
Helpful Links
The 7 Stages of Christian Spiritual Development, where are you?
Columbia University's: Frequently Asked Questions about the Catholic Faith
"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism" Website
The Catechism of the Catholic Faith-With Search Engine
"A Protestants Guide to the Catholic Church"-Common Objections-(Click Topic)
A must read for serious Christians: Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth
"Catholic Answers" Website
My Story
DISCLAIMER: This site is true to the Apostolic teachings of the Catholic Faith. All efforts have been made to be true to orthodox Catholic theology as delineated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
MISSION STATEMENT:
1. To present to Catholics, not only what the Catholic Faith teaches, but why we believe it. To equip today's Catholics to answer the challenges to their faith from those who are either ignorant of what the Catholic faith actually teaches.
2. To present to our non-Catholic brothers and sisters the "Biblical Case for the Catholic Faith" not taught in their churches or seminaries. To demonstrate that Catholic theology comprises the verses not underlined in their Bibles nor read in their churches.
Please email me with your questions, objections or comments. INRI33AD@AOL.COM
What's New?
Mormons Click Here, 13 Mormon doctrines not taught by Christ's Apostles.
2. Or, if you feel it is *not* important to believe and interpret the Bible as the Apostles wrote it and taught Christ's early Church, and instead willingly embrace the modern teachings of contemporary thought, i.e., "pop theology," then unfortunately, this site will mean nothing to you.
3. But if you believe contrary to the above, and instead truly desire to believe as the Apostles taught Christ's early Church, then this site may highlight some Scriptural verses not underlined in your Bible nor taught by your pastor in your current church.
Many Protestant pastors often speak like absolutely no case can be made for the Catholic Faith. That it is the "traditions of man", or that it is UNBiblical, or that it became apostate early on, (which is the Mormon "Great Apostasy" theory). Believing this, many Protestants then are baffled why Catholics remain in the Church. The answer is, in part, where else would they go? What reason can you present to Catholics to embrace modern Protestant theology or the theology of you or your pastor? All Christians desire to believe as the very Apostles taught Christ's early Church. If you believe Catholics should embrace the teachings of your church and your pastor, read on why this decision would be very difficult to do.
Is there a case for your pastor's beliefs or modern Protestantism in general? Catholics might reject the Catholic faith if Protestant pastors could show the link between the teachings of modern Protestantism and the teachings of Christ's Apostles. It might come as a surprise to some, but almost all of the beliefs Protestant pastors now call "Biblical," were not even embraced by their own Protestant reformers and many are not even in the Holy Bible.
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 PROTESTANT DOCTRINES contains but some of the beliefs held by modern Protestant churches. 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. And logic follows, that 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. It's just his *unsubstantiated modern interpretation* of a 2000 year old text, 3 languages removed. If Protestant pastors are free to call "anything" Biblical as they read it from the Bible, then Protestants are free to believe anything they want,,, as long as they just call it *Biblical*.
The Holy Scriptures tell us:
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Hebrews 13:8
His Gospel does not change. Yet, an example of this "changing gospel" is the "Jesus Only Pentecostals" who's pastors deny the Trinity, yet call this idea, "Biblical." This is the same methodology your pastor uses. Just call it "Biblical" and believe anything you want. It doesn't matter if the Apostles taught it or not, just call it "Biblical" and take a verse out of historical and linguistic context, and the congregation will believe it is now: "Biblical."
Click here: Doctrine of the United Pentecostal Church - Why Our Pastors Baptize in Only Jesus' Name.
"A Partial List of Beliefs in Modern Protestantism"
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
Click each idea for explanation and documentation for each idea's author and date of origin:
2. 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
3. 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).
4. 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
5. 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)
6. Click here: Once Saved Always Saved. Date of Origin: late 16th century by John Calvin. Previous to Calvin, not a single Christian in the history of the world taught or believed such an idea to include the 1st Protestants. How then did this idea get into the Holy Bible if the Apostles did not teach it and put it there?
7. 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?
8. Click here: Protestant 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 Protestant churches. Date of Origin: late 20th century by mainline and now nondenominational Protestant 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 by mainline and nondenominational Protestant churches. Date of Origin: the last 20 years. As Sola Scriptura or the "Bible Only" theory dictates, anything can be called Biblical in Protestantism.
