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Adonia, You've raised an interesting point here. Naturally one of the first passages that comes to mind is Romans 11:25-26: "Lest you be wise in your own conceits, I want you to understand this mystery, brethren: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles...

"MennoSota," I haven't dodged a thing. As a matter of fact, to avoid missing your point or talking past you I have been directly asking you to state something I've got confused in straightforward terms so that I can actually respond. You've not yet done this. Pick one thing that I've said, just...

"MennoSota," First off, referring to a grown man whom you don't know personally as "Herbie" is anything but polite or kind. So if you're so very committed to living according to the Scriptures, I'd like to remind you of this one: "If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have...

Another assertion about me, my views, or my approach to conversation. Also, why are you calling me "Herbie"? All I ask of you is to point out something "specific" which I've got wrong and explain to me how it is I've erred and how you know such to be the case. I do indeed accept what God...

"MennoSota," You've asked of me something similar to the following: "All I ask is that you stop kicking your dog." In other words, your request presumes guilt on the part of some party (In this case both me and "Roman church scholars"). Further, it presumes that I place something over and...

"MennoSota," I am not sure where you're going with this. You said: "You just ascribe authority where you will, but you have no scripture to support it. The lack of biblical support for the many claims of Rome is striking." In other words, you are: 1. Stating something about me (and my...

Isn't that a bit like saying, if you want to know what a country's laws are, you need to go out into the roughest part of town and observe the behavior of the citizens? Such an idea seems to me to be patently false. Do I watch speeding cars to determine what the speed limit is? Or do I look for...

"Mennosota," If you're interested in speaking directly to a particular doctrinal issue, please begin reading at the following link and continue until you've identified something I've got wrong then bring it to my attention: Vicar of Jesus Christ? Because here you are, before we've even had a...

Hello, Though I "swam" the other way across the Tiber as an adult (That is, I became a Catholic), I would like to echo what Adonia said. In my experience, former non-Catholics often look fondly upon their non-Catholic upbringings. In contrast, many who leave the Church look back with loathing...

Hello, Although providing links to apologetical works is not allowed here, last year I was told that reference materials (such as the Catechism) could be shared. What Catholics believe can be found here: Catechism of the Catholic Church I would recommend reading Paragraphs 781-810 in order to...

Steaver, Back in 2015 you asked the following "So a question for our Catholic friends here; Do Muslims worship and pray to "the one living and merciful God?" Here once again, you're asking individual catholics to answer questions which are only rightly answered by the Magisterium instituted...

I saw that you had just arrived on the scene, and since you're a Catholic, too, I thought you might enjoy reviewing some of the exchange that I, another Catholic, have participated in. God bless! Herbert

Hello, I thought that you a Catholic might appreciate seeing some of the ground that's already been covered: http://www.baptistboard.com/threads/vicar-of-jesus-christ.96127/ http://www.baptistboard.com/threads/sola-scriptura-the-sufficiency-of-scripture.99648/...

utilyan, You have a way of cutting right to the chase... Keep it up, brother. Herbert

continued Thanks again, for the support. I appreciate your belief that God is working through all of us here. I agree with you. Because as a Catholic I can affirm the various truths and insights that anyone may have. There are others, though, who think Satan is working through the Catholic...

continued And that, Darrell, is a principle NOT taught in Scripture. Again, your Biblicism is not taught in the Bible. This question was, I had hoped, going to be addressed in the Sola Scriptura post I started a little while back. But for some unknown reason, an administrator showed up one day...

continued Interesting points here. Thanks for sharing them. Also, I said something about truths being true even when they're rejected and lies being lies even if they're widely accepted. To that you responded, saying: I am not talking about human perceptions of things. The things we hold to...

continued I agree wholeheartedly with what you say here. And thank you! This, too, is a great point. We all have our journeys. We all have our trials. This is why, as Christians, I see us as having far more in common than in contrast! Yes, thanks. Again, I agree with your point here. TAnd...

continued I don't believe your statement here is consonant with what is found in Scripture. Here's why. It seems to me that you're appealing to a certain "invisible" unity which always exists despite the presence of public disunity. Notice how you said "Regardless of whether there is unity in...

Darrell C., I made a comment about people mistaking their opinions for divine revelation. You quoted me, saying: I am glad you brought this up because it is what this particular conversation is supposed to be about: The role of Tradition in Christ's Church. I have a couple questions: 1...