I agree with the TOUGH LOVE tactic!!

I now understand why love endures over faith and hope.

The original Greek word used was ‘agape’, the highest form of the six Greek loves, i.e., self-sacrifice, as in Christ’s sacrifice. This gets lost in the English translation.

Bishop Barron is a good representative of the Catholic Church to the media and world

@robertsmith9096

15 күн бұрын

Could not agree with you more!

@tony1685

13 күн бұрын

he certainly ignores and side steps Truth.

I am the vine you are the branches

loved the video.....i wish that you could have included the prayer of the church.....and bring her into the fulness of charity......that kinda means that we are to be charitable in our corrections.....bishop barron said once...drop the truth and then walk with each other in order to incorporate the truth into into our lives

Great video!

Good video. I am beginning to think that as a Catholic are meaning salvation is achieved is more similar than I first thought to most legitimate Protestants. However, I do want to clarify that Faith comes first, then as a process of the sanctifying Grace given by God works will be achieved. These are different based on the person. To use your gardening analogy, one plant may need different nutrients or care to thrive than another. Hmm, maybe you have just defined why Jesus in his eternal Grace allowed the Reformation. Wow. JD you are a genius!! I never thought of it like that. The fact that there are so many denominations worshipping Christ is the gardener knowing what each plant needs and acting accordingly….maybe even setting it away from other plants. Great job giving an analogy of why the Reformation was God allowed. Thanks, man!

@joecastillo8798

17 күн бұрын

@CountCulture27 God is not divided. Therefore, Protestant division is against His Will.

@CountCulture27

17 күн бұрын

@@joecastillo8798It was tongue in cheek. But, in seriousness the Catholic Church was in God’s will, but objectively they started adding doctrines and making the simple Gospel that Paul and the disciples preached extremely complicated. The doctrine of the body of Christ turning bread into the body of Christ for one. This was a doctrine that happened in the 1100s. It was argued vehemently at the time. This doctrine takes John 6 literally without any thought to John 4 when Jesus uses a similar analogy with the woman at the well, or what happened earlier in the passage where he’s fed the 5,000 and people are hanging around to see what he’ll do next. Look at what he says in Mark 5 when asked about why he does parables anyway? The doctrine of Purgatory isn’t found anywhere in the 66 books of the Bible. Whenever a Catholic apologist defends it they have to go to early writings which do not nor should not have the authority of the Bible has. Or they stretch the meaning of a verse past its breaking point. Or the sinless nature of Mary. Unofficial church doctrine in the 300’s (roughly at the same time Constantine nationalized it). John wrote a gospel, three letters and had his Revelation. Nowhere does he hold that Mary is without sin. Paul said all have fallen short of the Glory of God. He said Jesus was an exception but no one else. Luke interviewed Mary and was one of Paul’s companions. If this was true, wouldn’t Luke mention it or Paul? This is not an argument from silence as Paul isn’t silent when he says ALL have sinned. Or the perpetual virginity of Mary which was established in the mid 500’s. To me I hate to argue either way because it’s none of our business what did or didn’t happen in Mary and Joseph’s bed. But Matthew 1:25 says the phrase Joseph did not know her ‘til. I’ve heard Trent say that this doesn’t mean anything as the word in Greek could also mean it didn’t, but no one knows for sure. But, according to Jewish practice it was expected that the Bride and Groom consummate the marriage either on or as soon as they could after the wedding. The simple argument is “well this isn’t two normal Jews.” However, Jesus followed all traditions and laws (with the possible exception of the sabbath, but he did unless he was healing or his disciples were hungry.). If he did so, it seems unlikely that his mom and step dad wouldn’t have. If they did it wasn’t a sin, in fact it was following God’s law that Jesus preaches over. If they didn’t it still doesn’t matter and should have never been a dogma of faith.

