It Is "And", Not "Either / Or"...



Either / or, in Bible interpretation, is Protestant teaching. It was not known before the reformation. Instead of examining all of what Holy Scripture has to say, they have been attuned to the smorgasbord mentality of pick and choose and have a rejection, or a "lets ignore mentality", of the truths of which they do not agree.

I will present some examples to illustrate what I have just said:

Here is what non-Catholics say, followed by what Catholics say:

We are
saved by faith not works. However, Scripture clearly says we are saved by faith and works.

It is the
Bible only
and not tradition. However, Scripture clearly says it is the Bible and tradition.

It is the
Bible only and not the Church. It is the Church and the Bible since the Church came first.

It is
only the Bible
which has the authority. It is the Church and the Bible which has the authority.

We honor Jesus only but
not Mary. However, Scripture clearly says to honor Jesus and Mary
.

Baptism
can only be done by immersion. Baptism can be done by immersion, pouring, or sprinkling.

We say call
no man your father. Holy Scripture clearly calls many men our father.

We feed our
bodies but not our souls. Holy Scripture says we must feed our bodies and our souls.

We
ignore history
before the reformation. We preserve history before, during, and after the reformation.

There is heaven but there is
not any such place as purgatory
. There is heaven and purgatory.

There is found nothing of the Catholic Church in the
Old Testament.
There are many references to the Catholic Church in the
Old Testament.

There is found nothing of the Catholic Church in the
New Testament.
There are scores of references to the Catholic Church in the
New Testament.

There is no evidence that the Catholic Church is the true Church that Jesus Christ founded.
Here are
140 reasons
of evidence for you, overwhelming proof that it is the Catholic Church, and none other, that Jesus Christ founded.
Show me just one authentic historical documented proof that it is your church and not the Catholic Church that Jesus Christ founded?


Written by Bob Stanley
December 17, 2001

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