Interpretation… ‘has made all the difference’

Q. Where in the Bible does it say that a leader of a church can forgive anyone of sin?
James 5:13-16
He should call the elders (priests) of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And
the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; [...]

Conversation: Canon of scripture

The reason for making the point that the Bible was not canonized until 400 AD is not because I did not know that all of the writings that eventually were canonized were available to the earliest churches. But these writings were scattered around the ancient world. How long do you think it took before St. [...]

Conversation: Sola Scriptura vs Illiteracy Rates

Q. My reply to your question regarding the Canonization of the the New Testament is as follows:

“The New Testament books did not become authoritative for the Church because they were formally included in a canonical list; on the contrary, the Church included them in her canon because she already regarded them as divinely inspired, [...]

Why the Latin Bible?

Q. What about keeping the Bible in Latin? This greatly diminished the audience that would be able to read the Word of God for themselves.
A. But, as a matter of fact, anyone who could read, could read Latin; so, there was no diminishment of the audience. And the reason for Latin being kept even though [...]

Confession to God Alone? Scripture Alone….?

A discussion from a comment on the post Bare Minimum for Salvation
Lena: I just want to say that Jesus did in fact die for the sins of mankind. No matter what “works” you do it is not enough to get you into the kingdom.
BFHU: AMEN!
Lena: Thankfully though, there is hope and you can have [...]

Catholic Beliefs Oppose Scripture

Q. But Catholics believe things that are un-Scriptural. We can’t believe things that oppose scripture.

A. I agree. Nothing the Catholic Church teaches opposes anything in Scripture.
Our beliefs only oppose the Protestant INTERPRETATION of Scripture. That is different than opposing Scripture itself.
But then, this is exactly why there has to be some way to determine [...]

What is Lacking in Christ’s Afflictions II

Bread From Heaven: But how can “what was lacking in Christ’s afflictions” possibly refer to a “lacking of time”? Can you support this with scripture?
Comment: Yes, Christ’s time on this earth was limited. His ability to walk and spread the gospel was limited.
Response: Of course I agree that His time on earth was limited. But [...]

Scripture and Purgatory

Bread From Heaven: God could have decided to save us in the way the Protestant Churches teach. Christ’s death COULD have sufficed completely, in the way Protestants believe and reject the necessity of absolute, real, material, holiness and perfection and purification…GOD COULD HAVE CHOSEN TO DO IT THAT WAY. And we admit that He certainly [...]

Holy Spirit Leads Us In Truth

Commenter: What the teachings of R.C have done is put God in a box, they have single handedly taken away His grace and His omnipotence. This removal of his grace and power is only limited to the confines of R.C.
Response: If the Catholic Church could do that wouldn’t it be more powerful than God?

Commenter: [...]

Infallible Interpretation of Scripture

Bread From Heaven: If you are able to believe it is possible to sit down, 2000 years after the birth of Jesus, and read scripture and interpret it infallibly all by yourself, disregarding what Christians believed in the years immediately following the death of the apostles, you have more faith than I do. But, by [...]