@joecastillo8798

17 күн бұрын

@@CountCulture27 Count, The doctrines of the Catholic Church, founded by Jesus Christ, are derived from Apostolic Tradition, by inspiration of the Holy Spirit. guiding the Church as well to a proper understanding of Holy Scripture. No other Church has such guarantee. Therefore you believe the Bible is the Word of God, because the Catholic Church, through Pope Damasus in 382AD, declared the original 73 book Canon, elucidated at the Council of Rome, "Word of God". Why? Because Pope Damasus had Apostolic authority by being the 37th successor of Peter. God bless.

@reginald6803

17 күн бұрын

@@CountCulture27 God gave the authority to those added.

@joecastillo8798

16 күн бұрын

​@@CountCulture27 Mr. Count, St. Paul clarifies your confusion, in: 1 Timothy 3:15 15. But, if I am delayed, you should know the manner in which it is necessary to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is "The Church" of the living God, the Pillar and the Foundation of Truth. Notice, no mention of "The Bible", but The Church.

It's 100% grace. We CANT deserve salvation

@J-PLeigh8409

17 күн бұрын

Always grace...but required to live the faith out in love not be lazy & look like the godless unbelievers

@joecastillo8798

17 күн бұрын

@TimSpangler-rd6vs Tim, Grace gives you the motivation, so tho speak, you then have to do your part by responding according to God's Will.

@margokupelian344

17 күн бұрын

Grace is a result of God’s love for us.

@simonslater9024

16 күн бұрын

It’s grace and good works as both Paul and James said. Jesus said when you do to the least of these my brethren you did it to me Jesus never said anything about being Catholic/Christian.

@joecastillo8798

16 күн бұрын

@@TimSpangler-rd6vs Tim, A grace you have rejected, by preferring a heresy route, against the Will of God in: John 17:21-23 21. So may they all Be One. Just as you, Father, are in me, and I am in you, so also may they Be One in us: so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22. And the glory that you have given to me, I have given to them, so that they may Be One, just as We also Are One. 23. I am in them, and you are in me. So may they be Perfected as One. And may the world know that you have sent me and that you have loved them, just as you have also loved me. Tim, Why are you in opposition to God's Holy Will, just shown to you? Why are you participating in division of the Body of Christ?

Good analogy with the plants, bruv!

This is when I get mad at my Catholic brothers when an outsider asks them this. The answer should always be simple we believe in faith and acts as per James…plain and simple. Bishop Barron does a good job but I wonder if he realizes he’s speaking to someone very practical who is looking for a straight answer.

@zealousideal

16 күн бұрын

True u make a good point. But I particularly thought that was genius (unless he was avoiding the trap) I was going to answer it the way you did. Really it’s both a bit… but the way he explained it was very clever and outside the box as well.

@peterhenryzepeda3484

16 күн бұрын

It is simple you are saved by loving God by obeying him. Not faith alone, and not Pelgianism

@dm9856

15 күн бұрын

@@zealousideal that’s a very good and very fair point. Maybe he had to embellish given the audience.

Please explain what Bishop Barron meant with his claim that Jesus Christ is "the prefered way"?

@mitchellosmer1293

11 күн бұрын

quote----Please explain what Bishop Barron meant with his claim that Jesus Christ is "the prefered way"?.. unquote John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. ... No one comes to the Father except through me. ---Where does Jesus mention any others as THE WAY, the truth and the life??? ---

@brotherandrew3393

11 күн бұрын

@@mitchellosmer1293 I was asking Mr. Dinesh. He prefers not to answer.

Barron knows he can't overtly throw an arm around Pelagius, so he tosses a few pearls towards "gratia prima" and then returns to the cooperation of man to _obtain_ the forgiveness of sins. Sin is that which separates us from God, and it is only that which reconciles us to God _for_ sin, which justifies. In tying the response of man into the article of justification he so destroys it and relegates his theology to a soteriological synergism. No Lutheran Reformer argued that the works we do as a result of having been reconciled to the Father by Christ through faith, are not those which God has prepared beforehand for us in which to walk and are needed to confirm our call and election. Philip Melancthon in fact writes in the Apology of the Augsburg Confession that we are to do good works to persevere in faith and not lose the Spirit or His gifts. This is not the position that either Trent or the CCC, post VII, affirm. Indeed the Catholic Confutation to the Augsburg Confession(AC) wrote in objection to the AC that "...there is only one thing...namely that good works do not merit the forgiveness of sins. As this has been rejected and disapproved before so it is also rejected and disapproved now..." (Part 1, Article XX). One can agree or disagree with either position, it goes without saying, but the historical fact of the matter between the sides is evident and available to anyone to independently verify.

