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Pope Francis – Liberal or not?
Matthew Bellisario, editor of the Catholic Champion, was kind enough to bring this clip to my attention, and I’m happy to bring it to the attention of Dave Armstrong and others, who think that Francis is just business as usual for the Roman see: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCchbeZT1lc&w=560&h=315] Christopher Ferrara is a traditionalist Roman Catholic, to be…
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Maximus the Roman Catholic Confessor?
My friend James Swan posted a short article describing Maximus the Confessor’s view of Rome’s authority. Matthew Bellisario at the Catholic Champion has now posted a response. The material provided by my friend, Mr. Swan, was as follows: 7. They said to him, “And what will you do if the Romans unite with the Byzantines?…
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Fear God, not Calvin and Luther!
Mr. Matthew Bellisario has posted a short blog item titled: “Luther, Calvin, Hitler, Stalin and Mao.” He selects as his text Matthew 10:28 which states: Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and…
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Bellisario Swings and Misses
Matthew Bellisario has a new post up (link to post). It purports to respond to an earlier post I provided (link to my post). The title of the post is “Another “Expert” on Catholicism Misrepresents Church Teaching.” The person he’s referring to as “Expert” is me. I’m flattered! No, I jest. I’m not really flattered,…
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Magisterium of One: The Latest Alternative to Imprimatur from the "Catholic Champion" Site
Matthew Bellisario, the magisterium of one, has a new prohibited authors index of “modernists” and “new theologians” that he would avoid (link). Let’s peruse his list … 1) Karl Rahner co-authored with Joseph Ratzinger, received Imprimatur, Revelation and tradition 2) Henri de Lubac De la connaissance de Dieu (published with Imprimatur) Fr Federico Lombardi, S.J.,…
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Thomas Aquinas, William Webster, and Scripture against Bellisario
Over in the comment box of the Beggars All Reformation blog, Bellisario has attempted to take on William Webster (source). Pastor Webster is not there to defend himself, instead Bellisario is responding to a blogger named Rhology. Bellisario writes: “Scared of Webster! Are you serious?” Of course Rhology’s serious that it seems that folks are…
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Bellisario vs. Strawman – A Response of Sorts to Bellisario
Over at his blog, the Catholic Champion, Matthew Bellisario has decided to characterize his latest assault on a straw man as a response to one of my recent posts (link to Bellisario)(link to my recent post). Bellisario’s headline reads: “Vatican II and the Papacy- No Redefinition.” Well, no kidding. Formally speaking, Vatican II didn’t define…
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>Addendum to "Oral Word of God?"
>In the meanwhile of my drafting the previous response to Bellisario, Messrs. Swan and Hays have already forced Bellisario to admit that there is no new revelation. Accordingly, he has attempted to rely on a yet more flimsy branch. That flimsy branch is essentially that there are oral teachings of Jesus that were not placed…
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>Oral Word of God? Response to Bellisario
>Matthew Bellisario (Roman Catholic) has been trying to argue with my friend Steve Hays (Reformed) over in the comment box of Beggars All Reformation (link to comment box). Bellisario’s argument, which seems to be a common “street” argument these days, boils down to this: 1) The Word of God was proclaimed orally at some past…
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Romanism and Mormonism Common Ground?
According to Francis (Cardinal) George (president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and archbishop of Chicago): “Our churches have different histories and systems of belief and practice, although we acknowledge a common reference point in the person and the gospel of Jesus Christ.” (source – Emphasis added) Layman Romanist Matthew Bellisario disagrees with…