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What Does the Word Catholic Mean? A History of the Word “Catholic”

Post author:Steve Ray
Post published:March 18, 2023
Post category:Apologetics Artifacts & Biblical History Church History Patristics/Church History Steve's Writings
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As a Protestant, I went to an Evangelical church that changed an important and historical word in the Apostles Creed. Instead of the “holy, catholic Church,” we were the “holy,…

Baptists at the Council of Nicea?

Post author:Steve Ray
Post published:March 17, 2023
Post category:Church History Patristics/Church History Protestant/Other Christians
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Written by Fr. Hugh Barbour, O.Praem. Nicea, August 24, A.D. 325, 7:41 p.m. "That was powerful preaching, Brother Athanasius. Powerful! Amen! I want to invite any of you folks in…

Responding to an Eastern Orthodox Christian who challenged me about the Papacy on Catholic Answers Live😂

Post author:Steve Ray
Post published:January 4, 2023
Post category:Apologetics Church History Eastern Churches Papacy & Catholic Hierarchy Patristics/Church History
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When I was last on Catholic Answers Live last week Constantine Regas called in to defend the Eastern Orthodox position against the Catholic Church’s teaching on Peter and the Primacy…