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We often speak of the four marks of the Church: one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic. We do not mean that these are distinctive enough to prove the Catholic Church is the only Church of Christ. But they do help. Christ established only one Church. "There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism" (Ephesians 4:5). Presently we will speak of the relation ...
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Jan 1, 2001 · Many people seem to have the idea that the Catholic Church has an official interpretation of every passage of Scripture. It isn’t true. The Church has no official commentary on Scripture. The pope could write one if he wanted, but he hasn’t. And with good reason: Scripture study is an ongoing, developing field.
CATHOLIC: The Catholic Church doesn’t say that Peter alone has the authority to bind and loose. All the bishops, descended from the apostles, have this authority. But the authority is always exercised in union with Peter. That’s why Jesus first gave the authority to Peter in Matthew 16 and then extended it to all the apostles in Matthew 18.
Sep 1, 1997 · The authority of the Gospels as inspired writings rests on the word of the Church. Catholics are often accused of arguing in a “vicious circle,” proving the Bible by the Church, and the Church by the Bible. We must be careful to avoid this by explaining that we put the Church before the Bible because the Church existed first and wrote and ...
Apr 27, 2003 · Ephesians 2. As we work through the Apostles’ Creed, we now come to the confession, “I believe in the holy catholic church.”. We’ll begin our study of that particular affirmation from the Scripture in Paul's letter to the Ephesians. There are some challenges in explaining this particular part of the confession of the Apostles’ Creed ...
Sep 30, 2021 · As all three scholars mentioned, no one Bible is better in all ways than every other. Still, the general consensus is that the NABRE is one of the most solid choices for Catholics. It is produced ...
