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Category: Mark Shea

  • The Roman Catholic Problem of Hell

    Scott Windsor has a post, “The Matter of Hell,” in which he sides with unordained Michael Voris against ordained priest Robert Barron. By contrast, Mark Shea has a post, “Michael Voris Again Smears an Innocent Catholic,” in which he sides with Barron against Voris. Shea argues that Barron is saying almost exactly what Pope Benedict…

  • What a Tangled Web is Woven to Defend Tobit!

    Over at the “National Catholic Register,” Mark Shea provided a piece responding to a reader’s concerns about the apocryphal book of Tobit, which is included within the canon of Scripture by the Council of Trent. I’m afraid the reader of Shea’s response has been seriously disserviced by Shea’s misleading answer. Mark Shea wrote: “I’m of the opinion…

  • Two Examples of the Guilt by Association Fallacy

    The first comes from Mark Shea (trying to defend Cardinal Pell), who tries to associate a literal understanding of Scripture with Atheistic and Fundamentalist advocates (and them with each other).  The second comes from my dear friend Steve Hays (trying to respond to something I wrote) who tries to associate a particular argument with naturalism…

  • Waltz, Nicaea and Shea

    David Waltz (no great fan of mine, if memory serves correctly) has nevertheless provided a helpful two-part post in response to my rebuttal to Shea’s post on Nicaea. Mr. Waltz has, I suspect, read more about the Nicene and early post-Nicene period than most people ever will. So, I appreciate that he took the time…

  • Apology Accepted, Mr. Shea

    In which Mr. Shea apologizes for his previous claims (link)(link to more recent previous claims)(and original previous claims). Although he doesn’t specifically name me, since his original post was obviously aimed at what I wrote, I’m happy to grant his apology and forgive him for his misstatements. To God be the Glory!

  • Eastern Orthodoxy and Reformed Radar

    Mr. Mark Shea is determined to make sure that Eastern Orthodoxy is on our radar (link to Shea’s post). While we appreciate Mr. Shea’s attempt to bring clarity to the table, we are well aware of the Eastern Orthodox. In fact, we’re well aware of attempts like those those of Mr. Shea to overplay the…

  • Shouldn’t You Be Eating Chocolate?

    The always-creative adherent to the papacy, Mark Shea, seems to think that I (TurretinFan) am not much fun at parties because I spent part of Christmas 2009 in service to my Lord, demonstrating that the rule of faith of Aquinas is different from the rule of faith of Rome today (Aquinas and Formal Sufficiency &…

  • Because Morality Changes over 800 Years …

    That must be why we see responses like this (link to response) from Roman Catholic human being Mark Shea. Of course! How could we be so dim! Christifideles Laici overrules 800 years of tradition, and the moral basis underlying the canonical provisions we previously identified (link). But wait, does Christifideles Laici actually contradict those earlier…

  • Mark Shea on Me on Hitchens and Fry

    Mark Shea seems unhappy (link to his post). He states: Speaking of weird partisanship, here’s yet another Calvinist sitting in the peanut gallery and cheering on the atheists because they happen to be quarreling with Catholics. Better that God be blasphemed than that any slight pettiness of the 16th Century quarrel be abandoned for one…

  • Out of Tune with the Roman Magisterium?

    Mr. Shea has posted a still further response on the topic of Mary’s birth pangs or lack thereof and the woman of Revelation 12 (link to Shea’s post). Mr. Shea seems to think our arguments “flat-footed” and compares discussing this with us to discussing music appreciation with a deaf man. This flatfloot, however, is less…