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I definitely will not fault people for putting forth this Petros/Petra argument because it is a very common argument that people make but there are a number of problems with it, and if I were to summarize those problems they would go like this: 1) First, the very layout of Matthew 16 is a three-fold blessing, and each part of that blessing is itself in three parts, a blessing, and explanation of the blessing, and a further explanation of the blessing. It's a threefold blessing of Peter and it goes like this: 1) Blessed are you Simon son of Jonah, 1a) for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you 1b) but my father was in heaven. 2) I tell you, you are rock 2a) and Upon This Rock I will build my church 2b) and the Gates of Hell will not Prevail against it 3) I give you the keys to the kingdom 3a) that whatever you bind on Earth is bound in heaven 3b) that whatever you loose on Earth is loosed in heaven. That alone tells you all you need to know given the structure of this sentence and where it is situated within a three-fold blessing. 2) Of course we can go deeper than this because we know that Jesus spoke Aramaic and the word in Aramaic that he used for Peter's name is Kepha, transliterated as Cephas in Greek (well, ripped from Aramaic into Greek and then Greek into English, but you get the gist!) The Aramaic word for a small stone is EVNA, not KEPHA. Had Jesus intended for Peter to be known as the little Stone, we would be speaking of Simon Evan, not Simon Peter. 3) as you yourself pointed out Petra is feminine, Petros is masculine. It is fine to use feminine words when speaking of men if there is no other way for that word to me made masculine, but using a word metaphorically And giving somebody a brand new name are two entirely different things. Calling him "petra" would be calling him "Mrs. Rock," so Jesus is just changing the gender of the word to match Peter's gender. 4) Multiple, MULTIPLE Protestant scholars Disagree fundamentally with what you've said and agree with what I've written, namely: -There is no distinction in meaning between "petros" and "petra." -Two different Greek words are used because you can't use a feminine noun for a man's name. -"This rock" refers to Peter. -The identity of the rock ("petra") is affirmed by the Aramaic that Jesus was speaking. ...So this isn't just a Catholic position. https://phatcatholic.blogspot.com/2006/09/protestant-scholars-on-mt-1616-19.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR3vP4x1_VMC74-QrwDKxRD59ir0_PxvxYk1yVeBCGxEsshI_zvHo-vD3oU 5) NONE of this necessarily actually denies that Jesus is also the rock, OR that the statment of faith is ALSO also the rock. In fact, the Catechism in paragraph 424 states exactly this: "Moved by the grace of the Holy Spirit and drawn by the Father, we believe in Jesus and confess: ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.'3 On the rock of this faith confessed by St. Peter, Christ built his Church." BUT that doesn't preclude the other, more OBVIOUS meaning state above from being true (and the church of coures also understands that the be the principle interpretation, CF: http://www.catholic-catechism.com/ccc_153.424.440.442.552.553.586.849.881.1444.htm) Hopefully that's helpful! Authentic Christianity is a channel dedicated to presenting the truth of the Authentic Gospel. Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholicsSubscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

In this episode we are going to look at a piece of shotgun apologetics shared on the most popular social media platform out there and dissect what's wrong with it but also give as charitable of a response to it as we can. The questions were posed as such: ______________________________________________________ If the Bible is a "catholic book" then why did they omit the following: -saying mass .... -consecrating bread .... -turning wine into blood .... -Eucharist .... -baptizing babies ... -hearing confessions ... -confirming anyone ..... -Last Rites .... -asking Mary to intercede .... -Mary as "New Eve" -Mary as the Ark -praying to"saints".... -papacy ... -purgatory ... -novenas .... -monks ... -nuns ... -etc. -etc. ______________________________________________________ Obviously that's a lot of each one of these we could talk about at length for probably hours. But in this video I'm going to try to answer well enough each one of these point-by-point oh, and even conceive that one of them is true though the rest are false. Authentic Christianity is a channel dedicated to presenting the truth of the Christian faith as it has been handed down from the apostles. Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholicsSubscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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Are We Free To Accept Or Reject Grace and Salvation? A Catholic and Reformed Presbyterian Discussion Here's a "discussion" I participated in with a fellow Catholic and two refomed brothers for their Facebook page. Originally posted here: https://www.facebook.com/steven.pace.77/videos/2856438437791251 Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholicsSubscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

