Blessed by the Holy Spirit, all Christians are given the fruits and gifts that grant us our humanity, morality and ethics. Catholics believe that we are born with the 12 fruits of the Holy Spirit, and that the 7 gifts are first bestowed upon us at Baptism and strengthened at Confirmation. In this … [Read more...]
The Catholic Bible vs The Christian Bible
Catholics along with all other Christians are of the same faith, they also share many of the same common religious practices. As most other Christians follow the same version of the bible, we will be comparing the Catholic's version of the bible with the Protestant's version of the bible. The … [Read more...]
The Prayer of St. Gertrude the Great for the Souls In Purgatory
Purgatory. Sounds pretty terrible right? In reality many of us will have to face purgatory before we would be allowed into heaven. St. Gertrude's Prayer helps our loved ones to that have passed away, to find their way into the eternal paradise promised to us all. … [Read more...]
The Biography of Pope Francis – The 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
During March of 2013, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church was elected. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, known as 'Pope Francis' became the first pope from Americas. Named as person of the year by the 'Times' and nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace prize, Pope Francis is admired and loved across the … [Read more...]
What is the History of Your Church?
Church Year Established Founder Where Established Catholic 33 Jesus Christ Jerusalem Orthodox 1054 Schismatic Catholic Bishops Constantinople Lutheran 1517 Martin Luther Germany Anabaptist 1521 Nicholas Storch & Thomas … [Read more...]
A Dialogue with a “Bible-only” Christian on Sola Scriptura
David: John 3:3,6 explains the meaning of john3:3,5 Go one more verse. jesus is not talking about baptisum with ordinary water, he is talking about the water at birth. J. Salza: David, you don't know what Jesus is talking about because you weren't there when John wrote John 3:5,6. The only way … [Read more...]
The Canon of Scripture and the “traditions of men”
Angel: Mr. Salza, your reliance upon tradition to prove Catholic teaching is unbiblical. No where does it say tradition is inspired by God. J. Salza: This statement assumes that "it" (you presumably mean the Bible) has to say something in order for that something to be true. But the Bible does … [Read more...]
How was the Canon of Scripture Determined?
Gene: Hey John, I was wondering, when the Bible was made, how was it determined what books were canonical and what books were not. Are all authentic books in the Bible, or just the ones that were thought to be divinely inspired? And why exactly did the Protestants take seven books out of the … [Read more...]
SEPTUAGINT QUOTES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
Of the approximately 300 Old Testament quotes in the New Testament, approximately 2/3 of them came from the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament) which included the deuterocanonical books that the Protestants later removed. This is additional evidence that Jesus and the apostles … [Read more...]
DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
Scripture Matt. 2:16 - Herod's decree of slaying innocent children was prophesied in Wis. 11:7 - slaying the holy innocents. Matt. 6:19-20 - Jesus' statement about laying up for yourselves treasure in heaven follows Sirach 29:11 - lay up your treasure. Matt.. 7:12 - Jesus' golden rule "do … [Read more...]