@voxangeli9205

15 күн бұрын

I don't believe that Bishop Barron relagates into semi-Pelagianism. Our good works are reflections of our obedience to God in Christ or our response to the call of faith which we should live out, in the spirit of the message of the gospel where Jesus asks, "Why do you say you love Me but do not do what I have commanded you?" We simply do not receive the gift or grace of salvation, but that we must respond to that gift or grace by doing what is expected of us by God with that gift or grace.

@voyager7

15 күн бұрын

@@voxangeli9205 Actually you are quite correct. I misspoke. I apologize, and have corrected my error above. It is not semi-Pelagianism but a soteriological synergism, where the will of man cooperates to obtain the forgiveness of sins. On the question at hand, if grace can not be received without doing what is expected first, it's not grace is it? The idea of the good news of the gospel is that in Christ, God has reconciled us to Himself, not counting our sins against us. If we do not receive this grace freely and fully, doesn't it become a result of works, the very things it's said not to be in Ephesians 2?

@voxangeli9205

14 күн бұрын

@@voyager7, looks like you still don't understand or are confused about what man's cooperation with God's grace or gift of salvation is all about. Let's simplify it: your initial faith in God is your acceptance of the free gift of salvation which God freely offers and gives to you. Now, the way you live out your faith is your utilization of that gift or grace of salvation, just like anyone is expected to do about any gift that was freely given to him. It is but natural on your part to act accordingly to whatever is expected of you to do with that gift, otherwise, that gift will either be put to waste or be lost. That natural response is our cooperation with that gift. We cannot but respond and thus cooperate with that gift which, in this context, is God's gift of salvation. And that natural response and cooperation on our part with God's gift or grace of salvation -- accepted through initial faith -- is the essence of what true faith is all about. Isn't true faith an active stuff rather than a passive one, is it? Isn't true faith reflected in Christ words, "Why do you say you love me but do not do the things I commanded you?"

@voyager7

14 күн бұрын

​@@voxangeli9205 You'll get no argument from me that true faith is one which desires and trusts the promise of grace, and then lives that gift out in the life of the believer. But the question is, precisely what does that which you are "expected to do with that gift" mean, in the context of obtaining the forgiveness of sins? If your answer is that it has nothing to do with obtaining it, only to prove it true and persevere in it, then you hold the Lutheran view. If your answer is that is has something, even though only weakly, to do with obtaining it, proving it true and persevering, then you hold the Catholic view. In section 1989 of the CCC, the church includes sanctification in justification, and in section 2010 we can (and need to) merit the ongoing grace of sanctification. Further in 2027 we can merit for ourselves and others "all the graces needed to attain eternal life". I don't think I have misunderstood at all. The life of the believer, faithfully loving God and fellow man as best they can is necessary; but not to obtain justification, reconciliation with God and the forgiveness of sin, but to persevere therein. One who forsakes this and rejects the most Blessed Spirit can not retain Him or His gifts, including faith. They make shipwreck of themselves and are worse off than before. These two positions are not the same, and formulate two vastly different gospels. My point in posting initially is how Bishop Barron always strikes me as someone who is very much a shapeshifter; he chooses and uses words that are sly and contort themselves to appeal to non-Catholics so that they might think Catholicism is not that different from where they are now. I actually do not mean this as disrespectfully as it might come across, he's obviously allowed to believe and speak as he chooses...but the historical reality of the doctrinal differences remain, and are available for anyone to verify. God's peace.

