I'm Catholic and I have this Protestant friend who keeps bagging on my religion. When ever we discuss things like the the Papacy, Mary having no children or anything else for that matter he wants to know where thats at in the Bible.
Theres nothing wrong with this mind you and I usually give a pretty good explanation. The problem is he always says "Well thats your interpretation, your not reading it in context."
My immediate response is usually "By what authority do you question my Churches teachings, then I usually will follow up with a quote from Turtullian, St. Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp, Ireaneus or a host of other Early Church fathers from the early 1st-4th century to show that the interpretation or teaching I'm giving him was historically excepted as true or at least widely taught by all of Christendom for the past 2000 years.
But he won't except it. How do I convince him to see reason?
2007-06-21
19:39:47
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