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Is there a case for modern Christianity or the
beliefs of your current church? Catholics might reject the
Catholic faith if one could show the link between modern Christianity and the
Apostles. Many of the beliefs modern pastors call "Biblical," were not even
embraced by their own reformers.... What does that tell you? And what does that
tell the very Catholics you would have leave the Church? The Church the Holy
Bible calls:
"The Church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of
truth" 1 Tim 3:15.
THE FOLLOWING LIST OF 10 DOCTRINES contain but some of the beliefs held by modern Christians.
=>These beliefs were either repudiated by Protestantism's own reformers, or totally unheard of by the first Protestants in the 16th century.
=>And since even the first Protestant reformers did not embrace these ideas,,, it is virtually impossible for the Apostles to have taught them to Christ's early Church. For logic follows, since the Bible is a collection of the teachings of the Apostles, if the Apostles had never heard of these ideas, it would be impossible for them to write these ideas into the NT Bible.
My friend, just because your pastor says something is "Biblical," doesn't
mean it was taught by the Apostles to Christ's infant Church. It just means it
is "Biblical" to him, here in the 21st century. And if any modern Christian pastor
is free to call "anything" Biblical, we are free to believe anything we want,,,
as long as we call it "Biblical"... A perfect case in point is the "Jesus
Only Pentecostals" who deny the Trinity and call this "Biblical."
Click here: Doctrine of the
United Pentecostal Church - Why We Baptize in Only Jesus' Name.
As you read the following doctrines, ask yourself the "3 Unanswerable Questions" your pastor can't explain.
2. “Pastor, since the NT Bible is a written account of the Apostles teachings, how can these ideas be “Biblical,” if the Apostles did not teach them or if our own original reformers did not teach them? How did these ideas get into the Bible for you to declare them *Biblical*?”
3. “Pastor, is it your position then, that the Apostles “DID” teach these ideas of yours and subsequently wrote them into the NT Bible, yet not a single Christian soul taught them *again* until AFTER the original Protestants and AFTER the Protestant reformation? Does this make sense? Is this logical? Is this the logic you present every week to your congregation?”
How will your pastor answer these questions
about the following modern Christian ideas he teaches as "Biblical?"
Logic tells us that if the Apostles
didn't teach it, it's not NT Biblical.
"A Partial List of Beliefs in Modern
Christianity"
The first Protestants (and Apostolic Christianity
for 2000 years) embraced *none* of the following new unorthodox ideas on
Christ's Gospel.
The Holy Bible tells us:
"Jesus
Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Hebrews 13:8
If Hebrews 13:8 is true, why do we find so many changes to Christ's Gospel as delineated below?
Click each idea for explanation and documentation for each idea's author and date of origin:
2.Click here: Denial of the Eucharist as a Sacrament; denial of the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and consider it only a symbol. First espoused by Huldreich Zwingli yet formally preached by the Anabaptist sect in the 17th century. Have you ever underlined John 6:52-54, Mark 14:22-24. Matt. 26:26-28, Luke 22:19-20, 1 Cor. 10:16
3.Click here: Denial of Baptism as a Sacrament; denial of the salvational power of Baptism and consider it only a symbol. Date of Origin: John Calvin believed Baptism to be a Sacrament, yet he and the Anabaptist sect both denied it's role in salvation. "Baptism...now saves you" (1 Pet. 3:20–21)
4.Click here: Prohibiting Baptism to Infants. Date of Origin: 17th century by the Anabaptist sect. The Holy Bible never excludes infants or children nor to we ever read of a person being denied Baptism until the age of reason and then being Baptized. The Holy Bible tells us that "whole families were Baptized" with no exceptions. Whole families were Baptized through out Christian history until the invention of the Anabaptist sect who taught contrary to even their own Protestant reformers.
5.Click here: Baptism ONLY by immersion. Date of Origin: 17th century by the Anabaptist sect. Again prior to the Anabaptist sect, not one Christian in the preceding 1700 years taught Baptism ONLY by immersion to include the first Protestants. See Ezekiel 36:25-26
6. Click here: Belief in the Rapture: i.e., the seven year Tribulation and the literal thousand year reign of Christ, Dispensationalism or the "Left Behind" idea. Date of Origin: 19th century by Englishman John Nelson Darby. Not one person in the history of the world believed such an idea before the 19th century. How then did the Apostles teach it and write it into the Holy Bible?
