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Outside the Church there is no salvation?


Since Protestants can be saved and it is ever so much easier to be a Protestant, where is the advantage in being a Catholic? Firstly, remember the conditions of salvation for a Protestant. If he has never suspected his obligation

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What does the word Catholic mean?


It is derived from the Greek language, and means universal and complete. And as Christ told His Apostles to go and teach all nations all His doctrines, the word Catholic is reserved to that Church which alone teaches all Christ’s

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Do not Catholics adore the Pope?


If the Pope were to ask me to adore him, I would tell him to go to confession and ask forgiveness of so great a sin before attempting to celebrate Mass. For he would commit mortal sin did he accept

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Call no man your father?


Catholics call their Priest “Father,” yet Christ said “Call no man your father upon earth.” Matt. XXIII, 9. Your rigid interpretation would forbid your calling an earthly parent father. Yet God Himself, in the commandments, terms one of your parents

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Who is 666, if not the Pope?


Many fantastic interpretations have been given, but none have been proved. The vast majority of interpreters regard the number as a mystical symbol, designating some man who will be the chief agent of Satan towards the end of the world.

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Where in Scripture does it mention that Christ founded any Church system?


In general, Christ terms His Church a kingdom, which supposes some organized authority. However the explicit steps in the establishing of an authoritative hierarchy are clear. Christ chose certain special men. “You have not chosen me: but I have chosen

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What positive proof have you that the Catholic Church is the only true Church?


The proof lies in the fact that the Catholic Church alone corresponds exactly to the exact religion established by Christ. Now the Christian religion is that religion which— (a) Was founded by Christ personally; (b) Has existed continuously since the

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What is the Catholic idea of the Church?


The Church is that visible society of men upon earth which was founded by Jesus Christ, guaranteed by Him to exist all days until the end of the world, and sent by Him to teach all nations with His own

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If Jesus is our sole Mediator then why pray to Mary and the Saints?


In 1 Timothy it says that Jesus is our sole mediator, yet we pray to Mary and the Saints. Is that going against the Bible? 1 Tim 2:5 reads as follows: “For there is one God, and there is one

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But I have seen a Catholic kiss the feet of a statue of Christ.


If I kiss the photograph of my mother, am I honoring a piece of cardboard? Or is it a tribute of love and respect offered to my mother? A Catholic reverences images and statues only in so far as they

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