Biblical Basis of the Catholic Faith

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PartI

The Trinity and Christology.

The Divinity Of JESUS

Ex 20:7Fear of God, penalty for blasphemy (cf. Lv 19:12)Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain.
Lv 24:14-16Blasphemer stoned: penalty of death for blaspheming the NameSaying: Bring forth the blasphemer without the camp: and let them that heard him, put their hands upon his head: and let all the people stone him. … And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die. All the multitude shall stone him, whether he be a native or a stranger. He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him die.
Jn 1:1The Word was GodIn the beginning was the Word: and the Word was with God: and the Word was God.
Jn 1:14-15Glory of Father’s only Son, full of grace and truthAnd the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth. John beareth witness of him and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spoke: He that shall come after me is preferred before me: because he was before me.
Jn 8:19If you knew me, you would know my FatherThey said therefore to him: Where is thy Father? Jesus answered: Neither me do you know, nor my Father. If you did know me, perhaps you would know my Father also.
Jn 8:58-59I assure you, before Abraham was, I AMJesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was made, I AM. They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
cf. Ex 3:14God to Moses: “tell the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you”God said to Moses: I AM WHO AM. He said: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: HE WHO IS, hath sent me to you.
Jn 10:30-33The Father and I are OneI and the Father are one. … The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy: and because that thou. being a, man, makest thyself God.
Jn 10:38The Father is in me, and I am in the FatherBut if I do, though you will not believe me, believe the works: that you may know and believe that the Father is in me and I in the Father.
Jn 12:45Whosoever sees me sees the one who sent meAnd he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me.
Jn 14:8-12Whoever had seen, has seen the FatherJesus saith to him: Have I been so long a time with you and have you not known me? Philip, he that seeth me seeth the Father also. How sayest thou: Shew us the Father?
Jn 20:28Jesus accepts Thomas’ “my Lord and my God”Thomas answered and said to him: My Lord and my God.
Acts 20:28Church of God he acquired with his bloodTake heed to yourselves and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops, to rule the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Rom 9:5Christ, who is God over all, blessed foreverWhose are the fathers and of whom is Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all things, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Eph 1:7In Him we have redemption by his bloodIn whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins, according to the riches of his, grace,
Col 2:9In him dwells whole fullness of deity bodilyFor in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead corporeally.
Ti 2:13Glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus ChristLooking for the blessed hope and coming of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
1 Jn 1:7Blood of his Son Jesus cleanses from all sinBut if we walk in the light, as he also is in the light, we have fellowship one with another: And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

The HOLY SPIRIT – A Divine Person, Not A Force

Jn 14:26“He will teach you all things”But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you.
Acts 5:3-4Lying to the Holy Spirit is lying to GodBut Peter said: Ananias, why hath Satan tempted thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost and by fraud keep part of the price of the land? Whilst it remained, did it not remain to thee? And after it was sold, was it not in thy power? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thy heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God.
Acts 8:29“And the Spirit said to Philip, ‘Go up…”And the Spirit said to Philip: Go near and join thyself to this chariot.
Acts 13:2“Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me…’”And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Ghost said to them: Separate me Saul and Barnabas, for the work whereunto I have taken them.
Rom 8:27“Spirit intercedes for the saints…”And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what the Spirit desireth: because he asketh for the saints according to God.
1 Cor 2:11No one understands the thoughts of God, but SpiritFor what man knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of a man that is in him? So the things also that are of God, no man knoweth, but the Spirit of God.
1 Cor 12:11Spirit apportions to each as he willsBut all these things, one and the same Spirit worketh, dividing to every one according as he will.
Eph 4:30“Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of GodAnd grieve not the holy Spirit of God: whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Parousia – Unknown Time Of Christ’s 2nd Coming

Mt 24:36No one but Father alone knows day and hourBut of that day and hour no one knoweth: no, not the angels of heaven, but the Father alone.
Mt 24:44Be prepared, Jesus coming at unexpected hourWherefore be you also ready, because at what hour you know not the Son of man will come.
Mt 25:13Stay awake, you know neither the day nor hourWatch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.
Mk 13:35-37Watch, unknown when lord of house comingWatch ye therefore (for you know not when the lord of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning): Lest coming on a sudden, he find you sleeping.
Lk 12:46Master will come like a thief in nightThe lord of that servant will come in the day that he hopeth not, and at the hour that he knoweth not: and shall separate him and shall appoint him his portion with unbelievers.
1 Thes 5:2-3Day of Lord will come like a thief in nightFor yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night. For when they shall say: Peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape.
2 Pet 3:9-10Day of lord will come like a thiefThe Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance, But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with great violence and the elements shall be melted with heat and the earth and the works which are in it shall be burnt up.
Rev 3:3If not watchful, will come like a thiefHave in mind therefore in what manner thou hast received and heard: and observe and do penance: If then thou shalt not watch, I will come to thee as a thief: and thou shalt not know at what hour I will come to thee.

PartII

Fundamentals.

Grace

Jn 1:14-16We all received grace; grace & truth came through JesusAnd the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth. … And of his fulness we all have received: and grace for grace.
Rom 11:5-6Chosen by grace, not because of worksEven so then, at this present time also, there is a remnant saved according to the election of grace. And if by grace, it is not now by works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
Eph 2:8-10By grace saved through faith, not from us/worksFor by grace you are saved through faith: and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God. Not of works, that no man may glory.

Faith

Lk 7:50Faith has saved youAnd he said to the woman: Thy faith hath made thee safe. Go in peace.
Jn 3:16Whoever believes shall have eternal lifeFor God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son: that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting.
Acts 4:12No salvation through anyone else than JesusNeither is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved.
Acts 16:31Believe in the Lord Jesus & you + household will be savedBut they said: believe in the Lord Jesus: and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Heb 11:6Anyone approaching God must believe he existsBut without faith it is impossible to please God. For he that cometh to God must believe that he is: and is a rewarder to them that seek him.

Love

Mt 22:37-39Love the Lord, your God, and love your neighbor as yourselfJesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind. … And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Jn 13:34Jesus: as I loved you, love one anotherA new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
Rom 13:8, 10Love one another, love is fulfillment of the lawOwe no man any thing, but to love one another. For he that loveth his neighbour hath fulfilled the law. … The love of our neighbour worketh no evil. Love therefore is the fulfilling of the law.
1 Cor 13:2With faith as to move mountains, but no love, we are nothingAnd if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
1 Jn 4:16God is loveAnd we have known and have believed the charity which God hath to us. God is charity: and he that abideth in charity abideth in God, and God in him.

Mother Mary & The Humanity Of JESUS

Immaculate Conception
Lk 1:47ChallengeMy spirit rejoices in God my saviorAnd my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Rom 3:23ChallengeAll have sinned & are deprived of God’s gloryFor all have sinned and do need the glory of God.
Gn 3:15Complete enmity between woman & Satan, sinI will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.
Ex 25:11-21Ark made of purest gold for God’s wordAnd thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold, within and without; and over it thou shalt make a golden crown round about: … And thou shalt put in the ark the testimony which I will give thee.
Lk 1:28Angel: hail “Full of Grace”, the Lord is with youAnd the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
Lk 1:30You have found favor with GodAnd the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God.
Lk 1:37For with God nothing shall be impossibleBecause no word shall be impossible with God.
Mother of God
Phil 2:7ChallengeHuman likeness/form, mother of a body/human nature onlyBut emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in habit found as a man.
Mt 1:23Virgin bear a son, Emmanuel = “God is with us”Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Lk 1:35Child born will be called holy, the Son of GodAnd the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Lk 1:42Elizabeth: “most blessed among women”And she cried out with a loud voice and said: Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Lk 1:43Elizabeth calls her “mother of my Lord” = GodAnd whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
Lk 1:48Mary: “all generations will call me blessed”Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Gal 4:4God sent his Son, born of a womanBut when the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son, made of a woman, made under the law:
Rev 12:17The woman’s offspring: those who keep God’s commandmentsAnd the dragon was angry against the woman: and went to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Assumption
Gn 5:24Enoch taken to heaven without dyingAnd he walked with God, and was seen no more: because God took him.
2 Kgs 2:11Elijah assumed into heaven in fiery chariotAnd as they went on, walking and talking together, behold, a fiery chariot and fiery horses parted them both asunder: and Elias went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Mt 27:52Many saints who had fallen asleep were raisedAnd the graves were opened: and many bodies of the saints that had slept arose,
Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is deathFor the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Cor 15:52We shall be instantly changed at the last trumpetIn a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall rise again incorruptible. And we shall be changed.
1 Thes 4:17Caught up to meet the Lord in the airWherefore, comfort ye one another with these words.
Heb 11:5Enoch taken up so that he should not see deathBy faith Henoch was translated that he should not see death: and he was not found because God had translated him. For before his translation he had testimony that he pleased God.
Rev 11:19–12:1Ark in heaven = woman clothed in sunAnd the temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his testament was seen in his temple. And there were lightnings and voices and an earthquake and great hail. And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Perpetual Virginity
Mt 1:25ChallengeJoseph knew her not until she bore first-bornAnd he knew her not, till she brought forth her first born son: and he called his name Jesus.
Mt 13:55-56ChallengeBrothers James, Joseph, Simon & JudeIs not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude: And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence therefore hath he all these things?
Ex 13:2Consecrate first-born that opens womb (cf. Num 3:12)Sanctify unto me every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, as well of men as of beasts: for they are all mine.
Ex 34:20First-born among your sons you shall redeemThe firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a sheep: but if thou wilt not give a price for it, it shall be slain. The firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem: neither shalt thou appear before me empty.
Mt 27:56Mary the mother of James & Joseph alsoAmong whom was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Mt 28:20I am with you always, until the end of the ageTeaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
Mk 3:21Set out to seize him, “he is out of his mind”And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him. For they said: He is become mad.
Mk 6:3“The son of Mary” not “a son of Mary”Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joseph, and Jude, and Simon? are not also his sisters here with us? And they were scandalized in regard of him.
Lk 1:34How can this be, since I do not know manAnd Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man?
Lk 1:80John in desert until day of his manifestationAnd the child grew and was strengthened in spirit: and was in the deserts until the day of his manifestation to Israel.
Lk 2:41-51Age 12, Jesus evidently only son of MaryAnd seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: Son, why hast thou done so to us? Behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. … And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.
Jn 7:3-4Brothers advise like elders: “go to Judea, manifest self” unthinkable for younger siblings (see next verse)And his brethren said to, him: Pass from hence and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou dost. For there is no man that doth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, manifest thyself to the world.
Jn 19:25Mary the wife of ClopasNow there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen.
Jn 19:26Entrusted Mary to John, not a younger siblingWhen Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son.
1 Cor 15:25He must reign until he has enemies underfootFor he must reign, until he hath put all his enemies under his feet.
1 Tm 4:13Until I arrive, attend to reading, teaching…Till I come, attend unto reading, to exhortation and to doctrine.

