| In the left column are common topics asked of Catholics, or assertions that the Catholic Church teaches incorrectly. The right column gives you the bible passage that supports Catholic teaching. Know your faith. | |
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Not Sola Scriptura |
2 Thes 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. |
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Not Sola Fide |
Jas 2:17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. |
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Papacy Primacy of Peter |
Matt 16:18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 16:19 "And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." |
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Church and Authority |
Matt 18:17 "And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.18:18 "Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. |
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Salvation - Once and always? |
1 Cor 10:12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. |
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Justification - Legal(imputed) or Actual? |
2 Cor 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. |
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Eucharist - True Presence |
Matt 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."26:27 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. 26:28 "For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. John 6 [entire chapter] |
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Mary - Mother of God |
Luke 1:43 "But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? |
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The Lamb's Supper - Liturgy in Revelations |
Rev 8:3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. Rev 4:4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads. Rev 1:12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, |
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Sacrament of Penance |
John 20:22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.20:23 "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." |
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Celibacy of Priests |
1 Cor 7:32 But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord-how he may please the Lord.7:33 But he who is married cares about the things of the world-how he may please his wife. 7:34 There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world-how she may please her husband. 7:35 And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction. |
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Purgatory |
Rev 21:27 But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. |
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Communion of Saints |
Mark 12:27 "He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. You are therefore greatly mistaken." Rev 8:3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 8:4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel's hand. |