The “Mary worship as a goddess equal to God and her images.” I then get cheeky with them saying that they are right that I shouldn’t worship the image of the human Jesus since it’s idolatry to which they get silent and I ask them why the unreasonable hatred for Mary since your argument fails for images of Jesus yet that’s what you are saying about icons and images? The #1 problem with Protestants is that they are not taught properly how to read the Scriptures and know that there is context to them when they were written instead of being standalone verses.
Thank you for the great video. I am a revert to Catholicism and have been studying the patristics and Church Fathers as well as the Catechism. You hit each point perfectly. The Catholic Church established the biblical canon so the “Catholics are unbiblical” and “antibible” argument is a nonstarter
@@billlee2194 Does she not believe in the Resurrection and that God is the God of the Living and not the dead even after death? Logically, this is so wrong because it tells you that life after death does not exist at all same as the Sadducees Jesus rebuked.
Good stuff, Cameron. I’m a former Protestant pastor currently in RCIA (my parish changes to OCIA next year). There are plenty of people in my life who think that I’ve lost my mind! 😂 Thanks for giving me a resource for them! Glory to Jesus Christ!
Cameron, I pray daily for the protestants to come to know the Fullness of Truth and Grace Jesus said " No one can come to me unless the Father draw him".
@@jameswest9469 why stay in an institution that cannot give you what Jesus gave me? The catholic church can not give you salvation, only Jesus can! Acts 4:12..
@@louisvega-oe2sc there's always a response like yours. Tell me, why are Protestants so offended at people coming to the Catholic Church? Is it because you fear your own faith is being invalidated by this? Or that you cannot match them in theology and so use attacks to try to pull people back to your churches?
as a protestant i have been drawn to the catholic Church and you have been the best by far spokesperson I found for the Catholic Church. I really appreciate this because I haven’t had a chance to learn about anything with the Catholic Church and honestly, I fell for every single one of these misconceptions.
hossboss, I converted to the Catholic Church almost 6 years ago and I have found that some, like Cameron, say things in just the right way so that it really speaks to me in a way I hadn't heard before. There are a few other Catholic sources that speak clearly to me that I will list below. That doesn't mean other sources aren't speaking the truth. Only that some speakers, like Cameron, have a way of wording something I've heard many times before but then a light switches on. Other sources that do that for me are: Brant Pitre on YT. The Catholic Brothers on YT. David Anders on YT. There's one more I'll Google and add asap. God bless you in your journey.
Yes, I agree. They actually believe it. I know. I was one of them for 70 years. It's an invincible ignorance. We only care to know what we care to know.
@@Qohelethful But Christ is the head of the catholic church He knows better. And He also give the powers and authority through his apostle simon peter and it passes through popes. And CHRIST said in Mathew 5:6 - "blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God". Mathew 7:1 - "judge not, that you be not judged". Mathew 7:2 - "FOR with the judgement you pronounce you will be judged and the measure you give will be the measure you get". Luke 9:25 - "for what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?". Luke 19:26-27 - "I tell you that to every one who has will more be given but from him who has not, even what he has, will be taken away. BUT AS FOR THESE ENEMIES OF MINE, WHO DID NOT WANT ME TO REIGN OVER THEM BRING THEM HERE AND SLAY THEM BEFORE ME". Luke 22:31-32 - Jesus prayed for our Catholic Church which He build with the authority of His Heavenly Father Lord of heaven and earth through His apostle Simon peter "SIMON, SIMON, BEHOLD, SATAN DEMANDED TO HAVE YOU THAT HE MIGHT SIFT YOU LIKE WHEAT; BUT I HAVE PRAYED FOR YOU THAT YOUR FAITH MAY NOT FAIL AND WHEN YOU HAVE TURN AGAIN STRENGTHEN YOUR BRETHREN".
@ over 44 years as a Protestant in an Evangelical and now Pentecostal church I have heard 1 sermon on Catholicism and it wasn’t really specifically on that. It was a sermon on unity in Christ and how to view and deal with Christians of other flavors. No lies detected.
I will say @CameronRicker while there are things Is till disagree with I have rly appreciated your videos talking abt how Catholics are actually supposed to view the Pope and what his authority looks like . This seems to make much more sense to me and I appreciate how you’ve broken down the doctrine. I appreciate that Catholics don’t look at the Pope as a perfect or infallible man and this was a misconception of mine.
The simplest explanation of the sacrifice of the Holy Mass and Calvary that I heard, is that in both instances it is Jesus Christ who is both priest and victim being offered to God the Father.
The main problem with Protestantism is they take one line completely out of context, and just roll with it. In your first example Paul’s writing to the Ephesians. What type of works is Paul talking about? Is there more than one type of works? (Yes) And what are they boasting about? Why does nobody ask those questions? Paul is simply telling the gentiles you are saved by faith, not by works of the mosaic law, namely, circumcision. The Judaizers were going around telling the gentiles they had to be circumcised first under the old covenant before they could be baptized into the new covenant. Paul is simply saying no that’s not how it works. I see this over and over again with my protestant and nondenominational friends, they’ll quote one verse and then when you read the verse, you realize it’s completely out of context with the rest of the letter or the rest of the chapter. These are the people that will insist that Jesus was talking, literally when he said call no man father, but only speaking figuratively when he was giving the discourse on the bread of life
Respectfully, as a Protestant with negative views of the Catholic Church, the video did not address my concerns. For example, video did not address teachings as written in the catechism or the statements from the current or past popes. That is what I see as what “Catholics” believe.
As an Orthodox Christian I totally understand the saints and especially the Theotokos. One thing that I’ve noticed though is wording that loses its original meanings once translated into English. Prayer is one such word. In our prayer “through the prayers of our holy fathers…” the original Greek work means requests. That word is different from the word used for praying to God proper. But in English all we see is “prayer”.
Cameron, I love the way you dovetail the grace of initial justification into using that grace to further justify or sanctify ourselves. I've never heard justification and sanctification associated quite that way. I'm thinking sanctification is a form of growing in justification ie. being further justified. Do I have it correct?
One thing that we need to explain to help overcome the charge of worshiping the saints is to explain the distinction between prayer and worship. Joe Heschmyer has a very good breakdown of this on his channel Shameless Popery.
What's the difference between the meaning of "justify" and "sanctify", or are you using them interchangeably? What are the differences between what _God_ does in justification or sanctification and what _we_ do? Who gets the glory for our justification, who gets the glory for our sanctification? If we are praiseworthy or blameworthy for our sanctification, in what sense can God be given any praise or blame for our sanctification? If the blame or praise is shared between us and God, how do we know where to draw the line between what we are responsible for, and what God is responsible for?
Purgatory, widely accepted praying to Mary (even if against doctrine, catholics do it all the time and the priests do nothing about it), denying that Jesus had blood siblings, the pope and his constant unbiblical statements are all reasons I could never join the catholic church despite my love for it. Every catholic I talk to about these sounds like they’re in complete denial, well knowing they’re being mislead.
