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MARTIN LUTHER: THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY PROF. M. M. NINAN Topic Protestantism Catholicism Authority Final authority is God's word Final authority is the Pope and Magisterium. Pope is infallible when speaking "from the chair." Clergy Celibacy not required Celibacy required Communion Symbol of Christ's sacrifice on the cross The elements (bread and wine) become, through the ritual and authority of the priest, the actual body and blood of Jesus Leadership No Pope Pope is final human authority Mary Considered honorable and blessed woman, deny assumption and mediatrix office of Mary Mary is highly exalted. Assumption of Mary (CCC 966); "Advocate, Helper, Mediatrix" (CCC 969); Queen over all things (CCC 966); "All holy one" (CCC 2677); preserved from original sin (CCC 966); prayer is offered to Mary (CCC 971); second only to Jesus (Vatican Council II, p. 421); she crushed the head of the serpent (Pope Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus) Purgatory Denies existence of Purgatory Purgatory is a place of purification after a person dies where he achieves holiness so as to enter into the joy of heaven (CCC 1030). Saints All who are Christians are called saints Saints are special individuals who do not have to pass through purgatory and have been declared by the Roman Catholic Church to be holy Sacraments Salvation Scripture Visible manifestation of God's work through Baptism and Communion By grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone 66 Books in the Bible, does not contain the Apocrypha A means of grace and its infusion into the Catholic. The RC seven sacraments consist of Baptism, Confirmation, Communion, Confession, Marriage, Holy Orders, Anointing of the Sick. Through baptism, keeping commandments (CCC 2068), penance, and sacraments in the Catholic church. 73 Books in the Bible, containing the Apocrypha Tradition Tradition is subservient to Scripture Tradition is equal to Scripture 104
Prof. Madathilparampil Mammen Ninan B.Sc., B.Ed., M.Sc., M.Ed., Ph.D., Web Site: http://www.talentshare.org/~mm9n Email: mm9n@hotmail.com Prof. Ninan was born in Kozhencheri, Kerala, India in a Syrian Christian Family which claims descent from one of the four families to whom St.Thomas the apostle of Jesus entrusted the gospel. His father Late.Mr.M.M.Mammen was a publisher Freedom fighter and Christian Reformer. His eldest Brother is the well known theologian Late Dr.M.M.Thomas, who was the Chairman of the World Council of Churches, the Governor of Nagaland, India and the Chairman of the Christian Institute of Study of Society and Religion. He belongs to the Malankara Mar Thoma Church, a reformed church holding the theology of the Eastern Churches which claims a 2000 year old heritage. He is by profession a Professor of Theoretical Physics and had been a teacher in various universities around world including Ethiopia, Ghana, Jamaica, Sudan, Yemen, India and United States of America. He retired as the President of the Hindustan Academy of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Affiliated to the University of Bangalore, India. He was the first Moderator of the International Christian Fellowship, Sanaa, Yemen and the Co-founder of the Sudan Pentecostal Church and The Sudan Theological College. He has published over hundred books in History of Religions, Hinduism and Theology. Mrs. Ponnamma Ninan was a Sociologist and Teacher who taught in many different countries along with her husband.
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