Original Sin

Gn 2:16-17The day you eat of that tree, you shall dieAnd he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat: But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.
Gn 3:11-19God’s punishment for eating of the treeAnd to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. … In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.
Rom 5:12-19Many became sinners through one man’s sinWherefore as by one man sin entered into this world and by sin death: and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned. … For as by the disobedience of one man, many were made sinners: so also by the obedience of one, many shall be made just.
1 Cor 15:21-23By a man came death; in Adam all dieFor by a man came death: and by a man the resurrection of the dead. And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive.
Eph 2:1-3We all once lived in the passions of our fleshAnd you, when you were dead in your offences and sins, … In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:

Hell

Is 33:11, 14Who of us can live with the everlasting flamesYou shall conceive heat, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall devour you. … The sinners in Sion are afraid, trembling hath seized upon the hypocrites. Which of you can dwell with devouring fire? which of you shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
Mt 25:41Depart, you accursed, into the eternal fireThen he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels.
Mt 25:46These will go off to eternal punishmentAnd these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting.
Lk 3:16-17The chaff will burn in unquenchable fireJohn answered, saying unto all: I indeed baptize you with water: but there shall come one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose. He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire; Whose fan is in his hand: and he will purge his floor and will gather the wheat into his barn: but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
2 Thes 1:6-9These will pay the penalty of eternal ruinSeeing it is a just thing with God to repay tribulation to them that trouble you: … Who shall suffer eternal punishment in destruction, from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his power:

Purgatory

2 Sm 12:13-14David, though forgiven, still punished for his sinAnd David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt not die. Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee, shall surely die.
2 Mc 12:44-46Atoned for dead to free them from sin(For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,) … It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.
Mt 5:26You will not be released until paid last pennyAmen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing.
Mt 5:48Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfectBe you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.
Mt 12:32Sin against Holy Spirit unforgiven in this age or nextAnd whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him neither in this world, nor in the world to come.
Mt 12:36Account for every idle word on judgement dayBut I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.
Lk 12:41-482 Eternal outcomes (heaven, hell) and 2 temporary ones (many or few stripes)And that servant, who knew the will of his lord and prepared not himself and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not and did things worthy of stripes shall be beaten with few stripes. And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required: and to whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more.
1 Cor 3:15Suffer loss, but saved as through fireIf any mans work burn, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.
1 Cor 15:29-30Paul mentions people baptizing for the deadOtherwise, what shall they do that are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not again at all? Why are they then baptized for them? Why also are we in danger every hour?
2 Tm 1:16-18Paul prays for dead friend OnesiphorusThe Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: because he hath often refreshed me and hath not been ashamed of my chain: … The Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord in that day. And in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou very well knowest.
Heb 12:14Strive for that holiness without which cannot see GodFollow peace with all men and holiness: without which no man shall see God.
Jas 1:14-15When sin reaches maturity gives birth to deathBut every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured. Then, when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.
Jas 3:2We all fall short in many respectsFor in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.
1 Pet 3:18-20Jesus preached to spirits in prisonBecause Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust: that he might offer us to God, being put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in the spirit, In which also coming he preached to those spirits that were in prison:
1 Pet 4:6The gospel preached even to the deadFor, for this cause was the gospel preached also to the dead: That they might be judged indeed according to men, in the flesh: but may live according to God, in the Spirit.
1 Jn 5:16-17Degrees of sins distinguishedHe that knoweth his brother to sin a sin which is not to death, let him ask: and life shall be given to him who sinneth not to death. There is a sin unto death. For that I say not that any man ask. All iniquity is sin. And there is a sin unto death.
Rev 21:27Nothing unclean shall enter heavenThere shall not enter into it any thing defiled or that worketh abomination or maketh a lie: but they that are written in the book of life of the Lamb.

Heaven

Jn 14:2In Father’s house many rooms, I will come again & take youIn my Father's house there are many mansions. If not, I would have told you: because I go to prepare a place for you.
1 Cor 2:9What no eye has seen, ear heard, what God preparesBut, as it is written: That eye hath not seen, nor ear heard: neither hath it entered into the heart of man, what things God hath prepared for them that love him.
1 Cor 13:12Now we see dimly, but then face to face, then we know fullyWe see now through a glass in a dark manner: but then face to face. Now I know in part: but then I shall know even as I am known.
Rev 21:3Dwelling place of God with man, He will dwell with themAnd I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men: and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people: and God himself with them shall be their God.
Rev 21:4Death shall be no more, nor mourning, crying, painAnd God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more. Nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.

PartIII

Ecclesiology.

Living Church – A Supernatural Organism

Mt 16:18-19Upon this rock I will build my ChurchAnd I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
Mt 18:17If he refuses to listen even to the Church…And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican.
Mt 28:18-20Go baptize and teach all nationsGoing therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
Mk 16:15-16Go to whole world and proclaim gospelAnd he said to them: Go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall he condemned.
Lk 10:16Whoever hears you, hears me; rejects you, rejects meHe that heareth you heareth me: and he that despiseth you despiseth me: and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Jn 14:16, 26Holy Spirit with you always, teach/remind you of everythingAnd I will ask the Father: and he shall give you another Paraclete, that he may abide with you for ever: … But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you.
Jn 16:13Spirit of truth will guide you to all truthBut when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth. For he shall not speak of himself: but what things soever he shall hear, he shall speak. And the things that are to come, he shall shew you.
1 Tm 3:15Church is the pillar and foundation of truthBut if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Undivided Church – The Body Of Christ

Rom 12:4-5Though many, we are one body in ChristFor as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office: So we, being many, are one body in Christ; and every one members one of another:
1 Cor 6:15Don’t you know your bodies are members of Christ?Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid!
1 Cor 12:20-27You are Christ’s body, individually parts of itBut now there are many members indeed, yet one body. … Now you are the body of Christ and members of member.
Eph 5:30We are members of his bodyBecause we are members of him, body, of his flesh and of his bones.
Col 1:18He is the head of the body, the churchAnd he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he may hold the primacy:

United Church – One Flock, One Shepherd

Jn 10:16There will be one fold and one shepherdAnd other sheep I have that are not of this fold: them also I must bring. And they shall hear my voice: And there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
Jn 17:17-23I pray that they may be one, as we are oneThat they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. … I in them, and thou in me: that they may be made perfect in one: and the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them, as thou hast also loved me.
Jn 17:23That they may be brought to perfection as oneI in them, and thou in me: that they may be made perfect in one: and the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them, as thou hast also loved me.
Rom 12:5We, though many, are one body in ChristSo we, being many, are one body in Christ; and every one members one of another:
Rom 15:5God grant you to think in harmony with one anotherNow the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of one mind, one towards another, according to Jesus Christ:
Rom 16:17I urge that there be no divisions among youNow I beseech you, brethren, to mark them who make dissensions and offences contrary to the doctrine which you have learned and avoid them.
1 Cor 1:10I urge that there be no divisions among youNow I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no schisms among you: but that you be perfect in the same mind and in the same judgment.
1 Cor 12:13In one spirit we are baptized into one bodyFor in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether bond or free: and in one Spirit we have all been made to drink.
Eph 4:3-6One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and FatherOne Lord, one faith, one baptism. One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all.
Eph 4:4One body, one Spirit, called to be one hopeOne body and one Spirit: as you are called in one hope of your calling.
Phil 2:2Be of same mind, united in heart thinking one thingFulfil ye my joy, that you be of one mind, having the same charity, being of one accord, agreeing in sentiment.
Col 3:15The peace into which you were called in one bodyAnd let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, wherein also you are called in one body: and be ye thankful.

