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Because my intention was to demonstrate what the Catholic Church, specifically, teaches. It’s not an attempt to replace holy scripture. By citing the catechism, I can demonstrate that the Catholic Church is a faith rooted in Christ, contrary to the lies spread about us. For example:

“Believing in Jesus Christ and in the One who sent him for our salvation is necessary for obtaining that salvation. Since without faith it is impossible to please God and to attain to the fellowship of his sons, therefore without faith no one has ever attained justification, nor will anyone obtain eternal life but he who endures to the end.” - CCC 161

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@JennyWakefiel12 The only time "faith alone" is stated in the bible is when it says in James 2:24, "You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone."

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Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by works, and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God. You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. And in the same way was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead. - James 2:21-26

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@FunkFun53239659 @Deep_biblestudy Seems like you have a very transactional way of thinking about love.

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Because the CCC is not saying Mary produces the gifts of salvation. It says Christ gives them through her intercession. CCC 970 makes the point explicit: Mary’s role “neither takes away from nor adds anything to the dignity and efficacy of Christ the one Mediator.” Christ alone merits and causes our salvation; Mary prays for us and by God’s will, graces can be given in response to that prayer. That is intercession, not a second mediation parallel to Christ.

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Mediation refers to Jesus Christ’s unique role in reconciling us to the Father. Intercessions are made by believers to the Father on behalf of others.

“First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, godly and respectful in every way. This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,” - 1 Timothy 2:1-5

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@joshwhitlatch Catholic here. What you said is incredibly misleading.

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Intercession does not equal mediation. Catholics believe that any follower of Jesus, either alive in earth or alive in heaven, can pray for us (that's what is meant by intercession: "pray for me"). Futhermore, it is made clear that the gifts of eternal salvation are not proceeding from her, but rather from her son.

"Mary's function as mother of men in no way obscures or diminishes this unique mediation of Christ, but rather shows its power. But the Blessed Virgin's salutary influence on men . . . flows forth from the superabundance of the merits of Christ, rests on his mediation, depends entirely on it, and draws all its power from it." "No creature could ever be counted along with the Incarnate Word and Redeemer; but just as the priesthood of Christ is shared in various ways both by his ministers and the faithful, and as the one goodness of God is radiated in different ways among his creatures, so also the unique mediation of the Redeemer does not exclude but rather gives rise to a manifold cooperation which is but a sharing in this one source." CCC 970

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“Some random Catholic on X said this” cannot by itself be used as an argument against Catholicism. The random Catholic is not the Magisterium. But Protestantism’s rejection of a binding earthly teaching authority creates a problem for them: when Christians disagree over Scripture, who has the authority to render a definitive judgment rather than merely offer another interpretation? Thus, “some random Protestant on X said this” cannot be dismissed in the same way.

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"Mary's function as mother of men in no way obscures or diminishes this unique mediation of Christ, but rather shows its power. But the Blessed Virgin's salutary influence on men . . . flows forth from the superabundance of the merits of Christ, rests on his mediation, depends entirely on it, and draws all its power from it." "No creature could ever be counted along with the Incarnate Word and Redeemer; but just as the priesthood of Christ is shared in various ways both by his ministers and the faithful, and as the one goodness of God is radiated in different ways among his creatures, so also the unique mediation of the Redeemer does not exclude but rather gives rise to a manifold cooperation which is but a sharing in this one source." CCC 970

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@FunkFun53239659 @Deep_biblestudy Then provide a CCC paragraph number to back up what you, and he, are claiming. I'll start.

"Jesus Christ is true God and true man, in the unity of his divine person; for this reason he is the one and only mediator between God and men." CCC 480

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The Catholic Church does not claim the CCC is infallible; it is not scripture nor claims to be. It is a teaching source so that the general population can know the Catholic Church's official theological stance, and most protestant denominations have a similar book (I'm former Methodist and they have their Book of Doctrines and Disciplines, same thing).

Generally, when one wants to refute a party's point, it is helpful to quote the point you are refuting.

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@B_Dizzy_K9 @Deep_biblestudy The related words of the thesaurus website is not the best place to make a theological argument. Instead, provide a CCC paragraph number.

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"Jesus Christ is true God and true man, in the unity of his divine person; for this reason he is the one and only mediator between God and men."

Catechism of the Catholic Church, §480

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@ShawnieTwoZero I’m a Catholic who knows plenty of educated Protestants. Why post this? What’s the point?

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@H1storyMedia It still means that. Roman Catholicism was the label pushed by Protestants (Roman Catholic is a liturgical rite within the church, but the not church name)

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@joshwhitlatch Luke 24:44 does no such thing regarding the apocrypha.

As for the second point, yes, by the Catholic Church. Who do you think were recognizing it? The gnostics?

Those people mentioned were Catholic.

Received by the bishops of the Catholic Church (the apostles)