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John Calvin and the Fathers on Baptism
I’ve been told that John Calvin invented a justification for infant baptism that was new. I’m not fully persuaded that, in its essence, Calvin’s justification was new. My impression is that the main argument is that Calvin was departing from medieval Western tradition that viewed baptism essentially as regenerative by virtue of its operation. However,…
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Response to Steve Ray on Petrine Primacy
I’ve provided a response to one of Steve Ray’s blog posts in which he suggests that there are some verses related to Peter and the Papacy that are frequently overlooked by Protestants. My response can be found here (link) at the Team Apologian blog. Another time that the Team Apologian blog has addressed Steve Ray’s…
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Did Cyprian Teach the Doctrine of Indulgences?
The answer is, of course not. There was no doctrine of Purgatory in Cyprian’s day, and consequently no doctrine of indulgences either. But occasionally Cyprian’s Epistle XIII is trotted out as evidence of indulgences in the 3rd century (example). A typical presentation of Cyprian’s words is presented thus: “Those who have received a libellus from…