It’s nearly impossible to increase the amount of justification one received at baptism before one dies. At baptism one has enough justification to enter heaven, after one sin you no longer do. One that has to go to purgatory, he or she has decreased their justification since baptism
Imputed grace and infused grace are two different ways of describing how God's grace is bestowed upon people: Imputed grace A Protestant Christian doctrine that states that God declares a sinner righteous through faith in Christ, rather than on the sinner's own merit. The term "impute" comes from a Latin word that means "to reckon". Infused grace A Catholic theological term that describes how God "pours" grace into a person's soul, or "fills" them with grace. The term "infuse" comes from a Latin word that means "to pour in/on". How can a Roman Catholic ever have true peace or assurance through infused grace? You never really know where you stand before God if one minute you are justified before God in the next minute, if you commit a mortal sin, you are not justified before God! The Bible clearly states that once you are a child of God, you’re a child of God by Grace alone through Faith, alone in the finished work of Jesus Christ alone for the glory of God alone! And that nothing can separate you from the love of God! “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 KJV
Don Carson: On the night he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus prayed for his followers in these terms: "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you have sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified" (JHN 17:17-19). Observe: First, this side of the Reformation "sanctification" usually refers to the gradual growth in grace that flows out of conversion. In justification God declares us to be just, on account of the sacrifice that his Son has offered up on our behalf; in sanctification, God continues to work in us to make us more and more holy, "sanctified," maturing into conformity with Jesus Christ. There is nothing wrong with talking like that: in the domain of systematic theology, the categories are reasonably clear. And after all, whether or not the word "sanctification" is used, there are plenty of passages that depict this sort of growth in grace (e.g., PHL 3:10ff.). Second, that sort of use of "sanctification" makes little sense of 17:19. When Jesus says that for the sake of his disciples "I sanctify myself," he does not mean that for their sakes he becomes more holy than he was, a little more mature and consistent perhaps. Rather, in the light of John's closing chapters, he means that he totally devotes himself to his Father's will-and God's will is that Jesus go to the cross. Jesus is entirely reserved for what the Father wants; he sanctifies himself. Third, Jesus' purpose in such obedience is that his disciples "may be truly sanctified" (17:19). Because of Jesus' self-sanctification he goes to the cross and dies for his own; in consequence of this cross-work, his disciples are truly "sanctified," i.e., set aside for God. This sounds like what systematicians call "positional sanctification": the focus is not on growing conformity to God, but on the transformation of one's position before God owing to Jesus' decisive atonement. Fourth, what Jesus asks for in his prayer is that his Father "sanctify" his disciples by the truth, i.e., by his word which is truth (17:17). He may simply be asking that they be decisively "sanctified" by the truth of the Gospel. But if an experiential, long-term dimension is also in view, this passage tells us how to become more "sanctified"-in line with Psalm 1:2; 119:109, 111.
In Ephesians. Isn’t St Paul talking about ceremonial works of the Judeo law ? God throws the branches into the fire that don’t produce fruit. And this fruit should come from the hearts of His children
Catholicism is different from "Roman Catholicism" in an attempt to brand themselves as the "og catholics" as it were. I see this constantly by them redefining (common prot protocol) what Catholicism means.
Imputed grace and infused grace are two different ways of describing how God's grace is bestowed upon people: Imputed grace A Protestant Christian doctrine that states that God declares a sinner righteous through faith in Christ, rather than on the sinner's own merit. The term "impute" comes from a Latin word that means "to reckon". Infused grace A Catholic theological term that describes how God "pours" grace into a person's soul, or "fills" them with grace. The term "infuse" comes from a Latin word that means "to pour in/on". To have imputed righteousness means that you have been given the righteousness of another who has kept the law completely, the righteousness of Jesus Christ, the perfect law keeper!
@EBeautiful-f9d thanks for the reply. Very helpful..... Among Pentecostals, they talk of a reward or increased reward based on how a Christian lives his life on Earth. I guess that has nothing to do with increased grace, I may have been conflating them both.
@@charliegeorge4247 You are more than welcome! I encourage you to Study these Subjects! Also study Law/Gospel distinction! Theocast is a great channel on here and the Pactum on Spotify is a great Podcast to listen to!!❤️
I’d say for this to reach people, they’d have to first eliminate the “faith alone” ideas, only then can they see a ‘quantifiable grace’ or ‘types of grace’ being applied to “cooperation with God’s Will. - that sacraments provide a grace, through faith, free and from God as a gift and not due to us from the ‘work’ performed. -- where feeding the hungry is a cooperation that sanctifies and brings us closer to God. “Good Works.” -- works ; not as a switch that turns on or off justification, but increasing the bond in our relationship that cleans the stains of our sinful habits until sin fades from our memory. And the opposing “evil deeds” that creates a separation that leaves us in pursuit of the passions, distancing ourselves from our relationship with God until all we know is sin.
So, illiminate the "Saved by Trusting Jesus to save me" is the first step? Because that's who our faith is in. We Trust Him to do what he said. (John 3:16)
@@vonbass1300No one disagrees with you. - I’m stating a “quantifiable grace”, different types of ways to receive different types of grace, and that “faith, by itself”, without “doing the will of the Father” doesn’t “save”; as James says. - Faith gives us grace to accomplish the will of The Father. Otherwise we aren’t able to do the will of The Father. - Christianity isn’t a couch potato religion.
@@SolaPastora Grace is God's unmerited favor and love towards humanity. It is a gift that cannot be earned. Grace is always coming from God. Its not anything we do. Gods grace leads us to do the works we were created to do. Christianity is for sure not a couch potato religion, but when on sites that think they are earning Gods grace, carefulness so that brothers do not stumble takes up focus.
@@SolaPastora Think about this, Salvation is a free gift that cannot be earned. It comes completly from God based on nothing we do, but on his love. Until a person accepts that, and realizes all the good deeds he can do, will not add anything towards salvation, then everything they do will have, at its core, that touch of selfishness. Its earning something for ME. And thats why it says, "All our righteousness (our righteous deeds) are like filthy rags" in Gods sight. Once we take trying to earn our salvation, trying to be good enough, out of the equation, we can actually do the good works we were created to do.
@@vonbass1300 That’s what I was talking about. The “Faith Alone” idea leads to a the idea that only a “saving grace” exists. - I agree, no work of man ‘earns’ salvation. I’m talking about “cooperation, friendship, and growing in holiness.” -- Protestants might believe and do the same things as Christians, but they describe it differently, and it creates a ‘mental block’ structured around “Faith Alone.” - if you reread our comments, we’re practically agreeing. lol.
Romans 2:6-7 For he will render to every man according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life Romans 2:13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. 1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive good or evil, according to what he has done in the body. Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Christ-follower here. Its hard to read popular Catholic prayers to Mary without getting a little suspicious... Is this really the role of a saint in heaven? Or should this type of prayer be directed toward God (since biblically, the Holy Spirit is the One functioning in all these ways toward believers NOT Mary)... Memorare To Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart REMEMBER, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, the ineffable power which thy Divine Son has given thee over His adorable Heart. Full of confidence in thy merits, we now implore thy protection. O Heavenly Treasurer of the Heart of Jesus, of that Heart which is the inexhaustible source of all graces and which thou dost open when it pleases thee, in order to distribute among men all the treasures of love and mercy, of light and salvation which it contains: grant us, we beseech thee, the favors we request. (Mention your requests.) No, we cannot meet with a refusal, and since thou art our Mother, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, favorably hear and grant our prayers. Amen. She distributes the fruit of the Spirit to believers? She distributes light? She distributes salvation? Would a Catholic who was praying this prayer be corrected by a church leader ever? Or encouraged to pray this even more often?
#1. For Jesus, the good done to every human being, regardless of the ties of blood or religion, is the single criterion of judgment. -Infinite Dignity So, you are salvation by works. This is a magisterial document to which you must submit heart and mind to. Explain this away and we haven't even touched upon several remarks by Pope Francis that are of a universalist character. #3. If the pope places heresies and errors in a magisterial document, you are to believe in those heresies and errors, full-stop. Or rewrite the faith so those heresies and errors are no longer such. They may not be infallible but they're authoritative which is even worse because magisterial documents are a lot more frequent than ex-cathedra statements. And there's nothing to stop a pope from teaching heresy ex-cathedra if he wanted to. And no court to declare such an ex-cathedra statement to be heretical. Simply put, heresy would be the faith on the whims of any pope and if the next pope reverses the previous pope, the infallibility doctrine collapses. #4,5: If the pope declared ex-cathedra or magisterially that Catholics recrucify Christ at mass continuously or that Mary is some kind of goddess, there's nothing you could do about it. All you can say is that this isn't the dogma of the past and today, but you have no guarantee for the future.
