth. What was done with Galileo and how exactly did the RCC reverse itself or even "get on board with the scientific model of the solar system?" The Catholic Church did not infallibly teach Geocentrism. Just because certain Church officials condemned Galileo Galilei...
There are degrees and yes, it does affect the fruits of the Spirit. Prayer is the great means of grace. Prayer, especially the Holy Rosary, is the best way to receive the graces necessary to increase the virtue of faith.
No. A person cannot have salvific faith in Jesus Christ without knowing it. The Catholic Faith is supernatural and cannot happen without the grace of God nor can the person who has this faith be ignorant in any way of the Mysteries of the Faith e.g. the Holy Trinity and the Incarnation.
I believe spirituality in the commonly held sense of the word is used by people who say they do not practice any religion but do believe in a "higher power."
Christianity is not derived from Judaism.
Islam is not derived from Christianity or Judaism.
The three religions do not worship the same God. The Catholic religion worships God Who is the Most Holy and undivided Trinity, one God. Jews and Muslims do not worship the Blessed Trinity.
I said this...
There's no need to try and prove the Bible is accurate, factual, inerrant and non-contradictory. It's enough to know that it's true because, for Catholics, we have a supernatural faith and we have the infallible authority of the Church. We KNOW it's true beyond all doubt.
Because if we did as...
It makes sense to a degree. We can choose things to do. Sometimes we are not free to do what we want. Spiritually speaking, we are always free to choose good or evil in this life and in every area of our thoughts, words, deeds.
There are no contradictions in the Bible. St. Augustine explains it this way:
"If we are perplexed by any apparent contradiction in Scripture, it is not allowable to say, the author of this book is mistaken; but either the manuscript is faulty, or the translation is wrong, or you have not...
No, you're wrong about Traditional Catholicism and you're wrong about the sedevacantist position. Briefly, I was talking about the Catholic Church vs. the prophesied Apostate Counter Church and its antipopes.
@adrian009, Wikipedia is not a reliable source of information. The particular article...