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I'm really really last to this thread and admit that I haven't read all 17 pages so forgive me if you have answered this before; But "how do you know that faith didn't always come first"? Look at the household of Cornelius in Acts 10. The entire house of Cornelius plus relatives and close...

Yes, there is a lot of speculation. We don't know if the person who penned the POJ made it all up themselves or if they were just writing down legends that had come about in the 2nd century.

Justin Martyr and Irenaeus used the analogy of Mary being the "Eve" figure in the redemption story. They were battling several different "traditions" that had sprouted up in the late 1st and 2nd Century. Gnosticism being the biggest error they were trying to correct. Mary being a virgin and...

Whether or not he is teaching the catholic faith is not for you to decide. It is for the magesterium of the church to decide. If they say he is teaching the true catholic faith then he is. That is, if you are really a Catholic.

The church decides who are anti-popes. Not the laity. Right now the church says the pope is valid. Therefore he is valid. If you disagree then you aren't Catholic.

To my knowledge, he hasn't. But he was elected by the College of Bishops, therefore either he is pope or the Roman Catholic churches claims of infallibility are wrong.

A true Catholic will answer yes to that question. They may doubt some of his teachings but they will not doubt his validity. My understanding of Catholicism is that any pope can be wrong in personal opinions but can not be wrong when speaking ex-cathedra. Having wrong teachings and opinions...

Is the current pope valid? yes or no

Sedevacantism is a doctrinal position within traditionalist Catholicism which holds that the present occupier of the Holy See is not a valid pope due to the mainstream church's alleged espousal of modernism and that, for lack of a valid pope, the See is vacant. Here is a pretty good definition.

Your not listening to anything anyone on this board is saying. All you are doing is repeating tired old Catholic Apologetics, which is Ironic since you consider the Catholic church to be so corrupt it can't even pick the correct Pope. I know what the Catholic church teaches. You aren't...

That is certainly what the Catholic church teaches. However, it is not what the Bible teaches and was not the experience of the early church Wrong, Jesus was talking to Pilate about the nature of His Kingdom. Pilate was trying to determine if Jesus was a threat to the Roman Government...

Every time the elect gather together and publicly proclaims the Gospel the church (assembly of the elect) becomes visible. Billy Graham crusades were some of the most visible gatherings of the church in history. Over Billy Grahams lifetime millions of people attended his crusades as saw...

By Jesus, I mean the 2nd person of the Trinity. He was God before He became a Man, the fully God/fully Human Jesus Christ.

Instead of just repeating the same thing, why don't you tell me why I am wrong and you are right. "Because I say so" isn't a valid argument.

Yes, and it is made of the elect. All those who come to faith in Him. His Kingdom is not of this world (John 18:36) it is a spiritual kingdom made of all who have came been adopted (Romans 8:14-16), who are new creations (2 Corth 5:17), and who are being transformed into Christ image (2...

Yes. Because it is true.

The Catholic churches claims of special authority and infallibility are man made teachings that were developed to help conslidate and keep power and wealth. They aren't rooted in scripture or the gospel of Jesus Christ and have led to massive corruption in the Catholic church.

Again, taken one verse that has nothing to do with Mary or the incarnation and trying to shoehorn it into Mariology. This verse is specifically about the nation of Israel and is a rhetorical question. The answer to the question "Shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb"? is No, God...

Let's read this again I will put enmity between you (Satan) and the woman (Eve), and between your offspring and(Satans) her offspring (Eve's offspring to every generation); he(Christ) shall bruise your head, and you(Satan) shall bruise his heel. Gen 3:15 ESV The parentheses are mine...

That is what you read into it, but that is not what it says. You have just be conditioned to believe that from your Catholic teaching. Those are assumptions from the Catholic point of view and not what the text actually says.