@@tiju.j. Luckily Jesus gave us the sacrament of reconciliation (repentance) and gave the apostles power to forgive sins on His behalf. “Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven.”
we can grow in sanctification, holiness, but not in justification. "by one offering, he has perfected forever, those who are being sanctified". (being conformed to his image) we cannot merit grace as grace itself means unmerited favor, it is a gift from God. be faithful unto death and i will give you the crown of life. romans 4:1-8 vs. 3 abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness. now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as a debt. but to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness. God imputes righteousness (grace) apart from works. 2 tim. 4:7,8 ...i have kept the faith. finally, there is laid up for me the crown of "righteousness" which the Lord, the "righteous" judge, will give to me on that day, and to all who have loved his appearing. "a crown of righteousness". not justice. you make so many foolish assumptions about what you call protestants, as if we all think and do things alike. God saves individuals. and he places each individual member in His church as He wills. so, since it is an unbloody sacrifice, you justify a necessary sacrifice? there is no more sacrifice for sin, bloody or unbloody. jesus did that once for all, and we declare it until he comes. it is called "the sacrifice of praise", and thanksgiving. you believe a so called priest has power to call jesus, flesh and blood, down from his throne in heaven, to enter a piece of bread, and then be locked up in a tabernacle of sorts, "the real presence". jesus WILL come once again, in the flesh, without blood, for salvation. we look for his REAL appearing. in the meantime, the spirit of christ dwells in the hearts of believers, making each of us temples of God, living stones, wherein there are no locks, or manmade things, holding him in. this is the promise of the father, the promise of the new covenant to all who believe. the riches of the mystery which is "christ in you", 24/7. worship and veneration: paul said to honor living persons, or pray to God for him, or pray for other living persons, not pray to any living or deceased persons, so called saints or otherwise. wait? you think deceased saints have "spiritual power over us"? if so, then praying to them would be worship, expecting to receive something from them by your requests. attributing power to such is "another god", idolatry. we do not pray to nor worship, nor bow before, nor serve angels either, tho God has given them, to minister to us, according to his will. the "chain of command" in christ's kingdom is praying to God in jesus name, only. All authority is given to Jesus. by his blood, thru faith in his name, we can boldly approach the throne of Grace, all by ourselves, to receive all that He has promised to those who love him, escorted only by his holy spirit. that is the kingdom of God that we have entered. don't gum it all up with religious exercises, and strange teaching, going beyond what is written. the substance is Christ, not this earthly kingdom of brick and mortar churches, and men exercising false authority over the flock of God, as the apostles have warned us. one living member can help another living member, loving your neighbor, here on earth. there are no directives from the apostles scriptures to seek the dead for the living. there's no reason to believe you can ask st. peter to pray for you, that he hears you, and is able to do it. that is taught no where. yet your mary, according to your beliefs, asks you to "serve" her by reciting the rosary, and makes promises if you do. to bow down to, or to serve anyone but God the Father, is condemned because He considers it "worship", and idolatry. you insult the spirit of grace, and justify your sin, despite the clear teachings of God. just because you say it is not worship, doesn't make it true. you think we all are dumb? believe what is written and obey it. jesus wants you to come to Him, in Spirit and in truth. that makes you his bride, and in union with all of His saints. worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve. it is written.
The Catholic Church teaches the act of baptism in and of itself saves. This is without faith, Romans 10:17, Acts 2:41 when an infant is considered baptized. This debunks your first debunk.
Children cannot accept or reject any faith. Salvation of children is in the hands of their parents.There is a reason scripture says 'he and his whole family got baptized'. It doesn't say only adults got baptized.
@@tiju.j That is totally false. Salvation is of the Lord (Jonah 2:9). It is something we have no control over (John 3:8). Faith is something that is given (Ephesians 2:8-9), in accordance to His power (Ephesians 1:19). When a whole family gets baptized, it is because the whole family believed (Acts 16:31). Nowhere in the bible was anyone baptized who had no faith, except Simon in Acts 8. Are you aware, there is not one single example of baptism in the bible that matches the Catholic view? Your view is based repeatedly on eisegesis of the texts, which is what Catholicism is largely based upon. If you slow down, read the texts carefully, and think these things through carefully, you will see the shallowness of the Catholic interpretations. God is a rewarder of those who DILIGENTLY seeks Him (Hebrews 11:6).
@@soteriology400 Yes, we have control over our salvation. If we reject Jesus we are doomed. How can you say such stupid things? And throughout Bible apostles are baptizing whole family. At least 5 times mentioned in Acts. NOWHERE Bible says only adults are baptized and children are left out. Not even a SINGLE mention.
@@tiju.j The initial point of salvation is not based on the will of man. Romans 9. Paul repeatedly over and over, stated it is not based on our works and stated it is not based on the will of man, but God. I grew up catholic, thinking I was saved and all. But one day, I experienced regeneration. It was not based on anything I did (Titus 3:5-8). After the initial point of salvation, which we have no room to boast, then I work out my salvation, that was already given to me, not based on what I did. Your view is very common, but just because it is common, does not necessarily make it true, nor according to the authors intent.
u mentioned increase justification. Are u claiming that there is a process of Justification just as there is sanctification? If so, I would have to disagree. I mean Romans 5:1-2 seems to be clear that we are completely justified before God at the moment of salvation.
Justification is an ongoing process. We must persevere until the end (as Paul states clearly). In other words, you cannot simply say the sinners prayer and expect salvation from that moment on. There is no eternal security without cooperation. That cooperation is being faithful. Which is the meaning of having faith, not simply mental accent. I fear the extremes that some of my fellow Christians subscribe to, either Scrupulosity or a false sense of security that fosters unaccountability.
So how do you deal with the passage I mentioned? U are simply stating things but that is what the word of God says. I think we disagree on the term Justification and how works relate to salvation. Those who are saved will have good works but it’s not the works that save or keep them saved. Ik the brother in this video was trying to refute this Catholic belief but believing that one has to maintain good works to “stay” saved or as he says “Increase in Justification” is still teaching works based salvation. Works are a fruit and outpouring of ones salvation. That is why believers are told to evaluate or “work out their salvation with fear and trembling”. It does not say “do more good stuff than bad stuff so you don’t lose your justification with God”. Those who claim Christ should evaluate their lives cause they actually might just not be saved in the first place.
I was just thinking that a major difference our Protestant brethren hold comes from The Reformation doctrine of faith alone. I'm told they separated justification from sanctification. In my Baptist altar call sinners prayer once saved always saved church, that meant no category for sanctification. You are saved (justified) and there is nothing You can do to add to it and, unfortunately, nothing You can do to substract from it.
@ Are you implying that once you are saved, you are always saved? This cannot be true. Examine the following: “And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before” (2 Peter 2:20 NLT). The verse clearly indicates that one who is saved and delivered from sin can fall back into it and sever their relationship with God, bringing them into damnation. I agree that it is not the works that keeps a person saved but if a person does not cooperate with God’s grace that keeps their faith strong, their works will not remain either. Eternal security is a dangerous accretion. No disrespect but no one before Calvin bought into it. Augustine struggled with it at first but then followed the traditional doctrine of all of the Catholics/Christians of the time. Christ said if you love me, follow my commandments (Jn 14:15). This is a different level of expectation than simply staying the sinners prayer. Don’t forget the words “repent and be baptized”. These are not to be taken lightly. If once save, always saved is true doctrine, why repent? It would be useless. Wouldn’t God already know what’s in your heart?
St Paul was speaking against being justified by "works of the law" meaning we can keep all those mosaic rules but even then we aren't justified by it but justified through faith. Works of faith is completely different. Faith increases works, and works increases faith.
Stop changing what the word of God word say your deceiving the people, james is saying you have faith, if you are born again by faith you must produce fruit, not that works will make you save. Crazy, don’t put the horse at the back of the carriage, the horse must pull the carriage, crazy reasoning is yours
It is good, and maybe even charitable, to correct misconceptions. However, the serious issues with Roman Catholicism are not with what some erroneously think it teaches, but with the errors that it actually teaches and the schisms that it has caused. For example, simply remove the things that Roman Catholicism has ADDED to the gospel in the last 1000 years, and you'd probably have reunion with most Eastern Orthodox within months. Further, your claim/implication that the Roman Catholic Church is the "one true church" that Jesus founded is another of these errors and demonstrably false. Perpetuating that and other errors is precisely why (among other things) divisions continue in the body of Christ.