Apostolic Church – Chief Shepherd and Succession

Mt 16:18Jesus built Church on Peter, the rockAnd I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Lk 22:29-30Jesus gave them a kingdomAnd I dispose to you, as my Father hath disposed to me, a kingdom; That you may eat and drink at my table, in my kingdom: and may sit upon thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Lk 22:32Peter appointed to be chief shepherd (cf. Jn 21:17)But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.
Jn 10:16One shepherd to shepherd Christ’s sheepAnd other sheep I have that are not of this fold: them also I must bring. And they shall hear my voice: And there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
Jn 15:16Jesus chose special men to be his ApostlesYou have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Jn 20:21Jesus gave the Apostles his own missionHe said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you.
Eph 4:11Church leaders are hierarchicalAnd he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors:
1 Tm 3:1, 8Identifies roles of bishops, priests, deaconsA faithful saying: If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth good work. … Deacons in like manner: chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:
1 Tm 5:17Presbyters who rule well worthy of double honorLet the priests that rule well be esteemed worthy of double honour: especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Ti 1:5Commission for bishops to ordain priestsFor this cause I left thee in Crete: that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee:

Authoritative Church – Transmission of Divine Power

Mt 18:17Power to disciplineAnd if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican.
Mt 18:18Power to legislateAmen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.
Mt 28:18-20Jesus delegates all power to ApostlesAnd Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Lk 10:16Power to speak with Christ’s voiceHe that heareth you heareth me: and he that despiseth you despiseth me: and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Jn 20:23Power to forgive sinWhose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.
1 Cor 11:23-24Power to offer sacrifice (Eucharist)For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread, And giving thanks, broke and said: Take ye and eat: This is my body, which shall be delivered for you. This do for the commemoration of me.

Infallible Church – Holy Spirit as Guarantor of Truth

Mt 28:20I am with youTeaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
Lk 10:16Speak with Christ’s own voiceHe that heareth you heareth me: and he that despiseth you despiseth me: and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Jn 14:26Holy Spirit to teach & remind them of everythingBut the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you.
Jn 16:13Guided by Holy Spirit into all truthBut when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth. For he shall not speak of himself: but what things soever he shall hear, he shall speak. And the things that are to come, he shall shew you.
Acts 15:28Apostles speak with voice of Holy SpiritFor it hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us to lay no further burden upon you than these necessary things:
1 Tm 3:15Church called “pillar and foundation of truth”But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
1 Jn 2:27Anointing of Holy Spirit remains in youAnd as for you, let the unction, which you have received from him abide in you. And you have no need that any man teach you: but as his unction teacheth you of all things and is truth and is no lie. And as it hath taught you, abide in him.

Perpetual Church – An Everlasting Kingdom

Is 9:6-7Of Christ’s government there will be no endFor a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace. His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Dan 2:44God’s kingdom shall stand foreverBut in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and his kingdom shall not be delivered up to another people: and it shall break in pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms: and itself shall stand for ever.
Dan 7:14His kingdom shall not be destroyedAnd he gave him power, and glory, and a kingdom: and all peoples, tribes, and tongues shall serve him: his power is an everlasting power that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed.
Mt 7:24Jesus is like a wise man who built his house on a rockEvery one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,
Mt 13:24-30Let wheat & weeds grow together until harvestAnd he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it. Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn.
Mt 16:18Gates of hell will never prevail against Christ’s churchAnd I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Mt 28:19-20I am with you all daysGoing therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
Lk 1:32, 33No end to Christ’s kingdomHe shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. And of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Jn 14:16Holy Spirit will be with you alwaysAnd I will ask the Father: and he shall give you another Paraclete, that he may abide with you for ever:

Hierarchical Church – The Petrine Prime Minister

Gal 2:11-14ChallengeI opposed Cephas to his face for his hypocrisyBut when Cephas was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. … But when I saw that they walked not uprightly unto the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all: If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the Gentiles and not as the Jews do, how dost thou compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
Is 22:22Keys of the house of David given to the royal steward (cf. Mt 16:19)And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Mt 10:2Peter’s name always heads list of Apostles (cf. Mk 3:16-19; Lk 6:14-16; Acts 1:13)And the names of the twelve Apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
Mt 16:18Upon this rock (Peter) I will build my churchAnd I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Mt 16:19Give you keys of the kingdom; power to bind & looseAnd I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
Mt 18:21Spoke for Apostles (cf. Lk 8:45; 12:41)Then came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Mk 8:29Peter confesses Jesus as the ChristThen he saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Peter answering said to him: Thou art the Christ.
Mk 16:7Angel sent to announce Resurrection to PeterBut go, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee. There you shall see him, as he told you.
Lk 9:32“Peter and his companions” (cf. Mk 16:7)But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep. And waking, they saw his glory and the two men that stood with him.
Lk 22:32Peter’s faith will strengthen his brethrenBut I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.
Lk 24:34Risen Jesus first appeared to PeterSaying: The Lord is risen indeed and hath appeared to Simon.
Jn 1:42Simon renamed Cephas, “rock”And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looking upon him, said: Thou art Simon the son of Jona. Thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter.
Jn 6:68-69Peter speaks for the Twelve: “Lord, to whom shall we go?”And Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life. And we have believed and have known that thou art the Christ, the Son of God.
Jn 21:17Given Christ’s flock as chief shepherdHe said to him the third time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he had said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my sheep.
Acts 1:13-26Headed meeting which elected MatthiasIn those days Peter rising up in the midst of the brethren, said (now the number of persons together was about an hundred and twenty): … And they gave them lot, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Acts 2:14Led Apostles in preaching on PentecostBut Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them: Ye men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you and with your ears receive my words.
Acts 2:41Received first convertsThey therefore that received his word were baptized: and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.
Acts 3:6-7Performed first miracle after PentecostBut Peter said: Silver and gold I have none; but what I have, I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise and walk. And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up: and forthwith his feet and soles received strength.
Acts 5:1-11Inflicted first punishment: Ananias & SapphiraBut Peter said: Ananias, why hath Satan tempted thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost and by fraud keep part of the price of the land? … And Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and gave up the ghost. And there came great fear upon all that heard it.
Acts 8:21Excommunicated first heretic, Simon MagusThou hast no part nor lot in this matter. For thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Acts 10:44-46Received revelation to admit Gentiles into churchWhile Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them that heard the word. And the faithful of the circumcision, who came with Peter, were astonished for that the grace of the Holy Ghost was poured out upon the Gentiles also.
Acts 15:7Led first council in JerusalemAnd when there had been much disputing, Peter, rising up, said to them: Men, brethren, you know that in former days God made choice among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
Acts 15:14, 19First dogmatic decision pronounced on Peter’s testimonySimon hath related how God first visited to take to the Gentiles, a people to his name. … For which cause, judge that they who from among the Gentiles are converted to God are not to be disquieted:
Gal 1:18After conversion, Paul visits chief ApostleThen, after three years, I went to Jerusalem to see Peter: and I tarried with him fifteen days.
NotePeter’s name occurs 195 times, more than all others together

PartIV

Sacramentology.

