Differences Between Catholicism and Other Forms of Christianity Reformation and Martin Luther Church Authority The Bible and Sola Scriptura (Bible Alone) Sola Fide (Justification by Faith Alone) Christian Ecumenism and Church Unity

  DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CATHOLICISM AND OTHER  FORMS OF CHRISTIANITY: 

The Catholic Encyclopedia: PROTESTANTISM (Origin, characteristics, and progress of Protestantism; Sola Scriptura; and Sola Fide)

Biblical Evidence for Catholicism:  PROTESTANTISM (Web Links)

Differences Between Roman Catholicism & Conservative Protestantism

The Books of the Bible: Reasons for Differences Between the Catholics and Protestants

Doctrinal Comparison (between Catholicism and Protestantism)

The Catholic Encyclopedia: SALVATION

Salvation: Past, Present, and Future (by James Akin)

The Bible Says Faith and Works Needed for Salvation (by Sal Ciresi)

How Are We Saved? (by Christopher Mirus)

Grace Alone (by Deal W. Hudson, a convert from Southern Baptist Church) (Catholic Church's teaching that salvation is bestowed alone by God's grace)

Once Saved, Always Saved (Those who have such a belief should carefully examine given Bible passages)

A Tiptoe Through TULIP (Calvinism and Catholicism: A Catholic Perspective of the Five Points of Calvinism) (by James Akin, a convert)

Logic and the Foundations of Protestantism (by Father Brian W. Harrison, a convert)

The First Word of Protestant is Protest (by Louis Templeman)

The Catholic Encyclopedia: EASTERN SCHISM

The Catholic Encyclopedia: EASTERN CHURCHES

Differences Between Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches (by Fr. Michael Azkoul of St. Nectarios American Orthodox Church)

Catholicism and Orthodoxy: A Comparison

Apologia: For Protestants and Eastern Orthodox Looking Into Catholicism

How Old Is Your Church?

  REFORMATION AND MARTIN LUTHER: 

The Catholic Encyclopedia:THE REFORMATION

The Roots of the Reformation (1951) (A book by Father Karl Adam, Ph.D.) (Translated by Cecily Hastings) (Weakness in the Church -- Rome and Germany, Martin Luther's break with the Church and Doctrine of Justification, Christendom divided, and the Central Question Today) (from ewtn.com)

The Roots of the Reformation (1951) (A book by Father Karl Adam, Ph.D.) (Translated by Cecily Hastings) (from catholic-pages.com)

Christian Europe...The Sixteenth Century (by the Knights of Columbus) (The situation in the Pre-Reformation, Reformation, and Post-Reformation Europe)

Martin Luther's 95 Theses (He had posted these on the door of the Castle church at Wittenberg, Germany, on October 31, 1517)

The Catholic Encyclopedia: MARTIN LUTHER

Martin Luther (by John M. Todd)

Exurge Domine: The Bull of Pope Leo X Condemning the Errors of Martin Luther (June 15, 1520)

The Orthodox vs. the Heterodox Luther (An interesting mixture of traditional and radically new Christian beliefs in Martin Luther)

Luther on the Event of His Revolt (1917) (by Father M. J. Lagrange, O.P.) (Translated by Father W. S. Reilly, S.S.) (A criticism of Luther's lectures on the Epistle to the Romans given at Wittenberg in 1515-1516)

Luther Writes Obituary of His Own Church (by Father William G. Most) (Notes on Martin Luther's moral problems, with quotations from Luther himself)

The Reformation: A Break with Christian Consensus (by David Palm)

Martin Luther: Beyond Mythology to Historical Fact (by Dave Armstrong)

Martin Luther and the Books of the Bible

The Real Martin Luther (by Father William G. Most)

Luther's Morals (by Father William G. Most)

The Jews and Their Lies (by Martin Luther) (Martin Luther's views on the Jews)

