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Category: Matthew Bellisario

  • Back to Guadalupe – Miraculous Preservation?

    Mr. Bellisario has started a new podcast, the “Catholic Champion Podcast” (link to episode 1). In this podcast he complains about a lot of things. He complains about me calling his idol “an idol.” He complains about me calling the worship of the idol “worship.” He complains about me “mocking” his idol and idolatry. His…

  • Thanks to Bellisario and a Suggestion or Two

    Yesterday, Mr. Bellisario attempted to correct what he perceived to be a factual error in my previous post (link to Bellisario)(link to previous post). I appreciate the correction, and have updated my post. There were a few main points to my post, but Mr. Bellisario happened to notice an issue with respect to a minor…

  • Transubstantiation, Metaphor, and Common Sense

    Over at Beggars All Reformation, one of the commenters had provided a quotation derived from the Westminster Confession of Faith, as follow: The doctrine which maintains the change…transubstantiation.. is repugnant, not to Scripture alone, but even to common sense and reason…overthroweth..cause manifold superstitions..gross idolatries. Mr. Bellisario responded (in two separate comments that I have joined:…

  • Bigotry and Bellisario

    I noticed that Mr. Bellisario has posted against something Dr. White mentioned in passing in a Sunday School lesson. Mr. Bellisario starts his post thus: “James White at Alpha and Omega has once again proven why he is an anti-Catholic bigot.” However, when it comes to his critique of what Dr. White said, Mr. Bellisario…

  • Bellisario Providing Example of Mistakes to Avoid

    How not to argue for Roman Catholicism – an example from Mr. Matthew Bellisario (link). Here are a few tips to avoid Mr. Bellisario’s mistakes (with a video presentation of the 10 points below): 10) If you’re going to cite statistics, don’t cite statistics that actually show Roman Catholic sexual abuse at about twice the…

  • John of Damascus vs. An Allegedly Ecumenical Council

    This is a video response (as usual, audio only) to a post by Matthew Bellisario (link). Although Bellisario starts off his post by saying “Once again we see that Turretin Fan is clueless when it come to Biblical exegesis,” he fails to back it up, not identifying any exegetical errors or even providing any of…

  • Bellisario on Contraception (Again!)

    Contraception seems to be a very hot topic for Mr. Bellisario, as he has yet another post on it on his blog (link). Let’s examine what he says: Turretin Fan has posted an audio response to my earlier article on contraception. He claims that since there are not any anathemas attached to the statements by…

  • Bellisario vs Portuguese Bishops – An Audio/Video Response

    Bellisario has tried to respond to my previous post (link to Bellisario, link to my previous post). I now respond by video (just audio, but with a mostly unrelated slideshow on top of it). This video discusses the fact that Catholicism cannot provide unity on issues like contraception. We sometimes hear claims that Catholicism’s magisterium…

  • Contrasting Views on Contraceptive Devices

    Although some people (mostly conservative Romanists) would like you to think that the Roman Catholic Church has only one view on contraceptives, the issue is actually one on which there is a degree of disagreement, as illustrated in the following two articles: On the “pro” side, Manuel Clemente, Bishop of Porto (link to article). “Speaking…

  • Eastern Orthodoxy and Transubstantiation – Informal Debate

    Informal Debate on Eastern Orthodoxy and Transubstantiation The following is an informal debate that took place between Mr. Bellisario and myself on the issue of Eastern Orthodoxy and Transubstantiation. I’ve taken the liberty of cleaning it up a bit. Those who want the raw combox flow may find it in the combox of the linked…