Regenerative Baptism

Jn 3:5, 22Born of water & Spirit; Apostles begin baptizingJesus answered: Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. … After these things, Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judea: and there he abode with them and baptized.
Acts 2:37-38Repent, be baptized, receive gift of Holy SpiritNow when they had heard these things, they had compunction in their heart and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles: What shall we do, men and brethren? But Peter said to them: Do penance: and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins. And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 22:16Get selves baptized and sins washed awayAnd now why tarriest thou? Rise up and be baptized and wash away thy sins, invoking his name.
Rom 6:4Baptized into death; live in newness of lifeFor we are buried together with him by baptism into death: that, as Christ is risen from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life.
1 Cor 6:11You were washed, sanctified, justifiedAnd such some of you were. But you are washed: but you are sanctified: but you are justified: in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God.
Ti 3:5Saved us through bath of rebirth & renewal by Holy SpiritNot by the works of justice which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us, by the laver of regeneration and renovation of the Holy Ghost.
Heb 10:22Heart sprinkled, bodies washed in pure waterLet us draw near with a true heart, in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with clean water.
1 Pet 3:21Baptism…now saves youWhereunto baptism, being of the like form, now saveth you also: not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but, the examination of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Infant Baptism

Jos 24:15As for me and my house, we will serve LordBut if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, you have your choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve thee Lord,
Mt 8:5ff.Servant healed because of centurion’s faithAnd the centurion, making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. … And Jesus said to the centurion: Go, and as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was healed at the same hour.
Mt 15:21ff.Daughter healed because of Canaanite woman’s faithAnd behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grievously troubled by a devil. … Then Jesus answering, said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter was cured from that hour.
Mk 10:14Let children come; to such belongs the kingdomWhom when Jesus saw, he was much displeased and saith to them: Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Mk 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be savedHe that believeth and is baptized shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall he condemned.
Lk 7:1ff.Just say the word, and let my servant be healedFor which cause neither did I think myself worthy to come to thee: but say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
Lk 18:15People were bringing even infants to him…And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch them. Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them.
Jn 3:5Baptism required for entering heavenJesus answered: Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Acts 2:39The promise is for you and your childrenFor the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.
Acts 16:15She was baptized, with all her householdAnd when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying: If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there. And she constrained us.
Acts 16:31Believe in Lord Jesus you & house will be savedBut they said: believe in the Lord Jesus: and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Acts 16:33He and all his family were baptized at onceAnd he, taking them the same hour of the night, washed their stripes: and himself was baptized, and all his house immediately.
1 Cor 1:16I baptized the household of StephanasAnd I baptized also the household of Stephanus. Besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
1 Cor 15:21-22In Adam all die, in Christ all made aliveFor by a man came death: and by a man the resurrection of the dead. And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive.
Col 2:11-12Baptism has replaced circumcisionIn whom also you are circumcised with circumcision not made by hand in despoiling of the body of the flesh: but in the circumcision of Christ. Buried with him in baptism: in whom also you are risen again by the faith of the operation of God who hath raised him up from the dead.

Confirmation

Acts 8:14-17Laid hands upon them, they received Holy SpiritNow, when the apostles, who were in Jerusalem, had heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John. … Then they laid their hands upon them: and they received the Holy Ghost.
Acts 19:5-6Paul imposed hands on baptized, received Holy SpiritHaving heard these things, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had imposed his hands on them, the Holy Ghost came upon them: and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
2 Cor 1:21-22Put seal on us & given Holy Spirit in our heartsNow he that confirmeth us with you in Christ and that hath anointed us, is God: Who also hath sealed us and given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.
Eph 1:13You were sealed with the promised Holy SpiritIn whom you also, after you had heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation), in whom also believing, you were signed with the holy Spirit of promise.
Heb 6:2Instruction about baptism & laying on of handsOf the doctrine of baptisms and imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Communion / Eucharist / Real Presence Of Christ

Ex 12:8, 46Paschal lamb had to be eatenAnd they shall eat the flesh that night roasted at the fire, and unleavened bread with wild lettuce. … In one house shall it be eaten, neither shall you carry forth of the flesh thereof out of the house, neither shall you break a bone thereof.
Ps 14:4To symbolically eat & drink one’s body & blood = assault (cf. Is 9:18-20; Is 49:26; 2 Sm 23:15-17; Rev 17:6, 16)Shall not all they know that work iniquity, who devour my people as they eat bread?
Mic 3:3“Eat the flesh of my people”: eating flesh as a figure for assaultWho have eaten the flesh of my people, and have flayed their skin off them: and have broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle, and as flesh in the midst of the pot.
Mal 1:11A pure offering in every place among the nationsFor from the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts.
Mt 16:5-12Disciples take “leaven” literally; Jesus explains it figurativelyWho said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. … Then they understood that he said not that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mt 26:26ffEucharist instituted (cf. Mk 14:22ff.)And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread and blessed and broke and gave to his disciples and said: Take ye and eat. This is my body. … For this is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for many unto remission of sins.
Lk 22:19-20Do this in memory of me; new covenant in my bloodAnd taking bread, he gave thanks and brake and gave to them, saying: This is my body, which is given for you. Do this for a commemoration of me. In like manner, the chalice also, after he had supped, saying: This is the chalice, the new testament in my blood, which shall be shed for you.
Jn 1:29Jesus called “Lamb of god”The next day, John saw Jesus coming to him; and he saith: Behold the Lamb of God. Behold him who taketh away the sin of the world.
Jn 4:31-34Jesus talking symbolically about foodIn the mean time, the disciples prayed him, saying: Rabbi, eat. But he said to them: I have meat to eat which you know not.
Jn 6:35-71Eucharist promisedIf any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world. … He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day.
1 Cor 2:14-3:4Explains what “the flesh” means in Jn 6:63But the sensual man perceiveth not these things that are of the Spirit of God. For it is foolishness to him: and he cannot understand, because it is spiritually examined. But the spiritual man judgeth all things: and he himself is judged of no man.
1 Cor 5:7Jesus called “paschal lamb who has been sacrificedPurge out the old leaven, that you may be a new paste, as you are unleavened. For Christ our pasch is sacrificed.
1 Cor 10:16Eucharist = participation in Christ’s body & bloodThe chalice of benediction which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? And the bread which we break, is it not the partaking of the body of the Lord?
1 Cor 11:23-29Receiving unworthily his body & bloodTherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord. … For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord.

Confession / Reconciliation

Mt 9:2-8Son of Man has authority to forgive sinsBut that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. … And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men.
Mt 18:18Whatever you bind & loose on earth, so it is in heavenAmen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.
Jn 20:22Breathed on them, "receive Holy Spirit" [recall Gn 2:7]When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost.
Jn 20:23Whose sins you forgive/retain are forgiven/retainedWhose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.
2 Cor 5:17-20Given us the ministry of reconciliationBut all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Christ and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation. For God indeed was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their sins. And he hath placed in us the word of reconciliation.
Jas 5:16Confess your sins to one anotherConfess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.
1 Jn 5:17There is sin that is not deadlyAll iniquity is sin. And there is a sin unto death.

Anointing Of The Sick

Mk 6:12-13Anointed with oil many sick, cured themAnd going forth they preached men should do penance: And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
Jas 5:14-15Presbyters pray over sick, anoint, sins forgivenIs any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man. And the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Holy Matrimony

Mt 19:5-6Leave father & mother, join wife, 2 become 1 fleshFor this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh. Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
Mk 10:7-12What God joined together, no man shall separateFor this cause, a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife. … What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
Eph 5:22-32Union of man & wife image of Christ & ChurchHusbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church and delivered himself up for it: … This is a great sacrament: but I speak in Christ and in the church.
Heb 13:4Let marriage be honored among allMarriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Divorce And Remarriage

Mal 2:14-16For I hate divorce, says the LordAnd you have said: For what cause? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee, and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast despised: yet she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant. … When thou shalt hate her put her away, saith the Lord, the God of Israel: but iniquity shalt cover his garment, saith the Lord of hosts, keep your spirit, and despise not.
Mt 5:32To divorce or marry divorced wife is adulteryBut I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.
Mt 19:4-6, 9To divorce wife and remarry = adulteryFor this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh. … And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.
Lk 16:18To divorce & remarry or marry divorced = adulteryEvery one that putteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Rom 7:2-3Wife consorts = adulteress if living, but not if deadFor the woman that hath an husband, whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law. But if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. Therefore, whilst her husband liveth, she shall be called an adulteress, if she be with another man: but if her husband be dead, she is delivered from the law of her husband: so that she is not an adulteress, if she be with another man.
1 Cor 7:10-11If wife separated, stay single or reconcileBut to them that are married, not I, but the Lord, commandeth that the wife depart not from her husband. And if she depart, that she remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife.

