The weaponisation of scripture through the drawing out of particular passages which suit one's agenda only works against Protestants - we know that we are to hate sin, and admonish the sinner.
That said, you'll notice that I have placed most of the blame upon the parents. The poor moral...
The parents of these "Christian" children have, whether willingly or not, failed to instil in their children a reverence for the sanctity of the marital act, and a disgust for promiscuity. These teenagers have been failed in the home, and as a result, have been corrupted by the world and its...
Christ is the founder, centre, and head of the Church. The Successor of Peter is His vicar, leading the visible, worldly element of the Church, as its servant.
You're obviously angry at the idea of being labelled.
We recognise that the Successor of Peter is the head of the visible Church, but not the head of the Church - that is Christ.
The very title of 'Protestant' indicates the core of its meaning: A Protestant is someone who protests against the supremacy of the Roman Church. With the exception of the Eastern Orthodox and Coptics, yeah I'd say you're right - to be Protestant is simply to be non-Catholic. Whether you embrace...
It is not necessary, but it is highly beneficial to that person. Reason of the faith is almost as important as the content of the faith.. All that is required for one to become a Christian is to recognise the fundamental truths of the faith (that is, to profess the Nicean Creed), and to be...
By virtue of rejecting this fundamental, dogmatic element of Catholic faith, you are no more Catholic than a militant atheist. One either holds the Catholic faith in full, or he does not hold it at all.
"Such is the nature of the Catholic faith that it does not admit of more or less, but must...
I'm not even going to bother addressing your error in regards to the necessity of the Catholic religion to salvation - I'm instead going to go right ahead and ask 'what the hell is a "Catholic Non-Trinitarian"?'
The Ecclesia does not claim, and never has claimed, and never will claim, that She...
Heresy is the worst of all sins; it damns the self, and scandalises others who are corrupted by deviant ideas. In such laid-back times as these, there is no reason not to properly inform catechumens in the faith before confirming them.
It were better for him, that a millstone were hanged about...
Oh, please don't think I'm interested in trying to convince you. I doubt that I ever will. Nor, I assure you, will you ever convince me to recant, so I'm not going to waste my afternoon bothering. I'm just stating it as it is in response to the OP for the sake of satisfying your curiosity...
I assure you that my hatred for sexual deviancy is motivated as much by politics as religion. Necessarily, the matter of marriage is a part of this.
That said, you've asked for the Christian perspective. There it is. Why you'd then complain about it constituting 'religious baggage' (whatever...
Religiously, marriage is a holy thing. To say that it can be participated in by any two people other than a male and a female is sacrilege.
Politically, homosexuality is intolerable; to say that even civil unions can or should be allowed in law is to offer concession to it, and to dignify it as...
He is certainly man -- he prayed, he suffered, he was tempted. We also know for certain that He is God in a complete sense; He is true God and true man.
(John 1:1-14):
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3...
Our Lord has hidden two things from us:
1. How many are to be saved in the end.
2. When the apocalypse will take place.
We simply cannot possibly know.
Also, 'Israel' can never be taken to refer to the state of Israel; 'Israel' refers to Christendom -- it does not the Jewish state, nor the...