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Here's the passage, and a comment from a commentary. Matthew 16:13-20 Revised Version of 1885 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is? (14) And they said, Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah: and...

After five centuries of failed religious reform, perhaps it's time for those within Protestant denominations to reconsider the historical division from Catholicism. The invitation to reunite remains open.

One is used to religion speaking about some matters in politics, but have you all had enough of politics intruding into religion?

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Brethren, tell me if this is true - if a thread asserting that Calvinism is wrong, or that Lutheranism is right only when viewed through a Catholic filter to interpret the key ideas of Lutheranism, or perhaps a thread to say that Anglicanism is built on the wish of an English King to have a...

One chap, in another discussion forum, has suggested that the Lord's prayer implies that God is contained in heaven, I presume that he doesn't mean that God isn't omnipresent, but he appears to mean that God is "in heaven" meaning contained within heaven (whatever heaven may mean). What's your...

What objectives do you pursue to achieve the unity among Jesus' followers as he prayed for? John 17:9-19 RSV-CE I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom thou hast given me, for they are thine; (10) all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in...

If you like the KJV please explain your ecclesiology. Does your church have a bishop, elders, deacons, anything else?

God is a theme, man is another, sin and redemption a third ,,, share the main themes of the holy scriptures that you see and think matter.

Catholic Dogma, which means Christian teaching, is defined by various documents produced by the Catholic Church over the past two thousand years (approximately). Here is a brief summary of the views expressed on Dogma across the Catholic Church's sui juris churches. First, I shall list the rites...

Do you believe that hating some person, or especially some group damages your soul. As an example, I will mention that many people who have YouTube channels devoted to debunking Jehovah's witnesses, most of these channels present facts and are run by individuals who seek to help former JWs or...

Are the letters in the new testament normal? The letters in the new testament seem very unusual, really abnormal, for letters. They contain complicated sentences and intricate pieces of subtle reasoning as well as moral advice and some theological statements. They are, on the whole, more like...

Are there any white people (of faith) in the bible, if so who?

The councils of the Catholic Church provide a good record of how Christian doctrine has developed, largely in response to heresies and partly in response to internal debates on the meaning of the scriptures. Here is a summary of the twenty-one councils of the Catholic Church. The following is...

Do you think that converts from Protestantism to one or another of the Orthodoxies leads to the convert carrying over from Protestantism whatever prejudices and misapprehensions about Catholicism they had as Protestants to Orthodoxy?

Today, after receiving a powered USB hub from Amazon.com.au I am resurrecting a slightly crippled Windows 10 on my Teclast X98 Air 3G tablet. I damaged its drivers by installing "optional updates" for drivers. The optional updates didn't work, and Microsoft did warn that they might not, so it...

If, for some good reason, you were to decide to become either a Catholic or an Orthodox Christian, which would you choose?

With the rosary and most Catholic liturgical prayers from the Divine Office Catholics (me included) open with the sign of the cross and its accompanying prayer In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Then follows the prayer we intend to pray, be it spontaneous or...

I know that more posts appear in the "Christians only" part of this site, and I understand why that is so, and I understand why non-trinitarians who like to discuss matters that are not directly related to the doctrine of the Trinity may want to participate in such threads in the "Christians...

The topic comes from a little rhyme that Gordon Clarke wrote in his book What Do Presbyterians Believe I think he thought that some Presbyterians believed nothing at the time he was writing in the 1960s. So, are we, as Christians, free from the law and is that a blessed condition and does it...