1 Tim 2 - does this SHOOT DOWN the notion of "intercessors?" DL;DW: No. Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholicsSubscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics Francis X. Glimm, “The Letter of St. Clement of Rome to the Corinthians,” in The Apostolic Fathers, translated by Francis X. Glimm, Joseph M. F. Marique, and Gerald G. Walsh, volume 1, The Fathers of the Church (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1947)Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics Pretend you're St. Paul. Pretend it's towards the end of your life, and you're writing letters to the churches that - once you and the other apostles die, will serve as the SOLE RULE OF FAITH. Why, if that is the case, would you NOT write something like this: "Timothy, my child, please take care to make copies of this letter, and pass it around to all the churches, for this is the sole rule of faith, along with this set of 26 other texts, including the first letter I wrote to you..." No, instead he gives instruction for the living dissemination of the truth through the church: "what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also." (2 Tim 2:2) THAT is the biblical church. "So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings[a] we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter." (2 Thes 2:15) Word of mouth was the MAIN way that the teachings were spread - though to be sure people HIGHLY regarded the writings, too, reading them in their eucharistic liturgies. But the teaching was alive, guarded by the holy spirit, and passed down from the apostles to other men (bishops/episcopoi) whose job it was to guard the truth and teach the truth. And that's just what their successors did. Paul references 4 generations of men in that one sentence from 2 Tim above: Himself, Timothy, those Timothy would teach, and those that THOSE would teach. Paul was a voluminous writer, but he did more than write - and he expected people to adhere to the TEACHING he gave them no matter how it was delivered. That's why when he chides the Galatians, he tells them to compare any new gospel they receive to the one he already delivered to them - orally. "But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we PREACHED to you, let him be accursed." (gal 1 :8) The expectation is that they should look back to that TRUTH that they had received - not in a written fashion - and compare ANYTHING else (written or unwritten) to that truth. If you knew that the Christians were going to NEED the NT as their sole rule of faith, you should NEVER write something like: "Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face." (2 john 12) Instead, you should have written out a systematic theology that could not have been mistaken or misread. But instead the Apostles left us teachers. This is based on the model laid down by Christ, in Luke 10:16 Jesus tells His apostles, "he who HEARS you, hears Me." And, as a reminder, 99% of the world was illiterate, too. So for most people not just then but for all of human history, it could NEVER have been "me in my bible." It was always the church. And the earliest of documents bear this out: "And thus preaching through countries and cities, they appointed the first-fruits [of their labours], having first proved them by the Spirit, to be bishops and deacons of those who should afterwards believe. Nor was this any new thing, since indeed many ages before it was written concerning bishops and deacons. For thus saith the Scripture a certain place, 'I will appoint their bishops s in righteousness, and their deacons in faith.'... Our apostles also knew, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and there would be strife on account of the office of the episcopate. 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...For our sin will not be small, if we eject from the episcopate those who have blamelessly and holily fulfilled its duties." Bishop Clement of Rome, Epistle to Corinthians, 42, 44 (A.D. 98).Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics Can the saints and angels hear us? Is invoking them to pray with us and/or on our behalf condemned by the bible. Or is it in fact authentic, Christian and biblical teaching, the rejecting of which is the rejection of Christian truth? Turns out, this practice is older than Christianity, and was fully practiced and endorsed by 100% of the early church insofar as we can tell - there are precisely 0 objections to it in the written record, and many endorsements in the martyr church Denying the validity of prayer to the saints and angels is itself a man-made, anti-biblical tradition that is not more than 500 years old, and it is a protestant tradition, not a Christian tradition - though there are certainly protestants who are fine with it and who hold authentic, Christian teaching.Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

I want to make some of the great classics of the early Christian fathers available to anyone who wants to hear them online. I'm playing with a way to automate this process so as to produce them far faster than I could read them myself. This video is: Cyprian of Carthage, “On the Unity of the Church,” in Fathers of the Third Century: Hippolytus, Cyprian, Novatian, Appendix, ed. Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe, trans. Robert Ernest Wallis, vol. 5, The Ante-Nicene Fathers (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Company, 1886), 429.Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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this is the second half of st. Ignatius of Antioch letter to the Ephesians. This one was red personally by me as opposed to the digital reading of the first 6 chapters. Let me know in the comments if you like this one better or if you prefer the other Style.Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics This is part one of a response video to Mike Winger's video on Roman Catholicism. In it Mike is "teaching" about "Roman Catholicism" but get's nearly every single thing wrong. That video is found here: https://youtu.be/d1xZTPY98Oc?t=1939 This video is about his take on the Sacraments of Confirmation, Marriage, and Last RitesSubscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics This is part one of a response video to Mike Winger's video on Roman Catholicism. This was a LONG video, and my voice started to give out a few times, but hopefully, it made sense, for a late-night recording.. In it Mike is "teaching" about "Roman Catholicism" but get's nearly every single thing wrong. That video is found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1xZTPY98Oc&feature=youtu.be&t=516 This video is about his take on the Sacraments of Confession (Penance/Reconciliation) and the Eucharst (communion, The Lords Supper)Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics Many Protestants quote John 3:16, and in fact it's become the single most quoted and most translated verse of scripture. But I think if we dig into it what will find is that it doesn't mean exactly what most people think it means. The heart of it is the word believe, and this word is in the active present participle in Greek so the better translation of this sentence which is often translated as “God so loved the world that he sent his only son that whoever believes in him might not perish but have eternal life” would be “God so loved the world that he sent his only son that whoever IS BELIEVING in him might not perish.” A native Greek speaker would very likely translated that way. however, 20 vs later John gives us some clarification on what the word believe means. Not only is it a continuous action that one under goes throughout one's life, not a one-time event, but it also is contrasted not with disbelief but with disobedience. So to believe is to obey, and to disobey is to not believe in the biblical sense.Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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This narration is of the article taken from First Things here: https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2008/11/the-end-of-advent A discussion on advent music vs christmas music vs secular/winter musice can be found here: http://www.oram.us/the-ultimate-advent-christmas-winter-song-collection/ The candle is used under creative commons license, the original video is found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXMinSgKw7USubscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics NOTES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fBV8Hy1e4l2l47QwEh8txpEG71VqN1sjolvTk2OsTEQ/edit?usp=sharing Who is this serpent? Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they were defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. (Rev 12:7-9) Thus we know this is not just a snake…Watch how he deceives. The first deception: The serpent asked the woman, "Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?” (Gen 3:1) He changed the command “You are free to eat from any tree except…” He asked the woman, whom Adam was to protect, along with the garden. Where was the Man? Hang on… The woman replies: “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; it is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, ‘'You shall not eat it or even touch it, lest you die.'” This is a change of the commandment too. The Second Deception: The serpent replied “You certainly will not die! God knows that the moment that you eat of the fruit of that tree, your eyes will be open and you will be like gods!” Satan is twisting the image of the Father to one who wants to lord his might over others for his own sake, and who is willingly keeping the man and the woman under his thumb. “You certainly will not die” – is this true? Hang on… The Fall: “The woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasing to the eyes, and desirable for gaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves” (Gen 3:6-7) The woman bought it, and ate it The woman gave the fruit to Adam…WHO WAS WITH HER THUS Adam - to whom the law was directly given - was not an innocent party. Adam's sin was to remain silent in the face of the serpent and his temptation. The Fallout: Their eyes were “open” and they saw that they were naked, and they felt shamed. What is this Shame? They saw that they could use each other for selfish purposes They felt shame upon this realization, and then they covered themselves Thus we see a DISHARMONY erupt between man and woman, and between all of mankind by extension. Further Fallout: They hide from each other, and then they hide from God! The man and the woman feel shame in the presence of their own Heavenly Father, and quickly things spiral into The Blame Game (Gen. 3:10-13) God asks the man why he hid, and the man responds, “Because I was naked”. God asks the man “who told you that you were naked?” and realizes that the man and the woman have eaten of the fruit. The man blames the woman The woman blames the serpent Both were guilty for not shamaring, but most especially the man. Ultimate Repercussions: To The Serpent: “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and hers; He will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel.” This is called the Protoevangelium or “first gospel” as it is promising a savior to mankind Not only that, but it actually alludes to a virgin birth, and to the suffering and death of the messiah! Thus arguably the most IMPORTANT VERSE in the creation accounts is this very line. Also, “dust shall you eat.” - This word is the same word for the dust out of which man was made in (Gen 2:7), and the same