Apostolic Succession

2 Chr 19:11High priest is over you in everything of Lord’sAnd Amarias the priest your high priest shall be chief in the things which regard God: and Zabadias the son of Ismahel, who is ruler in the house of Juda, shall be over those matters which belong to the king's office: and you have before you the Levites for masters, take courage and do diligently, and the Lord will be with you in good things.
Mal 2:7Seek instruction from priest, he is God’s messengerFor the lips of the priests shall keep knowledge, and they shall seek the law at his mouth: because he is the angel of the Lord of hosts.
Acts 1:20Let another take his oﬃceFor it is written in the book of Psalms: Let their habitation become desolate, and let there be none to dwell therein. And his bishopric let another take.
Acts 1:25-26Matthias takes Judas’ apostolic ministryTo take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas hath by transgression fallen, that he might go to his own place. And they gave them lot, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Acts 14:23They appointed presbyters in each churchAnd passing through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia.
1 Cor 12:28-29God designated in church: apostles, …And God indeed hath set some in the church; first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly doctors: after that miracles: then the graces of healings, helps, governments, kinds of tongues, interpretations of speeches. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all doctors?
Eph 2:20Church built upon foundation of apostles & prophetsBuilt upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone:
Eph 4:11God gave some as apostles, others as prophets…And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors:
1 Tm 3:1, 8Qualifications for: bishops, priests, & deaconsA faithful saying: If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth good work. … Deacons in like manner: chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:
1 Tm 4:14Gift conferred with the laying on of handsNeglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood.
1 Tm 5:17Presbyters who rule well worthy of double honorLet the priests that rule well be esteemed worthy of double honour: especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
1 Tm 5:22Do not lay hands too readily on anyoneImpose not hands lightly upon any man, neither be partaker of other men's sins. Keep thyself chaste.
2 Tm 2:2What you heard from me entrust to faithful teachersAnd the things which thou hast heard of me by many witnesses, the same commend to faithful men who shall be fit to teach others also.
Ti 1:5Appoint presbyters in every town, as I directedFor this cause I left thee in Crete: that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee:

Holy Orders

Lk 22:19Do this in memory of meAnd taking bread, he gave thanks and brake and gave to them, saying: This is my body, which is given for you. Do this for a commemoration of me.
Jn 20:21-22As Father sent me, I send you...receive Holy SpiritHe said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you. When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost.
Acts 6:6The apostles prayed and laid hands on themThese they set before the apostles: and they praying, imposed hands upon them.
Acts 13:3They laid hands on them & sent them offThen they fasting and praying and imposing their hands upon them, sent them away.
Acts 14:23They appointed presbyters in each churchAnd passing through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia.
Acts 20:28Holy Spirit appointed you overseers, to tend ChurchTake heed to yourselves and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops, to rule the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood.
1 Tm 4:14Gift received through laying on of hands of presbyterateNeglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood.
2 Tm 1:6Gift of god you have through imposition of handsFor which cause I admonish thee that thou stir up the grace of God which is in thee by the imposition of my hands.
Ti 1:5Appoint presbyters in every town as I directed youFor this cause I left thee in Crete: that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee:

PartV

TEACHING MAGISTERIUM: TRUTHS vs FALSE TEACHINGS.

Bible And Tradition vs Bible And Opinion

2 Tm 3:16-17ChallengeAll Scripture is inspired and profitableAll scripture, inspired of God, is profitable to teach, to reprove, to correct, to instruct in justice: That the man of God may be perfect, furnished to every good work.
Mt 23:2-3Chair of Moses; observe whatever they tell youSaying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses. All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their works do ye not. For they say, and do not.
Mk 13:31Heaven & earth shall pass away, but my word won’tHeaven and earth shall pass away: but my word shall not pass away.
Mk 16:15Go to the whole world, proclaim gospel to every creatureAnd he said to them: Go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Jn 21:25Not everything Jesus said recorded in ScriptureBut there are also many other things which Jesus did which, if they were written every one, the world itself. I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written.
Acts 20:35Paul records a saying of Jesus not found in gospelsI have shewed you all things, how that so labouring you ought to support the weak and to remember the word of the Lord Jesus, how he said: It is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive.
Rom 10:17Faith comes from what is heardFaith then cometh by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ.
1 Cor 11:2Hold fast to traditions I handed on to youNow I praise you, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of me and keep my ordinances as I have delivered them to you.
1 Cor 15:1-2Being saved if you hold fast to the word I preachedNow I make known unto you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you have received and wherein you stand. By which also you are saved, if you hold fast after what manner I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain.
2 Thes 2:15Hold fast to traditions, whether oral or by letterNow our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God and our Father, who hath loved us and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope in grace,
2 Thes 3:6Shun those acting not according to traditionAnd we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.
2 Tm 1:13Follow my sound words; guard the truthHold the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me: in faith and in the love which is in Christ Jesus.
2 Tm 2:2What you heard entrust to faithful menAnd the things which thou hast heard of me by many witnesses, the same commend to faithful men who shall be fit to teach others also.
1 Pet 1:25God’s eternal word = word preached to youBut the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto you.
2 Pet 1:20No prophecy is a matter of private interpretationUnderstanding this first: That no prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation.
2 Pet 3:15-16Paul’s letters can be diﬃcult to grasp & interpretAnd account the longsuffering of our Lord, salvation: as also our most dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath written to you: As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are certain things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.

Sacred Tradition vs Human Tradition

Mt 15:3ChallengeBreak commandment of God for your traditionBut he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said:
Mk 7:9ChallengeSet aside God’s commandment to uphold traditionAnd he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.
Col 2:8ChallengeSeductive philosophy according to human traditionBeware lest any man cheat you by philosophy and vain deceit: according to the tradition of men according to the elements of the world and not according to Christ.
1 Cor 11:2Commends them for following Apostolic traditionNow I praise you, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of me and keep my ordinances as I have delivered them to you.
2 Thes 2:15Commands them to keep traditionsNow our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God and our Father, who hath loved us and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope in grace,
2 Thes 3:6Shun those acting not according to traditionAnd we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.

Judgement By Deeds vs Antinomianism

Rom 2:2-8Eternal life by perseverance in good worksWho will render to every man according to his works. To them indeed who, according to patience in good work, seek glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life:
2 Cor 5:10Recompense accord to what did in bodyFor we must all be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive the proper things of the body, according as he hath done, whether it be good or evil.
2 Cor 11:15Their end will correspond to their deedsTherefore it is no great thing if his ministers be transformed as the ministers of justice, whose end shall be according to their works.
Col 3:24-25Will receive due payment for whatever you doKnowing that you shall receive of the Lord the reward of inheritance. Serve ye the Lord Christ. For he that doth wrong shall receive for that which he hath done wrongfully. And there is no respect of persons with God.
1 Pet 1:17God judges impartially according to one’s worksAnd if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one's work: converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here.
Rev 20:12-13Dead judged according to their deedsAnd I saw the dead, great and small, standing in the presence of the throne. And the books were opened: and another book was opened, which was the book of life. And the dead were judged by those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead that were in it: and death and hell gave up their dead that were in them. And they were judged, every one according to their works.

Faith By Works In Love vs Faith Alone

Rom 3:28ChallengeJustified by faith apart from works of the lawFor we account a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.
Mt 19:16-17If you wish to enter into life, keep commandmentsAnd behold one came and said to him: Good master, what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting? Who said to him: Why askest thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Jn 14:15If you love me, keep my commandmentsIf you love me, keep my commandments.
1 Cor 13:2Faith without love is nothingAnd if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
Gal 5:6Only thing that counts is faith working in loveFor in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by Charity.
Jas 2:19Even demons believe and trembleThou believest that there is one God. Thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble.
Jas 2:24A man is justified by works and not by faith aloneDo you see that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only?
Jas 2:26Faith without works is deadFor even as the body without the spirit is dead: so also faith without works is dead.

Good Works vs Indifference of Actions

Mt 7:21Not Lord, Lord but he who does the will of FatherNot every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Mt 19:16-17To have life, keep my commandmentsAnd behold one came and said to him: Good master, what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting? Who said to him: Why askest thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Jn 14:21He who keeps my commandments loves meHe that hath my commandments and keepeth them; he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father: and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
Rom 2:2-8Eternal life by perseverance in good worksWho will render to every man according to his works. To them indeed who, according to patience in good work, seek glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life:
Gal 5:4-6Nothing counts but faith working through loveFor we in spirit, by faith, wait for the hope of justice. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by Charity.
Eph 2:8-10We are created in Christ Jesus for good worksNot of works, that no man may glory. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath prepared that we should walk in them.
Phil 2:12-13Work out salvation with fear and tremblingWherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but much more now in my absence) with fear and trembling work out your salvation. For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will.
Jas 2:14-24A man is justified by works & not faith aloneSo faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself. … Do you see that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only?

