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The Galatians challenge (for Roman Catholics)
If you have read Galatians and returned to the article, click here to continue reading. According to paragraph 2068 of the Catechism of...
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Born a Catholic, die a Catholic?
Note: Unless otherwise stated, all Biblical citations in the following article are from the NABRE. Proverbs 22:26 tells us "Train the...
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Does Catholicism have a works based gospel?
Of all the criticisms one could lodge against Catholicism, the one that matters most is the simple fact that Catholicism teaches a works...
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Sorry Catholics, you DO believe in salvation by works
As the Gospel is the most essential issue in the Christian faith, the biggest criticism of the Catholic Church is that it seriously...
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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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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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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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Catholic conduct and works-based salvation
It is an unfortunate fact that sinful human beings, including those who claim the name of Jesus, are often hypocritical. Nevertheless, as...
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Trusting the Pope with salvation
As a general rule, if you want to understand a religion, a good place to look is to its leaders. Sometimes, this is hard. Who, for...
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Two Catholic attitudes
UnChristian beliefs often have the pitfall of producing unChristian attitudes. Works based gospels, such as the "gospel" of the Catholic...
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Saved by grace through works, not faith?
A simple question every Christian should be able to answer is can a person be saved without the Gospel? According to Catechism of the...
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Is the CATHOLIC Church the pillar and ground of truth?
One argument the Catholic Church uses to defend its authority is that in 1 Timothy 3:15, we read that the Church is the pillar of truth....
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