@TradReform@BelleClochette1@BillArnoldTeach The Mass is not a later invention but the Church’s living continuation of Christ’s command: “Do this for a commemoration of me.”
@TradReform@BelleClochette1@BillArnoldTeach Calling Catholicism an anachronism is just admitting you don’t recognize ancient Christianity when it’s standing right in front of you.
@TradReform@BelleClochette1@BillArnoldTeach If the Mass denies Christ’s accomplishment, then the Christians taught by the Apostles somehow misunderstood Christianity for 1,500 years until Protestants arrived to correct them.
@TradReform@BelleClochette1@BillArnoldTeach Catholicism doesn’t deny what Christ accomplished; it proclaims it every Mass. Sola Scriptura, on the other hand, requires pretending the first Christians somehow forgot to practice the religion modern Protestants invented 1,500 years later.
@TradReform@BelleClochette1@BillArnoldTeach Catholicism cannot be refuted by quote mining, since isolated verses or excerpts ignore the full Scriptural and historical context in which the Church understands doctrine. Sola Scriptura is not found in Scripture or the practice of the early Church, not standard for judging.