Point 1) “If any one saith, that by faith alone the impious is justified; in such wise as to mean, that nothing else is required to co-operate in order to the obtaining the grace of Justification and that it is not in any way necessary, that he be prepared and disposed by the movement of his own will; let him be anathema" - Council of Trent Canon 9 Pretty sure you just made yourself anathema. Point 2) We all need to read our bible more. It is the Word of God. Point 3) Hebrews chapter 10. He was sacrificed ONCE FOR EVER. No non-bloody sacrifice ever again. For they oftentimes made the same sacrifices over and over which can never take away sins. Verse 14 For by ONE offering he hath perfected FOR EVER them that are sanctified. Point 4) I've never met a person who thought the pope was infallible all the time. The point is hes NEVER infallible. Point 5) Even though you didnt do it in this video, many of the common arguements about why its okay to have statures of Mary that you bow and pray to sound like the exact same things the Israelites said when Moses came down off the mountain and found them Venerating a couple golden calfs. We like to think "how could those crazy people worship a statue?" Well the truth is that they more than likely used many of the same reasons that we use for making idols out of nearly anything that seems to lend us to success. But we can remember that "Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."
Do you have any photographs of people you love? Do you talk to them? Do you think they are alive? Of course not. Pictures, photos, statues remind you of people who are important to you, people you honour and admire. You respect them, but you don’t worship them. You may request them to pray for you, like you would anyone living. But that is different from worship. Prayer (request)and worship (adoration) are two different things.
@una1940 sounds just like what I said in point 5. Many of the things you just said, were probably partly said as the israelites set up the high places and spoke to their gods. Honoring and remembering those who are passed is great. Giving them glory as having something to do with your redemption is idolatry. ( that would be how Mary and angels and "saints" are treated in some Christian groups.)
@una1940 the prayers of the israelites in the high places to the statues were to the gods the statues represented. I'm glad you are affirming what I'm saying. I'm not calling anyone stupid.
@@RocketsharK7 No Mary is honoured as the Mother of God. She always points us to Jesus, her Son. We say Hail Mary, full of Grace, pray for us sinners. What do you find wrong with that?
If the Catholic RELIGION actually knew the Gospel the would not be doing all the traditions that they do which comes from men! It's works of Faith that you don't seem to understand. The word of God yes, for that is the only way you can be born again (from God spiritually) . And H2O will not baptize you with the Holy Spirit, only Jesus can do that when you listen to and know him. Seems you have yet to understand John 3:16 for one since you do not study it in context. But then that's because you/ they find man's tradition more important than taking God at his word. The same problem Adam had in the garden.
It is Protestants who have the same problem as Adam. God told Adam and Eve, 'do not eat from the fruit of the tree or you will die'. Eve fell for satan's lies who, always in opposition to God tells her to eat she will not die. Eve believed satan. Adam fell too. What is happening now? At the Last Supper Jesus says, 'eat this IS My Body'. Of course satan in opposition to Jesus is saying 'do not eat that is not His Body'. Protestants are repeating Adam and Eve's sin. They are falling again and again for satan's lies -- do not eat that is not His Body! How will you explain yourselves when you appear before Him? What reason will you give for believing satan's lies against Jesus' words that are so clear? God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden. Do you think He will pat you on the back and say, Oh yes I understand, when My Son tells you to eat the consecrated bread because that is His body , of course you should not believe Him. When the Son of man says ' I am the Living Bread' and then vows 'the BREAD I WILL GIVE IS MY FLESH' John 6:51 do you think that is an empty promise? At the Last Supper Jesus fulfills that vow as He takes the bread, blesses it and says, 'eat this IS My Body' but all you Protestants will repeat Adam's mistake and fall for satan's LIE- do not eat that is not His Body
@darrellperez1029 Yep, the traditions of sinners that have earned us the wages of sin. To bad you don't understand the Gospel, the simplicity of Christ. Have yet to meet a catholic who knows how to enter God rest by the Gospel, the only way to enter heaven!
@darrellperez1029 Matthew 15:9 KJV But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Colossians 2:8 KJV Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
In the first 3 minutes you manage to twist the scriptures to what you think they mean and you quote a man made book the CCC as if it is inspired scripture . It is not . James 2: is answered in John 6:27-29 the works the Jews were to do are what? Start with the scriptures and prove your beliefs by the scriptures as Jesus and the apostles did. Like your channel but sure would be nice if the roman Catholic church looked to the scriptures and not to external uninspired authors for truth. Everything we do for God is by faith. By faith does not mean ,do nothing . I think that is the lie that you have accepted and yet in all the denominations I am aware of , no teaching of go by faith and do nothing is ever presented. Repent of your lack of scripture !
How can one determine what qualifies as inspired scripture? For instance, Lutherans believe in infant baptism, while Baptists do not, yet both are convinced they have the correct interpretation and are guided by the same Holy Spirit. Who is right and who is wrong? How can one be sure who has the true guidance of the Spirit? I'm curious to hear your thoughts.
It’s important to read the catechism if you are a Protestant that interacts with Catholics. Most protestant denominations have statements of faith also but this one is more like a booklet, it’s very long and relatively detailed but worth it. No one claims that the catechism is scripture but it does explain their beliefs and it can be useful to see the 98% agreement between most mainstream Protestants and Catholics. The points that most protestants will dispute will be the ones about the authority of the church institution, the nature/authority of tradition, the position of the pope, and 80% of the Marian content. The justification sanctification stuff (as we Prots say) might be a point of contention, but reads very consistently in the catechism. Frankly, the rest of it was standard trinitarian Christian and not at all unusual. Notice I didn’t mention the Eucharist. There may be certain details that are offputting, but even a lot of protestant denominations are changing their views on communion to more of a Lutheran approach, which is ironically much closer to the Catholic one. It was a little heavy on the church fathers and maybe a little light on scripture, but that’s not necessarily a criticism. The very early first generation church fathers were extremely careful with scripture the letters of Paul, the gospels, etc., so quoting them is pretty much indirectly quoting scripture since accretions hadn’t snuck into the church yet.
@@healingvibesplus Well where in the Bible does it say to baptize babies. And yes I know about the scripture that says baptism is the new circumcision. So why if Jesus had been circumcised, did he also get baptized. Also females are not circumcised . Yet females are baptized. Last point why was Jesus baptized as an adult not a child?
What are some other common objections you get to Catholicism? :)
" a Bible made the Church "
The “Mary worship as a goddess equal to God and her images.” I then get cheeky with them saying that they are right that I shouldn’t worship the image of the human Jesus since it’s idolatry to which they get silent and I ask them why the unreasonable hatred for Mary since your argument fails for images of Jesus yet that’s what you are saying about icons and images?
The #1 problem with Protestants is that they are not taught properly how to read the Scriptures and know that there is context to them when they were written instead of being standalone verses.
Thank you for the great video. I am a revert to Catholicism and have been studying the patristics and Church Fathers as well as the Catechism. You hit each point perfectly. The Catholic Church established the biblical canon so the “Catholics are unbiblical” and “antibible” argument is a nonstarter
I hear from my Baptist sister 'Mary is dead and can't hear our prayers.'
@@billlee2194 Does she not believe in the Resurrection and that God is the God of the Living and not the dead even after death? Logically, this is so wrong because it tells you that life after death does not exist at all same as the Sadducees Jesus rebuked.
Good stuff, Cameron. I’m a former Protestant pastor currently in RCIA (my parish changes to OCIA next year). There are plenty of people in my life who think that I’ve lost my mind! 😂 Thanks for giving me a resource for them! Glory to Jesus Christ!
Welcome home. The angels and saints in heaven are rejoicing with you about your decision to come home to Jesus. God bless you.
Lord bless you 🙏
Cameron, I pray daily for the protestants to come to know the Fullness of Truth and Grace Jesus said " No one can come to me unless the Father draw him".
I was drawn by the father right after he told me to leave the catholic church: Was born again and he gave me the keys to his kingdom!
@@louisvega-oe2scwhy did you do that?
@@jameswest9469 why stay in an institution that cannot give you what Jesus gave me? The catholic church can not give you salvation, only Jesus can! Acts 4:12..
