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>Gregory of Nyssa on Sinlessness: Only Jesus Sinless
>Some folks like to paint Gregory of Nyssa as though he were a Roman Catholic. Certainly, of course, there are points where his theology contains errors. His beliefs would not have squared with the Westminster Confession of Faith in every respect. So, to be clear, Gregory of Nyssa was neither a “Roman Catholic” nor a…
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Augustine Distinguishing All in Adam from All in Christ
I came across the following quotation and thought I’d share it: Since you do not wish to understand the “many” he said later as meaning the “all” he said first, you declare he said “many” to keep us from thinking he meant “all”. You could do likewise about the seed of Abraham to whom all…
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Augustine and the Immaculate Conception
In a recent video, Mr. William Albrecht discusses the issue of Augustine and the modern Roman Catholic teaching of the Immaculate Conception (link to video). While Mr. Albrecht makes an interesting admission, his comments don’t go far enough. Thus, while I congratulate him on not following in the footsteps of a number of Rome’s apologists,…
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Imaginary Patristic Quotation Regarding Mary?
Sometimes I like to read what “the other side” has to say about issues like the so-called Immaculate conception. I happened to come across the following argument in a book by Cardinal Lambruschini, who nearly became pope but was beaten out by Pius IX: St. Cyril of Alexandria, who flourished in the fifth century, expresses…
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Cory Tucholski on Mary contra Bellisario
Cory Tucholski has provided a new post (link) on the subject of Mary’s alleged Immaculate Conception, against a previous post by Mr. Bellisario. Cory sets out to demonstrate that the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is an unnecessary tradition that actually denigrates the orthodox doctrine of the Incarnation. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!