7QT's Scripture verses to memorize

These verses have served me well over the years.

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Matt 16:18-19

You are Peter and on this Rock I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.


To prove that Jesus Christ established the Catholic Church and the infallibility of the Pope.

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Matt 18:17-18

If your brother sins against you, take him to the Church and if he does not listen to the Church, treat him like the heathen.  I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven, what you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, what you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

To prove that the Catholic Church is the visible Church with the authority to discipline those who disobey her commands.

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Eph 3:10

The Church will make known the Wisdom of God even in the heavenly places.

To prove that the Catholic Church is the Magisterium or Teacher of the Word of God.

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2 Thess 2:15

Hold the Traditions we have given you by word and by Epistle.

To prove that we must hold Sacred Tradition and to disprove the false notion of the Bible alone.

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1 Tim 3:15

I will teach you how to behave yourself in the house of God, the Church, the pillar and foundation of the Truth.

To prove the infallibility of the Church.

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Romans 2:13

Not the hearers are justified, but the doers of the Law are just before God.

To prove faith and works and disprove the false notion of justification by faith alone.

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James 2:24

You see then, that by works a man is justified and not by faith alone.

To prove that faith alone is dead.  Well actually, there's a better one for that:

James 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

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