Bible Brian
Are Catholics Christians?
As a ministry, Bible Brain takes special care to distinguish between a religion and those who follow it. Particularly in our culture, in...
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The need of authority
Scripture, being the very word of God, as is confirmed within the word of God and explicitly acknowledged by the Roman Catholic Church,...
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Church history: Descriptive, not prescriptive
If you're ever doubting which doctrines come from God, pay attention to how heavily they rely on His word. When it comes to Catholicism,...
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The early Church vs. the "early Church"
In Against Heresies, Irenaeus writes that heretics, when "...they are confuted from the Scriptures, they turn round and accuse these same...
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Mother, and murderers, of God
"...From the most ancient times the Blessed Virgin has been honored with the title of 'Mother of God,' to whose protection the faithful...
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There is no sin in the "sin" of presumption
If there was ever any doubt that the Catholic Church is not the true Church of Christ, one need only consider that whereas the Apostle...
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The audacity of Catholicism
Allow me to temporarily suspend this site's usually color coded system for quotations to perform a little test. I'm going to cite 8...
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Regarding the Catholic claim to authoritative interpretations
The Catholic Church claims to have sole authority to correctly interpret the meaning of scripture. As a result, its apologists will often...
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Which came first, scripture or the Church?
One of many things separating Catholicism from Christianity is the Sufficiency of Scripture (a.k.a. Sola Scriptura). This concept is...
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The Psalm 119 challenge
Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible. It also happens to be the Psalm upon which this ministry's slogan is based on. "We are the...
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Continuity > pedigree
Catholics love to claim their Church must be the one true Church because, according to their narrative, they can trace their origins all...
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The Great Eucharistic Controversy
According to the modern Catholic narrative, transubstantiation has been a permanent feature of Christianity since Christ Himself...
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Did Jesus speak plainly in John 6?
In almost any debate about the nature of the Eucharist, you're almost guaranteed to hear John 6 brought up by those who think Jesus was...
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Blessed more than blessed among women
Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church alone, it appears the distinction between Jesus and the Catholic version of Mary is gender...
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Believing God is not idolatry
One of the strangest features of Catholicism is its functional worship of Mary. No official Catholic source (at least that I know of)...
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"You cannot bear them now" does not mean "the Catholic Church will tell you later"
In an effort to combat the principle of Sola Scriptura that is both explicitly (Deuteronomy 4:2; Proverbs 30:5-6; Amos 3:7; 1 Corinthians...
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The oracles of God vs. the Apocrypha
The Apocrypha: Does it belong in the Bible? Catholics and Orthodox religions would contend that yes, it does. But do we need to take...
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Catholicism: Is it Christian?
The question "is Catholicism Christian?" is a lot more controversial than it needs to be. Some people are offended by the very existence...
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Erroneous private interpretation of 2 Peter 1:20
According to Catholics, 2 Peter 1:20 is one of many proofs that Christians shouldn't be doing independent Bible study, as we need the...
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Affirming verse 16 doesn't change your denial of verse 17
2 Timothy 3:16-17 is the most commonly cited verse that explicitly proves Sola Scriptura. However, being the most commonly cited, it is...
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