Ecce Fides - Pillar of Truth - St. Patrick's Basilica

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Baptism by blood and desire for adults and infants Does baptism require immersion? Baptism of the dead? Where do we find the Sacrament of Confirmation? Why do Catholics believe the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Jesus? Why do Catholics have a Mass? Is the Mass a true sacrifice? Why do we celebrate the Lord’s Day on a Sunday? The Mass, completely Biblical Where do Catholics get the idea of mortal and venial sins? Why do we need priests to forgive sins? What does it mean to be excommunicated? Why indulgences? Is there a Sacrament of Holy Orders? Why celibate priests? Why “Father”? Why do Catholics not allow woman priests? Is there such a thing as the Last Rites? Prayer and the Doctor? What about blood transfusions? Is marriage a sacrament? What is an annulment? Chapter IV: The Trinity and the Communion of Saints Is there a Trinity? Who is Christ? Who is the Holy Spirit? Jesus is God! God, not gods! Do Catholics worship saints? What about the communion of saints? Jesus, the fulfillment of Judaism’s hopes! Chapter V: Mary Is Mary the Mother of God? What is the Immaculate Conception? Brothers and sisters of the Lord? Why was Mary assumed into heaven? Mary, the “woman” (cf. Jn. 2:4; 19:26) How much should we love Mary? Chapter VI: End-time Issues Hell, a reality Where do we get purgatory from? Is there such a thing as temporal punishment? Is hell eternal or are the souls of the evil or dead annihilated? Premillennialism, Postmillennialism, Amillennialism and the Rapture What about the 144,000? Celestial marriages? What are we to think of Bible prophecy? 2
Chapter VII: Salvation Do Catholics have a different understanding of the human person than Protestants? “Proofs” for existence of God Predestination or providence? Is salvation assured? What about this faith and works? Why do Catholics believe that so-called “non-Christians” can be saved? Chapter VIII: Miscellaneous Issues Do Catholics practice idol worship? Why relics? Are Catholics pagans? Why do some Catholics believe in the theory of evolution? Are Catholic doctrines invented? What is a heretic? What gave rise to the birth of Protestantism? The Real Jesus! The health and wealth gospel! The New Age Chapter IX: Understanding the Religion of Secularism Birth pangs of secularism! Implications of the turn toward the self What was lost! More consequences! The media, secularism’s evangelizing tool Secularism, in conclusion Chapter X: Moral Doctrines under Attack The Ten Commandments and their implications for Catholics The natural and moral law, essential dimensions to moral theology Why is homosexual activity (and same-sex marriages) contrary to the Word of God? No such thing as pro-choice Catholics! Why are contraceptives evil and why is Natural Family Planning holy? Why do Catholics believe in legitimate wars? The death penalty revisited Euthanasia? Genetic engineering and assisted reproduction Embryonic stem cell research Chapter XI: Concluding Remarks There are no new questions! The future of Christianity The ship continues moving! Appendix: An Apologetics Debate Handbook 3
Page 1: Ecce Fides Pillar of Truth TABLE OF
Page 5 and 6: INTRODUCTION By His Eminence Paul C
Page 7 and 8: Where did the Bible come from? I HO
Page 9 and 10: estimated that there are as much as
Page 11 and 12: unroll the order of their bishops,
Page 13 and 14: (Acts 15:1-35). With every succeedi
Page 15 and 16: lacking. Let us take just one book
Page 17 and 18: Church must fit together like a puz
Page 19 and 20: Catholic scholar Johann Eck on the
Page 21 and 22: Who’s your founder? II THE CHURCH
Page 23 and 24: Irenaeus, the disciple of Polycarp,
Page 25 and 26: Babylonians destroyed the temple an
Page 27 and 28: Peter, the Rock upon which Jesus bu
Page 29 and 30: the current pope, the Church has al
Page 31 and 32: faith of the Church: They who have
Page 33 and 34: Paul mentions how he “laid the fo
Page 35 and 36: Anastasius III (911-913) Landus (91
Page 37 and 38: Cyprian in his Letter to all his Pe
Page 39 and 40: Hussitism (fifteenth century): Huss
Page 41 and 42: Church). It also affirmed the gift
Page 43 and 44: dealing with the belief as much as
Page 45 and 46: from “original sin,” personal s
Page 47 and 48: Trinitarian formula. The Didache (c
Page 49 and 50: (Cf. Nm. 52-54, 58: SC 25 bis, 186-
Page 51 and 52: (Philadelphia, 4, trans. Lake). In
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existence in the Church of a set Ma
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namely himself to be offered by the
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human hands have made (cf. Qo 3:13)
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You are to confess your sins in the
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priest. What does it mean to be exc
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whose contributions to the world ha
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Where the bishop is to be seen, the
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the priesthood as much as it is a c
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the bond between two believers, now
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communion, albeit a distinction, be
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supernatural life (2 Cor. 3:8) with
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Mary…” The Governor of Pontus,
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Transfiguration (Mk: 9:4). Joshua f
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Mary is the mother of Jesus. Mary i
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Redeemer and Savior. Where do Catho
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I firmly believe that Mary, accordi
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ehold your son.” Then he said to
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generations will call me blessed”
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“saved, but only through fire”
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punished, yet is their hope full of
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What about the 144,000? Basing thei
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Original sin was the sin committed
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security, a resignation, and a hope
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egin contracting until it collapses
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eliminate the capacity to love God.
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He that believes in the Son has eve
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So people from other religions (i.e
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our minds might wing aloft in yearn
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markers to mark important places (G
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held by the popes became the faith
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that Jesus demands a response to th
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Descartes and Kant Rene Descartes a
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Evolutionalism/ Progressivism Evolu
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changes for the new epoch or era. M
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The natural law is based on the law
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The American Psychological Associat
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The fostering of passivity Televisi
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4. The fourth commandment demands t
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fact, there is no way of understand
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Why are contraceptives evil and why
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longer two, but one flesh. Therefor
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Elizabeth Kubler-Ross was a world-r
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Techniques involving only the marri
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uying a new car. Promiscuity and th
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APPENDIX AN APOLOGETICS DEBATE HAND
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another; Photinus, Apollinaris, Pri
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Adversus Marcionem libri quinque ,
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Christians are brought to future li
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Blood?”…. “Do not therefore r
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Ad uxorem, 2, 8, 6-7: PL 1, 1412-14
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Lk. 1:43: Mother of my Lord Mary wi
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expecting the Lord to come. And beh
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Heb. 10:26-27: if sin after receivi
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