Objections
Answering Protestant Objections
Common Protestant objections to Catholic teaching, stated fairly and answered from Scripture, history, and reason.
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Is the Catholic Priesthood Biblical?
All believers are priests and Christ is the one High Priest. So why ordained priests? Exodus, Korah, Luke 22, John 20, Romans 15 and the Fathers answer.
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The Inquisition, the Crusades, and Bad Popes: Does Church History Disprove Catholicism?
Bad popes, the Inquisition, the Crusades: real sins, honestly admitted. Why Scripture says they don't disprove the Catholic Church, and what really happened.
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Can I Know I'm Saved? What 1 John 5:13 Really Means
Does 1 John 5:13 prove once saved, always saved? Read in context, it teaches the Catholic answer: confident hope in Christ, not presumption.
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Doesn't 1 Timothy 2:5 Say There Is Only One Mediator?
Yes, Christ is the one Mediator. But 1 Timothy 2 opens by commanding intercession. Why the prayers of saints and priests share in His mediation.
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"It Is Finished": Do Purgatory and the Mass Deny Christ's Finished Work?
Christ's work is finished, so why the Mass and purgatory? Hebrews and the early Church show His one sacrifice is made present and applied, not repeated.
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What Is an Annulment? Isn't It Just Catholic Divorce?
What is an annulment in the Catholic Church? Why a declaration of nullity is not a Catholic divorce, and what Jesus taught in Matthew 19 and Mark 10.
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Is the Catholic Church Against Reading the Bible?
Is the Catholic Church against reading the Bible? No. It urges all the faithful to read Scripture often. The history, the Bible, and objections answered.
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Why Do Catholics Make the Sign of the Cross?
Why do Catholics make the Sign of the Cross? It confesses the Trinity and the cross in one gesture. Biblical roots, early history, objections answered.
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Why Can't Catholics Eat Meat on Fridays?
Why can't Catholics eat meat on Fridays? Every Friday honors the day Jesus died. What Lent, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday require, from Scripture.
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Is Mary the Ark of the New Covenant?
Is Mary the Ark of the New Covenant? What the ark held, how Luke and Revelation echo it, what the Fathers said, and fair answers to Protestant objections.
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What Is Transubstantiation, and Is It Biblical?
What is transubstantiation, and is it biblical? What the Church means by substance and appearances, the Bible's case, and Reformed and Lutheran objections.
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What Did the Early Church Fathers Believe About the Eucharist?
What did the early Church Fathers believe about the Eucharist? From the Didache to Augustine, they called it Christ's flesh and blood. Sources quoted.
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Why Do Catholics Keep Relics of Saints? The Bible Answer
Why do Catholics keep relics of saints? Elisha's bones, Paul's handkerchiefs and the early martyrs show why relics are biblical, not superstition.
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Did Martin Luther Want to Remove Books from the Bible?
Did Martin Luther want to remove books from the Bible? What his own prefaces say about James, Hebrews, Jude, Revelation, and the deuterocanonical books.
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What Does "Saved by Grace Through Faith" (Ephesians 2:8-9) Mean for Catholics?
What does Ephesians 2:8-9, saved by grace through faith, mean for Catholics? Catholics affirm every word. A verse-by-verse reading in context.
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Why Can't Protestants Receive Communion at Mass?
Why can't Protestants receive Communion at Mass? Because Communion is a public sign of one faith and one Church. The Bible, the Catechism, and the Fathers.
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How Did Christians Know the Truth Before the New Testament Was Written?
How did Christians know the truth before the New Testament was written? Apostolic preaching, the Old Testament, and the Church, from Scripture itself.
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Is the "Rock" in Matthew 16 Peter or His Faith?
Is the rock in Matthew 16:18 Peter or his faith? The Aramaic, the Greek, the context, and the Church Fathers point to Peter, rock because of his faith.
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What Are Indulgences? What the Catholic Church Really Teaches
What are indulgences? What the Catholic Church actually teaches, why they never forgive sin and can't be bought, and the 1517 abuses Luther protested.
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Why Do Catholics Baptize by Pouring Instead of Immersion?
Why do Catholics baptize by pouring instead of immersion? The Church allows both. Pouring is as old as the Didache, and Scripture never sets a depth.