The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge Proverbs 1:7
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Roman Catholicism: The Veneration of Mary
Last week, I mentioned that the Roman Catholic Church insists that popes have only spoken infallibly twice in history: defining the dogmas of The Immaculate Conception of Mary and The Assumption of Mary. The Immaculate Conception of Mary is the idea that Mary herself was uniquely preserved from original sin at her birth and that…
Keep readingRoman Catholicism: Papal Infallibility
The Roman Catholic teaching on the infallibility of the pope is often misunderstood by Roman Catholics and Protestants alike. For that reason, it’s especially important for us to have a correct understanding of what the Roman Church actually teaches about papal infallibility. Papal infallibility was not made an official dogma of the Roman Church until…
Keep readingRoman Catholicism: Apostolic Succession and History
I would like to turn our attention for a little while to Roman Catholicism: first up, the claim of authority based on apostolic succession. A central claim of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) is that the bishop of Rome (i.e., the pope) is the earthly, authoritative head of Christianity due to an unbroken line of…
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