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Category: John Damascene

  • John of Damascus Points to Practices (not Doctrines) Handed Down Orally by the Apostles

    I had asked: “I would be very interested if someone wanted to try to find any comparable statement by John Damascene on oral tradition” (link) One kind reader of the Eastern Orthodox persuasion, using the handle “Orthodox,” responded with a list of three quotations, which I’ve taken the liberty of beefing up by providing greater…

  • 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…

  • John of Damascus vs. An Allegedly Ecumenical Council

    This is a video response (as usual, audio only) to a post by Matthew Bellisario (link). Although Bellisario starts off his post by saying “Once again we see that Turretin Fan is clueless when it come to Biblical exegesis,” he fails to back it up, not identifying any exegetical errors or even providing any of…

  • When was Purgatory Invented?

    PhatCatholic recently addressed a question related to the question above, by posing the following question (link to source): When was Purgatory first talked about? PC answered: The earliest reference to Purgatory that scholars have found so far comes from The Acts of Paul and Thecla, which was written around 160 AD. In that work, we…