Continuous Salvation vs Past Event Only

Past Event I have been saved
Rom 8:24For in hope, we were savedFor we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For what a man seeth, why doth he hope for?
Eph 2:5, 8By grace you have been saved through faithEven when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ (by whose grace you are saved) … For by grace you are saved through faith: and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God.
2 Tm 1:9He saved us, called us according to his graceWho hath delivered us and called us by his holy calling, not according to our own works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the times of the world:
Ti 3:5He saved us through bath of rebirth, renewal by Holy SpiritNot by the works of justice which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us, by the laver of regeneration and renovation of the Holy Ghost.
Present Process I am being saved
Phil 2:12Work out your salvation with fear and tremblingWherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but much more now in my absence) with fear and trembling work out your salvation.
1 Pet 1:9As you attain the goal of your faith, salvationReceiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Future Event I will be saved
Mt 10:22He who endures to the end will be savedAnd you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.
Mt 24:13He who perseveres to the end will be savedBut he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.
Mk 8:35Whoever loses his life for my sake will save itFor whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel shall save it.
Acts 15:11We shall be saved through the grace of JesusBut by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we believe to be saved, in like manner as they also.
Rom 5:9-10Since we are justified, we shall be savedChrist died for us. Much more therefore, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son: much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
Rom 13:11Salvation is nearer now than when first believedAnd that, knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.
1 Cor 3:15He shall be saved, but only as through fireIf any mans work burn, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.
1 Cor 5:5Deliver man to Satan so his spirit may be savedTo deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Heb 9:28Jesus will appear second time, to bring salvationSo also Christ was offered once to exhaust the sins of many. The second time he shall appear without sin to them that expect him unto salvation.

Humility vs False Assurance Of Salvation

Mt 7:21Not everyone saying “Lord, Lord” will inheritNot every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Mt 24:13Those who persevere to the end will be savedBut he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.
Rom 11:22Remain in his kindness or you will be cut offSee then the goodness and the severity of God: towards them indeed that are fallen, the severity; but towards thee, the goodness of God, if thou abide in goodness. Otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
1 Cor 9:27Drive body for fear of being disqualifiedBut I chastise my body and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway.
1 Cor 10:11-12Those thinking they are secure may fallNow all these things happened to them in figure: and they are written for our correction, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore, he that thinketh himself to stand, let him take heed lest he fall.
Gal 5:4Separated from Christ, you’ve fallen from graceYou are made void of Christ, you who are justified in the law: you are fallen from grace.
Phil 2:12Work out your salvation in fear and tremblingWherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but much more now in my absence) with fear and trembling work out your salvation.
2 Tm 2:11-13Must hold out to the end to reign with ChristA faithful saying: for if we be dead with him, we shall live also with him. If we suffer, we shall also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.
Heb 6:4-6Describes sharers in Holy Spirit who then fall awayFor it is impossible for those who were once illuminated, have tasted also the heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, … And are fallen away: to be renewed again to penance, crucifying again to themselves the Son of God and making him a mockery.
Heb 10:26-27If sin after receiving truth, judgement remainsFor if we sin wilfully after having the knowledge of the truth, there is now left no sacrifice for sins: But a certain dreadful expectation of judgment, and the rage of a fire which shall consume the adversaries.

Suffering vs Health And Wealth Gospel

Mt 10:38No “take cross and follow me” = not worthy of meAnd he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.
Rom 8:16-17Heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with himFor the Spirit himself giveth testimony to our spirit that we are the sons of God. And if sons, heirs also; heirs indeed of God and joint heirs with Christ: yet so, if we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him.
Rom 8:18Present suffering nothing compared with future gloryFor I reckon that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come that shall be revealed in us.
Phil 1:28-29Granted to believe, also to suffer for himAnd in nothing be ye terrified by the adversaries: which to them is a cause of perdition, but to you of salvation, and this from God. For unto you it is given for Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him:
Col 1:24Filling up what is lacking in Christ sufferingsWho now rejoice in my sufferings for you and fill up those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in my flesh, for his body, which is the church:
Heb 12:5-7Whom God loves, he disciplines as sonsAnd you have forgotten the consolation which speaketh to you, as unto children, saying: My son, neglect not the discipline of the Lord: neither be thou wearied whilst thou art rebuked by him. … Persevere under discipline. God dealeth with you as with his sons. For what son is there whom the father doth not correct?
Heb 12:11Discipline seems painful, but brings righteousnessNow all chastisement for the present indeed seemeth not to bring with it joy, but sorrow: but afterwards it will yield to them that are exercised by it the most peaceable fruit of justice.
1 Pet 1:6For a while you must suffer various trialsWherein you shalt greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations:
1 Pet 2:19-21Suffering = grace; Jesus suffered as our exampleFor this is thankworthy: if, for conscience towards God, a man endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully. … For unto this are you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example that you should follow his steps.

PartVI

Communion of Saints and Veneration.

Communion Of Saints

Rom 8:35-39Death cannot separate us from ChristWho then shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation? Or distress? Or famine? Or nakedness? Or danger? Or persecution? Or the sword? (As it is written: For thy sake, we are put to death all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.)
Rom 12:5We are one body in Christ, individual parts of one anotherSo we, being many, are one body in Christ; and every one members one of another:
Rom 12:10Love one another with mutual affectionLoving one another with the charity of brotherhood: with honour preventing one another.
1 Cor 12:12-27If I suffer, all suffer; if I am honored, all rejoiceFor as the body is one and hath many members; and all the members of the body, whereas they are many, yet are one body: So also is Christ. … And if one member suffer any thing, all the members suffer with it: or if one member glory, all the members rejoice with it.
Gal 6:2Bear one another’s burdensBear ye one another's burdens: and so you shall fulfil the law of Christ.
Gal 6:10Let us do good to all, especially those in family of faithTherefore, whilst we have time, let us work good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of the faith.
Eph 1:22-23He is head of the church, which is his bodyAnd he hath subjected all things under his feet and hath made him head over all the church, Which is his body and the fulness of him who is filled all in all.
Eph 4:4One body, one Spirit, called to one hopeOne body and one Spirit: as you are called in one hope of your calling.
Eph 5:21-32Christ is the head of the church, savior of the bodyBecause the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body. Therefore as the church is subject to Christ: so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things.
Col 1:18, 24He is head of the body, the churchAnd he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he may hold the primacy: … Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you and fill up those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in my flesh, for his body, which is the church:
Col 3:15You were called in one bodyAnd let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, wherein also you are called in one body: and be ye thankful.
1 Thes 5:11Encourage, build up one anotherFor which cause comfort one another and edify one another, as you also do.

Intercessory Prayer To Saints

Dt 18:10-11ChallengeSaints dead, prayer is necromancyNeither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire: or that consulteth soothsayers, or observeth dreams and omens, neither let there be any wizard, Nor charmer, nor any one that consulteth pythonic spirits, or fortune tellers, or that seeketh the truth from the dead.
1 Tm 2:5Challenge“One mediator [of salvation] between God and man”For there is one God: and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus:
Tob 12:12Angel presents Tobit & Sarah’s prayer to GodWhen thou didst pray with tears, and didst bury the dead, and didst leave thy dinner, and hide the dead by day in thy house, and bury them by night, I offered thy prayer to the Lord.
Wis 3:1-6The souls of the just are in the hand of GodBut the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure was taken for misery:
Mt 25:23Well done my good and faithful servantHis lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Mk 9:4Jesus seen conversing with Elijah & MosesAnd Peter answering, said to Jesus: Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. And let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Mk 10:18Only God is goodAnd Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me good? None is good but one, that is God.
Mk 12:26-27He is God of the living, not of the deadAnd as concerning the dead that they rise again have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err.
Lk 16:19-30Departed rich man intercedes for brothersAnd he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.
Lk 23:43This day you will be with me in paradiseAnd Jesus said to him: Amen I say to thee: This day thou shalt be with me in paradise.
Jn 2:3-5Mary intercedes at Cana: “Do whatever he tells you”And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine. … His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.
Jn 10:11-16I am good shepherd; one flock I shepherdI am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep. … And other sheep I have that are not of this fold: them also I must bring. And they shall hear my voice: And there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
Jn 21:15-16Feed my lambs, tend my sheepWhen therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs. He saith to him again: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? He saith to him: yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs.
Rom 15:30Join me by your prayers to God on my behalfI beseech you therefore, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ and by the charity of the Holy Ghost, that you help me in your prayers for me to God,
Eph 4:11He gave some as apostles…others as pastorsAnd he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors:
Eph 6:18-19Making supplication for all the saints & for meBy all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the spirit: and in the same watching with all instance and supplication for all the saints: And for me, that speech may be given me, that I may open my mouth with confidence, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Col 4:3Pray for us (cf. 1 Thes 5:25)Praying withal for us also, that God may open unto us a door of speech to speak the mystery of Christ (for which also I am bound):
2 Thes 1:11We always pray for youWherefore also we pray always for you: That our God would make you worthy of his vocation and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith in power:
2 Thes 3:1Finally, brothers, pray for usFor the rest, brethren, pray for us that the word of God may run and may be glorified, even as among you:
1 Tm 2:1-7Offer prayers, petitions for all menI desire therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all men: For kings and for all that are in high station: that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all piety and chastity.
Heb 3:1Jesus is eternal high priest; one sacrificeWherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly vocation consider the apostle and high priest of our confession, Jesus:
Heb 7:24, 9:12Christ’s eternal priesthood; once for all by his own bloodBut this, for that he continueth for ever, hath an everlasting priesthood: … Neither by the blood of goats or of calves, but by his own blood, entered once into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption.
Heb 12:1We are surrounded by a cloud of witnessesAnd therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us:
1 Pet 2:5Be a holy priesthood to offer sacrifices through ChristBe you also as living stones built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Rev 1:6, 5:10He made us a kingdom of priests for GodAnd hath made us a kingdom, and priests to God and his Father. To him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen. … And hast made us to our God a kingdom and priests, and we shall reign on the earth.
Rev 5:8Angel offers prayers of the holy ones to GodAnd when he had opened the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Rev 6:9-11Martyrs under altar want earthly vindicationAnd when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (Holy and True), dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Rev 8:3-4Angel offers incense with the prayers of the saintsAnd another angel came and stood before the altar, having a golden censer: and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer of the prayers of all saints, upon the golden altar which is before the throne of God. And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascended up before God from the hand of the angel.
Rev 20:4Saw the souls of those who had been beheadedAnd I saw seats. And they sat upon them: and judgment was given unto them. And the souls of them that were beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God and who had not adored the beast nor his image nor received his character on their foreheads or in their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Veneration Of Saints

