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GOD'S TRUTH IS WORTH LIVING AND DYING FOR
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GOD'S TRUTH IS WORTH LIVING AND DYING FOR
When Jesus saw His mother, and the
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This web site is dedicated to explaining and defending the truths that God has revealed through the Church that He founded, the Catholic Church, the Bride of Christ.
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JESUS - BIBLE - CHURCH AUTHORITY
MARY - MORAL ISSUES - PRO-LIFE
SACRAMENTS - SAINTS - MISC.
ORIGINAL
JESUS
JESUS FORSAKEN ?A study of the passage, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me ?" Jesus was never more lovable than when He said these words.KING HEZEKIAH AND FOLLOWING JESUS CHRISTHow does learning about King Hezekiah of the Old Testament help us to know more about Jesus and His love for us ?
BIBLE
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON READING THE BIBLEA sampling of what the Catholic Church has taught about reading the Bible from the fourth century when it was put into one collected work until the present century.
BIBLE READING PROHIBITED ?
A response to the charge that the Catholic Church kept the Bible from the people by promoting the Vulgate Bible which was in Latin a so called "dead language."
LATIN OR VERNACULAR BIBLES, WHICH WERE THE BEST ?
The Catholic Church promoted the Latin Vulgate over the Protestant "reformation" era Bibles not in order to keep the Bible from the people but to ensure that the copy that they had was the most faithful and accurate text.
WAS CATHOLICISM THE AVOWED ENEMY OF SCRIPTURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES ?
Excerpts from an article by Dave Armstrong
BIBLE IMAGES:
COLORFUL OLD ILLUSTRATED BIBLE MANUSCRIPTS AND BIBLE MINIATURES ON THE WEBThese hyperlinks are to web sites that have pictures of Bibles, Breviaries, and the Book of Hours. This is a large collection of colorful illustrated Bible miniatures.
BIBLE IMAGES: 2
They Just Get Better. More Images
THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
An explanation of the Deuterocanonical books and why they belong in the Bible.
CHURCH AND AUTHORITY
Apostolic SuccessionCalling the Church Members to Faithfulness
Papacy - Problems in Explaining the Keys in Matthew 16:19
Understand the problem is the first step toward the solution.Papacy - Explaining the Keys in Isaiah 22
This article seeks to get past the "either Christ or Peter" objection of Protestants and around some natural Protestant prejudice against the true meaning of the keys. It starts with the Old Testament and explains who is the "master of the palace" and thereby the meaning of the keys, and only after that goes into the subject of the Papacy. By explaining the relationship between King Hezekiah and his chief minister Eliakim in Old Testament first, the ground work is laid for the proper understanding of the relationship between Christ and St. Peter.
Caesarea Philippi and the Rock of Peter
Papacy - Question and AnswersPictures of Caesarea Philippi and an explanation of the theological significance of the huge rock there that Christ compared to Peter, the real rock.
Short Question and Answer format to many objections to the Papacy
Peter and Paul and Galatians = Dissent ?Saint Paul rebukes Saint Peter in Galatians chapter 2. However, this does not justify dissenting from the successor of Saint Peter.
Whore of Babylon and the Catholic ChurchThe Catholic Church is accused of being the Whore of Babylon, but even this points to Her validity as being the Church that Christ established and is nothing to be frightened by.Whore of Babylon and the Book of RevelationA Biblical study of what the Book of Revelation teaches about the Whore of Babylon.
MARY
This short article is an introduction to some of the fundamental principles for the understanding of devotion to the Saints and how true devotion does not detract from the Glory of God. Admitting that God works in a mightily way through the Saints does not take away from His Glory. It avoids mentioning Mary so as to avoid the deep Protestant prejudice against her.
An introduction to why we should consider being devoted to Mary with an emphasis on her Immaculate Conception
A collection of notes on talks about Mary.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Does Romans 3: 23 "all have sinned" mean that Mary must have sinned ? No.
The brothers of Jesus are not the children of Mary. The Greek word "adelphos" does not mean that they are from the same womb
THE ROSARY : TO JESUS THROUGH MARY
SAINT DOMINIC AND THE ROSARY
The best and surest way to Jesus is the way he came to us, through Mary.
This page will take you to some of the best sites on the
web that give instructions on how to pray the Rosary.
It also has links to articles that defend the Biblicalness of the Rosary.
GOD'S GLORY MADE MANIFEST
MEETING GOD'S FRIENDS
These pages answer most of the overall objections that Protestants raise about the Catholic doctrine of the Communion of Saints and why we pray to the Saints in Heaven. These articles show how devotion to Mary and the other Saints is proper and good.
Why do Catholics pray to Mary ?
A short answer to the question
This article explains how to show that there is no straighter way to Jesus than through Mary and how Jesus comes to us through Mary.
