“On this we agree -— which is why He does not, never Has and never WILL support made up doctrine outside of His Word:”
Show me a verse that supports sola scriptura. That is a “made up doctrine outside of His Word” but Protestants believe it.
“no extra-Biblical pronouncements from on high, no dogma instructing prayers to Mary and the Saints, no sprinkling of babies, no purgatory, no salvation by works.”
Show me the verse that says ALL truths are in scripture. Purgatory is in scripture: http://scripturecatholic.com/purgatory.html
infant baptism: http://www.scripturecatholic.com/baptism.html#baptism-III
And we don’t believe in salvation by works. We believe we are saved by Christ’s grace.
“His Word is the God-breathed and inspired Word of God (and yes, I can find passages to support this, but if I can — so can you — beginning with 2 Timothy 3:16, John 1:1, ...)”
There you go again. Show me the verse which shows Matthew’s gospel was written by Matthew and is inspired. Can you or not?
“and He has declared that NOTHING shall be added or removed from it.”
Show then the verse which shows which books are inspired and which ones are not. If you can’t then you have no biblical way of knowing if something has been “added or removed from it.”
“Catholicism is a case study in adding and removing things from Scripture. May the Lord reveal their deception so they can know the Truth. Amen and amen.”
We’ve always known the truth while you’re just in a sect.
The verses Catholics believe support Apostolic oral tradition do no such thing. They support what was told DIRECTLY from the Apostles at the time and SUPPORTED Scripture — not added to it. The verses I showed you which point to the sufficiency of Scripture say just that — as did Christ.
Re: Catholic belief on salvation — we are saved by GRACE ALONE — not in conjunction with anything else — and that is where we differ from Catholicism, as I think you well know.
Baptists are a denomination, just as Roman Catholicism is — no more, no less. The interesting thing, though, is that while Roman Catholics are ardent for the glory of their man-made institution, most Protestant believers are zealous for the Truth of Scripture and for Christ’s glory. Interesting difference that.
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.<<
Much of what Catholicism teaches I don’t find to be true when searching the scriptures.
I had to pull this one out of your link because this is one of the most ridiculous...
"He who does not believe will be condemned." This demonstrates that one can be baptized and still not be a believer.
Yes it does...You can baptize all the muzlims and anyone else you want...But that person will be damned even if you hit him with a fire hose...
So your religion somehow twists and perverts this verse to mean babies then can be baptized because belief isn't required for baptism...
Belief + baptism = heaven...
Unbelief + baptism = hell...
What a whacko interpretation your religion has...