Category: Apologetics
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Is Catholicism a cult?
Is Catholicism a cult? This is a fun question. When some Protestants call Catholicism a “cult,” there has never been a better example of the proverbial pot calling the kettle “black!” Religions are defined by their definition of God. If Catholicism is a “cult,” then so is every Protestant denomination and affiliation, as they all […]
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Are Catholics Christian?
Are Catholics Christian? Yes, Catholics are not only Christians, but we were the first Christians. The Roman Catholic Church is the oldest Christian Church founded by Jesus Christ in AD 33, and planted in Rome in about AD 42 [Irenaeus, Against Heresies, 3:1:1 (AD 180); Eusebius of Caesarea, The Chronicle (AD 303)], when Saint Peter […]
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666 – The Mark of the Beast
Having grown up in the 1970s, and surrounded by Evangelicals in Southern California during the “Jesus Movement,” I have heard many theories about the Mark of the Beast. When I was a kid, they said it would be a tattoo, and it would probably be your Social Security number, combined with your bank information. As […]
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The Church is Kingdom Israel
Probably one of the greatest errors in modern Christianity is the theological error of Dispensationalism, which leads to the political error of Christian Zionism. Dispensationalism is the idea that God deals differently with people at different periods of history. Most notable is the notion that God deals with Jews and Gentiles differently. The premise comes […]
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The Early Church Was Catholic
One of the arguments put forward by anti-Catholics, often of the Evangelical flavor but not always, is the notion that the Catholic Church was “invented” by Emperor Constantine in the fourth century. The idea here is that Emperor Constantine hijacked Christianity when he legalized it in AD 313 with the Edict of Milan, otherwise known […]