Category: Bible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvkyZTZBAaA Papal infallibility is the belief that the Pope is incapable of error when speaking from his position of supreme apostolic authority in defining doctrine concerning faith or morals. This doesn't mean the Pope is sinless, although there are plenty of Catholics who believe that. Rather it means that his teaching is perfect whenever he speaks “ex cathedra” or “from the chair of St. Peter”. The doctrine was defined by the first Vatican Council presided over by Pope Pius IX. Pius decreed the Immaculate Conception of Mary - the belief that Mary was without sin - even though Jesus said no one is good but God alone. Catholic apologists maintained that the Pope has spoken ex cathedra only one other time when Pope Pius XII decreed the Assumption of Mary,…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY5Ol_vwHss In our last video, we saw that Sola scriptura means that the Holy Scriptures is the only authority for the Christian faith and practice. The very legitimate question arises: is Sola scriptura a biblical concept or did someone simply make it up? Would be pretty embarrassing if a concept that legitimizes a book can't even be found in the book itself. If Sola scriptura is a biblical concept, then we would have to find the opinion of the greatest authorities on this subject. Let's take a look at Jesus Christ and the Apostle Paul.  What was Jesus Christ’s relationship to the Word of God? He was the Word of God in persona and his whole life was the single fulfillment of the written Old Testament. But even at the…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb76wecbUOM Searching for peace with God, Luther stumbled through the darkness of the church tradition and just when he was about to trip again, he grabbed a rope. This rope, on one side, opened a door to freedom by justification by faith. But it was also connected to a bell which then ring so loud the whole world could hear it. If the bell represents the gospel, then sola scriptura was the rope that set everything into motion. Sola scriptura means only the Holy scripture is God's word and can tell me what to do and what not to do, nothing less, nothing more and nothing else. Sola scriptura does not mean, however, that the Bible speaks about all things in our physical life, for example how we should brush…

https://youtu.be/BvkyZTZBAaA Transcript of the video Roman Catholics believe that there is an infallible authority on earth to interpret the Scriptures because the Bible says that private interpretation of the Scriptures is difficult and dangerous. 2 Peter 3:16 His (ie Paul’s) letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. Private interpretation of the Bible also leads to many divisions as may be seen among Protestants today. The true church of Christ must be united. Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, (KJV) Matthew 12:25 (NIV) Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. Protestants…

https://youtu.be/Sb76wecbUOM Transcript of above video https://youtu.be/tY5Ol_vwHss Transcript of the video What is the rule book of faith? Should we rely on tradition as a rule of faith? This is very important because it is very often the source of many doctrinal differences between the Catholic and Protestant. Take for example the issue of whether there is purgatory. Catholics believe there is and quote 2 Machabees 12:45­46 as proof. This presents a problem to the Protestant as his Bible does not even contain this book. This is one of the seven books that are not regarded as authentic by Protestants but is included in the Catholic Bible. Secondly the Catholic can point to the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church which clearly talks about the existence. This is also a problem…