Martin Luther and The 10 Commandments

The Catholic Dispatch: PARDON ME! PARDON WHO? [On Martin Luther]

Luther on Our Lady [Virgin Mary] (by Father William G. Most)

Martin Luther and Mary (by Andrew P. Holt)

Martin Luther's Devotion to Mary

  CHURCH AUTHORITY: 

The Catholic Encyclopedia: TRADITION AND  LIVING MAGISTERIUM (Teaching Authority of the Church)

Alapadre Catholic Corner: AUTHORITY IN THE CHURCH (Web Links)

Nazareth Resource Library: THE MAGISTERIUM

Apostolic Authority: Peter and the Papacy (by Father Frank Chacon and Jim Burnham)

The Church or the Bible? (A homily of Jesuit Father Arnold Damen on the precedence of the Roman Catholic Church before the Holy Bible, c.1890)

The One True Church…(A homily of Jesuit Father Arnold Damen on the Roman Catholic Church, 1890)

Inspiration, Tradition and Scripture (by James Akin)

50 New Testament Proofs for Petrine Primacy and the Papacy (by Dave Armstrong)

How Newman Convinced Me of the Apostolicity of the Catholic Church (by Dave Armstrong)

Apostolic Succession (Christ and His Mission, Hand -- Authority, the Church is the Family of God, Apostolic Succession in the New Testament, Church is Hierarchical, Church's Threefold Mission, and the Early Fathers of the Church)

Catholic  Answers: APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION

A Response to the Devil's Advocate on "Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium" (by Robert Haddad)

  THE BIBLE and SOLA SCRIPTURA (Bible Alone): 

The Catholic Encyclopedia: THE BIBLE

The Catholic Encyclopedia: SCRIPTURE

What Is the Bible?

The Catholic Encyclopedia: CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

The Augustine Club: THE OLD TESTAMENT CANON

The Catholic Encyclopedia: CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

Defending The Bride: THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE (by John Hellmann) (Why the deuterocanonical books belong to the Holy Bible)

Ecclesia Militans: THE BIBLE (by David Goldstein)

Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church (a book by Father Henry G. Graham, a convert from Scottish Presbyterianism) (1911)

Why Does the Catholic Bible Have More Books Than the Protestant Bible? (by Robin C. Poe)

Deuterocanonical [Apochryphal] References in the New Testament (by James Akin)

Defending the Deuterocanonicals (by James Akins)

To Tell You the Whole Truth About the Church and the Holy Bible (An apologetics booklet) (1996) (by Douglas McNair et al)

Where We Got the New Testament (by Father Henry G. Graham, a convert from Scottish Evangelicalism)

Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: SACRED SCRIPTURE AND SACRED TRADITION (Web Links)

Scripture and Tradition

The Bible & The Church: Both or Neither (by Dr. Scott Hahn, a convert)

The Catholic Church: On Reading the Bible (What the Catholic Church Taught from the 4th Century A. D. to the Present)

Translations Before the King James [Version]: The KJV Translators Speak! (Taken from "The Translators to the Reader", Preface to King James Version of 1611 A.D.)

Catholic Reverence for the Bible (by Dave Armstrong, a convert)

The Catholic Church: On Reading the Bible

Catholic Church Documents Related to Biblical Studies (Church and papal documents encouraging Bible reading and studies)

Did the Catholic Church Forbid Bible Reading? (by Father Joseph Jenkins)

Did the Catholic Church Try to Keep the Bible from the Laity? (by Mario Derksen)

Bible Reading Prohibited?

