The Biblical Basis for the Catholic Faith
THE BIBLICAL BASIS FOR THE CATHOLIC FAITH
By John Salza
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor, March 2005
www.osv.com
For the last four years, John has received many requests from loyal users of www.ScriptureCatholic.com to commit his popular Scriptural apologetics to a book. John has responded by writing The Biblical Basis for the Catholic Faith, and his readers will be delighted.
In this easy-to-use book, John provides ordinary Catholics the biblical basis for the Church’s teachings on papal infallibility, baptism, the Eucharist, Mary, prayers to the saints, purgatory, salvation and much more. John also examines the most common Protestant objections to Catholic teaching and systematically refutes them. Moreover, John explains and defends the Catholic faith in this book using the Bible alone.
The Biblical Basis for the Catholic Faith is one of the most useful books on
Catholic apologetics for the average Catholic and non-Catholic alike. In a
simple and straight-forward way, John demonstrates beyond a doubt that the
Catholic Church is the Church of the Bible.
Table of Contents
I. THE BIBLE |
a. An Introduction to the Problem of Sola Scriptura |
b. The Importance of Sacred Tradition |
c. Texts Used to Prove Sola Scriptura |
d. Sola Scriptura and Private Judgment |
II. THE CHURCH |
a. An Introduction to the Biblical Church |
b. The Papacy |
c. Apostolic Authority and Succession |
III. THE SACRAMENTS |
a. Baptism |
b. Confession |
c. Holy Communion |
d. Confirmation |
e. Holy Matrimony |
f. Holy Orders |
g. Anointing of the Sick |
IV. THE VIRGIN MARY |
a. Mary is Full of Grace and Most Blessed Among Women |
b. Mary is the Immaculate Ark of the New Covenant |
c. Mary is the Suffering Woman with the Redeemer |
d. Mary is our Mother and Queen of the New Covenant Kingdom |
e. Mary is Ever-virgin |
f. Mary is Assumed into Heaven |
V. THE SAINTS |
a. We are One Family in Christ |
b. We are God’s Fellow Workers and Subordinate Mediators in Christ |
c. Examples of Saintly Mediation |
d. Vain and Repetitious Prayer |
e. Veneration and Imitation of the Saints |
f. Expressions of Veneration for the Saints |
VI. JUSTIFICATION |
a. We are Justified by Faith and Works, Not Faith Alone |
b. Works of Law Versus Good Works |
c. Jesus Requires Good Works for Justification |
d. Justification – Change or Declaration? |
e. Justification is an Ongoing Process, Not a One-time Event |
VII. SALVATION |
a. Salvation is a Life-long Process, Not a One-time Event |
b. We are Saved by Faith and Works |
c. We Hope for Salvation |
d. We Can Lose our Salvation |
e. Predestination, the Elect, and Eternal Security |
VIII. PURGATORY |
a. A State of Suffering and Forgiveness After Death |
b. Purification after Death by Fire |
APPENDIX A – Deuterocanonical References in the New Testament |
APPENDIX B – What is the History of Your Church? |
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