Jos 5:14Joshua fell prostrate in worship before angelAnd he answered: No: but I am prince of the host of the Lord, and now I am come. Joshua fell on his face to the ground. And worshipping, said: What saith my lord to his servant?
Tob 12:16Tobiah & Tobit fall to ground before RaphaelAnd when they had heard these things, they were troubled, and being seized with fear they fell upon the ground on their face.
Dan 8:17Daniel fell prostrate in terror before GabrielAnd he came, and stood near where I stood: and when he was come, I fell on my face, trembling, and he said to me: Understand, O son of man, for in the time of the end the vision shall be fulfilled.
Mt 18:10Angels in heaven always behold face of God (veneration of angels & saints due to their union with God, i.e. great dignity)See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
1 Thes 1:5-8You become an example to all the believersFor our gospel hath not been unto you in word only, but in power also: and in the Holy Ghost and in much fulness, as you know what manner of men we have been among you for your sakes. And you became followers of us and of the Lord: receiving the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
Heb 13:7Remember leaders, consider/imitate their faith & lifeRemember your prelates who have spoken the word of God to you: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation,
1 Jn 3:2We shall be like him; we shall see him as he isDearly beloved, we are now the sons of God: and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know that when he shall appear we shall be like to him: because we shall see him as he is.

Relics

2 Kgs 13:20-21Contact with Elisha’s bones restored lifeAnd Eliseus died, and they buried him. And the rovers from Moab came into the land the same year. And some that were burying a man, saw the rovers, and cast the body into the sepulchre of Eliseus. And when it had touched the bones of Eliseus, the man came to life and stood upon his feet.
Acts 5:15-16Cures performed through Peter’s shadowInsomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that, when Peter came, his shadow at the least might overshadow any of them and they might be delivered from their infirmities. And there came also together to Jerusalem a multitude out of the neighbouring cities, bringing sick persons and such as were troubled with unclean spirits: who were all healed.
Acts 19:11-12Cures through face cloths that touched PaulAnd God wrought by the hand of Paul more than common miracles. So that even there were brought from his body to the sick, handkerchiefs and aprons: and the diseases departed from them: and the wicked spirits went out of them.

Statues

Ex 20:4-5ChallengeDo not make and worship any graven imagesThou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:
Ex 25:18-19Make two cherubim of beaten goldThou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle. Let one cherub be on the one side, and the other on the other.
Num 21:8-9Moses made bronze serpent & put on poleAnd the Lord said to him: Make a brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: whosoever being struck shall look on it, shall live. Moses therefore made a brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: which when they that were bitten looked upon, they were healed.
1 Kgs 6:23-29Temple had engraved cherubim, trees, flowersAnd he made in the oracle two cherubims of olive tree, of ten cubits in height. … And all the walls of the temple round about he carved with divers figures and carvings: and he made in them cherubims and palm trees, and divers representations, as it were standing out, and coming forth from the wall.
1 Kgs 7:25-45Temple had bronze oxen, lions, pomegranatesAnd it stood upon twelve oxen, of which three looked towards the north, and three towards the west, and three towards the south, and three towards the east: and the sea was above upon them, and their hinder parts were all hid within. … And between the little crowns and the ledges, were lions, and oxen, and cherubims; and in the joinings likewise above: and under the lions and oxen, as it were bands of brass hanging down.

PartVII

Pastoral Counsels, Practices & Morals.

Celibacy

1 Tm 3:2ChallengeBishop must be married only onceIt behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,
1 Tm 4:1-3ChallengeForbidding marriage is a doctrine of demonsNow the Spirit manifestly saith that in the last times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to spirits of error and doctrines of devils, … Forbidding to marry, to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful and by them that have known the truth.
Jer 16:1-4Jeremiah told not to take wife & have childrenAnd the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons and daughters in this place.
Mt 19:12Celibacy praised by Jesus, who was chasteFor there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mothers womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it.
1 Cor 7:8St. Paul was celibateBut I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.
1 Cor 7:32-35Celibacy recommended for full-time ministersBut I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord: how he may please God. But he that is with a wife is solicitous for the things of the world: how he may please his wife. And he is divided.
Eph 5:21-33Marriage is good: holy symbol of Christ & churchFor this cause shall a man leave his father and mother: and shall cleave to his wife. And they shall be two in one flesh. This is a great sacrament: but I speak in Christ and in the church.
1 Tm 5:9-12Pledge of celibacy taken by older widowsLet a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband. … But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry:
2 Tm 2:3-4No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuitsLabour as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth himself with secular businesses: that he may please him to whom he hath engaged himself.

Repetitious Prayer

Mt 6:7ChallengeDo not babble like pagans with their many wordsAnd when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.
1 Kgs 18:25-29Example of vain repetition: call Baal for hoursThen Elias said to the prophets of Baal: Choose you one bullock and dress it first, because you are many: and call on the names of your gods; but put no fire under. And they took the bullock, which he gave them, and dressed it: and they called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying: O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered: and they leaped over the altar that they had made.
Mt 26:44Jesus prayed a third time, saying the same thing againAnd leaving them, he went again: and he prayed the third time, saying the selfsame word.
Lk 18:13Collector kept beating breast & praying: be mercifulAnd the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner.
1 Thes 5:17Pray without ceasingPray without ceasing.
Rev 4:8Repeat day & night, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord”And the four living creatures had each of them six wings: and round about and within they are full of eyes. And they rested not day and night, saying: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.

Spiritual Fatherhood vs A Literal Prohibition

Mt 23:9ChallengeCall no man on earth your fatherAnd call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.
Lk 14:26If anyone comes to me without hating his father…If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Acts 7:2St. Stephen calls Jewish leaders “fathers”Who said: Ye men, brethren and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charan.
Acts 22:1St. Paul calls Jerusalem Jews “fathers”Men, brethren and fathers, hear ye the account which I now give unto you.
Rom 4:16-17Abraham called the father of us all”Therefore is it of faith, that according to grace the promise might be firm to all the seed: not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, (As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations), before God, whom he believed: who quickeneth the dead and calleth those things that are not, as those that are.
1 Cor 4:14-15I became your father in Christ through gospelI write not these things to confound you: but I admonish you as my dearest children. For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by the gospel, I have begotten you.
1 Thes 2:11We treated you as a father treats his childrenAs you know in what manner, entreating and comforting you (as a father doth his children),
1 Tm 1:2My true child in our common faithTo Timothy, his beloved son in faith. Grace, mercy and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
Phlm 10Whose father I became in my imprisonmentI beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus,
Heb 12:7-9We have earthly fathers to discipline usPersevere under discipline. God dealeth with you as with his sons. For what son is there whom the father doth not correct? … Moreover, we have had fathers of our flesh for instructors, and we reverenced them. Shall we not much more obey the Father of spirits and live?
1 Jn 2:13, 14I write to you, fathers, because you know himI write unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, babes, because you have known the Father. I write unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.

