Category: Church History

  • Separation of Religion and Politics

    Zenit news reports (and Global Catholic News repeats) that Benedict XVI has asserted, “the distinction between religion and politics is a specific achievement of Christianity and one of its fundamental historical and cultural contributions.” In context, Benedict stated: The [Roman] Catholic Church is eager to share the richness of the Gospel’s social message, for it…

  • New Pictet Book Available (French Only)

    Google Books has recently (as far as I know) added Histoire de l’Eglise et du monde (History of the Church and of the World) by Benedict Pictet to their collection of books. Those who are Reformed and read French will presumably be thankful to be able to add it to their collections. (link) -Turretinfan To…

  • This is Catholic Internet Apologetics and a Reasonable Response thereto

    GNRHead posted a two-part diatribe broadsiding Dr. White with a significant number of accusations, even taking time to wave his finger at the camera and insist that Dr. White should be ashamed of himself. Dr. White posted the video that I have embedded below that makes short work of the bulk of GNRHead’s argument. There…

  • The Real Turretin on: Baptism

    I found the following excerpt from Turretin in a Baptist essay (I have not checked its accuracy, and the point for which it was presented was clearly to suggest both a particular exegesis of the baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch and a particular historical claim as to the practice of the primitive church): The passage…

  • Dining at Dover

    Years ago, before the Chunnel, Dover England was known for its white, chalk cliffs. These rocks are very in calcium: in fact they are mostly calcium carbonate. Calcium is an important mineral for human life. Bones have a large calcium composition, and most doctors these days recommend calcium supplements to women, especially as the approach…