7.Click here: Denial of the perpetual virginity of the Virgin Mary, believing she had other children, and denying her historic title "Mother of God". Dates of Origin: the former dates from the 17th century, the latter is the 5th century Nestorian Heresy which denied the two natures of Christ by claiming the Virgin Mary was only the mother of his humanity. This split Christ into two persons, one human and one divine. This 5th century heresy resurfaced again in post-reformational Protestantism. All reformers repudiated this heresy as well as the idea that the "Brothers of the Lord" were true brothers, vs step-brothers from Joseph or cousins. (There is no word for cousin in Hebrew).
8. Click here: modern Christian Pastor's open acceptance of civil divorce by a secular state authority, and on that state's authority re-marrying Christians against what God has previously joined together. Date of Origin: early 20th century. Now embraced by the whole of Protestantism. Mark 10:9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder. 10 And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.11And he said to them, 'Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her; 12 and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery'" (cf. Luke 16:17-18). The Catholic Church and only the Catholic Church refuses to recognize the authority of a secular state government in these matters.
9. Click here: Acceptance of Female Clergy by many modern Christian churches. Date of Origin: late 20th century by mainline and now nondenominational Christian churches. Not only is this unbiblical but it is also Anti-Biblical and contradicts 2000 years of Christian teaching.
10. Click here: The growing acceptance of openly homosexual clergy and homosexuality in general by mainline and nondenominational Christian churches. Date of Origin: the last 20 years. As Sola Scriptura or the "Bible Only" theory dictates, anything can be called Biblical in modern Christianity.
Ancient, historical Christianity and modern Christianity are
irreconcilable.
The modern Christian theologies are not what the Apostles taught
and wrote into the Holy Bible.
They are by definition, unbiblical.
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The Apostles and your own Protestant reformers would roll over
in their graves if they learned what modern Christianity and your pastor is
teaching today as Christ’s ONE Gospel.
"There is One
Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, One God." (Eph 4:4)
The Holy
Scriptures tell us that Christ’s Gospel does not change, so how did it change
for your pastor?
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday
and today and forever.
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange
teachings." Hebrews 13:8-9
My friend, the logic of this argument
is this: if Protestantism's own reformers did not believe the above ideas, how
could the Apostles have taught them to the early Church!? How could the Apostles
have written these ideas into the NT Bible if they never heard of them? How
could these ideas be “Biblical” if the Protestant reformers did not even teach
them? How could these ideas be “Biblical” if the Apostles did not teach them?
The only logical conclusion, is that all of these ideas are but modern
inventions and modern interpretations of the Bible that have zero link to the
Apostles in any shape or form.
How do modern Christian pastors explain this "Quantum Leap" of their modern theology?
1. “Pastor, if you claim some or all of the ideas listed above are “Biblical,” Why do we find that not one Christian soul (to include our own 1st reformers) believed such ideas until the last few hundred years?”
2. “Pastor, since the NT Bible is a written account of the Apostles teachings, how can these ideas be “Biblical,” if the Apostles did not teach them or if our own original reformers did not teach them? How did these ideas get into the Bible for you to declare them *Biblical*?”
3. “Pastor, is it your position then, that the Apostles “DID” teach these ideas of yours and subsequently wrote them into the NT Bible, yet not a single Christian soul taught them *again* until AFTER the original Protestants and AFTER the Protestant reformation? Does this make sense? Is this logical? Is this the logic you present every week to your congregation?”
How does your modern Christian pastor explain the Quantum leap from his modern
teachings, *past the reformers*,,, to the Apostles (who he claims taught these
ideas and wrote them into the Bible)?
How did the Apostles teach these novel
ideas when Protestantism's own reformers didn't even embrace them?
How did
these ideas get into the Bible if they were invented only centuries ago??
Have you asked your pastor these questions??
That is the irreconcilable problem one must resolve before embracing
modern Christian theology in any shape or form. This is what modern Christians are asking
Catholics to accept as "logical," when in reality it is a physical
impossibility. If modern Christian pastors can answer this "Quantum Leap," I'm sure
Catholics will be on the road to rejecting Catholicism (and the faith of the
Protestant reformers...) and embracing ideas conjured up in the last few hundred
years. How does your pastor explain this? Christ's Gospel does not change
anymore than Christ does.
"Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers in which you tend the church of God, that he acquired with his own blood. I know after my departure, savage wolves will come among you and they will not spare the flock. And from your own group men will come forward perverting the truth to draw disciples away after them." Acts 20:28-30
There is a case for the Catholic theology. Perhaps you have just not given it a fair hearing. I can guarantee you that much of what your current pastor "says" Catholics believe, is not what they really believe. Always go to the source. One wouldn't ask the Democrats to comments on Republican ideas, and likewise, it is not fair to ask modern Christian Pastors to comment on Catholic theology. Ask "knowledgeable" Catholics what Catholic theology teaches or read it yourself on this site below or the HELPFUL LINKS page. Catholic theology was not invented in the last few hundred years as we find in Christianity, it is the faith of the Apostles and that of your Christian Fathers for 2000 years. That is why the following claim is easy to make and substantiate.
Click
here: 3rd Unanswered Challenge for the modern Christian Theologies: Is Catholic theology
Apostolic, name one doctrine that isn't. Name one doctrine the early Church
believed, that the Catholic Faith no longer does.
Again the Holy
Bible commands us to:
“Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every
kind of evil.” 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22
Test modern Christian theology against
Catholic theology for Apostolicity. If one's own Protestant reformers didn't
believe such ideas on Christ's Gospel, why do you? Remember what the Holy
Scriptures tell us:
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and
forever. Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings."
Hebrews
13:8-9
Please email me with your questions, objections or comments.
God Bless
you,
Daniel
"But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always
be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for
the hope that you have." 1 Peter 3:15

Suggested reading:
Catholic Answers: "Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth" A compendium of basic Catholic beliefs and the Biblicism behind these beliefs. http://www.catholic.com/library/pillar.asp
1. "Bible Only" Christian or "Bible Believing" Christian?
Click Here: 40+ Modern Christian Practices and Doctrines not found in the Holy Bible...
http://www.angelfire.com/home/protestantchallenges/unbiblical.html
2. Three Questions your pastor can't answer...
http://www.angelfire.com/home/protestantchallenges/formypastor.html
4. THE ORIGINS & AUTHORS OF THE PROTESTANT THEOLOGIES.
Do you know who authored Modern Christianity's distinctive beliefs and in what century? You might be surprised. http://www.angelfire.com/home/protestantchallenges/dates.html
5. "The 7 Stages of Christian Spiritual Development."
What stage are you?...
http://www.angelfire.com/home/protestantchallenges/7stages.html
6. Faith Alone (Sola Fide): It is a Catholic position.
Has your pastor taught you that Catholics must "work their way to Heaven?" Another misunderstanding of Catholic theology. http://www.angelfire.com/home/protestantchallenges/faithalone.html
7. "Who is the Bride of Christ?
What does the Holy Bible say? ...
http://www.angelfire.com/home/protestantchallenges/bride.html
8. Non-Catholics often ask: "WHAT ELSE IS THERE?"
"What else has Christ's Infallible Authority besides the Holy Scriptures?"
Read the verses not underlined in your Bible nor taught in your seminaries or present church.
http://www.angelfire.com/home/protestantchallenges/whatelse.html
9. Is Sola Scriptura or the "Bible Only theory" even Biblical?
Where does the Bible teach the "SOLA" in Sola Scriptura?
Click here to read what the Bible says about God's Word and how it is to be taught...
http://www.angelfire.com/home/protestantchallenges/ss.html
10. Did the Bereans "Search the Scriptures" and thereby follow the "Bible Only" theory?
Many claim they did, but not if you read the whole chapter, i.e., the verses not taught in Modern Christian churches. Read the story again and then decide. http://www.angelfire.com/home/protestantchallenges/bereans.html
11. The 3rd Unanswered Challenge for Non-Catholic Theologies: Is the Catholic Faith Apostolic?
Name just one Catholic doctrine that isn't. Name one doctrine the early Church believed,,,, that the Catholic Faith *no longer does*. Why can't the Modern Christian theologies make the same bold claim?
http://www.angelfire.com/home/protestantchallenges/3challenge.html
13. Is Praying to Saints Biblical? Is the "Hail Mary" prayer Biblical? (Read the Verses not underlined in your pastor's Bible.) http://www.angelfire.com/home/protestantchallenges/saints.html