word for the dust into which man will return (Gen 3:19) To the Woman: “I will intensify the pangs of your childbearing; in pain shall you bring forth children. Yet your urge shall be for your husband, and he shall be your master.” The pain is the punishment The urge and mastership is merely a statement of fact, born out in history. To the Man: “Cursed be the ground because of you! In toil shall you eat its yield all the days of your life; thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to you, as you eat of the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face shall you get bread to eat, until you return to the ground, from which you were taken; for you are dirt, and to dirt you shall return.” Man is taken from the garden and forced to labor The ground is cursed The fall affected more than just Adam! (and now Man has to eat his veggies!) Thus we see the effects of this “original sin” is an utter shattering of what it means to be Mankind: Humanity is Shattered by the introduction of Sin, his relation with his Other (woman), with his God, and even with the world around him. “The man called his wife Eve, because she became the mother of all the living.” (Gen 3:20)Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics David Armstrong's 50 Proofs: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2015/10/50-nt-proofs-for-petrine-primacy-the-papacy.html The Catholic doctrine of the papacy is biblically based, and is derived from the evident primacy of St. Peter among the apostles. Like all Christian doctrines, it has undergone development through the centuries, but it hasn't departed from the essential components already existing in the leadership and prerogatives of St. Peter. These were given to him by our Lord Jesus Christ, acknowledged by his contemporaries, and accepted by the early Church. The biblical Petrine data is quite strong and convincing, by virtue of its cumulative weight, especially for those who are not hostile to the notion of the papacy from the outset. This is especially made clear with the assistance of biblical commentaries. The evidence of Holy Scripture (RSV) follows: 1. Matthew 16:18: “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church; and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.” The rock (Greek, petra) referred to here is St. Peter himself, not his faith or Jesus Christ. Christ appears here not as the foundation, but as the architect who “builds.” The Church is built, not on confessions, but on confessors – living men (see, e.g., 1 Pet 2:5). Today, the overwhelming consensus of the great majority of all biblical scholars and commentators is in favor of the traditional Catholic understanding. Here St. Peter is spoken of as the foundation-stone of the Church, making him head and superior of the family of God (i.e., the seed of the doctrine of the papacy). Moreover, Rock embodies a metaphor applied to him by Christ in a sense analogous to the suffering and despised Messiah (1 Pet 2:4-8; cf. Mt 21:42). Without a solid foundation a house falls. St. Peter is the foundation, but not founder of the Church, administrator, but not Lord of the Church. The Good Shepherd (John 10:11) gives us other shepherds as well (Eph 4:11). 2. Matthew 16:19 “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven . . .” The “power of the keys” has to do with ecclesiastical discipline and administrative authority with regard to the requirements of the faith, as in Isaiah 22:22 (cf. Is 9:6; Job 12:14; Rev 3:7). From this power flows the use of censures, excommunication, absolution, baptismal discipline, the imposition of penances, and legislative powers. In the Old Testament a steward, or prime minister is a man who is “over a house” (Gen 41:40; 43:19; 44:4; 1 Ki 4:6; 16:9; 18:3; 2 Ki 10:5; 15:5; 18:18; Is 22:15,20-21). 3. Matthew 16:19 “. . . whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” “Binding” and “loosing” were technical rabbinical terms, which meant to “forbid” and “permit” with reference to the interpretation of the law, and secondarily to “condemn” or “place under the ban” or “acquit.” Thus, St. Peter and the popes are given the authority to determine the rules for doctrine and life, by virtue of revelation and the Spirit's leading (Jn 16:13), and to demand obedience from the Church. “Binding and loosing” represent the legislative and judicial powers of the papacy and the bishops (Mt 18:17-18; Jn 20:23). St. Peter, however, is the only apostle who receives these powers by name and in the singular, making him preeminent. 4. Peter's name occurs first in all lists of apostles (Mt 10:2; Mk 3:16; Lk 6:14; Acts 1:13). Matthew even calls him the “first” (10:2). Judas Iscariot is invariably mentioned last. 5. Peter is almost without exception named first whenever he appears with anyone else. In one (only?) example to the contrary, Galatians 2:9, where he (“Cephas”) is listed after James and before John, he is clearly preeminent in the entire context (e.g., 1:18-19; 2:7-8). 6. Peter alone among the apostles receives a new name, Rock, solemnly conferred (Jn 1:42; Mt 16:18). 7. Likewise, Peter is regarded by Jesus as the Chief Shepherd after Himself (Jn 21:15-17), singularly by name, and over the universal Church, even though others have a similar but subordinate role (Acts 20:28; 1 Pet 5:2). 8. Peter alone among the apostles is mentioned by name as having been prayed for by Jesus Christ in order that his “faith may not fail” (Lk 22:32). 9. Peter alone among the apostles is exhorted by Jesus to “strengthen your brethren” (Lk 22:32).Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics This is part 3 of a response video to Mike Winger's video on Roman Catholicism. In it Mike is "teaching" about "Roman Catholicism" but get's nearly every single thing wrong. That video is found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1xZTPY98Oc This video is about his take on the Sacrament of Confession/Reconciliation/PennanceSubscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics What is a sacrament? How do they affect us? Do they give real grace? Are they "works"? Do they "save"? How do we cooperate with God's grace? These are all questions that people have about the pre-denominational church (i.e., the Catholic and the orthodox eastern churches) A Sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace. “"Seated at the right hand of the Father" and pouring out the Holy Spirit on his Body which is the Church, Christ now acts through the sacraments he instituted to communicate his grace. The sacraments are perceptible signs (words and actions) accessible to our human nature. By the action of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit they make present efficaciously the grace that they signify.” (CCC 1084) GRACE: Grace is a participation in the life of God. It introduces us into the intimacy of Trinitarian life: by Baptism the Christian participates in the grace of Christ, the Head of his Body. As an "adopted son" he can henceforth call God "Father," in union with the only Son. He receives the life of the Spirit who breathes charity into him and who forms the Church. ACTual grace: refers to God's interventions, whether at the beginning of conversion or in the course of the work of sanctification. Sanctifying grace: Sanctifying grace is an habitual gift, a stable and supernatural disposition that perfects the soul itself to enable it to live with God, to act by his love.Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics This is part one of a response video to Mike Winger's video on Roman Catholicism. In it Mike is "teaching" about "Roman Catholicism" but get's nearly every single thing wrong. That video is found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1xZTPY98Oc This video is about his take on the Sacrament of BaptismSubscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Sirach+2&version=RSVCE Sirach 2 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE) Duties toward God 2 My son, if you come forward to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for temptation.[a] 2 Set your heart right and be steadfast, and do not be hasty in time of calamity. 3 Cleave to him and do not depart, that you may be honored at the end of your life. 4 Accept whatever is brought upon you, and in changes that humble you be patient. 5 For gold is tested in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation. 6 Trust in him, and he will help you; make your ways straight, and hope in him. 7 You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; and turn not aside, lest you fall. 8 You who fear the Lord, trust in him, and your reward will not fail; 9 you who fear the Lord, hope for good things, for everlasting joy and mercy. 10 Consider the ancient generations and see: who ever trusted in the Lord and was put to shame? Or who ever persevered in the fear of the Lord[b] and was forsaken? Or who ever called upon him and was overlooked? 11 For the Lord is compassionate and merciful; he forgives sins and saves in time of affliction. 12 Woe to timid hearts and to slack hands, and to the sinner who walks along two ways! 13 Woe to the faint heart, for it has no trust! Therefore it will not be sheltered. 14 Woe to you who have lost your endurance! What will you do when the Lord punishes you? 15 Those who fear the Lord will not disobey his words, and those who love him will keep his ways. 16 Those who fear the Lord will seek his approval, and those who love him will be filled with the law. 17 Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and will humble themselves before him. 18 Let us fall[c] into the hands of the Lord, but not into the hands of men; for as his majesty is, so also is his mercy.Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Sirach+1&version=RSVCE Sirach 1 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE) Whereas many great teachings have been given to us through the law and the prophets and the others that followed them, on account of which we should praise Israel for instruction and wisdom; and since it is necessary not only that the readers themselves should acquire understanding but also that those who love learning should be able to help the outsiders by both speaking and writing, my grandfather Jesus, after devoting himself especially to the reading of the law and the prophets and the other books of our fathers, and after acquiring considerable proficiency in them, was himself also led to write something pertaining to instruction and wisdom, in order that, by becoming conversant with this also, those who love learning should make even greater progress in living according to the law. You are urged therefore to read with good will and attention, and to be indulgent[a] in cases where, despite out diligent labor in translating, we may seem to have rendered some phrases imperfectly. For what was originally expressed in Hebrew does not have exactly the same sense when translated into another language. Not only this work, but even the law itself, the prophecies, and the rest of the books differ not a little as originally expressed. When I came to Egypt in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of Eu-er′getes and stayed for some time, I found opportunity for no little instruction.