@joecastillo8798

14 күн бұрын

@@voyager7 In case you overlooked. Our Lord gave the power to forgive sins to His one true Church, the Catholic Church, when He said, in: John 20:21-23 21. Therefore, he said to them again: “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22. When he had said this, he breathed on them. And he said to them: “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23. Those whose sins You shall Forgive, they are Forgiven them, and those whose sins You shall retain, they are Retained.” ▪︎James 5:16 16. So Confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another to be cured; the heartfelt prayer of someone upright works very powerfully. Forgiveness of sins after baptism is known as the Sacrament of Reconciliation and is explained by Paul in: ▪︎2 Corinthians 5:18-19 18. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and Gave US the Ministry of Reconciliation; 19. that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to US the message of Reconciliation.

When is Ben becoming catholic?

@dongbonete4854

17 күн бұрын

No

@zealousideal

16 күн бұрын

Oh boy 🤦🏻‍♂️

@cv5369

16 күн бұрын

@@zealousideal is there an issue?

@cv5369

16 күн бұрын

@@dongbonete4854 why not?

@dongbonete4854

16 күн бұрын

@@cv5369 I dont know, ask him.

From years of going to Catholic Church mass, I heard sermons of priests always praising Jesus. I conclude that the faith of RCC is Jesus. The RCC doctrine urge us to love God. Our love God should be shown by love our neighbours, all humans on earth. We cannot allow our souls to curse, hate, kill. We should always keep.our souls to full of love God!

@CountCulture27

14 күн бұрын

I’m glad you’re heart is full of Jesus. I am a Protestant, but if Jesus and God’s word is being taught in your church, then. Catholic or not, Hallelujah!!

Where in the bible is said Mary can hear our prayers? Book, chapter and verse ONLY. Where in the bible is said Mary went to/will go to heaven? Book, chapter and verse ONLY. Where in the bible is said Mary is a mediator/intercessor? Book, chapter and verse ONLY. Where in the bible is said Mary remained a virgin? Book, chapter and verse ONLY. Where in the bible is said Mary was sinless? Book, chapter and verse ONLY. Where in the bible is said Mary is to be worshiped.prayed to? Book, chapter and verse ONLY. I KNOW absolutely NO Catholic will reply!!! If one does, every answer will be either out of context, or twisted scripture.

@JDcatholicEngage

11 күн бұрын

Where did the Bible Come from ?

@mitchellosmer1293

11 күн бұрын

@@JDcatholicEngage quote---Where did the Bible Come from ?.. unquote Which one??? ****“Then the Bible, that serpent which with head erect and eyes flashing, threatens us (the Jesuits) with its venom while its tails along the ground, shall be changed into a rod as soon as we (the Jesuits) are able to seize it…for three centuries past this cruel asp has left us no response. You well know with what folds it entwines us and with what fangs it gnaws us” (‘The Jesuits in History’, Hector Macpherson, Ozark Book Publishers, 1997, Appendix 1). ***"She (the Catholic Church) is not the child of the Bible, as many non-Catholics imagine, but its mother. She derives neither her existence nor her teaching authority from the New Testament." The Faith of Millions, by Rev. John A. O'Brien, Ph.D., LL.D., p 146, published by Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Ind., 1938, ("nihil obstat" by Rev. T. E. Dillon-Censor Librorum and "imprimatur" by John Francis Noll, D.D. -Bishop of Fort Wayne). ***"The belief in the Bible as the sole source of faith is unhistorical, illogical, fatal to the virtue of faith, and destructive of unity." The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIII, "Protestantism", Section III A - Sola Scriptura ("Bible Alone"), Nihil Obstat, February 1, 1912 by Remy Lafort, D.D., Censor, Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York. www.newadvent.org/cathen/12495a.htm ***"If we must choose between the Holy Scriptures of God, and the old errors of the church, we should reject the former." Johnan Faber (a defender of the Papacy) cited in History of The Reformation, by Merle d'Aubinge, book 11, Chapter 5, Paragraph 9. forums.catholic.com/t/church-and-the-scriptures/55510 *******>>>>

