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Did Hippo, Carthage, or Rome’s Bishop Settle the Canon?
Some Roman Catholics are under the false impression that the councils of Hippo (A.D. 393) and/or Carthage (A.D. 397) authoritatively settled the canon of Scripture for the church – either directly or by endorsement by one or more Roman bishops. To be deep in history, however, is to cease to be so naive. John of…
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Responding to Martini’s Answers to Objections
Gabe Martini at The Franciscan Mafia has a post up (incidentally, while I believe Mr. Martini was previously associated with the Federal Vision group, it appears that he has now switched his allegiance to Eastern Orthodoxy)(link to post). The post is designed to answer an objection to the Eastern Orthodox. Here’s the objection: The Orthodox…
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Bad Exegesis Illustrated
I stumbled across an example of truly terrible exegesis today (link). It’s not exegesis of Scripture, but exegesis of another written document, the PCA’s Book of Church Order. The author of the post, Gabe Martini, argues that this restriction, “58-2. The ignorant and scandalous are not to be admitted to the Lord’s Supper,” should bar…