[b] It seemed highly necessary that I should myself devote some pains and labor to the translation of the following book, using in that period of time great watchfulness and skill in order to complete and publish the book for those living abroad who wished to gain learning, being prepared in character to live according to the law. In Praise of Wisdom 1 All wisdom comes from the Lord and is with him for ever. 2 The sand of the sea, the drops of rain, and the days of eternity—who can count them? 3 The height of heaven, the breadth of the earth, the abyss, and wisdom—who can search them out? 4 Wisdom was created before all things, and prudent understanding from eternity.[c] 6 The root of wisdom—to whom has it been revealed? Her clever devices—who knows them?[d] 8 There is One who is wise, greatly to be feared, sitting upon his throne. 9 The Lord himself created wisdom;[e] he saw her and apportioned her, he poured her out upon all his works. 10 She dwells with all flesh according to his gift, and he supplied her to those who love him. Fear of the Lord Is True Wisdom 11 The fear of the Lord is glory and exultation, and gladness and a crown of rejoicing. 12 The fear of the Lord delights the heart, and gives gladness and joy and long life. 13 With him who fears the Lord it will go well at the end; on the day of his death he will be blessed. 14 To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; she is created with the faithful in the womb. 15 She made[f] among men an eternal foundation, and among their descendants she will be trusted. 16 To fear the Lord is wisdom's full measure; she satisfies[g] men with her fruits; 17 she fills their whole house with desirable goods, and their storehouses with her produce. 18 The fear of the Lord is the crown of wisdom, making peace and perfect health to flourish. 19 He saw her and apportioned her; he rained down knowledge and discerning comprehension, and he exalted the glory of those who held her fast. 20 To fear the Lord is the root of wisdom, and her branches are long life.[h] 22 Unrighteous anger cannot be justified, for a man's anger tips the scale to his ruin. 23 A patient man will endure until the right moment, and then joy will burst forth for him. 24 He will hide his words until the right moment, and the lips of many will tell of his good sense. 25 In the treasuries of wisdom are wise sayings, but godliness is an abomination to a sinner. 26 If you desire wisdom, keep the commandments, and the Lord will supply it for you. 27 For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction, and he delights in fidelity and meekness. 28 Do not disobey the fear of the Lord; do not approach him with a divided mind. 29 Be not a hypocrite in men's sight,[i] and keep watch over your lips. 30 Do not exalt yourself lest you fall, and thus bring dishonor upon yourself. The Lord will reveal your secrets and cast you down in the midst of the congregation, because you did not come in the fear of the Lord, and your heart was full of deceit.Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

What is Purgatory? Why do catholics believe in it? Would you be surprised to find out YOU believe in it, too? And that it's pretty explicitly taugth in scripture? Well, it is, and in this video we'll discuss exactly how and where.Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Here's a back and forth that one particular scoundrel catholic got into with a protestant. Some would say he's a liar, but others think he's got a point. What do YOU think? Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholicsSubscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics 1 John 1 Revised Standard Version (RSV) The Word of Life 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 2 the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— 3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And we are writing this that our[a] joy may be complete. God Is Light 5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth; 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics 1 John 2 Revised Standard Version (RSV) Christ Our Advocate 2 My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin; but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2 and he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. 3 And by this we may be sure that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He who says “I know him” but disobeys his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly love for God is perfected. By this we may be sure that we are in him: 6 he who says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. A New Commandment 7 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because[a] the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness still. 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and in it[b] there is no cause for stumbling. 11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. 12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his sake. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father. 14 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And the world passes away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides for ever. Warning against Antichrists 18 Children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come; therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out, that it might be plain that they all are not of us. 20 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all know.