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I will simply continue to state that you cannot make sense of the Bible if you hold the Oneness position, because interpersonal activity is presented between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. That's simply all there is to it. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are co-essential, distinct Persons...

That's the kind of confidence I had as a cultist. Just because you, as an ignorant teenager, cannot defend the Trinity doesn't mean that it cannot be defended. It can be defended. In fact, you have to ignore the interpersonal activity within the Triune God in order to hold your...

Jesus is indeed YHVH but he is not the Father. This would be a false doctrine. Maybe you aren't claiming that, though. God is a multi-personal Being. He is Triune. There is one God yet three Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each are co-essential and co-eternal. The Father, Son, and...

The whole OT is pointing toward Christ. The word "the law" can be used to specifically relate to the Mosaic Laws, or it could be referring to the entire OT revelation. In the sense that the OT law pointed toward Christ, the ritualistic sacrifices and many other elements pointed toward Christ...

I can see that Oneness Pentecostalism has to jump through a lot of hoops to maintain and explain the assertion that God is only one Person, in light of the interpersonal activity between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father sends the Son, the Father and Son send the Holy...

I wasn't aware Constantine used the title Pontifex Maximus. I suppose if you looked at it that way, he would be somewhat equivalent of a Pope. There was a Bishop of Rome at the time of the council of Nicea, Sylvester, but he did not attend, which is pretty ironic because many cultic nuts...

The Holy Spirit is one of the three Persons of the Triune God. His distinct Personhood is shown by the fact that Jesus called him "another Comforter" or helper (Parakletos) that Jesus would send (again, this word conveys personal interaction). This Person is not Jesus, who is a Comforter as...

That's as good a date as any, but they were making claims that they were "first among equals" as far back as 450. No figure was really considered a "real pope" until about 600 AD with Gregory. There was likely a plurality of elders in Rome

You don't quote the entire verse. Which is pretty handy for you. . 1 Corinthians 11:1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. The Corinthians were exhorted to follow Paul's example, insofar as he was following Christ. I don't think that gives the Roman Catholic church any authority whatsoever...

Church planters today have done similar things. A church planter over a large area will select the person that he wants to lead the church, based on the fruit of the person, in a given area, so he could move on to a new area. This proves nothing about apostolic succession though. Apostolic...

Constantine never claimed to be the first pope lol. He was a civil ruler. The bishop of Rome eventually claimed supremacy over the entire church. This situation evolved over time, and it was long after Constantine. For many centuries Rome was considered just one of several bishoprics...

We aren't so dumb as to repeat the mistakes made by the Pharisees and such. I suppose you mean the Judaizers. The question is whether you believe the sacraments convey justifying grace. This would answer whether you are as dumb as the Judaizers, because Judaizers were teaching that the Mosaic...

Is the distinction of the Father and Son during the Incarnation one of nature or Person? If it is only of nature, then there is no interpersonal activity between "them" (and I can't even use the word "them" because it applies to two distinct persons), and the language that refers to...

The word "father" is not being used in the sense that the Pope uses it. He is using it as an ecclesiastical title. Paul was simply saying that in a sense, he was Timothy's father because he taught the gospel to Timothy, and discipled him, and Timothy was representing him in some sense as a...

I am accentuating the "alone" part. It really doesn't need to be there because many verses state that justification is by faith. It doesn't mention anything else. Therefore nothing else applies, including any type of merit. As I have noted, works do "justify" in the sense of vindicating the...

You cannot maintain a coherent reading of Scripture with your theology, because you deny the distinct Personhood of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This renders any interpersonal activity between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit incoherent. Interpersonal activity is demonstrated...

What are you talking about ? Rome rejects that the righteousness of Christ is received by the believer by faith alone, and is the basis for their justification. Additionally, the Trinity is revealed by the Bible as truth. It is not naturally apprehended by the intellect. It is a matter of...

If the claim is that the Roman Catholic Church is, in essence, the apostolic church, this is a false claim. It is one rogue bishopric who began to proclaim itself to be the ruling bishopric. Surely you must know that the apostolic church was composed of various bishoprics, and that Rome began...

The If the claim is that the Roman Catholic Church is, in essence, the apostolic church, this is a false claim. It is one rogue bishopric who began to proclaim itself to be the ruling bishopric. Surely you must know that the apostolic church was composed of various bishoprics, and that Rome...

As I have said, the Roman bishopric made bold claims concerning itself being the interpreters of Scripture that are false. Additionally, they claim that there is an Oral Law outside of the Bible which is necessary to understand Christianity. Jews claim the same thing by the way. Evangelical...