What do Catholics...

What Catholics believe

A. Mary was conceived free of original sin (called the Immaculate Conception)

B. She never committed personal sin

C. When she died she was assumed body and soul into heaven

D. She is 100% dependent on God, and by her subordinate cooperation she plays a role in all the graces that come to us

Why Catholics believe this

1. Preliminary texts on the general holiness of Mary from Scripture (the following texts do not prove any Marian doctrines -- such te

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Why do Catholics believe...

The Bible teaches that not only do we look to the Bible for our faith, but to a Sacred Tradition passed down from the Apostles. Jesus condemned false traditions — "traditions of men" — but He upheld Sacred Tradition (for a full essay on Jesus' teaching on Tradition, click here).

The Catholic idea works like this: when your mother pulls out the family photo album, she can just hand it to you, and you may indeed get a lot out of it. There are plenty of faces you will recognize, such as... [Read More]

Do Catholics accept...

Yes. Catholics accept Jesus Christ as their Lord, as the Son of God, and as the Savior. The Lord God is the head of the Catholic Church, which we believe was established by Christ Himself. The Church does not replace Christ as the means of salvation for Catholics. Instead, it is a means through which He guides and aids the faithful by teaching and sacrament.

Catholics say that the...

"All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work."
(2 Timothy 3:16-17)

These are wonderful verses on the importance of the bible, and how it is God-breathed." They say that Scripture is "profitable" for various good things (teaching, correction, reproof, training in righteousness), so that we can be "comp... [Read More]

What is the Communion of...

Christians have always believed that the Church exists not only in this world but extends into heaven, and the saints in heaven can pray for us, if we ask them to (consider Revelation 5:8; 8:3-4; Matthew 18:10; Tobit 12:12, 15; cf. Hebrews 11:4-12:1 for the "great cloud of witnesses"). For intercessory prayer in general: 1 Timothy 2:1-4; Ephesians 6:18; Romans 15:30; Colossians 4:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; for the suprasensible unity of all Christians: 1 Corinthians 12:25-27; Romans... [Read More]