[ealgeone]

“I agree Christ started the Christian church.....not the Roman Catholic Church we know today.” Christ started the Catholic Church - it is the only Catholic Church, the one we know today. “Those are different entities. One is biblically based and one is not.” Incorrect. The Catholic Church established by Christ is the Catholic Church of today and is entirely biblical. Also, you should realize the Church existed BEFORE the New Testament. Thus, the Church is biblical, not “biblically based” because what came first cannot be based on what came second. Many Protestants make that anachronistic error because they know little about Church history or logic.

Show me the following biblical verses, without having to resort to "tradition", that in context clearly teach the following:

1) the papacy and the current structure used by the RCC today.

2) Mary was sinless

3) Mary remained a virgin after the birth of Christ

4) Peter was the primary apostle

5) Explain the three verses the RCC uses to claim tradition and the context of those three verses.

[vladimir998]

“Show me the following biblical verses, without having to resort to “tradition”, that in context clearly teach the following:”

Show me that Tradition is unscriptural first. You’re using a premise - sola scriptura - that is unbiblical to say the least.

Also, show me from the Bible alone that the Gospel of Matthew is inspired. Show me where it says Matthew wrote a gospel at all. Can you? Show me - using the Bible alone - what books belong in the Bible.

If you’re going to demand I use sola scriptura, I’m going to demand you prove your premise and prove sola scriptura. Can you do it?