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Transcript of Veneration of Mary Debate
The following is a transcript of the “Veneration of Mary” Debate that Mr. William Albrecht (GNRHead) and I conducted with Mr. Lane Chaplin moderating (the audio may be found here). Thanks very much to Matthew Lankford for providing this transcript. I’ve tried to smooth out irregularities of speech as much as possible without deviating from…
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Epistemology Debate Proposal
As folks have noticed, at least some of the members of Triablogue is not pleased with my take on apologetics/epistemology. Unfortunately, the unstructured format of comment box discussions has lead to a disintegration of discussions there. Accordingly, I’d like to offer a debate proposal to Mr. Manata or if he refuses to Mr. Hays. Here’s…
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Veneration of Mary Debate – Thoughts on Reflection – Part 8
In this eighth section of my reflections on my recent debate with Mr. William Albrecht on the veneration of Mary, I respond to a video that Mr. Albrecht put out (link to Albrecht’s video). Since he put out a video, I’ve also provided this response in video form. Mr. Albrecht’s video, after an introduction section,…
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Veneration of Mary Debate – Thoughts on Reflection – Part 7
This is the seventh section of my reflections on my recent debate on the veneration of Mary with Mr. William Albrecht. This one may discuss a few different miscellaneous points as I try to round up the last of my thoughts on the debate itself. I. No Logical Link Between Mary’s Being Blessed and Mary’s…
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Veneration of Mary Debate – Thoughts on Reflection 5a
One Eastern Orthodox reader (he calls himself “orthodox” – we’ll just call him “O”) has provided five points against part 5 of my thoughts on reflection. He may be the only one to think this way, but just in case it may be edifying to others, here are some brief responses to his points: orthodox…
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Veneration of Mary Debate – Thoughts on Reflection – Part 5
This is the fifth segment of my thoughts about the recent debate I had with Mr. William Albrecht on the subject of the veneration of Mary. In this section, I’ll be discussing the issue of “all generations shall call me blessed” (Luke 1:48), which came up during the debate. One reason that this came up…
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Veneration of Mary Debate – Thoughts on Reflection – Part 4
This is the fourth part of a series of some reflections of mine on a recent debate with Mr. William Albrecht on the veneration of Mary. The issue I’d like to deal with in this post is the issue of Mary’s being highly favored. This is an issue I would have liked to have addressed…
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Veneration of Mary Debate – Thoughts on Reflection – Part 3
This is the third part of a series of some reflections of mine on a recent debate with Mr. William Albrecht on the veneration of Mary (Part 1)(Part 2). Those posts dealt with whether “having been highly favored” is a title and whether the concept of veneration of Mary can be justified based on her…
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Veneration of Mary Debate – Thoughts on Reflection – Part 2
Not every point that Mr. Albrecht raised during the debate was as unusual as his “titular form” argument addressed in my previous comment (link). For example, Mr. Albrecht made at least some oblique reference to one typical argument that we hear from Roman Catholics: the argument that Jesus honored his mother consistent with Jewish law.…