Ignorance of the Scriptures Is Ignorance of Christ (by Bernard Cardinal Law of Boston, USA)

Who Has the Correct Bible: Catholics or Protestants? (by Steve Ray)

The Origin and Historical Development of Sola Scriptura

The Origin of the Doctrine of Sola Scriptura (by Bob Stanley)

Sola Scriptura  (Bible Alone) Web Links

Sola Scriptura?: Not According to the Bible (by Mark P. Shea)

Sola Scriptura -- Why It Just Won't Work (by Mario Derksen)

Problem with Sola Scriptura

Problems with Sola Scriptura (by Andrew P. Holt)

The Practical Problems of Sola Scriptura (by James Akin)

Sola Scriptura -- 1 (Catholic Viewpoint) (by Bob Stanley)

Sola Scriptura -- 2 (Catholic Viewpoint) (by Bob Stanley) 

Against Sola Scriptura

Scripture Alone (by George Sim Johnson)

Are All Bible Translations Equal? The Protestant Bias of the NIV [New International Version] (by Steve Ray)

Catholic Answers: WHAT IS FUNDAMENTALISM?

Fundamentalism (by Father Ronald Stanley, O.P.)

Pastoral Statement for Catholics on Biblical Fundamentalism (A Statement of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Biblical Fundamentalism, 1987)

Catholicism and Fundamentalism -- A Contrast (A Pastoral Letter to Catholics in Mississippi and Alabama, U.S.A., 1989)

Father Roberts Answers to Fundamentalists

Top 10 Questions Fundamentalists Find Most Annoying (by James Akin, a convert)

Catholic Answers: FUNDAMENTALIST OR CATHOLIC

Catholic Answers: HOW TO TALK TO FUNDAMENTALISTS

Catholic Truth Society of Oregon, USA: THE CATHOLIC RELIGION PROVED BY THE PROTESTANT BIBLE

The Bible Defends the Catholic Church!

  SOLA FIDE (Justification by Faith Alone): 

The Catholic Encyclopedia: JUSTIFICATION

Defending the Bride: JUSTIFICATION

Catholic Teaching on Justification and Sanctification (by David J. Palm)

The Catholic View of Justification (by Andrew P. Holt)

Justification by Faith (by Peter Kreeft)

Justification and Salvation (Web Links)

Justification: Protestant and Catholic (by Andrew P. Holt)

Sola Fide, Can It Work? (by Bob Stanley)

Is Faith Alone the Basis for the Final Judgement? (by Steve Ray)

  CHRISTIAN ECUMENISM AND CHURCH UNITY: 

The Catholic Encyclopedia: UNION OF CHRISTENDOM  [Ecumenism]

The Catholic Encyclopedia: UNITY (As a Mark of the Church)

Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

Catholic Mobile Theology Library: ECUMENISM AND INTERFAITH DIALOGUE

Pope John XXIII: Ad Petri Cathedram -- On Truth, Unity and Peace (1959) (Article Nos. 59 to 96 deal with Christian Unity)

Vatican II Decree on Ecumenism (Unitatis Redintegratio) (November 21, 1964)

Letter to European Bishops On the Recent Changes in Central and Eastern Europe (Letter of Pope John Paul II on the relationship between Roman Catholics and Orthodox -- 1991)

That They May Be One (Ut Unum Sint) (Encyclical of Pope John Paul II, May 25, 1995)

That They May Be One: The Imperatives and Prospects of Christian Unity (1996) (by Edward Cardinal Idris Cassidy)

Eastern Christianity: Orthodox and Catholic, and Ecumenism (Web Links)

Eastern Theology Has Enriched the Whole Church (by Pope John Paul II) (August 11, 1996)

Evangelicals and Catholics Together: THE CHRISTIAN MISSION IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM (1994) (Common Declaration on the importance of Christian unity)

Common Christological Declaration Between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East (November 11, 1994)

Common Declaration by Pope John Paul II and Ecumenical Patriarch Barthalomew I (June 29, 1995)

Common Declaration (by Pope John Paul II and Armenian Catholicos Karekin I) (December 13, 1996)

Evangelicals and Catholics Together: THE GIFT OF SALVATION (1997) (Common Declaration)

Joint Synodal Decree for Promoting Unity Between the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church (August 15, 1997)

The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (Jointly developed by Lutheran and Roman Catholic Representatives) (1999)