The Catholic Verses

• The Church is the "Pillar of Truth"
• The Binding Authority of Councils, Led by the Holy Spirit
• The Authority of Oral Tradition
• Sinners in the Church

Divisions and Denominationalism

• Christian Ought to Be One as Jesus and His Father Are One
• A Multiplicity of Divisions Is a Bad Thing
• Dissentions and Denominationalism Forbidden by St. Paul

Bible Tradition

• The Necessity of Authoritative Interpretation
• The Binding Authority of Tradition, According to St. Paul
• Oral and Extrabiblical Tradition in the New Testament

The Papacy

• St. Peter as the Rock and Professor of the Keys of the Kingdom

Justification and Salvation

• Faith and Works: Two Sides of One Coin
• The Rich Young Ruler's Question About Salvation
• God's Fellow Workers?
• St. Paul's Plea, "Work Out Your Salvation"
• Obedience Necessary for Salvation
• Disobedience Lead to Death, Obedience to Justification
• St. Paul on Falling Away from the Faith and Salvation
• Other Biblical Writers on Apostacy

Judgement and Good Works

• The Crucial Role of Works ( and Absence of Faith) in Judgement Day Accounts
• St. Paul: "Doers of the Law" Will Be Justified

Baptism

• Baptism of Entire Households (Implying the Baptism of Children)
• Baptismal Regeneration

The Eucharist

• The Last Supper: "This is My Body"
• "He Who Eats My Flesh and Drinks My Blood Has Eternal Life"
• "Participation" in the Body and Blood of Christ
• Profaning the Body and Blood of the Lord

Penance

• Sharing in Christ's Sufferings
• Carrying Christ's Afflictions in Our Bodies

The Communion of Saints

• The Imitation of Paul and Veneration of Saints
• Saints in Heaven as a "Cloud of Witnesses" Watching Those on Earth
• The Intercession of the Saints and Their Connection with the Earth

Relics and Sacramentals

• Elisha's Bones Raise a Man from the Dead
• More Biblical Relics: Elijah's Mantle, Peter's Shadow, and Paul's Handkerchief

Purgatory and Prayers for the Dead

• A Fairly Explicit Biblical Argument for Purgatory
• Baptism for the Dead: The Most "Un-Protestant" Verse in the Bible
• The Case of Onesiphorus: Did St. Paul Pray for a Dead Man?
• Prayers for the Dead When the Dead Are Raised

The Blessed Virgin Mary

• Full of Grace: The Blessed Virgin Mary's Sinlessness and Immaculate Conception

Clerical Celibacy

• Voluntary Eunichs for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven
• "Each Has His Own Special Gift"; "Undivided Devotion to the Lord"

Divorce

• Our Lord Jesus' "Strict" Stance on Divorce

Contraception

• The Sin of Onan

Conclusion

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