Authority

Class date: 6/3/18

1. The qualities of infallibility, authority, and indefectibility are closely intertwined.
   • Authority means __? (Christ gives Church power to act in His name to teach, govern, and sanctify.)
   • Infallibility means __? (When teaching ex cathedra, the Pope is protected from error by the Holy Spirit. A similar ...

 Beginning Apologetics 1: pp 14-17 “Apostolic Authority, Peter and the Papacy” Quick Answers: Don’t Revelation 3:7 and Isaiah 22 point to Christ – not Peter – as having the keys of David? Articles and Tracts: Peter’s Authority (Scripture) ** Tract: Peter and the Papacy – No Rocks Required (Scripture) ** Stewards of the Kingdom (History) […]

Class date: 01/21/18

In the OT, when God established His covenant with Israel, he also established a living, continuing authority in the Mosaic priesthood. This authority did not end when the OT was written down, but rather continued to safeguard and interpret the Sacred Scriptures.

Similarly, when Christ established His ...

Beginning Apologetics 1: p 13 "The Bible Alone?"

If you missed class and want to catch up:

• The Protestant Achilles Heel by Tim Staples **

Quick Answers:

• If Jesus didn't believe the Bible was the sole rule of faith, why did he quote it in his disputes with the Jewish ...

Class date: 1/7/17

• Prayer: Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit

1. Page 13, Beginning Apologetics 1 student book.Sola scriptura, or the "Bible only," is a Protestant doctrine invented in the fifteenth century. It declares the Bible is the sole source of revelation and the only and final judge in ...

For class date: 12/17/17

Beginning Apologetics 1: pp 10-12 "The Canon of the Bible"

Articles / Tracts:

• Defending the Deuterocanonicals by Jimmy Akin **
• The Old Testament Canon - quotations of deuterocanonical books by the Fathers **
• The Old Testament Canon article by a non-Catholic, looking at the history of ...

 Beginning Apologetics 1: pp 14-17 “Apostolic Authority, Peter and the Papacy” Quick Answers: Don’t Revelation 3:7 and Isaiah 22 point to Christ – not Peter – as having the keys of David? Articles and Tracts: Peter’s Authority (Scripture) ** Tract: Peter and the Papacy – No Rocks Required (Scripture) ** Stewards of the Kingdom (History) […]

Beginning Apologetics 1: p 13 "The Bible Alone?"

If you missed class and want to catch up:

• The Protestant Achilles Heel by Tim Staples **

Quick Answers:

• If Jesus didn't believe the Bible was the sole rule of faith, why did he quote it in his disputes with the Jewish ...

• Prayer: Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit

1. 1. Objection 8: (from a Protestant site) When it came to the Old Testament, three important facts were considered: 1) The New Testament quotes from or alludes to every Old Testament book but two. 2) Jesus effectively endorsed the Hebrew canon in Matthew 23:35 ...

• Prayer: Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit

1. Summary / recap - Last time, we discussed how we know what belongs in the Bible.
   1. Both the contents of the Old and the New Testaments were debated in the early Church. Some NT books, including Hebrews, 2 Peter, 2 & 3 John ...