1. Biblical Evidence For Catholicism: Main Index Since December 2001, I ve been sharing the message of Christianity and the fullness of catholicism as a fulltime writer/apologist. http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZINDEX.HTM

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2. FAQ's Concerning Roman Catholicism Roman Catholic Church Information Center featuring 'freqently asked questions' about Roman Catholics. Access all online information about Roman catholicism available through Chick Publications' http://www.chick.com/information/religions/catholicism

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4. Bible And Things Concerning The Bible examining roman catholicisim in light of scripture HOME PAGE. ROMAN catholicism. . . Jesus saves . . Why is it Necessary to Write about Roman catholicism? Roman catholicism, the Bible, and Tradition http://www.carm.org/catholic.htm

C HRISTIAN A R ESEARCH M INISTRY www.carm.org HOME PAGE ROMAN CATHOLICISM Jesus saves HOME CHRISTIANITY Bible, The Bible Online, The Christian Doctrine Christian Issues ... To the Christian Church CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS 40 Objections Apologetics Apologetics Dialogues Cut and Paste Information ... Verses Examined BIBLE DIFFICULTIES Genesis - Deuteronomy Joshua - Esther Job - Song of Solomon Isaiah - Malachi ... Hebrews - Revelation RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS About Cult Groups Religious Movements List Christadelphianism Christian Science ... Universalism SECULAR MOVEMENTS Abortion Atheism Creation-Evol. Debate Evolution ... Secular School QUESTIONS About the Bible About the Church About Doctrine About God ... Skeptics Ask MORE STUFF Audio Book Recommendations Discussion Boards Features ... What's New? LANGUAGES CARM in Spanish CARM in Portuguese Google Search Search carm.org Search WWW The Catholic Church is old, worldwide, and has a rich heritage. Yet, we have the Protestant movement. What is it about Catholicism that prompted this reforming effort? Is prayer to Mary biblical? What about penance and purgatory? Are these things Catholic additions or biblical truths? Introduction Why is it Necessary to Write about Roman Catholicism?

5. Catholicism catholicism. One Layman's Perspective. Reproduced above is The Resurrection, painted in 14624 by Piero della Francesca. in the Palazzo Communale in Borgo San Sepolcro, a town near Florence, Italy . http://www.tboyle.net/Catholicism.html

Catholicism One Layman's Perspective Reproduced above is The Resurrection painted in 1462-4 by Piero della Francesca in the Palazzo Communale in Borgo San Sepolcro, a town near Florence, Italy. Click here for a much clearer version. On Easter Sunday, after being dead and buried three days, Jesus Christ rises at dawn's first light with His banner of victory. At His right, the soldiers sleep and the trees are bare. At His left, a guard is awakening and the trees are in bud. The world is being renewed. My hope is to use these Catholicism pages both to highlight the many interesting links I have found on the web and to raise and debate a number of topics that fascinate me, but seem rarely - if ever - addressed elsewhere. I would also like to have some pages devoted to books I have enjoyed reading and to various passages from the Bible I find challenging. Some Interesting Topics Some Interesting Books Some Interesting Bible Verses Some Interesting Links An Outline of "Independent Bishops" Nowadays it is a commonplace to hear that most Catholics no longer know of, let alone believe in

6. Affirming Catholicism LATEST NEWS. The Passiontide issue of Affirming catholicism s members newsletter, Affirming News and Views is now online. I can particularly http://www.affirmingcatholicism.org.uk/

HOME I CONTACT US I BASKET I SITEMAP ABOUT US REGISTRATION DONATIONS ... LOCAL GROUPS Welcome to the new Catholic movement within the Anglican and Episcopalian Churches Our call is to a grown-up living Christianity where Scripture, Reason, the Sacraments and Catholic Tradition make sense of our life today LATEST NEWS The Passiontide issue of Affirming Catholicism's members newsletter , Affirming News and Views is now online. I can particularly recommend Barry Norris' notes on the Stations of the Cross. The Rochester DIocesan Group of Affirming Catholicism has launched its own website . Well worth a look. Following my comments on the 'boondocks of Central Asia' opposite, I was contacted by John Kinahan from Forum 18. Forum 18 are a Christian organisation working to report threats to religious freedom, whether of Christians or others, in contradiction to Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Forum 18 have been focusing their efforts on the states that once made up the USSR, where Christians, Muslims and local minority religions are often subject to official harrassment. Their regular news bulletins are published on their website Affirming Catholicism distributed copies of our booklet, Permanent, Faithful, Stable

7. PAGAN SUN WORSHIP AND CATHOLICISM - THE MONSTRANCE And The WAFER GOD In opposition of idol worship. Focuses on alleged pagan worship by the Vatican. http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/monstr.htm

PAGAN SUN WORSHIP AND CATHOLICISM THE MONSTRANCE and the WAFER GOD Exo 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Exo 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: ... Note that the commandment of God forbids making and bowing down to images. Among pagans, perhaps the most common form of idolatry is sun worship, and the above prohibition would clearly exclude bowing down before images of the sun or moon (things in the heaven above). But then God gets even more explicit: Deu 17:2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, Deu 17:3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; Deu 17:4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:

8. Stay Current You are here About Religion Spirituality Christianity catholicism. Search. Christianity - catholicism I am your Guide, From Jessica http://catholicism.about.com/

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Christianity - Catholicism Home Essentials ... Ascension Novena zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Community / Charity Mary, The Blessed Mother Catholic Beliefs God / Jesus / Holy Spirit ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Christianity - Catholicism newsletter. Search Christianity - Catholicism From Jessica Steinmetz Your Guide to Christianity - Catholicism Sign up for my Newsletter 8 Steps to Help Prepare Your Child for Baptism Are you pregnant? Are you getting ready to have your baby baptized? Baptism is the first sacrament in Catholicism. A sacrament is an outward sign of God's love and promises. To help you get ready, read 8 Steps to Help Your Child Prepare for Baptism Tuesday June 01, 2004 Memorial Day Prayer Happy Memorial Day! Today we remember soldiers who have died and those who are still with us. Keep them in your prayers. Say Memorial Day Prayer Monday May 31, 2004 Pentecost This Sunday is the feast day Catholics call Pentecost . Pentecost is the day we celebrate the Holy Spirit descending to us. Learn more by clicking - Pentecost Friday May 28, 2004

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11. BIBLICAL EVIDENCE FOR CATHOLICISM This is a very large and multifaceted site created by Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong, whose purpose is to provide information concerning the whole of Catholic theology. The apologetical material contains both original work and the work of others such as Fr. William G. Most, Scott Hahn, Fr. John A. Hardon. http://ic.net/~erasmus/

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12. Roman Catholicism: Catechism Of Catholic Church, Mary, Pope, Eucharist Warns Bible Christians that the Roman Catholic Church is not the church of Christ, and that the purpose of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is to create doctrine which the Holy Bible does not contain. http://aerolys.50megs.com/catholic.htm

Ecommerce Solution Free Web Space Free Web Site Web Hosting ... Dial up $14.95 or NetZero Internet Service $9.95 WAR IN HEAVEN: Rome versus Jerusalem Revelation 12:1: And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: Revelation 21:10: And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 21:11: Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 21:12: And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 21:13: On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 21:14: And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. Revelation 17:3: So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 17:4: And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 17:5: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 17:6: And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

13. Biblical Evidence For Catholicism Biblical Evidence for catholicism. Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman http://ic.net/~erasmus/erasmus.htm

Biblical Evidence for Catholicism Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890), the primary intellectual influence in my conversion / Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, 1258 Created by DAVE ARMSTRONG, Earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. Jude 3 [KJV] In your hearts reverence Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence. 1 Peter 3:15 [RSV] . . . I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings. 1 Corinthians 9:22 [NIV] CATHOLIC THEOLOGY The Communion of Saints Purgatory Sacramentalism The Blessed Virgin Mary ... C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), my favorite Christian writer, in 1950 / Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) with his wife Frances in 1922, the year he was received into the Catholic Church / Yours Truly Moral Theology Politics and Social Activism "So far as a man may be proud of a religion rooted in humility, I am very proud of my religion; I am especially proud of those parts of it that are most commonly called superstition. I am proud of being fettered by antiquated dogmas and enslaved by dead creeds (as my journalistic friends repeat with so much pertinacity), for I know very well that it is the heretical creeds that are dead, and that it is only the reasonable dogma that lives long enough to be called antiquated." - G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), the English literary giant. From his

14. Saint Benedict Center - Home New Website for the Saint Augustine Institute. Look at the lineup for our 2004 Catholic Conference! Saint Benedict Center is dedicated http://www.catholicism.org/default.htm

New Website for the Saint Augustine Institute Look at the lineup for our 2004 Catholic Conference! Saint Benedict Center is dedicated to a twofold mission: the defense and propagation of the dogma of Faith, extra ecclesiam nulla salus outside the Church there is no salvation ) and the conversion of the United States of America to the One True Faith. Note on Google's Web Directory listing. Last Updated on the Vigil of Easter the Feast of Saint Ezechiel, April 10th, 2004. Today's Saint Did You Know... NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST Thomas Drolesky writes in A Champion of the Americanist Spirit "Although there are some traditional Catholics who downplay the importance of the heresy of Americanism as one of the manifestations of the Modernist spirit that has been responsible for the building of the 'great facade' that has devastated the Church in the past forty years, I will go to my grave trying to help people to accept the simple fact that the false foundations of the United States of America are inimical to the good of the Catholic Faith." Charles I, the emperor of Austria and king of Hungary, and the last monarch of the Austro-Hungarian Empire takes next step towards Beatification. See

15. WhatTheRomanCatholicChurchReallyTeaches Answers some common objections to catholicism, which are based on misconceptions. http://www.geocities.com/kathers_60/Catholic_Churc/

More articles written by Kathy Schley Other great links of other Catholic Apologetics SALVATION MASS new made present unbloody manner. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches: re-presents (makes present) the sacrifice of the cross, because it is its memorial and because it applies its fruit: (Christ), our Lord and God, was once and for all to offer himself to God the Father by his death on the altar of the cross, to accomplish there an everlasting redemption. But because his priesthood was not to end with his death, at the Last Supper 'on the night when he was betrayed,' (he wanted) to leave to his beloved spouse the Church a visible sacrifice (as the nature of man demands) by which the bloody sacrifice which he was to accomplish once for all on the cross would be re-presented , its memory perpetuated until the end of the world, and its salutary power be applied to the forgiveness of the sins we daily commit.

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zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Christianity - Catholicism Home Essentials ... Ascension Novena zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Community / Charity Mary, The Blessed Mother Catholic Beliefs God / Jesus / Holy Spirit ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Christianity - Catholicism newsletter. Search Christianity - Catholicism From Jessica Steinmetz Your Guide to Christianity - Catholicism Sign up for my Newsletter 8 Steps to Help Prepare Your Child for Baptism Are you pregnant? Are you getting ready to have your baby baptized? Baptism is the first sacrament in Catholicism. A sacrament is an outward sign of God's love and promises. To help you get ready, read 8 Steps to Help Your Child Prepare for Baptism Tuesday June 01, 2004 Memorial Day Prayer Happy Memorial Day! Today we remember soldiers who have died and those who are still with us. Keep them in your prayers. Say Memorial Day Prayer Monday May 31, 2004 Pentecost This Sunday is the feast day Catholics call Pentecost . Pentecost is the day we celebrate the Holy Spirit descending to us. Learn more by clicking - Pentecost Friday May 28, 2004