@@louisvega-oe2sc there's always a response like yours. Tell me, why are Protestants so offended at people coming to the Catholic Church? Is it because you fear your own faith is being invalidated by this? Or that you cannot match them in theology and so use attacks to try to pull people back to your churches?
as a protestant i have been drawn to the catholic Church and you have been the best by far spokesperson I found for the Catholic Church. I really appreciate this because I haven’t had a chance to learn about anything with the Catholic Church and honestly, I fell for every single one of these misconceptions.
All glory to Jesus Christ :) God bless you!
hossboss, I converted to the Catholic Church almost 6 years ago and I have found that some, like Cameron, say things in just the right way so that it really speaks to me in a way I hadn't heard before. There are a few other Catholic sources that speak clearly to me that I will list below. That doesn't mean other sources aren't speaking the truth. Only that some speakers, like Cameron, have a way of wording something I've heard many times before but then a light switches on.
Other sources that do that for me are:
Brant Pitre on YT.
The Catholic Brothers on YT.
David Anders on YT.
There's one more I'll Google and add asap.
God bless you in your journey.
Embracing Tradition on YT
Awesome man, also check out Keith Nester, and check out Scott Hahn
Praying for your conversion to the Catholic Church ⛪️💕🙏💕
Do Catholics resacrifice Jesus at mass? - No
Do Protestants lie about Catholics? - Absolutely
Some probably do lie but most actually genuinely think it.
Yes, I agree. They actually believe it. I know. I was one of them for 70 years. It's an invincible ignorance.
We only care to know what we care to know.
@@Qohelethful
But Christ is the head of the catholic church He knows better. And He also give the powers and authority through his apostle simon peter and it passes through popes. And CHRIST said in
Mathew 5:6 - "blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God".
Mathew 7:1 - "judge not, that you be not judged".
Mathew 7:2 - "FOR with the judgement you pronounce you will be judged and the measure you give will be the measure you get".
Luke 9:25 - "for what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?".
Luke 19:26-27 - "I tell you that to every one who has will more be given but from him who has not, even what he has, will be taken away. BUT AS FOR THESE ENEMIES OF MINE, WHO DID NOT WANT ME TO REIGN OVER THEM BRING THEM HERE AND SLAY THEM BEFORE ME".
Luke 22:31-32 - Jesus prayed for our Catholic Church which He build with the authority of His Heavenly Father Lord of heaven and earth through His apostle Simon peter "SIMON, SIMON, BEHOLD, SATAN DEMANDED TO HAVE YOU THAT HE MIGHT SIFT YOU LIKE WHEAT; BUT I HAVE PRAYED FOR YOU THAT YOUR FAITH MAY NOT FAIL AND WHEN YOU HAVE TURN AGAIN STRENGTHEN YOUR BRETHREN".
I would say they are just repeating the lies taught by their pastors.
@ over 44 years as a Protestant in an Evangelical and now Pentecostal church I have heard 1 sermon on Catholicism and it wasn’t really specifically on that. It was a sermon on unity in Christ and how to view and deal with Christians of other flavors. No lies detected.
I will say @CameronRicker while there are things Is till disagree with I have rly appreciated your videos talking abt how Catholics are actually supposed to view the Pope and what his authority looks like . This seems to make much more sense to me and I appreciate how you’ve broken down the doctrine. I appreciate that Catholics don’t look at the Pope as a perfect or infallible man and this was a misconception of mine.
The simplest explanation of the sacrifice of the Holy Mass and Calvary that I heard, is that in both instances it is Jesus Christ who is both priest and victim being offered to God the Father.
The main problem with Protestantism is they take one line completely out of context, and just roll with it. In your first example Paul’s writing to the Ephesians. What type of works is Paul talking about? Is there more than one type of works? (Yes) And what are they boasting about? Why does nobody ask those questions? Paul is simply telling the gentiles you are saved by faith, not by works of the mosaic law, namely, circumcision. The Judaizers were going around telling the gentiles they had to be circumcised first under the old covenant before they could be baptized into the new covenant. Paul is simply saying no that’s not how it works. I see this over and over again with my protestant and nondenominational friends, they’ll quote one verse and then when you read the verse, you realize it’s completely out of context with the rest of the letter or the rest of the chapter. These are the people that will insist that Jesus was talking, literally when he said call no man father, but only speaking figuratively when he was giving the discourse on the bread of life
As my local priest once said and wrote in his book: "during mass, past becomes present."
Perfect timing, thank you ❤
Great video! Thank you for all your hard work. ❤
Thank you Cameron for your videos, they greatly strengthen my faith in Christ!!
Great video as always
all is for the glory of God for those who are called to His Table
Godspeed, Cameron!
The False Catholic Church Protestants preach breaks my heart. Thank you for making this video to help show the truth in a loving way.
Respectfully, as a Protestant with negative views of the Catholic Church, the video did not address my concerns. For example, video did not address teachings as written in the catechism or the statements from the current or past popes. That is what I see as what “Catholics” believe.
EXCELLENT VIDEO!!!! ❤✝️
Thnx for the video
As an Orthodox Christian I totally understand the saints and especially the Theotokos. One thing that I’ve noticed though is wording that loses its original meanings once translated into English. Prayer is one such word. In our prayer “through the prayers of our holy fathers…” the original Greek work means requests. That word is different from the word used for praying to God proper. But in English all we see is “prayer”.
Cameron, I love the way you dovetail the grace of initial justification into using that grace to further justify or sanctify ourselves. I've never heard justification and sanctification associated quite that way. I'm thinking sanctification is a form of growing in justification ie. being further justified. Do I have it correct?
In a nutshell you are correct :)
Wonderful
One thing that we need to explain to help overcome the charge of worshiping the saints is to explain the distinction between prayer and worship. Joe Heschmyer has a very good breakdown of this on his channel Shameless Popery.
Kyle Whittington has a video on that.
If a person attends Mass everyday for 3 years, he will have heard most of the Bible read.
Cameron Dios te Bendiga Y sigue Adelante con tu Apostolado
What's the difference between the meaning of "justify" and "sanctify", or are you using them interchangeably?
What are the differences between what _God_ does in justification or sanctification and what _we_ do?
Who gets the glory for our justification, who gets the glory for our sanctification?
If we are praiseworthy or blameworthy for our sanctification, in what sense can God be given any praise or blame for our sanctification?
If the blame or praise is shared between us and God, how do we know where to draw the line between what we are responsible for, and what God is responsible for?
Thanks excellent explanation.
Shalom from Malaysia
Purgatory, widely accepted praying to Mary (even if against doctrine, catholics do it all the time and the priests do nothing about it), denying that Jesus had blood siblings, the pope and his constant unbiblical statements are all reasons I could never join the catholic church despite my love for it. Every catholic I talk to about these sounds like they’re in complete denial, well knowing they’re being mislead.
None of your concerns as expressed could properly ground rejecting the church in favor of ones own idiosyncratic church and biblical interpretation
@ what is idiosyncratic im not english
Study the church’s doctrine not the sinful followers.
Matthew 25: 14-30 Parable of the Talents
It’s nearly impossible to increase the amount of justification one received at baptism before one dies. At baptism one has enough justification to enter heaven, after one sin you no longer do. One that has to go to purgatory, he or she has decreased their justification since baptism
Research would solve many problems.
I like the content, don’t like that popping sound 😂 I’m listening with air pods while doing chores and that sound is amplified with air pods
Sorry! I’m not in my usual setting!
Using some mics my dad has laying around 😂
@ no problem. Just giving you a hard time
Imputed grace and infused grace are two different ways of describing how God's grace is bestowed upon people:
Imputed grace
A Protestant Christian doctrine that states that God declares a sinner righteous through faith in Christ, rather than on the sinner's own merit. The term "impute" comes from a Latin word that means "to reckon".
Infused grace
A Catholic theological term that describes how God "pours" grace into a person's soul, or "fills" them with grace. The term "infuse" comes from a Latin word that means "to pour in/on".
How can a Roman Catholic ever have true peace or assurance through infused grace? You never really know where you stand before God if one minute you are justified before God in the next minute, if you commit a mortal sin, you are not justified before God! The Bible clearly states that once you are a child of God, you’re a child of God by Grace alone through Faith, alone in the finished work of Jesus Christ alone for the glory of God alone! And that nothing can separate you from the love of God!