Fasting

Mk 7:19ChallengeChrist declared all food cleanBecause it entereth not into his heart but goeth into his belly and goeth out into the privy, purging all meats?
1 Tm 4:3ChallengeThey require abstinence from foods that God createdForbidding to marry, to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful and by them that have known the truth.
Dan 10:3Daniel refused to eat choice foods for 3 weeksI ate no desirable bread, and neither flesh, nor wine, entered into my mouth, neither was I anointed with ointment: till the days of three weeks were accomplished.
Mt 6:16-18Jesus gave regulations concerning how to fastAnd when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. … That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee.
Mt 9:15Christ’s followers will fast once he is goneAnd Jesus said to them: Can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.
1 Tm 4:4-5Everything created by God is goodFor every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Alcohol

Gn 27:25Isaac brought Jacob wine, and he drankThen he said: Bring me the meats of thy hunting, my son, that my soul may bless thee. And when they were brought, and he had eaten, he offered him wine also, which after he had drunk,
Dt 14:23-26Spend money on sheep, wine, & strong drinkAnd thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, that his name may be called upon therein, the tithe of thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, and the firstborn of thy herds and thy sheep: that thou mayst learn to fear the Lord thy God at all times. … And thou shalt buy with the same money whatsoever pleaseth thee, either of the herds or of sheep, wine also and strong drink, and all that thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, and shalt feast, thou and thy house:
Prov 20:1Wine is a mocker, unwise to be led astray by itWine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith, shall not be wise.
Eccl 9:7Drink your wine with merry heart - God approvesGo then, and eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with gladness: because thy works please God.
Is 5:11Woe to those who rise early & run after strong drinkWoe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink in the evening, to be inflamed with wine.
Is 5:22Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wineWoe to you that are mighty to drink wine, and stout men at drunkenness.
Is 25:6God will provide feast of rich foods & choice winesAnd the Lord of hosts shall make unto all people in this mountain, a feast of fat things, a feast of wine, of fat things full of marrow, of wine purified from the lees.
Lk 7:33-34Son of man eats & drinks: behold glutton & drunkFor John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine. And you say: He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking. And you say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend of publicans and sinners.
Jn 2:2-10Miracle at Cana: water turned into good wineAnd when the chief steward had tasted the water made wine and knew not whence it was, but the waiters knew who had drawn the water: the chief steward calleth the bridegroom, And saith to him: Every man at first setteth forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse. But thou hast kept the good wine until now.
Eph 5:18Do not get drunk with wine, that is debaucheryAnd be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury: but be ye filled with the Holy Spirit,
1 Tm 5:23Drink a little wine for the sake of your stomachDo not still drink water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thy frequent infirmities.

Church Scandals

2 Kgs 23:7OT cult prostitutes in the temple of the LordHe destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women wove as it were little dwellings for the grove.
Jer 32:32-35OT leaders & priests offered child sacrificesAnd they have built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Ennom, to consecrate their sons and their daughters to Moloch: which I commanded them not, neither entered it into my heart, that they should do this abomination, and cause Juda to sin.
Mt 13:24-30Parable of the weeds among the wheatAnother parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field. But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way.
Mt 13:47-48Parable of net that collects good and badAgain the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kinds of fishes. Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast forth.
Mk 14:43-46Judas betrayed JesusAnd while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve: and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients. And he that betrayed him had given them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he. Lay hold on him: and lead him away carefully.
Mk 14:50They all left him and fled in garden of GethsemaneThen his disciples, leaving him, all fled away.
Mk 14:66-72Peter denied himBut he began o curse and to swear, saying: I know not this man of whom you speak. And immediately the cock crew again. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said unto him: Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me. And he began to weep,
Jn 4:22Despite their infidelity, salvation is from JewsYou adore that which you know not: we adore that which we know. For salvation is of the Jews.
Jn 20:24-25Thomas refused to believe his resurrectionNow Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord. But he said to them: Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the place of the nails and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.
Rom 3:3-4Will their infidelity nullify fidelity of God? No!For what if some of them have not believed? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid! But God is true and every man a liar, as it is written: That thou mayest be justified in thy words and mayest overcome when thou art judged.
2 Tm 2:13If we are unfaithful, God remains faithfulIf we believe not, he continueth faithful, he cannot deny himself.

Contraception

Gn 1:27-28Be fruitful and multiply (cf. Gn 9:1, 35:11)And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them. And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.
Ex 23:25-26Blessings promised: no miscarrying, barrennessAnd you shall serve the Lord your God, that I may bless your bread and your waters, and may take away sickness from the midst of thee. There shall not be one fruitless nor barren in thy land: I will fill the number of thy days.
Lv 20:13If man lies with man, put to death (wasting seed)If any one lie with a man as with a woman, both have committed an abomination: let them be put to death. Their blood be upon them.
Lv 20:15If man lies with animal, put to death (sterile sex)He that shall copulate with any beast or cattle, dying let him die: the beast also ye shall kill.
Lv 20:16Woman lies with animal, put to death (sterile sex)The woman that shall lie under any beast, shall be killed together with the same. Their blood be upon them.
Lv 21:17-20Crushed testicles is called a defect & blemishSay to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed throughout their families, hath a blemish, he shall not offer bread to his God. … If he be crookbacked; or blear eyed; or have a pearl in his eye, or a continual scab, or a dry scurf in his body, or a rupture.
Dt 23:1No one who is castrated shall enter the assemblyAn eunuch, whose testicles are broken or cut away, or yard cut off, shall not enter into the church of the Lord.
Dt 25:5-10Penalty for defying Levirate law: not deathWhen brethren dwell together, and one of them dieth without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry to another: but his brother shall take her, and raise up seed for his brother: … The woman shall come to him before the ancients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and say: So shall it be done to the man that will not build up his brother's house:
Dt 25:11-12Punishment for potential damage to genitalsIf two men have words together, and one begin to fight against the other, and the other's wife willing to deliver her husband out of the hand of the stronger, shall put forth her hand, and take him by the secrets, Thou shalt cut off her hand, neither shalt thou be moved with any pity in her regard.
1 Chr 25:5God gave 14 sons & 3 daughters to exalt himAll these were the sons of Heman the seer of the king in the words of God, to lift up the horn: and God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
1 Chr 26:4-5God indeed blessed Obed-edom with 8 sonsAnd the sons of Obededom, Semeias the firstborn, Jozabad the second, Joaha the third, Sachar the fourth, Nathanael the fifth, Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Phollathi the eighth: for the Lord had blessed him.
Ps 127:3-5Children gift from God, blessed is a full quiverBehold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb. … Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.
Hos 9:10-17Israel is punished with childlessnessAs for Ephraim, their glory hath flown away like bird from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. … Give them, O Lord. What wilt thou give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts.
Mt 21:19Jesus cursed fruitless fig tree (cf. Mk 11:14)And seeing a certain fig tree by the way side, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he saith to it: May no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.
Acts 5:1-11Ananias/Sapphira slain - withholding part of giftBut Peter said: Ananias, why hath Satan tempted thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost and by fraud keep part of the price of the land? … And Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and gave up the ghost. And there came great fear upon all that heard it.
Rom 1:25-27Natural function of women = childbearingFor this cause, God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature. And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts, one towards another: men with men, working that which is filthy and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error.
1 Cor 6:19-20Body temple of the Holy Spirit, glorify God with bodyOr know you not that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God: and you are not your own? For you are bought with a great price. Glorify and bear God in your body.
Gal 5:20Greek pharmakeia = abortifacient potionsIdolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects,
Gal 6:7God is not mocked – accepting pleasure, denying fruitBe not deceived: God is not mocked.
1 Tm 2:11-15Women saved through the bearing of childrenLet the woman learn in silence with all subjection. … Yet she shall be saved through child bearing; if she continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.
Rev 9:21, 21:8Sorceries (pharmakeia) condemnedNeither did they penance from their murders nor from their sorceries nor from their fornication nor from their thefts. … But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, they shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

Homosexuality

Gn 1:27Complementarity of sexes reflects God's inner unityAnd God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
Gn 2:21-24Transmission of life through total self-donation – one fleshAnd the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam. … Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.
Gn 19Original sin deteriorates to Sodom's sin, destroyedAnd they called Lot, and said to him: Where are the men that came in to thee at night? bring them out hither, that we may know them: … And the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
Lv 18:22, 29Called abomination, cut off from peopleThou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: because it is an abomination. … Every soul that shall commit any of these abominations, shall perish from the midst of his people.
Lv 20:13Both shall be put to death for abominable deedIf any one lie with a man as with a woman, both have committed an abomination: let them be put to death. Their blood be upon them.
Rom 1:27Called unnatural, shameful, and a perversityAnd, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts, one towards another: men with men, working that which is filthy and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error.
1 Cor 6:9Active homosexuals won't inherit kingdom of GodKnow you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: Neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers:
1 Tm 1:9-10Those who engage in such acts called sinnersKnowing this: That the law is not made for the just man but for the unjust and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the wicked and defiled, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, For fornicators, for them who defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and whatever other thing is contrary to sound doctrine:

The Trinity and Christology.

Fundamentals.

Immaculate Conception

Mother of God

Assumption

Perpetual Virginity

Ecclesiology.

Sacramentology.

TEACHING MAGISTERIUM: TRUTHS vs FALSE TEACHINGS.

Past Event I have been saved

Present Process I am being saved

Future Event I will be saved

Communion of Saints and Veneration.

Pastoral Counsels, Practices & Morals.