@iamnotfamous29@riecker Because the Catholic Church in communion with the successor of St. Peter said there are 73 at Council of Trent. We trust the Church because of the witness of history, prophecy, miracles, the holiness of the saints, and the unity of the Church since the time of the apostles.
@ByzCat@CathsAgainstJws Very glad to have you and all other Jews who are willing to come with us on the ark. Your videos were incredibly helpful to me as I was discerning Catholicism.
@UntoldFortune@ThaddeusPapist "Now, whoever hears these words, and is ignorant...would certainly suppose that the views he holds are in strict accordance with the truth. But whoever notices what he openly declares in them, cannot fail to regard these statements with suspicion. " — St. Augustine
@JasonDDonahoe@plasmarob That's also incorrect. Pharaoh's magicians could only replicate Moses and Aaron's miracles up to a certain point, specifically starting at the plague of gnats Exodus 8, where even the magicians admit this power shows divine backing: "this is the finger of God".
@JasonDDonahoe@plasmarob The Lord makes a proof from the Mosaic law in verses 7:20-24.
In verse 7:31, the onlookers appeal to miracles and He does not correct them.
In verse 7:33-34 He gives a prophecy of future events, so that those present will be able to know He was a prophet.
@JasonDDonahoe@plasmarob Those who genuinely seek God's will are disposed to recognize Jesus through His miracles; those who do not will reject Him regardless of any sign.
@plasmarob Faith means to trust something by extrinsic evidence: the witness of someone other than yourself. In the case of a divine message, you would need to trust that the message came from God. So, we need evidence that supports the case that the message is from God.
@booperdooper240@sincead33 Considering virtually all of Revelation is dripping with symbolic language, I don't see why John must name more Mary explicitly than stating that the woman is the mother of the Messiah.
@booperdooper240@sincead33 So you think the passage can figuratively refer to Israel as the mother of the Messiah, but it can't literally refer to the Messiah's mother?
@Whi79226Anthony@riecker The whole point of the Exodus narrative with the sorcerors is that there are miracles God alone can perform and therefore Pharaoh should have recognized that Moses was speaking on God's behalf. He refused to listen not out of reasonable doubt but out of obstinate total rebellion.