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Catholicism isn’t a spectator sport.

Gravity is a novel phenomenon in the law of physics. It did not exist until 1687. Before then, no one believed that which goes up must come down. Newton added to Laws of Physics.

You don't understand Grace. Good works, properly Charity from where good works come, flows not from Faith but from Grace, just as Hope does. That is why St. Paul can say: "For by grace you have been saved through faith..." (Eph 2:8) but then further explains, "faith working through love." (Gal 5:6) "if I have all faith, so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing" (1 Cor 13:2) That Sanctifying Grace from God, received during Baptism, is what gives you Faith, Hope and Charity. Those are the gifts that St. Paul explicitly talks about in 1 Cor 13:13. "So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love" The gift of Grace must be a full, complete gift, which has all three virtues; Faith, Hope and Charity. That is why St. James can tell you "So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead." (James 2:24) You cannot harmonize James and Paul any other way.

No, they are the same Catholic Church under the Successor of St. Peter. Some in India celebrate the Roman Rite of the Latin Church. Others celebrate the West Syrian (or Antiochene) Rite in the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. Lastly, others celebrate the East Syrian (or Chaldean) Rite in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. All are part of the One Holy Catholic & Apostolic Church. All are in communion with the Bishop of Rome, the Successor of St. Peter. All celebrate the same Sacraments. All have Apostolic Succession. They are the same Church in different locations celebrate the same Divine Mysteries.

Once again, it is "better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."

Smiles and is polite to your face...then advocates mutilating your children or killing them up till the moment they're born. Which "fruit of the Holy Spirit" does that fall under again? But yeah, super Christian outlook on life. Glad his "politeness" is what caught your attention rather than his actual policies. Any other hot takes?

“Happy is the husband of a good wife; the number of his days will be doubled.” -Sirach 26:1

Interesting. Scripture says you're wrong. Here's Acts 1:20-22 where Peter is speaking: "For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation become desolate, and let there be no one to live in it’; and ‘His office let another take.’ So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.” And from a man mentioned in Scripture, who lived and was taught directly by the Apostles... From St. Pope Clement (c 80AD) "Our apostles also knew, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that there would be strife on account of the office of the bishop. For this reason, therefore, inasmuch as they had obtained a perfect fore-knowledge of this, they appointed those [ministers] already mentioned, and afterwards gave instructions, that when these should fall asleep, other approved men should succeed them in their ministry." Letter to the Corinthians

Scripture itself literally tells you this is false. You limit God to only His written word because you lack the full Deposit of Faith in your denomination. We don’t have your limitations and are not bound by your shortcomings.

You seem to misunderstand both the Incarnation and what Catholic means. 1. The Incarnation is when Christ unites His Divine nature to our human nature. **Christ is the Head of the Church "He is the head of the body, the church" -Colossians 1:18 **The Church is the Mystical Body of Christ. "and he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body" - Ephesians 1:22-23 The Church, therefore, shares in the natures of Christ, the 2nd person of the Trinity. He has 2 natures; Divine/spiritual and corporeal/physical. Therefore, the Church is both: -Spiritually ALL those who are in Christ, including those here on Earth (the Church Militant), those being purified (The Church Penitent) and those in Heaven (The Church Triumphant). -Physically the place we gather to Adore (properly worship) God, celebrate His sacraments and has a visible hierarchy instituted by Christ (Matthew 16:18, Isiah 22:20-22, Luke 22:31-32, John 21:15-17). This Church has 4 marks: ONE Ephesians 4:4-6 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all and in all. HOLY Ephesians 5:25-27 25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. CATHOLIC 1 Timothy 2: 3-4 3 This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. APOSTOLIC Matthew 28:19-20 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” Ephesians 2:19-20 So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, Jude 3 Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. Catholic means more than "universal". It means "according to the whole". That means: 1. The whole of the Deposit of Faith: Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture 2. The whole of the Faithful: Church Militant, Church Penitent, Church Triumphant. 3. Everywhere the Body of Christ, the Eucharist, is found.

The only pride is thinking you know more than the Church. Thinking you can interpret Sacred Scripture better than all Christians before you. Catholics submit themselves to the Church. We seek to understand her doctrines and teachings but regardless of whether we fully understand, we accept her dogmas de fide. You submit to yourself and no one else. That is pride.

The Catholic Church did and could exist without the New Testament Scriptures. The single, and full, Deposit of Faith was given to the Church from the Apostles. She is the Pillar and Bulwark of that Truth, to safeguard and uphold it.

That's the problem. The Early Church preceded the Bible, was built by the Apostles as instructed by Christ, and has existed for 2000 years. Whereas your understanding of Scripture has existed for 200 years. When you claim "Biblical Christianity", you're admitting you don't follow Christ and His Apostles.