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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…

  • Veneration of Mary Debate – Thoughts on Reflection – Part 6

    This is the sixth part of some reflections on the recent debate conducted with Mr. Albrecht on the subject of the veneration of Mary. One of the topics that came up briefly in the debate was the subject of calling Mary, the mother of Jesus, “Mother of God.” As I noted, such a title is…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • Veneration of Mary Debate – Thoughts on Reflection – Part 1

    There were a few issues that arose during the Veneration of Mary Debate that I thought could use a little attention. Also, I see that Mr. Albrecht has posted some thoughts of his own regarding the debate (although I haven’t yet listened to his thoughts … I’ll save that for a later segment). One issue…

  • Debates This Weekend

    I’m scheduled to debate issues having to do with veneration of Mary and the Bible with Mr. William Albrecht (noon Pacific time on Saturday). It will not be available live, but we hope to post the debate as an mp3 or the like afterward. Also, by the end of Sunday I should post my conclusion…

  • Augustine vs. Albrecht on the Bodily Presence – Round 2

    This is video response to William Albrecht’s two videos ( video 1 and video 2 ) responding to previous videos of mine, responding to a still previous video of his. I continue to point out Mr. Albrecht’s errors. I have 11 points: 1) The issue is bodily presence vs. spiritual presence (not real presence vs.…

  • Response to Albrecht on Augustine on Psalm 34

    I heard an interesting argument from Mr. Albrecht regarding a phrase in Augustine’s exposition on Psalm 34. First, here is the relevant passage: 1. Because there was there a sacrifice after the order of Aaron, and afterwards He of His Own Body and Blood appointed a sacrifice after the order of Melchizedek; He changed then…