Jesus gave one Apostle a new name, the keys to the kingdom, and authority to bind and loose. Every Christian for 1,500 years knew exactly what that meant. Not one questioned it. Matthew 16:18-19: "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church... I will give you the

"Scripture alone brings unity," they promised. 45,000+ denominations later, we're still waiting. 1529. Marburg Castle. Luther and Zwingli sit across a table, Bibles open, debating the Eucharist. Both claim Scripture alone as their authority. Luther: "This is my body" means

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Name one Protestant church that can trace its leadership back to the Apostles. Just one. That should tell you something. The early Church didn't play games with succession. St. Irenaeus, writing in 180 AD, gives us the complete list: "The blessed apostles, then, having founded

The earliest Christians didn't hold "worship services." They offered sacrifice. Malachi 1:11 prophesied it: "From the rising of the sun to its setting... in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering." A pure offering. Among the nations. That wasn't

"Christians have been praying for the dead for 2,000 years—so why did Protestants suddenly stop in the 16th century?" The evidence is literally carved in stone. In the Roman catacombs, Christians scrawled prayers for their deceased brothers and sisters. These aren't medieval

The early Church excommunicated people. If salvation can't be lost... Why? "For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened... and then have fallen away" — Hebrews 6:4-6 "After escaping the defilements of the world... they are again

Christianity thrived for decades without a New Testament. What held the Church together? Not a book. "But you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church" (Matthew 16:18). Notice what Jesus actually founded. Not a publishing house. Not a theological journal. A living,

For 1,500 years, no Christian on earth said "This is just a symbol." Not one. When Jesus declared "This is my body" (Matthew 26:26), the early Church didn't debate what He meant. They believed Him. Ignatius of Antioch, writing around 110 AD — within living memory of the

"Catholics worship Mary." You've heard it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. Here's how to answer it in 3 steps — using Scripture and the early Church. 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟭: 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴. Scripture itself distinguishes

Protestants who strip churches bare think they're being biblical. The earliest Christian art dates to the 2nd century catacombs. Not centuries later. Not medieval corruption. The year 200 AD. Dura-Europos house church (235 AD) proves it: Painted walls depicting biblical

Show me one Church Father who opposed infant baptism. Just one. The silence is deafening. Origen (c. 248 AD): "The Church received from the Apostles the tradition of giving baptism even to infants." Not "invented." Received. From the Apostles themselves. Cyprian of Carthage

"Protestants say 'don't pray to dead people.'" Catholics agree. The saints aren't dead. They're more alive than we are. Jesus drops the mic: "He is not God of the dead but of the living, for all are alive to Him" (Luke 20:38). John's Revelation confirms this isn't

"Faith alone" appears exactly once in the entire Bible. It's in James 2:24 — and it's a negation. "You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone." This is the verse Martin Luther wanted to throw out of Scripture. He called James "an epistle of straw."

Paul told the Thessalonians to hold fast to traditions passed by word of mouth AND by letter. Protestants kept the letter and threw out the word of mouth. Consider the evidence: "Hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter." - 2