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[quote]May I introduce you to the Council of Nicaea?[/quote]I'm quite familiar with it. Can you show me the minutes from that Council where the determination of the canon was on the docket or determined? I know there is a myth from the 9th century that states that the Council looked for a miracle to...

[quote]LINK Catholic Answers has a series of Mariology articles that directly address this Greek New Testament word that the Archangel Gabriel used to address Mary when she was asked to consent to allow the Holy Spirit to conceive The Child, The Messiah. This word is "Kecharitomene", and in the c...

[quote]An admission that Catholicism was first, and therefore, the church that Jesus established and granted [b]infallibility and indefectability.[/b][/quote]I admitted no such thing. The Church that Jesus established didn't have a single Pope in Rome because the Church hadn't spread to Rome. The Ch...

[quote]Good so you recognize that there can be exceptions.[/quote]Yes... one absolutely necessary exception. Jesus [i]had[/i] to be without sin in order to be an acceptable sacrifice to take away the guilt of our sins. If you're suggesting that one exception allows for the possibility of others, you...

[quote]Well, Jesus is the Davidic King and sits on that throne in Heaven for Eternity. The Davidic Kings were close to their mothers, in fact, the King's mother had a place at Court and her title was "Queen Mother." This is in the Old Testament. So, Mary is the Queen Mother of her Son's Eternal Davi...

[quote]Champagne[/quote]You keep using the same tired logical fallacies. Maybe you should try some new logical fallacies, because you certainly don't have the truth on your side :cheers:...

[quote]You could've just said "like they have been in every single Protestant denomination". Over-generalizations are acceptable when true.[/quote]Except it isn’t true. The Presbyterian denomination I’m a member of doesn’t do that because homosexuality is sinful and those men who are in open, unrepe...

[quote]You reject Marian dogma, which was compiled by the same people who compiled the Bible you’re clutching to. Why are Catholics good enough to be trusted to compile the Bible you’re solely relying on for spiritual direction, but they aren’t good enough to be trusted about Mary?[/quote]You misund...

[quote]You Protestants must be liars and distorters of Truth to bash the Church that Christ founded.[/quote]Read the first 3 chapters of Revelation or Paul's epistles and you'll find that God, Himself, in His revelation condemned both individuals and congregations for their faithlessness and sinfuln...

[quote]That Church is the Catholic Church.[/quote]The term "catholic" was used in reference to the Christian church in distinction from the false professors like the Gnostic Christians who were rejected by the majority. The word just means "universal". Rome has taken it as an exclusive title when, i...