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Bad to Quote Lactantius?
Roman Catholic reader Mike Burgess commented on yesterday’s post (link), which quoted from Lactanatius, thus: St. Jerome, whom you enjoy quoting when the occasion suits, said of Lactantius, “If only Lactantius, almost a river of Ciceronian eloquence, had been able to uphold our cause with the same facility with which he overturns that of our…
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Can Papists Properly Call Reformed Churches, Churches?
Mr. Paul Hoffer referred to Reformed churches by the rather modernist/pluralist terminology of “faith communities. Mr. Mike Burgess has come to Mr. Hoffer’s aid by suggesting that Mr. Hoffer is just being proper, and that properly Reformed churches cannot be said to be churches because they are not part of the true Church. We deny.…
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Response to Mike Burgess on Mary and the Rosary
Mr. Mike Burgess has provided some thoughtful responses to my previous post on following Mary to Jesus (link). I’ll respond to his comments line-by-line, leaving off only the last two sentences in which he states his opinion regarding the wisdom of my posting my previous post. I apologize that the reader will note occasional changes…
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Criticism of Rome’s Celibate Priesthood – Rebuttals to Objections
A while back I had blogged a post on the Married Priest Movement (link), which garnered a variety of criticism, from one guy who insists that I must use the word “dissent” the way he says his church does – to several more interesting comments that I’d like to discuss below. The people are being…
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Response to Mike Burgess on Sola Scripture
As you may recall, some time ago I responded to comments by Mr. Bellisario (link to my response). Mr. Greco then responded to those comments of mine, and I provided a response to his comments (link to my response). Now, Mr. Mike Burgess has responded to my response to Mr. Greco. Mr. Burgess states, If…