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Assumption ASSUMPTION BASIC R.C. BELIEF Pope Benedict XIV stated that Assumption of Mary was a probable option, which is impious to deny, but it was not then made an article…

Biblical Bases For The Immacula A Biblical Basis for the "Immaculate Conception"? A Review and Rebuttal of Patrick Madrid's Article, "Ark of the New Covenant" in "This Rock" magazine, December,…

Another Gospel ANOTHER GOSPEL . Satan is not an initiator but an imitator. God has an only begotten Son - the Lord Jesus, and so has Satan - "the son…

Augustine AUGUSTINE Born 354; died 430. Controversial leader in early Christianity. Her gave Christianity a "solid philosophical foundation" because of his knowledge of Plato. His confronting the errors of Pelagianism…

Community Chapel Continues To L Community Chapel Continues To Lose Coming as quite a shock to Chapelites, a Chapel mother not only lost custody of her five children, but was…

All Saints Day ALL SAINTS DAY BASIC R.C. BELIEF This festival, on November 1, is a Holyday of Obligation and commemorates all saints, canonized and uncanonized, known and unknown. By…

Babylon BABYLON BASIC R.C. BELIEF A symbolic name for Rome. Peter's writing from there (I Peter 5:13) proves he was Bishop of Rome. References to Babylon (Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17:5;…

Christ CHRIST CHRISTIAN COMMENT A Greek word meaning anointed, used to designate God's Anointed One, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Hebrew word is Messiah, and the Christ of the Bible…

Catholicism For The New Age Copyright 1993 by the Christian Research Institute. COPYRIGHT/REPRODUCTION LIMITATIONS: This data file is the sole property of the Christian Research Institute. It may not be…

Apostolic Succession APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION BASIC R.C. BELIEF "Christ gave His Spirit to the Apostles; they, in turn laid their hands on those who should succeed them and these again on…