2. To Pray - A definition. Does it mean to worship ?
“After all,” the Protestant may say, “Don’t you Catholics believe that Jesus is God and if He is God is that not enough for you ? Are you saying that somehow the Saints make up for what Jesus Christ lacks ? Aren’t you then trying to add to what Christ does ?”
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“Doesn’t focusing on the Saints distract from the Greatness and the Glory of God who alone is to be adored ? Does this devotion to the Saints subtract from what Christ did ?”
4. Doesn’t 100% of our love go to God and therefore 0% goes to Mary ?
5.1 We are to pray to God. Aren’t you Catholics putting Mary in God’s place ?
5.3 Aren’t you Catholics placing Mary to high ?
9. More Biblical evidence for the Saints in Heaven praying for us
11. What's Your Perspective of God ?
When Protestants look through the lens of the “Jealousy of God” they have difficulty is seeing the role of the Saints in God’s plan for salvation. This article shows that just as the highest hill presents the best vantage point for a map maker the best or highest understanding of God presents the best viewpoint to understanding how God works. The highest point is to see God as a Family who is Love.
12. The Greatness of God
Spiritual vs. Natural : A False DichotomyA quick look at John Calvin’s false teaching on the TOTAL DEPRAVITY of man.
13. “Mary is a sinner just like me!” and
“We all have the same status in Heaven”Dismantling Two More Protestant Zingers
MORAL ISSUES
Are you truly free to think and do whatever want ?JUSTIFICATION Preliminary Issue -
The Greatness of God
A fundamental difference between Catholics and many Protestants including Lutherans and Calvinists is the nature of grace and what it means to be saved. In order to emphasize God’s glory Calvin mistakenly thought it was necessary to claim that man was only and always completely evil, hence his doctrine of the Total Depravity Man. This short article demonstrates that in order to give God full credit for His greatness we must acknowledge His love for us and its working within us.
JUSTIFICATION
An in-depth look at what the Book of Romans teaches on Justification
The Book of Hebrews in chapter 10 tells us why we should attend Mass, our Eucharistic Liturgy.
PRO - LIFE
SACRAMENTS
BAPTISMEUCHARIST THE TRUE PRESENCE
Baptism - what it is and why infants should be Baptized.
Responses to Protestant objections to the Eucharist: Cannibalism, Symbolic
The flesh is of no avail, and Leviticus 17:14 says not to drink blood.
It also has links to articles that defend the Biblicalness of the Rosary.
Articles Relating to the Mass
The Book of Hebrews in chapter 10 tells us why we should attend Mass, our Eucharistic Liturgy.
Icon of the Year – Eucharist 2004 - 2005
The Sacrificial Banquet of the New Covenant, by
Rev. Monsignor Anthony La Femina.
Matthew 24:28 Vultures or Eagles ?
MARRIAGE AND THE EXCEPTION CLAUSE IN MATTHEW 19:9 - PORNEIA
Does the exception clause in Matt 19:9 allow for divorce from a Christian marriage and a subsequent remarriage ? No.
SAINTS (besides Mary)
JOSEPH A JUST MAN
When Mary was found to be pregnant, did Joseph suspect her of immoral behavior ?
ONE MEDIATOR
Not in my opinion.
The is One Mediator Jesus Christ. However, he chooses to work through the people in His Church in a secondary way.
PIUS XIIA defense of Pope Pius XII against the charge of being "silent" and not resisting the Nazi’s. This site documents his opposition to the Nazi’s by citing Jewish historians, secular newspapers, and even German Nazi sources of that time period which had denounced Pope Pius XII for his support of the Jews. He is not yet canonized, but read here why he might be.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
SABBATH AND THE FIRST DAY
The Sabbath of the Old Covenant has been replaced with the First Day of the week in the New Covenant.
SHOULD THE POPE RETIRE ?
An article defending the privilege of having John Paul II as our Pope.
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
While the Bible does not say to make the Sign of the Cross it is useful to do so and it arose out of the reading of the Bible.
SUFFERING
People are more vulnerable to choosing sin in an attempt to avoid suffering if they misunderstand the role that suffering has in our attaining eternal happiness with God.
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT SUFFERING ?
HOW CAN THERE BE AN ALL POWERFUL AND ALL GOOD GOD WHEN INNOCENT CHILDREN SUFFER ?
TRUTH - DOCTRINE
This is an index of Biblical statements on the subject of TRUTH.
TRUTH - LOVE
One of the most serious obstacles to the quest for Christian unity is a lack of appreciation of the importance of Truth. A failure to perceive the life giving qualities of God's doctrines has caused many not to share them, and many more not to study and contemplate them.
This is an article demonstrating that to love is the greatest Truth that we can embrace. There is special emphasis on Humility with regards to Saint Peter, and on not judging others.
Sections:
Levels of Happiness, or Methods of Seeking Happiness
What Makes You Important ?
What is Love ?
Happiness in Relationships
True Freedom
Suffering and Justice
Who Are Your Heroes ?
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