@mitchellosmer1293

10 күн бұрын

@@JDcatholicEngage quote----Where did the Bible Come from ?.. unquote Which one???? The first complete copies of single New Testament books appear around 200, and the earliest complete copy of the New Testament, the Codex Sinaiticus, dates to the 4th century. Then the Latin Vulgate, and others. Are you aware of what the catholic church says about the bible??? ***"She (the Catholic Church) is not the child of the Bible, as many non-Catholics imagine, but its mother. She derives neither her existence nor her teaching authority from the New Testament." The Faith of Millions, by Rev. John A. O'Brien, Ph.D., LL.D., p 146, published by Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Ind., 1938, ("nihil obstat" by Rev. T. E. Dillon-Censor Librorum and "imprimatur" by John Francis Noll, D.D. -Bishop of Fort Wayne). >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Bible is nothing more than the collection of letters . The only thing they invented was the index. When we refer to the Bible, we are referring to these letters sent out by the apostles. On top of this, the church in AD 382 did not have the original apostles or their letters. Instead, we have the copies. And by golly there were a lot of copies. These copies of the gospels confirm and attested to the faith. So it was still possible to stick to the Faith. Also, Sola Scriptora was made not as a protest to the early churches to begin with. It was made to the Roman Catholic church who were engaging in practices that were contrary to the Gospels. But that's another topic. Instead, let us focus on the Church. The Catholic Church by itself has no legitimacy without the Bible. No matter which way you slice it. Without the support of the Gosples, you cannot have a church. However, you are making the circular argument that the Bible has no legitimacy without the church, which in turn has no legitimacy without the bible. Such circular reasoning is flawed. Either the church depends on the Bible for authority, or it has no authority to begin with.

@jdcatholicengage What is the privilege way that B Barron refer to? Where is it in the Bible? Why did Jesus say go to all nations and baptize them?

@mitchellosmer1293

11 күн бұрын

quote---Why did Jesus say go to all nations and baptize them?... unquote Which Jesus DID NOT!!! Not even the apostles did that!!!

@imaculatamarriott1844

10 күн бұрын

@@mitchellosmer1293 I don’t understand what you were talking about! Check Matthew 28:19-20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”

Christ NEVER taught that Peter is a pope. Christ NEVER taught that Mary will go to heaven. Christ NEVER taught that Mary is a mediator/intecessor. Christ NEVER taught that Mary never sinned. Christ NEVER taught that Mary remained virgin. Christ NEVER Taught that a mere man is head of His church. Christ NEVER taught about a church named Catholic. Christ NEVER taught that we can pray to the dead. Christ NEVER taught that the dead can hear our prayers. Christ NEVER taught that anyone can change the day of worship. Christ NEVER taught to confess to a "priest" Christ NEVER Taught a priest can forgive your sins.

@GreenEyedRogue

10 күн бұрын

Christ never burned a cross

You cannot love God with all your heart mind and soul and love your neighbor as yourself is impossible unless you are born again by Gods Grace alone.

@J-PLeigh8409

17 күн бұрын

Then you need to understand that Cathoics are born again, but like any believer can fall away, hence we actually practice the holy faith. It's all by the grace & mercy of God.....but what do you w/ the gift of Grace Eddy? You love your neighbor & live charitable, how? Worship God in spirit & in truth, how? Lift your heart up to the Lord how? Practice & participate in this rich beautiful faith, how?

