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The "Bind and Loose" Argument Rebutted
Over at GreenBaggins, Scott tried to make an argument for an infallible rule of faith other than the Bible. He wrote: “The fact is that Matthew 16:18-19 and Matthew 18:18 teach that man and/or those men can bind or loose, not just sin, but whatsoever they choose.” Let’s consider this argument piece by piece: “that…
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Gates of Hell in the Deuterocanon
In a previous post, I explained from the Scriptures why the “gates of hell shall not prevail” in Matthew 16:18 refers to the fact that the church, i.e. all believers, will be raised to eternal life. In hindsight, I probably should have pointed out that this interpretation is also supported in the deuterocanonical book of…
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Responding to "Gabriel Serafin" Regarding the Religion based on the Word
A poster using the handle “Gabriel Serafin” wrote: Protestantism is a religion based on a book. But Jesus Christ did not hand out Bibles, He established a Church and gave her authority to teach. God gave us the Bible through His Church; thus the Catholic Church defined the Canon of Scripture in the first place.…
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Response to Cursilista Regarding Church History
Cursilista wrote: The one thing that bugs me is that the question I would ask is for a protestant explanation of how did Christianity move forward through time after Christ died. We have a pretty clear answer to that. Read the book of Acts. It says zero about a Roman-centered Christianity. Rome is part of…
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Chrysostom and Vatican I
Back in 2007, James White posted the following quotation from John Chrysostom: Having said to Peter, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonas, and of having promised to lay the foundation of the Church upon his confession; not long after He says, Get thee behind me, Satan. And elsewhere he said, Upon this rock. He did not…
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Origen – Not a Papist
Origen was not a papist, not a person who held to the modern Roman Catholic doctrine of the papacy. Origen interpreted Matthew 16:18 more like a modern Reformed believer would interpret the passage, and actually a lot like the way that Augustine interpreted the passage. Thus, in the following video, I respond to Mr. Albrecht’s…
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The Gates of Hell shall not Prevail Against the Church
This phrase “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” is one I hear used often and misused often. The one point everyone seems to recognize correctly is that “it” refers to the church. Not any particular church, but the church: the body of Christ universal. 1. The “We will Survive” Error The most…