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Is this not so for Baptists, Anglicans, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, and so on, do those groups not also differ on many matters including baptism, the Lord's supper, marriage & divorce, holy orders and so on? Some have bishops, some elders and pastors, and groups such as Brethren and...
In Catholic teaching the ultimate authority for all teaching is God.
That needs to be unpacked a little I think.
How does God communicate?
through Jesus Christ first and foremost
through the apostles who received their teaching from Christ
through the bishops who succeeded the apostles through...
China has a long history of government by emperors and its society is structured according to family and clan groupings, or has been for a long time even if in more recent times that has changed a little.
Christianity arose in a society that was ruled by an emperor and had a history of kings as...
When you experience a positive answer to your prayer does that give evidence that your prayer is acceptable to God with whatever theological implications that may have?
What is prayer for?
Should a Christian spend "God's time" on trivial matters like letting one's sporting team win?
Or is it right and proper for a Christian to petition God for matters that re, objectively speaking, not very significant?
On the mount of transfiguration the Lord spoke with Moses and Elijah; Moses died near the end of the book of Deuteronomy and Elijah is said to have ascended in a chariot of some kind to heaven. Both were, I presume you'll agree, no longer Earthly people, yet they communed with Jesus in the...
Was it a mistake for God to send Samuel to speak to Saul? Or do you think that it was Fake-Samuel that appeared, some sort of demon? Or if it was the real Samuel, then what does that say about your theology regarding communion with the saints in heaven?
No one has had much difficulty recognising Blessed Mary when she appears, nor has there been much uncertainty about who any of the saints who are reported to have appeared. So, I think that recognising one's loved ones in heaven and after the resurrection will be the norm.
In CH I am, on the whole, engaged with Protestants who - for the most part - receive only 66 books and ignore or discount the rest of the sacred canon so, for that reason, most of the time I quote from shared material. Jesus did something similar with the Sadducees, but I am not intending to...