@eddyrobichaud5832

17 күн бұрын

@J-PLeigh8409 Catholics are not born again. You are born again when you receive Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. Not from baptizing babies

@joecastillo8798

17 күн бұрын

@eddyrobichaud5832 Eddy, Justification of the soul is a work of grace by the Holy Spirit. With that in mind, we can define justification as the transformation of the soul from the state of original sin to that of grace and divine sonship through Jesus Christ. We Catholics believe it is only “by divine grace through Jesus Christ” that we are enabled to do good works at all. And the Council of Trent also says that jus­ti­fi­ca­tion begins only from “the pre­dis­pos­ing grace of God,” who calls us “with­out any mer­its” of our own (Chap. 5). Thus when St. Paul writes to the Eph­esians that “by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God,” that is entirely con­sis­tent with the teach­ing of the Catholic Church at Trent. However, jus­ti­fi­ca­tion in the Catholic under­stand­ing, does not begin and end there. It is a process that can be divided into three stages: #1.Ini­tial jus­ti­fi­ca­tion, which takes place upon con­ver­sion to the Chris­t­ian faith. #2. Con­tin­u­ing jus­ti­fi­ca­tion, which occurs as a per­son grows in faith, in good works, and in right­eous­ness. #3. Final jus­ti­fi­ca­tion, which takes place at the final judg­ment on the Last Day. This is why our Catholic answer to the ques­tion “Are you saved?” is: "I have been saved; I am being saved; I hope to be saved". It is definitely a process. St. Paul says in: Philippians 2:12 12. And so, my most beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but even more so now in my absence: Work toward your salvation with fear and trembling. That is, works of charity, Not the works of the law, have a nec­es­sary role in our con­tin­u­ing justification. By such works we "increase in righteousness", but they do not Earn salvation for us. God bless your discernment.

@bethmedina9200

16 күн бұрын

Born again Catholic here. Born again through water & Spirit, just as Jesus explains in John 3:5. This is why Baptism saves.

@tony1685

13 күн бұрын

@@J-PLeigh8409 not possible -- see John 14:15

money!

catholicism isn't Christianity or it would obey Christ and follow the Word of God. but it doesn't -- just a comparison of John 14:15 with the Ten Commandments prove this.

Unfortunately Bishop Barron spoke heresy to Ben in this interview, but this clip does not show it. I am a Catholic and hold to the Catholic faith but Bishop Baron told Ben that he doesn’t have to accept Jesus because Jesus is the privileged way. Bishop Barron needs to repent of this false teaching. Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven. The Catholic Church is the bride of Christ. There is no salvation outside the Catholic Church.

@peterhenryzepeda3484

16 күн бұрын

The Church doesn’t teach that those who are not Christian or even Catholic cannot enter heaven

@Luis-vn4ue

16 күн бұрын

So you are saying, someone born in the jungles of Africa who never gets to know Jesus and dies through no fault of his/her, is doomed to Hell?. The Catholic church does not teach thus sorry. God will judge in the end, salvation is not exclusive to RCC

@joelpenley9791

16 күн бұрын

@@Luis-vn4ue no, that is not what I am saying. Anyone who is saved, is saved through Jesus. If a person born in a remote jungle who has never heard the gospel but ends up being saved, it will still be through Jesus. But that is why it is so important to preach the gospel to the ends of the earth.

@joelpenley9791

16 күн бұрын

@@peterhenryzepeda3484 and I never said they did. Yes it is possible to not be a Catholic and still be saved. But that is very rare and is an exception. The surest way to be saved is to accept Jesus and become Catholic.

@imaculatamarriott1844

15 күн бұрын

@@Luis-vn4ueBen doesn’t live in the jungle and he has the opportunity to meet a Catholic bishop who is supposedly a guru in a new evangelisation!

>>WHERE in the Bible does it say GOD RESTED on the FIRST DAY of the WEEK to make that day special??? WHERE in the Bible does it say GOD BLESSED the FIRST DAY of the WEEK to make that day special??? WHERE in the Bible does it say GOD SANCTIFIED the FIRST DAY of the WEEK to make that day special??? WHERE in the Bible does it say GOD NAMED the FIRST DAY of the WEEK to make that day special??? WHERE in the Bible does it say GOD DECLARED the FIRST DAY of the WEEK as HIS HOLY DAY to make that day special??? Book, chapter and verse ONLY!!!!!!