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38-39 KJV
Don Carson:
On the night he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus prayed for his followers in these terms: "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you have sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified" (JHN 17:17-19). Observe:
First, this side of the Reformation "sanctification" usually refers to the gradual growth in grace that flows out of conversion. In justification God declares us to be just, on account of the sacrifice that his Son has offered up on our behalf; in sanctification, God continues to work in us to make us more and more holy, "sanctified," maturing into conformity with Jesus Christ. There is nothing wrong with talking like that: in the domain of systematic theology, the categories are reasonably clear. And after all, whether or not the word "sanctification" is used, there are plenty of passages that depict this sort of growth in grace (e.g., PHL 3:10ff.).
Second, that sort of use of "sanctification" makes little sense of 17:19. When Jesus says that for the sake of his disciples "I sanctify myself," he does not mean that for their sakes he becomes more holy than he was, a little more mature and consistent perhaps. Rather, in the light of John's closing chapters, he means that he totally devotes himself to his Father's will-and God's will is that Jesus go to the cross. Jesus is entirely reserved for what the Father wants; he sanctifies himself.
Third, Jesus' purpose in such obedience is that his disciples "may be truly sanctified" (17:19). Because of Jesus' self-sanctification he goes to the cross and dies for his own; in consequence of this cross-work, his disciples are truly "sanctified," i.e., set aside for God. This sounds like what systematicians call "positional sanctification": the focus is not on growing conformity to God, but on the transformation of one's position before God owing to Jesus' decisive atonement.
Fourth, what Jesus asks for in his prayer is that his Father "sanctify" his disciples by the truth, i.e., by his word which is truth (17:17). He may simply be asking that they be decisively "sanctified" by the truth of the Gospel. But if an experiential, long-term dimension is also in view, this passage tells us how to become more "sanctified"-in line with Psalm 1:2; 119:109, 111.
The Catholic Church dictates to married heterosexual couples how to have sex....true or false? And no, I don't mean contraception.
Look up the Catechism
@@patricksee10 "Look it up for yourself" is a dodge that Internet trolls use. Is what I posted accurate? If not, why not?
In Ephesians. Isn’t St Paul talking about ceremonial works of the Judeo law ?
God throws the branches into the fire that don’t produce fruit. And this fruit should come from the hearts of His children
Catholicism is different from "Roman Catholicism" in an attempt to brand themselves as the "og catholics" as it were. I see this constantly by them redefining (common prot protocol) what Catholicism means.
Does increased justification mean a better reward? Or are those two different things.
Imputed grace and infused grace are two different ways of describing how God's grace is bestowed upon people:
Imputed grace
A Protestant Christian doctrine that states that God declares a sinner righteous through faith in Christ, rather than on the sinner's own merit. The term "impute" comes from a Latin word that means "to reckon".
Infused grace
A Catholic theological term that describes how God "pours" grace into a person's soul, or "fills" them with grace. The term "infuse" comes from a Latin word that means "to pour in/on".
To have imputed righteousness means that you have been given the righteousness of another who has kept the law completely, the righteousness of Jesus Christ, the perfect law keeper!
@EBeautiful-f9d thanks for the reply. Very helpful..... Among Pentecostals, they talk of a reward or increased reward based on how a Christian lives his life on Earth. I guess that has nothing to do with increased grace, I may have been conflating them both.
@@charliegeorge4247 You are more than welcome! I encourage you to Study these Subjects! Also study Law/Gospel distinction! Theocast is a great channel on here and the Pactum on Spotify is a great Podcast to listen to!!❤️
I dont know about "increased justification", but you can store up tresures in heaven; according to Jesus.
@@RocketsharK7 thanks
I’d say for this to reach people, they’d have to first eliminate the “faith alone” ideas, only then can they see a ‘quantifiable grace’ or ‘types of grace’ being applied to “cooperation with God’s Will. - that sacraments provide a grace, through faith, free and from God as a gift and not due to us from the ‘work’ performed. -- where feeding the hungry is a cooperation that sanctifies and brings us closer to God. “Good Works.” -- works ; not as a switch that turns on or off justification, but increasing the bond in our relationship that cleans the stains of our sinful habits until sin fades from our memory. And the opposing “evil deeds” that creates a separation that leaves us in pursuit of the passions, distancing ourselves from our relationship with God until all we know is sin.
So, illiminate the "Saved by Trusting Jesus to save me" is the first step? Because that's who our faith is in. We Trust Him to do what he said. (John 3:16)
@@vonbass1300No one disagrees with you. - I’m stating a “quantifiable grace”, different types of ways to receive different types of grace, and that “faith, by itself”, without “doing the will of the Father” doesn’t “save”; as James says. - Faith gives us grace to accomplish the will of The Father. Otherwise we aren’t able to do the will of The Father. - Christianity isn’t a couch potato religion.
@@SolaPastora Grace is God's unmerited favor and love towards humanity. It is a gift that cannot be earned.
Grace is always coming from God. Its not anything we do. Gods grace leads us to do the works we were created to do.
Christianity is for sure not a couch potato religion, but when on sites that think they are earning Gods grace, carefulness so that brothers do not stumble takes up focus.
@@SolaPastora Think about this, Salvation is a free gift that cannot be earned. It comes completly from God based on nothing we do, but on his love.
Until a person accepts that, and realizes all the good deeds he can do, will not add anything towards salvation, then everything they do will have, at its core, that touch of selfishness. Its earning something for ME. And thats why it says, "All our righteousness (our righteous deeds) are like filthy rags" in Gods sight. Once we take trying to earn our salvation, trying to be good enough, out of the equation, we can actually do the good works we were created to do.
@@vonbass1300 That’s what I was talking about. The “Faith Alone” idea leads to a the idea that only a “saving grace” exists. - I agree, no work of man ‘earns’ salvation. I’m talking about “cooperation, friendship, and growing in holiness.” -- Protestants might believe and do the same things as Christians, but they describe it differently, and it creates a ‘mental block’ structured around “Faith Alone.” - if you reread our comments, we’re practically agreeing. lol.
Romans 2:6-7 For he will render to every man according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life
Romans 2:13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive good or evil, according to what he has done in the body.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Christ-follower here. Its hard to read popular Catholic prayers to Mary without getting a little suspicious...
Is this really the role of a saint in heaven? Or should this type of prayer be directed toward God (since biblically, the Holy Spirit is the One functioning in all these ways toward believers NOT Mary)...
Memorare To Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart
REMEMBER, Our Lady of the Sacred
Heart, the ineffable power which thy
Divine Son has given thee over His adorable
Heart. Full of confidence in thy merits, we
now implore thy protection. O Heavenly
Treasurer of the Heart of Jesus, of that
Heart which is the inexhaustible source of
all graces and which thou dost open when it
pleases thee, in order to distribute among
men all the treasures of love and mercy, of
light and salvation which it contains: grant
us, we beseech thee, the favors we request.
(Mention your requests.) No, we cannot
meet with a refusal, and since thou art our
Mother, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart,
favorably hear and grant our prayers. Amen.
She distributes the fruit of the Spirit to believers? She distributes light? She distributes salvation?
Would a Catholic who was praying this prayer be corrected by a church leader ever? Or encouraged to pray this even more often?
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#1. For Jesus, the good done to every human being, regardless of the ties of blood or religion, is the single criterion of judgment.
-Infinite Dignity
So, you are salvation by works. This is a magisterial document to which you must submit heart and mind to. Explain this away and we haven't even touched upon several remarks by Pope Francis that are of a universalist character.
#3. If the pope places heresies and errors in a magisterial document, you are to believe in those heresies and errors, full-stop. Or rewrite the faith so those heresies and errors are no longer such. They may not be infallible but they're authoritative which is even worse because magisterial documents are a lot more frequent than ex-cathedra statements. And there's nothing to stop a pope from teaching heresy ex-cathedra if he wanted to. And no court to declare such an ex-cathedra statement to be heretical. Simply put, heresy would be the faith on the whims of any pope and if the next pope reverses the previous pope, the infallibility doctrine collapses.
