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Papist Propaganda
propaganda 1718, from Mod.L. propaganda, short for Congregatio de Propaganda Fide “congregation for propagating the faith,” committee of cardinals established 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions, prop. abl. fem. gerundive of L. propagare (see propagation). Modern political sense dates from World War I, not originally pejorative. (source) That’s all well and good, but…
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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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Reading Material for Mr. David Armstrong
It may be that, for some reason or other, Mr. Armstrong still pops by my blog. If so, I think he’ll get get a kick out of this post (link). Mr. Armstrong’s policy of labeling those who say that Rome teaches another gospel “anti-Catholics,” leads to a conflation between what the author of the linked…
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Update on Dr. White and God’s Desire
On today’s Dividing Line radio program, Dr. White provided Tom Ascol’s discussion regarding the decrees of God, and the sense in which we can say that God desires that his commands be obeyed. Ascol also apparently noted that repenting and believing are God’s commands. Dr. White indicated that he agreed with Ascol’s comments. Presumably, this…
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Where’s the Catholic Church?
Richard (aka “Mary’s Son”) provides us with an example of two logical fallacies in one (source): Richard writes: “You can say Roman all you want to try to confuse the term Catholic; but go out on any street in the world and ask for directions to the nearest Catholic church: you’re not going to end…
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Centuri0n is an Anti-Catholic? (I am not!)
In a recent post, Centuri0n (Frank Turk) has declared that he is an “anti-Catholic” (link) or at least why he’s ok with being called that. While I appreciate his basic rationale (which could be paraphrased as: “they’ve anathematized me, so – yeah – we are anti-one-another”), I am certainly not interested in adopting the title.…
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Papist Assistance
PA’PIST,n. A Roman catholic; one that adheres to the church of Rome and the authority of the pope. (Webster 1828) A few people have griped about my use of the word “papist.” I would use “Roman catholic,” except that (a) people get confused and think I mean “Latin Rite,” and (b) the term “Catholic” to…