Building on the True Bedrock: A Catholic Apologetic Response to Mark Bullen’s “Building on Bedrock,” Chapter 1 In his first chapter, Mark Bullen asks his readers to return to the “bedrock” of Christianity - a noble and sincere goal. He wants the foundation of faith to be nothing but
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I once held with absolute confidence that Scripture alone was the perfect, self-sufficient rule of faith. It seemed noble: God had spoken, the words were written, and nothing else could bind the conscience. But the more carefully I examined what that claim entailed, the more I discovered fault lines beneath
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Prologue Many who profess sola scriptura sincerely wish to exalt the Word of God above human tradition. They fear that any living authority might obscure the sufficiency of Scripture or enslave conscience to men. Yet when one rejects all visible, infallible interpretation, the result is not divine liberty but human
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Article I – Of the Protestant Beginning I confess that many sincere Christians begin with the principle called Sola Scriptura, believing that a Christian must accept nothing as binding except what is contained in Holy Scripture. Yet this principle presumes that one already knows, with certainty, what constitutes Holy Scripture. Article
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As is usual amongst many non-Catholics, they do not have a solid grasp on worship or idolatry. This is unfortunate, but it a direct result of splitting from the infallible teaching authority instituted by Christ, as their final rule for faith & practice (the Bible) is not explicitly clear on
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One of the most consequential theological questions a Christian must ask is: How do we know which books belong in the Bible? That is, how do we know what constitutes the canon of Scripture? This issue is foundational, for if one cannot identify the inspired Word of God with certainty,
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Pelagianism is the 5th-century heresy named after Pelagius and was opposed and condemned by St. Augustine, the Council of Carthage (418 AD), and later by the Council of Orange (529 AD) and the Council of Trent (1547 AD).
Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. Matthew 23:37 My dear friends, May I ask what it is that you love the most? I believe that you would tell me that
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread And giving thanks, broke, and said: Take ye, and eat: this is my body, which shall be delivered for you: this do
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall not be given it […] Matthew 16:4 The heretics deny the plain words of Jesus regarding the Eucharist and have asked if the consecrated host would truly indeed prove to be flesh, on a scientific level and
Regarding the Holy Scriptures concerning the Eucharist
Spirit led discernment of the Holy Scriptures