TruthMatters_SJ
I am going to list five questions that Protestants should consider when thinking about their faith and whether their churches reflect the truth. Without the Bible, how did the earliest Christians follow “Sola Scriptura?” Martin Luther understood Sola Scriptura (“Scripture alone”) to mean that the Bible is the only infallible authority for Christian doctrine and …
For centuries, Catholics and Protestants have taken varying positions on the Mother Mary’s role, her perpetual virginity, her sinless nature, and her assumption into heaven. Many Catholics revere Mother Mary as a perpetual and blessed virgin who was immaculately conceived and assumed in spirit and body into heaven. Some Protestants believe she lived a more …
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Isaiah foretold the virgin birth:[1] “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” Immanuel means God is with us. He further foretold the birth of Jesus:[2] “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,and the government will be on his shoulders. And …
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