[Steelfish]

A good read is by the great English essayist Hillaire’s Belloc’s “Heresies.” He explains convincingly and lucidly why outside of Catholicism, all the other faiths are sheer heresies.

[shankbear]

That is a joke.

[Eccl 10:2]

A good read is by the great English essayist Hillaire’s Belloc’s “Heresies.” He explains convincingly and lucidly why outside of Catholicism, all the other faiths are sheer heresies.

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I’m sorry but not only is that deeply offensive but it is butt nekkid wrong.

[Nervous Tick]

outside of Catholicism Christianity, all the other faiths are sheer heresies

There. A minor change fixes it so it's actually true. :-)

I look forward to meeting this Hillaire Belloc character! After he (she?) gets over the shock of seeing this quite imperfect Methodist up there in Catholic heaven, we'll have all eternity to discuss his essays and why he (she?) thought those things while living in the flesh.

[righttackle44]

Actually, he explains nothing. He makes excuses: ill-education, subjective reasoning ("It doesn't make sense"), faulty Scripture interpretation ( common occurrence in Catholicism), and the strawman argument that it doesn't square with what HE believes.

I am willing to state that he likely has a rebellious heart, and if we go back to his Protestant days, we will find that he had--and has--an unteachable spirit.

I don't think we need to pay much attention to his article. It's silly.

[tbpiper]

Since you brought up the subject of heresies, let's talk about prayer.

Miriam Webster's definition reads like this:
(1) : an address (as a petition) to God or a god in word or thought...

God being a jealous god, all prayer and worship belong to Him. For a Christian, it would be heretical to address our prayers to anyone other than the eternal God.

So just remember that the next time you pray to Mary, you are robbing God of the worship due to Him alone.

[Talisker]

A good read is by the great English essayist Hillaire’s Belloc’s “Heresies.” He explains convincingly and lucidly why outside of Catholicism, all the other faiths are sheer heresies.

What do you need Belloc for? Isn't that the bottom line of the Catholic faith?

[redleghunter]

The Bible contains the accounts of Creation, The Flood, Abraham, the Prophets, Moses...And Jesus Christ, His apostles and the early early Christian Church.

Why are you so against the Bible and cling to dusty medieval theological collections?

[Gamecock]

Imagine that someone went before a judge and was proven guilty of heinous crimes, but then pleaded to the judge that he believed in the judge's authority to convict him and so the judge should not do so – and had that as his only defense.

What this little heretic is missing is this: The judge took the punishment in place of the person guilty of the crime. Paid it in full.

That is the Gospel.

[WVKayaker]

He explains convincingly and lucidly why outside of Catholicism, all the other faiths are sheer heresies.

Hahahahahahahahaaaaa... another advertisement for heretical teachings from Rome, and another BlogPimping from the author...

John 3: ... 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 2 ... -Love, Jesus

Ephesians 2: 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. - Love, Paul

[Morgana]

I shudder to think how many souls Luther has sent to hell!

From the Book of James...

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6 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
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If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day,
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and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it?
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So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
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Indeed someone might say, “You have faith and I have works.” Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.