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O Father, Lord of heaven and earthโ€ฆ thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to the ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€-Matthew 11:25 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Jun 9, 2025 โ€ข 8 tweets โ€ข 4 min read
๐Ÿงตโ€œ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€?โ€

Marcus Grodi was a Presbyterian pastor.

He loved the Bible.
He loved Jesus.
But every church around him preached something different.

So he stepped down from the pulpitโ€ฆ

And went searching for truth. ๐Ÿ‘‡Image (2/7) The Fracture

Every denomination claimed the Bible as their authority.

But they couldnโ€™t even agree on baptism, salvation, or the Eucharist.

Truth canโ€™t contradict truth.

So where was the Church Christ actually founded? Image
May 27, 2025 โ€ข 7 tweets โ€ข 3 min read
๐Ÿงต๐—ง๐—›๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐——: โ€œ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†.โ€

Thatโ€™s what they told her.

But when Jessica Ptomey, Ph.D. looked into the Catholic Churchโ€™s teaching, she found a mother.

Not a rival to Jesusโ€ฆ but someone who only ever points to Him. Image (๐Ÿฎ) ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฒ

As an Evangelical, sheโ€™d heard it her whole life.

"๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†."

But no one ever explained the difference between adoration and veneration.

She did her homework.

The truth wasnโ€™t dangerous. It was beautiful. Image
May 5, 2025 โ€ข 8 tweets โ€ข 4 min read
๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ฎ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—น.

But the answer is hidden in Exodusโ€ฆ

โ€ฆand it leads straight to Good Friday.

๐Ÿงต The stunning biblical blueprint that proves Jesus is the Lambโ€”and we must ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต Him:Image (๐Ÿญ) ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ (๐—˜๐˜…๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ)

In Exodus 12, God commands:

Take a lamb on the 10th of Nisan.
Inspect it for 4 days.
Sacrifice it on the 14th.
๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ.

If the lamb wasnโ€™t eaten, the sacrifice was incomplete.
The lamb ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

(๐˜•๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉโ€“๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ.)Image
Nov 28, 2024 โ€ข 13 tweets โ€ข 8 min read
๐—œโ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€โ€”๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ.
๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผโ€”๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™›๐™ง๐™š๐™š. ๐Ÿงต
In 2012, I began logging my Masses and prayers using Google Forms. What started as a simple habit became a transformative journeyโ€”one that strengthened my repentance, prayer life, and good works.

Let me show you how you can build your own spiritual tracker and grow closer to God. ๐Ÿ™Image 2/
Like many Catholics, I pray the ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†, the ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜†, attend ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€, and go to ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. But I wanted a way to ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต and ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ดโ€”so I built custom forms for each one.
๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ:
May 19, 2024 โ€ข 4 tweets โ€ข 1 min read
A Protestant walks into a Catholic Mass... and everything changes. โœจ Pt. 1/4 A Protestant walks into a Catholic Mass... and everything changes. โœจ Pt. 2/4
May 5, 2024 โ€ข 4 tweets โ€ข 14 min read
Based on weeks of conversations, locking horns with the various objections and misunderstandings about the Catholic faith, here is an initial compiled list of Objections and Refutations. ๐Ÿงต

(1) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: The Catholic Church's doctrines are deeply rooted in Scripture and are the result of the Church's Spirit-guided reflection on the Word of God over time. While not every teaching is explicitly stated in the Bible, they are organic developments of the apostolic faith.

(2) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: Catholics do not worship Mary or the saints, but rather venerate them and ask for their intercession. This is based on the biblical understanding of the communion of saints and the efficacy of intercessory prayer. The Church distinguishes between the adoration due to God alone (latria) and the honor given to saints (dulia).

(3) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: Christ established His Church on the foundation of the apostles, with Peter as the rock (Matt 16:18). The authority of the Pope and bishops is rooted in apostolic succession and is exercised in service to the Gospel. The Magisterium's role is to faithfully interpret and safeguard the deposit of faith.

(4) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—น, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: Jesus' words at the Last Supper, "๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ... ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ" (Matt 26:26-28), are a literal enactment of His teaching in John 6 about eating His flesh and drinking His blood. The unanimous witness of the early Church Fathers confirms this literal understanding.

(5) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: The doctrine of purgatory is rooted in the Jewish practice of offering prayers and sacrifices for the dead (2 Macc 12:38-46) and Paul's reference to a purification after death (1 Cor 3:15). The Church's practice of praying for the deceased is an expression of belief in the communion of saints.

