Catholic not in name only. Proudly married. Tightly wound around his kid's fingers. I need a nap.

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Ana posts response to exposed con man @BibleInContext1 after yesterday’s evidence drop by @GuerillaLawyer 🔥
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Replying to @Truth_matters20
I recognize the source. It's Lorraine Bettner. You know he had no idea what Catholicism believed and his work isn't used by any serious Protestant apologists today because they know it's also full of blatant errors? 2/
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Oh, and on the "1545 the Church named the catechism another Gospel" thing. Do a Google search. Better yet, do an AI query to see if that's what the Church did in 1545 or any other year. I'm actually scared at what you might find. I kid. No I'm not. I already know the answer. 3/
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"A single act of humility is worth more than the proud exhibition of any virtue." - St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
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Then show us where the Bible itself says what books the Bible is supposed to contain. If it doesn't explictly tell you which books are Biblical, then you are implicitly relying on an unwritten tradition for that information. Again, whose tradition, if the Bible preceded the Reformation by over a thousand years?
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The result is you don't believe in Sola Scriptura either, do you? You implicitly presume an unwritten tradition that informs you of the content of Scripture,from hundreds of books purported to be Scripture in the first centuries of the Christian era. The Church discerned the inspired content and had made it so ubiquitous over the centuries that you forget that an unwritten tradition of the Canon is still necessary, and that's because the Bible alone does not explicitly reveal which books are supposed to be in the Bible. You accept an unwritten tradition, just like Catholics do. Is that tradition from men or from God? If it's from men, then the Bible is nothing. It's just another fallible text like every other book is. But if the Canonical tradition is from God, then you have asserted a divine revelation outside of Scripture, which denies Sola Scriptura and well, welcome to the Church. But those are your only reasonable options as far as I can tell. Which is it? From men or God?
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Replying to @derekporter_
The issue is greater than you're perceiving. There were hundreds of books thought of as Scripture in the first centuries of the Christian era. The Catholic Church discerned which of these were Biblical since no Canon exists explicitly in the Bible, because the Bible itself is the original liturgical book of readings for the ancient Catholic Mass. That's why it exists. If the Catholic Church did not have divine authority, then the books it discerned are all erroneous, not just some. Saying it had "some truth" is missing the overall error. It means nothing in the Bible is reliable or true if the Catholic Church doesn't have a divine mandate. Your Church accepts the same 27 books the Catholic Church defined as the New Testament, and the same Old Testament books after merely subtracting what the Protestants did, including the Song of Solomon. But your Church accepts the Catholic Canon. Why, if the Catholic Church did not have divine authority to know the difference, since a claim that a Restoration of divine authority was necessary? Aren't you also relying on the Catholic Church for the words of God?
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What authority are you restoring if you too accept the authority of the Catholic Church for the Bible? Here's a summary: The Catholic Church discerned the Bible the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also accepts as authoritative. The Trinity was taught from the beginning of the Apostolic era. See Athanasius, Pope Julius, Polycarp, Ignatius, Justin Martyr, etc., we have their writings from the first and early second centuries. There is no early Church Father, taught by the Apostles themselves, that held to the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have most of their writings and have read much of them. Name an early Church Father who believed what you do. There must be some if it is the original, orthodox Christian message. Who believed it? Your Church preaches a restoration of Christ's Church was necessary, meaning Christ's original Church was not sustainable and therefore Christ was not sufficient to sustain it Himself the first time. There is no evidence for the Book of Mormon, it's history, language, or archeology anywhere in the world. And there is no evidence the early Church was "Mormon". Please show us any evidence to the contrary. Your only claim is to a testimony (Alma 10:4) at the end of the day. And when the rubber meets the road, it's a blind faith claim for something you have no other evidence for. Would you accept those terms for any other religion? For Islam? JWs? Then why for Mormonism if it's really true? 2/
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RT @JustAdaugoijele: Jesus, I trust in You Today,take care of everything ✨️
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Find and neutralise my captors
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Thanks for reading. If you got something from this thread: Retweet and follow me @catholicpat
Why do Christians only follow some Old Testament laws? Because in the OT, there is a difference between: 1) Universal Law (for all mankind) 2) Particular Law (for Israel) For Example: 🧵
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2 Tim 1:16–18 (ESV): May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me—may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! 3/
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Onesiphorus is dead. Even prominent Protestant Scripture scholars (ex. DA Carson) will admit that because Paul refers to him in the past and future tenses, but in the present, he refers only to his "household". Note that Paul prays for Onesiphorus after he's dead. 4/
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2 Tim 1:16–18: May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me—may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! 2/
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Note that Onesiphorus is dead. Even Protestant Scripture scholars will admit as much because Paul refers to Onesiphorus in both the past and future tenses, but not the present. Why would Paul pray for someone who is either in heaven or hell, where are prayers are ineffective? 3/
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