Your current church may not teach all of these new ideas, but they are all products of the Bible Only idea which lets Protestants believe anything they want as long as they call it "Biblical."
Yet more importantly, all of these ideas must be rejected as "Apostolic" for not one of them was taught by Protestantism's own reformers much less the Apostles to Christ's early Church. How can they be "Biblical" as your pastor has told you if the Apostles did not teach them and write them into the Bible?
=====================
The Apostles and Protestantism's own reformers would roll over in their graves if they learned what modern Protestant pastors are preaching 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
How do modern Protestant pastors explain this "Quantum Leap" of their theology? How do modern Protestant pastors explain this Quantum Leap from their modern teachings, *past the reformers*,... to the Apostles (who they claim 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?
The Holy Scriptures tell us these human traditions/new ideas:
"See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ." Colossians 2:8
“Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil.” 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22
Click here: The Date of Origins and Authors of Distinctly Protestant Doctrines
My friend, can you explain this "Quantum Leap" over your own reformers... to the Apostles? Can your pastor? If you can't, please visit the HELPFUL LINKS or the 10 QUESTIONS at the top of this page. Please "Test" your pastor's theology for Apostolicity as the Bible commands. Test it to see if it is Biblical AND that the Apostles actually taught his ideas. Reject it if you find it to be a mere modern invention not taught by Protestantism's own reformers thus having absolutely no link to Jesus Christ. The Holy Bible warns us of this:
"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 Faith. 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 comment on Republican ideals, and likewise, it is not fair to ask Protestant Pastors to explain Catholic theology. Ask "knowledgeable" Catholics what they believe or read it yourself on this site or the "Links" at the top of this page. Catholic theology was not invented in the last few hundred years as we find in Protestantism, it is the faith of the Apostles and that of your Christian Fathers for 2000 years. It is the "Bride of Christ."
Please let me hear from you.
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
Many Protestant pastors don't believe that Catholic theology is Apostolic, that it is the teachings of the Apostles to Christ's early Church. I would offer the following challenge to you to ask your pastor:
And please, ask your pastor the 3 Questions about his theology. And test his response as the Holy Bible commands.
=>3 Unanswerable Questions for Your Pastor.
Ignatius of Antioch, 110 A.D.
(Bishop of Antioch and student of St John the Apostle):
"Let no one do anything of concern to the Church without the bishop. Let that be considered a valid Eucharist which is celebrated by the bishop or by one whom he ordains [i.e., a presbyter]. Wherever the bishop appears, let the people be there; just as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church" (Letter to the Smyrneans 8:2 [A.D. 110]).
This and many other quotes from your Church Fathers can be found at the following link:
The very words of our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture not underlined in your Bible on many subjects to include:
What "Catholic" Means & how from the 1st century the Church was called Catholic:
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Mortal Sin and the Ability to lose one's Salvation,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Baptizing Babies,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on The Real Presence Of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on The evil in Abortion,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on The Existence of Purgatory in Scripture
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on The Antichrist,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Peter the Rock on which the Church was founded,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Apostolic Succession in the Church,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Praying to the Saints,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on the role of Apostolic Tradition in the Word of God,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on The Salvation of Non-Catholics,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on The Sacrifice of the Mass,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on The Necessity of Baptism,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Astrology,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on the evil of Birth Control,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on The Authority of the Pope in the Church,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Baptismal Grace and what it does,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Bishops Priests Deacons in Scripture,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Born Again in Baptism,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Confession and Confirmation,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Mary: "Full of Grace",
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Creation and Genesis,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Creation Out of Nothing,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on the Divinity of Christ,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Divorce & Remarriage,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Do Miracles Still Happen?,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Does God Have a Body?
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on the Eternal Sonship of Christ,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Filioque,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on God in Three Persons,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Hell,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Homosexuality,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Mary: Ever Virgin Mary,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Merit and Reward,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on The Old Testament Canon,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on One God or Many?,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Peter's Successors,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Peter in Rome,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on the Primacy of Peter,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Private Revelation, Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Reincarnation,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Resurrection of the Body,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Sabbath or Sunday?
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on The Trinity,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Trinitarian Baptism,
Our Apostolic Fathers teaching Scripture on Women and the Priesthood
Please email me with your questions, objections or comments.