#4,5: If the pope declared ex-cathedra or magisterially that Catholics recrucify Christ at mass continuously or that Mary is some kind of goddess, there's nothing you could do about it. All you can say is that this isn't the dogma of the past and today, but you have no guarantee for the future.
Just telling one lie is that enough to go to hell?
Depends on the lie. They keyword is 'mortal sin'. Yes, one mortal sin is enough to be doomed. Adam and Eve did just one sin.
@@tiju.j Telling your kids during Christmas time that there is such a thing as a Santa Clause. Is that enough to go to hell for that lie?
@@tiju.j. Luckily Jesus gave us the sacrament of reconciliation (repentance) and gave the apostles power to forgive sins on His behalf. “Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven.”
@@una1940 But if they did not repent of that lie and they die will they go to hell for that lie?
@@jpd4676 To be a mortal sin it must be: a grave matter, full knowledge that it is a grave matter, but give full consent to commit it anyway.
we can grow in sanctification, holiness, but not in justification. "by one offering, he has perfected forever, those who are being sanctified". (being conformed to his image)
we cannot merit grace as grace itself means unmerited favor, it is a gift from God.
be faithful unto death and i will give you the crown of life.
romans 4:1-8 vs. 3 abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as a debt. but to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness. God imputes righteousness (grace) apart from works.
2 tim. 4:7,8 ...i have kept the faith. finally, there is laid up for me the crown of "righteousness"
which the Lord, the "righteous" judge, will give to me on that day, and to all who have loved his appearing. "a crown of righteousness". not justice.
you make so many foolish assumptions about what you call protestants, as if we all think and do things alike. God saves individuals. and he places each individual member in His church as He wills.
so, since it is an unbloody sacrifice, you justify a necessary sacrifice? there is no more sacrifice for sin, bloody or unbloody. jesus did that once for all, and we declare it until he comes. it is called "the sacrifice of praise", and thanksgiving. you believe a so called priest has power to call jesus, flesh and blood, down from his throne in heaven, to enter a piece of bread, and then be locked up in a tabernacle of sorts, "the real presence". jesus WILL come once again, in the flesh, without blood, for salvation. we look for his REAL appearing.
in the meantime, the spirit of christ dwells in the hearts of believers, making each of us temples of God, living stones, wherein there are no locks, or manmade things, holding him in.
this is the promise of the father, the promise of the new covenant to all who believe.
the riches of the mystery which is "christ in you", 24/7.
worship and veneration: paul said to honor living persons, or pray to God for him, or pray for other living persons, not pray to any living or deceased persons, so called saints or otherwise. wait? you think deceased saints have "spiritual power over us"? if so, then praying to them would be worship, expecting to receive something from them by your requests.
attributing power to such is "another god", idolatry. we do not pray to nor worship, nor bow before, nor serve angels either, tho God has given them, to minister to us, according to his will. the "chain of command" in christ's kingdom is praying to God in jesus name, only.
All authority is given to Jesus. by his blood, thru faith in his name, we can boldly approach the throne of Grace, all by ourselves, to receive all that He has promised to those who love him, escorted only by his holy spirit. that is the kingdom of God that we have entered.
don't gum it all up with religious exercises, and strange teaching, going beyond what is written. the substance is Christ, not this earthly kingdom of brick and mortar churches, and men exercising false authority over the flock of God, as the apostles have warned us.
one living member can help another living member, loving your neighbor, here on earth.
there are no directives from the apostles scriptures to seek the dead for the living.
there's no reason to believe you can ask st. peter to pray for you, that he hears you, and is able to do it. that is taught no where. yet your mary, according to your beliefs, asks you to "serve" her by reciting the rosary, and makes promises if you do. to bow down to, or to serve anyone but God the Father, is condemned because He considers it "worship", and idolatry.
you insult the spirit of grace, and justify your sin, despite the clear teachings of God.
just because you say it is not worship, doesn't make it true. you think we all are dumb?
believe what is written and obey it. jesus wants you to come to Him, in Spirit and in truth.
that makes you his bride, and in union with all of His saints. worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve. it is written.
The Catholic Church teaches the act of baptism in and of itself saves. This is without faith, Romans 10:17, Acts 2:41 when an infant is considered baptized. This debunks your first debunk.
Acts 2:38-39 1 Peter 3:21
Children cannot accept or reject any faith. Salvation of children is in the hands of their parents.There is a reason scripture says 'he and his whole family got baptized'. It doesn't say only adults got baptized.
@@tiju.j That is totally false. Salvation is of the Lord (Jonah 2:9). It is something we have no control over (John 3:8). Faith is something that is given (Ephesians 2:8-9), in accordance to His power (Ephesians 1:19). When a whole family gets baptized, it is because the whole family believed (Acts 16:31). Nowhere in the bible was anyone baptized who had no faith, except Simon in Acts 8. Are you aware, there is not one single example of baptism in the bible that matches the Catholic view?
Your view is based repeatedly on eisegesis of the texts, which is what Catholicism is largely based upon. If you slow down, read the texts carefully, and think these things through carefully, you will see the shallowness of the Catholic interpretations.
God is a rewarder of those who DILIGENTLY seeks Him (Hebrews 11:6).
@@soteriology400 Yes, we have control over our salvation. If we reject Jesus we are doomed. How can you say such stupid things?
And throughout Bible apostles are baptizing whole family. At least 5 times mentioned in Acts. NOWHERE Bible says only adults are baptized and children are left out. Not even a SINGLE mention.
@@tiju.j The initial point of salvation is not based on the will of man. Romans 9. Paul repeatedly over and over, stated it is not based on our works and stated it is not based on the will of man, but God. I grew up catholic, thinking I was saved and all. But one day, I experienced regeneration. It was not based on anything I did (Titus 3:5-8). After the initial point of salvation, which we have no room to boast, then I work out my salvation, that was already given to me, not based on what I did. Your view is very common, but just because it is common, does not necessarily make it true, nor according to the authors intent.
catechism ? Revelation 22 : 18-19, Deuteronomy 4 : 2 et al. King James Bible. You can't be a catholic and a Christian. You're one or the other.
u mentioned increase justification. Are u claiming that there is a process of Justification just as there is sanctification? If so, I would have to disagree. I mean Romans 5:1-2 seems to be clear that we are completely justified before God at the moment of salvation.
Justification is an ongoing process. We must persevere until the end (as Paul states clearly). In other words, you cannot simply say the sinners prayer and expect salvation from that moment on. There is no eternal security without cooperation. That cooperation is being faithful. Which is the meaning of having faith, not simply mental accent.
I fear the extremes that some of my fellow Christians subscribe to, either Scrupulosity or a false sense of security that fosters unaccountability.
So how do you deal with the passage I mentioned? U are simply stating things but that is what the word of God says.
I think we disagree on the term Justification and how works relate to salvation. Those who are saved will have good works but it’s not the works that save or keep them saved. Ik the brother in this video was trying to refute this Catholic belief but believing that one has to maintain good works to “stay” saved or as he says “Increase in Justification” is still teaching works based salvation. Works are a fruit and outpouring of ones salvation. That is why believers are told to evaluate or “work out their salvation with fear and trembling”. It does not say “do more good stuff than bad stuff so you don’t lose your justification with God”. Those who claim Christ should evaluate their lives cause they actually might just not be saved in the first place.
I was just thinking that a major difference our Protestant brethren hold comes from The Reformation doctrine of faith alone. I'm told they separated justification from sanctification. In my Baptist altar call sinners prayer once saved always saved church, that meant no category for sanctification. You are saved (justified) and there is nothing You can do to add to it and, unfortunately, nothing You can do to substract from it.
@ Are you implying that once you are saved, you are always saved? This cannot be true. Examine the following: “And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before” (2 Peter 2:20 NLT).
The verse clearly indicates that one who is saved and delivered from sin can fall back into it and sever their relationship with God, bringing them into damnation.
I agree that it is not the works that keeps a person saved but if a person does not cooperate with God’s grace that keeps their faith strong, their works will not remain either.
