PROTESTANT VIEW Salvation is the free gift of God to man. It is obtained by God’s Grace alone and not through any merit on the part of the Christian. GRACE = God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense. “For by grace you are saved through faith: and that not of yourselves, for…
PROTESTANT VIEW We are judged righteous in the sight of God purely on the basis of our faith. The atoning sacrifice of Christ leads to righteousness being imputed to us as sinners through a legal declaration by God. This is often stated as Justification by faith alone. There is a…
PROTESTANT VIEW Christ is the one Mediator between God and man and our salvation is accomplished only through His death and resurrection. “For there is one God: and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” 1 Timothy 2:5 (DRB). CATHOLIC VIEW Catholicism accepts Christ’s sole mediatorship…
PROTESTANT VIEW Scripture alone is the only infallible source of divine revelation and the final authority for matters of faith and practice. Sola Scriptura does not mean that all truth is contained in the Bible, rather that all we need to know for salvation is contained within it. “All scripture,…
PROTESTANT VIEW Every aspect of the Christian life is to be seen as giving glory to God. This was a reaction to the honour given to the Papacy and the saints and in effect, underlies the other four Soli above. “If any man speak, let him speak, as the words…
This is the belief that the Pope, when defining a teaching on faith or morals that is to be held by the whole church is able to make such pronouncements without error. First defined as a Dogma, or required belief by the First Vatican council in 1870, Papal Infallibility was…
These are as follows: The Bishop of Rome. Vicar of Christ – This title emphasises the fact that the Pope is seen as the visible and supreme head of the church on earth and Vicar (‘Substitute’) of Christ. Successor of the Prince of the Apostles – That is, the successor…
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Clerical celibacy is based on the idea that the state of being unmarried enables a person to more fully devote themselves to Christian service. A biblical argument for this view is given in 1 Corinthians 7:32-34: “But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a…
According to the Vatican II council, all Christians who have been validly baptised are placed into communion with the Catholic church. Vatican II also referred to non-Catholic Christians as “Separated Brethren” and acknowledged other churches as valid “ecclesial communities” and also as a “means of salvation”, while at the same…
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