Catholic Apologist, Vic Scaravilli, and Protestant Pastor, Doug Hallock meet to respectfully discuss two questions every Christian should consider. If you've wondered why there are so many denominations or practices among Christian churches, this Dialogue might interest you. The two presenters offer answers to two key questions: 1. Where does ultimate authority reside regarding the beliefs, worship, and practice of the Christian faith? 2. By what criteria should a Christian judge a local congregation, church, or ministry group to be faithful to Christ and His teachings since they often contradict one another in doctrine and practice? This discussion was conducted before a mixed audience of Catholics and evangelical Protestants.
I'd be happier if both participants had Ph.D.s in Theology. Catholicism is a strongly theological religion, and close knowledge of the Bible is no substitute for the ability to understand how the Biblical *data* are inter-related & controlled by other branches of theology than the purely Biblical.
Academic degrees can't save, but they *are* evidence that a certain level of intellectual competence in a subject has been attained.
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