Eternal security is a dangerous accretion. No disrespect but no one before Calvin bought into it. Augustine struggled with it at first but then followed the traditional doctrine of all of the Catholics/Christians of the time.
Christ said if you love me, follow my commandments (Jn 14:15). This is a different level of expectation than simply staying the sinners prayer.
Don’t forget the words “repent and be baptized”. These are not to be taken lightly. If once save, always saved is true doctrine, why repent? It would be useless. Wouldn’t God already know what’s in your heart?
St Paul was speaking against being justified by "works of the law" meaning we can keep all those mosaic rules but even then we aren't justified by it but justified through faith. Works of faith is completely different. Faith increases works, and works increases faith.
Stop changing what the word of God word say your deceiving the people, james is saying you have faith, if you are born again by faith you must produce fruit, not that works will make you save. Crazy, don’t put the horse at the back of the carriage, the horse must pull the carriage, crazy reasoning is yours
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It is good, and maybe even charitable, to correct misconceptions. However, the serious issues with Roman Catholicism are not with what some erroneously think it teaches, but with the errors that it actually teaches and the schisms that it has caused. For example, simply remove the things that Roman Catholicism has ADDED to the gospel in the last 1000 years, and you'd probably have reunion with most Eastern Orthodox within months. Further, your claim/implication that the Roman Catholic Church is the "one true church" that Jesus founded is another of these errors and demonstrably false. Perpetuating that and other errors is precisely why (among other things) divisions continue in the body of Christ.
Point 1) “If any one saith, that by faith alone the impious is justified; in such wise as to mean, that nothing else is required to co-operate in order to the obtaining the grace of Justification and that it is not in any way necessary, that he be prepared and disposed by the movement of his own will; let him be anathema" - Council of Trent Canon 9
Pretty sure you just made yourself anathema.
Point 2) We all need to read our bible more. It is the Word of God.
Point 3) Hebrews chapter 10. He was sacrificed ONCE FOR EVER. No non-bloody sacrifice ever again. For they oftentimes made the same sacrifices over and over which can never take away sins.
Verse 14 For by ONE offering he hath perfected FOR EVER them that are sanctified.
Point 4) I've never met a person who thought the pope was infallible all the time. The point is hes NEVER infallible.
Point 5) Even though you didnt do it in this video, many of the common arguements about why its okay to have statures of Mary that you bow and pray to sound like the exact same things the Israelites said when Moses came down off the mountain and found them Venerating a couple golden calfs. We like to think "how could those crazy people worship a statue?" Well the truth is that they more than likely used many of the same reasons that we use for making idols out of nearly anything that seems to lend us to success. But we can remember that "Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."
Do you have any photographs of people you love? Do you talk to them? Do you think they are alive? Of course not. Pictures, photos, statues remind you of people who are important to you, people you honour and admire. You respect them, but you don’t worship them. You may request them to pray for you, like you would anyone living. But that is different from worship. Prayer (request)and worship (adoration) are two different things.
The prayer is to the person the statue (or picture) represents, not the actual statue. People are not stupid.
@una1940 sounds just like what I said in point 5. Many of the things you just said, were probably partly said as the israelites set up the high places and spoke to their gods.
Honoring and remembering those who are passed is great.
Giving them glory as having something to do with your redemption is idolatry. ( that would be how Mary and angels and "saints" are treated in some Christian groups.)
@una1940 the prayers of the israelites in the high places to the statues were to the gods the statues represented. I'm glad you are affirming what I'm saying. I'm not calling anyone stupid.
@@RocketsharK7 No Mary is honoured as the Mother of God. She always points us to Jesus, her Son. We say Hail Mary, full of Grace, pray for us sinners. What do you find wrong with that?
If the Catholic RELIGION actually knew the Gospel the would not be doing all the traditions that they do which comes from men! It's works of Faith that you don't seem to understand. The word of God yes, for that is the only way you can be born again (from God spiritually) . And H2O will not baptize you with the Holy Spirit, only Jesus can do that when you listen to and know him.
Seems you have yet to understand John 3:16 for one since you do not study it in context. But then that's because you/ they find man's tradition more important than taking God at his word. The same problem Adam had in the garden.
It is Protestants who have the same problem as Adam. God told Adam and Eve, 'do not eat from the fruit of the tree or you will die'. Eve fell for satan's lies who, always in opposition to God tells her to eat she will not die. Eve believed satan. Adam fell too.
What is happening now? At the Last Supper Jesus says, 'eat this IS My Body'. Of course satan in opposition to Jesus is saying 'do not eat that is not His Body'. Protestants are repeating Adam and Eve's sin. They are falling again and again for satan's lies -- do not eat that is not His Body!
How will you explain yourselves when you appear before Him? What reason will you give for believing satan's lies against Jesus' words that are so clear? God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden. Do you think He will pat you on the back and say, Oh yes I understand, when My Son tells you to eat the consecrated bread because that is His body , of course you should not believe Him. When the Son of man says ' I am the Living Bread' and then vows 'the BREAD I WILL GIVE IS MY FLESH' John 6:51 do you think that is an empty promise? At the Last Supper Jesus fulfills that vow as He takes the bread, blesses it and says, 'eat this IS My Body' but all you Protestants will repeat Adam's mistake and fall for satan's LIE- do not eat that is not His Body
@darrellperez1029 Its obvious you have never studied Scripture as God commanded you to! "If ye will enter MY rest"
@darrellperez1029 You really should study mans problem with God, SIN!
@darrellperez1029 Yep, the traditions of sinners that have earned us the wages of sin. To bad you don't understand the Gospel, the simplicity of Christ. Have yet to meet a catholic who knows how to enter God rest by the Gospel, the only way to enter heaven!
@darrellperez1029 Matthew 15:9 KJV But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Colossians 2:8 KJV Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
In the first 3 minutes you manage to twist the scriptures to what you think they mean and you quote a man made book the CCC as if it is inspired scripture . It is not . James 2: is answered in John 6:27-29 the works the Jews were to do are what? Start with the scriptures and prove your beliefs by the scriptures as Jesus and the apostles did.
Like your channel but sure would be nice if the roman Catholic church looked to the scriptures and not to external uninspired authors for truth. Everything we do for God is by faith. By faith does not mean ,do nothing . I think that is the lie that you have accepted and yet in all the denominations I am aware of , no teaching of go by faith and do nothing is ever presented. Repent of your lack of scripture !
How can one determine what qualifies as inspired scripture? For instance, Lutherans believe in infant baptism, while Baptists do not, yet both are convinced they have the correct interpretation and are guided by the same Holy Spirit. Who is right and who is wrong? How can one be sure who has the true guidance of the Spirit? I'm curious to hear your thoughts.
It’s important to read the catechism if you are a Protestant that interacts with Catholics. Most protestant denominations have statements of faith also but this one is more like a booklet, it’s very long and relatively detailed but worth it. No one claims that the catechism is scripture but it does explain their beliefs and it can be useful to see the 98% agreement between most mainstream Protestants and Catholics.
The points that most protestants will dispute will be the ones about the authority of the church institution, the nature/authority of tradition, the position of the pope, and 80% of the Marian content.
The justification sanctification stuff (as we Prots say) might be a point of contention, but reads very consistently in the catechism.
Frankly, the rest of it was standard trinitarian Christian and not at all unusual.
Notice I didn’t mention the Eucharist. There may be certain details that are offputting, but even a lot of protestant denominations are changing their views on communion to more of a Lutheran approach, which is ironically much closer to the Catholic one.
It was a little heavy on the church fathers and maybe a little light on scripture, but that’s not necessarily a criticism. The very early first generation church fathers were extremely careful with scripture the letters of Paul, the gospels, etc., so quoting them is pretty much indirectly quoting scripture since accretions hadn’t snuck into the church yet.
@@healingvibesplus Well where in the Bible does it say to baptize babies.
And yes I know about the scripture that says baptism is the new circumcision. So why if Jesus had been circumcised, did he also get baptized. Also females are not circumcised . Yet females are baptized.
Last point why was Jesus baptized as an adult not a child?
Answered in the beginning of the video@@ThatGuy-nr5sp
Settle down and watch how you speak to people on here