(6) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: While not explicitly stated in Scripture, these doctrines are the result of the Church's reflection on Mary's unique role in salvation history. They are based on biblical themes such as Mary's identity as the New Eve and the Ark of the New Covenant.

(7) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: The core doctrines of the Catholic faith (the Trinity, the Incarnation, the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, apostolic succession, etc.) can be traced back to the earliest centuries of the Church. They are not later additions but the development of what was implicit in the apostolic Tradition from the beginning.

(8) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: The New Testament clearly depicts the Church as a visible community with a hierarchical structure (bishops, priests, deacons). The imagery of the Body of Christ includes both charismatic gifts and appointed offices for the building up of the Church.

(9) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ (๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ) ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: The Bible itself does not teach sola scriptura. Scripture and Tradition are not in opposition but are two complementary modes of transmitting the one Gospel. The Church's Magisterium, guided by the Holy Spirit, provides the authoritative interpretation of God's Word.

(10) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต'๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: While some Catholic practices may have external similarities to pagan customs, their meaning and significance are entirely different in the Christian context. The Church has always sought to evangelize cultures by expressing the Gospel in ways that resonate with the people, without compromising the integrity of the faith.

These are just a few examples to begin with. More will be forthcoming.

But they illustrate the main lines of defense against common attacks and misunderstandings. The key is to show how Catholic teachings are rooted in Scripture, are consistent with the apostolic Tradition, and are the result of the Church's Spirit-guided reflection over time.

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(11) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป "๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป" ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: The Church teaches that salvation is a free gift of God's grace, not merited by our works (Eph 2:8-9). However, faith must be expressed through love (Gal 5:6). Good works are the fruit of the Holy Spirit and a necessary response to God's grace, not a means of earning salvation (Jas 2:14-26).

(12) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: The Church condemns idolatry and teaches that sacred images are venerated, not worshipped. God Himself commanded the crafting of religious images for the Tabernacle and Temple (Ex 25:18-22; 1 Kgs 6:23-35). The Incarnation reveals that matter can be a means of conveying spiritual realities.

(13) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: Jesus founded the Catholic Church on Peter (Matt 16:18-19) and promised that the gates of hell would never prevail against it. Despite human sins and failings, the Church's indefectibility is guaranteed by Christ's promise and the Holy Spirit's guidance. ๐˜›๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ณ.

(14) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ (๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ).

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: The Old Testament canon used by the Catholic Church (including the "๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ" books) was the canon used by Jesus and the apostles. It was also the canon of the early Church and was confirmed by the Councils of Hippo (393) and Carthage (397). The Protestant Reformers removed these books in the 16th century.

(15) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ-๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: The Mass does not re-sacrifice Christ but makes His one sacrifice on the Cross present to us sacramentally (1 Cor 11:26). Christ's priesthood is eternal (Heb 7:24-25), and He continues to offer Himself to the Father in heaven (Rev 5:6). The Mass participates in this heavenly liturgy, applying the fruits of the Cross to our lives.

(16) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: Jesus gave His apostles the authority to forgive or retain sins in His name (John 20:21-23). In confession, the priest acts in ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช, as an instrument of Christ's forgiveness. The sacrament of reconciliation restores our relationship with God and the Church, which is wounded by sin.

(17) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: The Bible teaches that baptism saves us (1 Pet 3:21) and gives us new birth in the Spirit (John 3:5; Titus 3:5). It is not a human work but the work of God, who uses physical means to confer spiritual grace. Baptism is the sacrament of faith, the instrumental cause of our justification.

(18) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ "๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€" ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: The Church teaches that we are justified by God's grace, which is infused into us and makes us truly righteous (Rom 5:19). Our good works are meritorious only because they are the fruit of God's work in us (Phil 2:12-13). The doctrine of imputation, on the other hand, is not clearly taught in Scripture.

(19) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: The Church's laws and precepts are meant to guide us in living out the Gospel, not to burden us (Matt 11:28-30). They are expressions of God's loving plan for our lives and help us grow in holiness. Obedience to proper authority is a virtue praised in Scripture (Heb 13:17).

(20) ๐˜–๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: The sins of its members do not negate the holiness of the Church herself. Christ promised that the gates of hell would not prevail against His Church (Matt 16:18), despite the failings of individuals. The Church is both human and divine, with a treasure in earthen vessels (2 Cor 4:7). The Church's saints are proof of her divine origin and mission.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐Ÿ””๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€!

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