[c] 21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and know that no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is what he has promised us,[d] eternal life. 26 I write this to you about those who would deceive you; 27 but the anointing which you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that any one should teach you; as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie, just as it has taught you, abide in him. Children of God 28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that every one who does right is born of him.Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics 1 John 3 Revised Standard Version (RSV) 3 See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God's children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. 4 Every one who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God commits sin; for God's[a] nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is[b] born of God. 10 By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother. Love One Another 11 For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, 12 and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. 13 Do not wonder, brethren, that the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. 15 Any one who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But if any one has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth. 19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth, and reassure our hearts before him 20 whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 All who keep his commandments abide in him, and he in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics 1 John 4 Revised Standard Version (RSV) Testing the Spirits 4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God. This is the spirit of antichrist, of which you heard that it was coming, and now it is in the world already. 4 Little children, you are of God, and have overcome them; for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are of the world, therefore what they say is of the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are of God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and he who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. God Is Love 7 Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God; for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his own Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 In this is love perfected with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love. 19 We love, because he first loved us. 20 If any one says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot[a] love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also.Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics 1 John 5 Revised Standard Version (RSV) Faith Conquers the World 5 Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and every one who loves the parent loves the child. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? Testimony concerning the Son of God 6 This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. 7 And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is the truth. 8 There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree. 9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne witness to his Son. 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne to his Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who has not the Son of God has not life. Epilogue 13 I write this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him. 16 If any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin, he will ask, and God[a] will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal. There is sin which is mortal; I do not say that one is to pray for that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal. 18 We know that any one born of God does not sin, but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him. 19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world is in the power of the evil one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, to know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

Got a question? Email askcatholics@gmail.com DONATE to support this channel: http://bit.ly/DonateToAskCatholics Jude Revised Standard Version (RSV) Salutation 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: 2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Occasion of the Letter 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. 4 For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.[a] Judgment on False Teachers 5 Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he[b] who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day; 7 just as Sodom and Gomor′rah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. 8 Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.[c] 9 But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” 10 But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed. 11 Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error, and perish in Korah's rebellion. 12 These are blemishes[d] on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; 13 wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever. 14 It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads, 15 to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” 16 These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage. Warnings and Exhortations 17 But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” 19 It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit; 21 keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And convince some, who doubt; 23 save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.[e] Benediction 24 Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing, 25 to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise