@shane_pruitt78 Maybe try doing some research. Catholics do not claim assurance of salvation because God is the judge. Not because we don't know if we have done enough good works.
If you claim assurance of salvation you have made yourself the judge, who is God.
@LargoElemento@solasectora@Catholic_bro Flat out just not true. Justin Martyr talks about kissing one another before receiving the Eucharist.
Also, Matthew 5:23-24 is pretty clear
@tseeker862@riecker Regardless of purgatory, we should still pray for them.
God exists outside of time that we are bound to. Prayers now can be answered by God through graces bestowed in our past. God is not bound by linear time.
@DNews_0@ATradCatholic According to what authority? Your own opinion?
As Catholic's we can appeal to Apostolic authority and conclude that this is in fact heretical.
Without that authority, you can only speculate based on your interpretation of scripture. That is the whole problem with Protestantism
@Allesontiire "sola" - alone or only (feminine singular of solus)
"scriptura" - Scripture or writing
Words have actual meaning you know. You just inserted "final" into there. What you are describing is "prima scriptura".
@IndianaBrunner When Catholics talk about "worship" we use the Protestant definition of worship. In reality "worship" means "worthship" or treating someone according to their worth.
By treating people well ,we worship them. That does not mean we worship them the same as God.
@Cambia47801287@RosaryQuotes123 You are correct that it is grotesque, and it is very difficult to look at.
Why?
Because it is our sins that did this. This is direct result of the grotesque nature of sin. If you can't look at it, you cannot repent.
@marugori2047@respectable005 America evangelicalism relies on sola scriptura, which in its very nature is subjective to the individual opinions of each person....