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Scripture and the Church – Response to John Martin
The following is a response to comments from John Martin (Roman Catholic) in the comment box of a previous post (link to previous post). In general, the quotations (using normal quotation marks) are from John Martin. My responses follow line-by-line. “All scriptures were written by prophets either of the OT church of Israel of the…
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A Note of Thanks to John Martin
John Martin (Roman Catholic) has been taking the time to provide long responses to a number of my posts in the comment box. I want to express my appreciation to him for providing these comments. I’ve been kept busy trying to answer his comments, and I hope that I will be able eventually to answer…
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Scriptural Doctrine of the Atonement Defended – against John Martin
John Martin has also responded to another of my previous posts (link to post, his comments are in the comment box there). I had written: “The Christian position is that Christ is our substitute.” JM responded: “If Christ is our substitute and we are impute a legal righteousness, even though the Father knows we are…
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Immaculate Conception and Pelagianism – Response to John Martin
In an earlier post, I wrote: On the other hand, sometimes (much more rarely) the RCC adds some new requirement to the list of things that must be believed. For example, about four years before the Lourdes event, the RCC defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception – requiring people to believe the unbiblical (and…