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What Does the Self-Authentication of Scripture Mean?
Roman Catholic blogger at Catholic Champion, Matthew Bellisario, has responded to a post from Jeff Downs (link to Jeff’s post) which featured a video from Dr. Tony Curto (video below this introductory paragraph) introducing the topic of the self-authenticating nature of the Bible (link to Bellisario’s post). http://www.youtube.com/v/K3nyHmDfvQw&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1 Mr. Bellisario doesn’t interact directly with any…
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Incoming Blog Post Alert from Bellisario
Bellisario writes: “I have recently been working on a response to Turretin Fan’s absurd abuse of the Angelic Doctor’s works concerning his view of Sacred Scripture.” He explains that his research is taking a long time (it can’t be that long, he only started within the last month) and generating enough material for a book.…
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If You Look Only at the Similarities, They’re Exactly the Same!
One area where Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox part ways is over describing what goes on in the consecration of the elements in the Eucharist. For Eastern Orthodox, the transformation that occurs is mysterious and indescribable. For Roman Catholics, the transformation is sacramental and describable – in fact it is described quite specifically by the…
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Perspicuity of Scripture Contra Bellisario – Part 12
I’m responding to a post from Mr. Matthew Bellisario (see my first post for the introduction). In this post, I address Mr. Bellisario’s concluding remarks. His own words are as follows: This whole post by TF as far as I am concerned was the real flimsy flam. Cutting and pasting quotes out of their historical…
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Perspicuity of Scripture Contra Bellisario – Part 11
I’m responding to a post from Mr. Matthew Bellisario (see my first post for the introduction). In this post, I address Mr. Bellisario’s response to my quotation from Irenaeus. Mr. Bellisario has put my words in italics, and I have attempted to reproduce them as he provided them, within the quotation box below. His own…
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Perspicuity of Scripture Contra Bellisario – Part 10
I’m responding to a post from Mr. Matthew Bellisario (see my first post for the introduction). In this post, I address Mr. Bellisario’s response to another of my quotations from Athanasius. Mr. Bellisario has put my words in italics, and I have attempted to reproduce them as he provided them, within the quotation box below.…
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Perspicuity of Scripture Contra Bellisario – Part 9
I’m responding to a post from Mr. Matthew Bellisario (see my first post for the introduction). In this post, I address Mr. Bellisario’s response to my quotation from Chrysostom. Mr. Bellisario has put my words in italics, and I have attempted to reproduce them as he provided them, within the quotation box below. His own…
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Perspicuity of Scripture Contra Bellisario – Part 8
I’m responding to a post from Mr. Matthew Bellisario (see my first post for the introduction). In this post, I address Mr. Bellisario’s response to my quotation from Augustine. Mr. Bellisario has put my words in italics, and I have attempted to reproduce them as he provided them, within the quotation box below. His own…
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Perspicuity of Scripture Contra Bellisario – Part 7
I’m responding to a post from Mr. Matthew Bellisario (see my first post for the introduction). In this post, I address Mr. Bellisario’s response to my quotation from Hilary of Poitiers. Mr. Bellisario has put my words in italics, and I have attempted to reproduce them as he provided them, within the quotation box below.…
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Perspicuity of Scripture Contra Bellisario – Part 6
I’m responding to a post from Mr. Matthew Bellisario (see my first post for the introduction). In this post, I address Mr. Bellisario’s response to my quotation from Athanasius. Mr. Bellisario has put my words in italics, and I have attempted to reproduce them as he provided them, within the quotation box below. His own…