Roman Catholics are misunderstanding Matthew 16:18. The confession that "Jesus is the Christ the Son of God" is the only foundational truth that Christ builds His church on. Peter’s confession is the rock.

@gunshotlagoon922

16 күн бұрын

Christ changed Simon's name to Peter which means rock (from Petros) for a reason. Peter is the rock of the church, and the church is the body and bride of Christ who is its head. The church led by Peter follows and submits to Christ.

@Gospel_of_John_3.16

16 күн бұрын

@@gunshotlagoon922 You are missing the context which is the confession of faith in Christ that Peter declared. Matt 16:16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Matt 16:17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. Matt 16:18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. To reject the confession of faith in Christ, as the foundation of the church, can only be a doctrine of demons.

@gunshotlagoon922

16 күн бұрын

​@@Gospel_of_John_3.16 The church submits its faith to Christ and that church is led by Peter. This is not rocket science.

@Gospel_of_John_3.16

16 күн бұрын

@@gunshotlagoon922 I think Peter died many years ago.

@gunshotlagoon922

16 күн бұрын

​@@Gospel_of_John_3.16 And that is why we have an unbroken chain of apostolic succession for 2,000 years standing on the pillars of holy scripture and church tradition dating back to the first century, not 1,500 years after.

What Barron is saying is not convincing at all , we do not cooperate with Grace God is the one that gives us Grace so by faith we can accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord . Barron also does not mention the spiritual part in true Salvation . After all we are Spirit Body and Soul and Gods love is not a virtue . I'm not impressed by Barrons explanation and i hope Shapiro does not accept Roman Catholic-ism with its rules ,religious rituals and false doctrines including the catholic Mary & Saints / Rosary / pagan purgatory Idolatry .

@Hafstrom1845

16 күн бұрын

How is purgatory pagan?

@gpower9572

16 күн бұрын

So when Jesus died on the cross where did he go for three days..... To free the spirits in prison....

@bellatordei1

16 күн бұрын

We have free will so yes, we need to open the door or cooperate with Grace. God wants us to make a move towards Him regardless how small. He calls us even when we don't in the hope we will reply. Catholics, if you care to really look into it, have the fullness of faith. Mary, sinless, had free will to say Yes. Eve, sinless, had the free will to say No. Eve, a woman brings sin and darkess into the world and it is sealed once Adam agrees to the sin. Mary brings light into the world and it is sealed with Jesus death and resurrection. Mary is the new Eve; Jesus is the new Adam.

@isrberlinerin4063

15 күн бұрын

@@Hafstrom1845 I am glad you ask and it is evident that you never did any research outside the catholic propaganda and indoctrination sites . Roman Pagan Purgatory is a ancient belief system including praying for and to the dead., that is a historical fact ! Roman Catholic-ism made it a doctrine and originally charged indulgences so the ones in purgatory can go free . They made million with that scam and of course the were called out and then changed it . Sadly all you catholics are so gullible and believe what that corrupt Roman Catholic Magisterium says .

@gregl9175

13 күн бұрын

@@bellatordei1beautiful ❤

Love doesnt save . Its the RESULT of being saved

@lorenzobianchini4415

17 күн бұрын

Faith without love doesnt save .Catholic belief is we are saved by grace correct but love is greater than faith and it is faith working through love in Christ that saves...

@lorenzobianchini4415

17 күн бұрын

LOVE IS NOT THE RESULT OF BEING SAVED AT ALL.THAT IS HERETICAL NONSENSE.

@J-PLeigh8409

17 күн бұрын

Perhaps read Mat 25:31-46..... Gal 5:6....Rom 2:6-8.....& James 2:24 to start...& we are explicitly reading in an eternal justification context

@declancronin437

17 күн бұрын

Yes it does because “God is Love”

@lorenzobianchini4415

17 күн бұрын

@@declancronin437 There are 3 things that last faith,hope and love and the greatest of these is Love.If indeed i have all the faith so as to move mountains but have not love I am Nothing!!!