17. Catholicism And The Old South catholicism and the Old South By Gary Potter. My level. The closer a religion is to catholicism, the more of this capacity it has. http://www.catholicism.org/pages/oldsouth.htm

Catholicism and the Old South By Gary Potter My Children, Father, Thy forgiveness need; Alas! their hearts have only place for tears! Forgive them, Father, ev'ry wrongful deed, And every sin of those four bloody years; And give them strength to bear their boundless loss, And from their hearts take every thought of hate; And while they climb their Calvary with their Cross, Oh! help them, Father, to endure its weight. The Prayer of the South Following the War Between the States (1861-65), Jefferson Davis, President of the defeated Confederate States of America, was imprisoned with a view to his being tried for treason on account of his leadership role in the South's effort to make of itself an independent nation. Two years later, however, he was released and went into exile in Montreal (in Catholic Quebec) and then wandered in Europe before returning to these shores to spend his final days in his home state of Mississippi. His release came after a finding by the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Salmon P. Chase, that there was nothing in the U.S. Constitution that prohibited the secession of states. If secession was not illegal, neither Davis nor any other Confederate leaders could be guilty of treason. inside his cell in order to deprive him of all privacy, including even at the times every day when nature required that he take care of the most private needs of all.

18. Roman Catholicism. What Is It?, CARM Articles analyzing the doctrines and practices of Catholic theology from a Christian perspective. Emphasis on the Bible, Mary, Purgatory, and justification. http://www.carm.net/rc.htm

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19. Orthodoy And Catholicism A comprehensive web directory and guide to the relationship between the Catholic and Orthodox churches. Includes overviews, issueby-issue essays, discussion groups. http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/orthodoxy_and_catholicism/

About this site The Dispute: Overviews The Dispute: Specifics Gateways and Official Websites ... Other Welcome to Orthodoxy and Catholicism: A Comprehensive Guide to Issues and Materials. On this site I have attempted to bring together all the material I could find about relations between the Catholic and Orthodox churches. You will find overviews of all the issues that separate the two sides, church documents, discussion groups, news and so forth. There are currently over 200 links I have tried to be impartial in every way I can think of. My occasional topic introductions attempt to reproduce what a committee of well-meaning experts from both sides would agree to. In describing the links I have aimed to keep my religious opinions separate from my duty to find and describe the material. Occasionally I describe something as "poorly-written" or "tedious"; these are not religious mistakes. Very occasionally I describe someting as "biased," when, for example, an author says that the other side believes something that no member of that side would agree to. I am not opposed to vigorous disagreement. I have, I am sure, missed important pages and made factual mistakes, particularly in categorization. Email and I will amend.

20. Catholicism - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia catholicism. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. catholicism, according to the Evolution of the term catholicism . As evident in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism

Catholicism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Catholicism , according to the OED , is a term that implies adherence to the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church The 1991 Webster's defines Catholicism as "the faith, system, and practice of a Catholic church, esp. the Roman Catholic Church". An earlier Webster's lists two ecclesiastical meanings: "the whole orthodox Christian church, or adherence thereto;" and "the doctrines or faith of the Roman Catholic chuch, or adherence thereto." The term has Greek roots: katholikos ), meaning "general" or "universal". Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Evolution of the term "Catholicism" 2 "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic" 3 The Papacy 3.1 Roman Catholic Church ... edit Evolution of the term "Catholicism" As evident in the notion of "adherence to" the doctrines of the Christian faith, the Catholic Church, in English more than in Romance languages, is something of a disputed term which has several claimants. The claimants have in common an assertion that they represent the ancient undivided Christian faith , and differ on the practical meaning of "unity" within that faith. Over the centuries, within the Christian faith there arose disputes about the truths of the faith, and vocabulary evolved to reflect divergent viewpoints. "Catholic" and "Orthodox" are examples of such terms, each with a basic meaning

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