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John Calvin on the Church Fathers
It is a calumny to represent us as opposed to the Fathers (I mean the ancient writers of a purer age), as if the Fathers were supporters of their impiety. Were the contest to be decided by such authority (to speak in the most moderate terms), the better part of the victory would be ours.…
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Miscellaneous Free Translations
Some of these works may be of greater interest to some of my audience than to others, but I’m thankful that each of the following currently available for free. Thanks to Roger Pearse for pointing me in the right direction: Armistead, Mary Allyson – The Middle English Physiologus: A Critical Translation and Commentary (link) (127…
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Review of "The Fathers Know Best" by Jimmy Akin
“Catholic Answers” recently published a book attributed to Jimmy Akin entitled “The Fathers Know Best.” It purports to be “Your essential guide to the teachings of the Early Church.” The book does not provide any meaningful contribution to the study of patristics and little to the Roman-Reformed dialog. Content in GeneralPart one of the book…
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Church Fathers on Jesus’ Status as "Without Mother"
Ambrose (A.D. 337 – 397) writes: “He it is Who is without mother according to His Godhead …” (On the Mysteries, Chapter 8, Section 4 Theodoret (A.D. 393 – 457) writes: “On account of this difference of term He is said by the divine Paul to be “without father, without mother, without descent, having neither…
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Joseph Ratzinger (aka Benedict XVI) and David T. King
I’m not sure Pastor King will be entirely pleased by comparison, but it is interesting to note that Joseph Ratzinger has confirmed something that Pastor King has been saying for a long time. Ratzinger writes: We are fairly certain today that, while the Fathers were not Roman Catholic as the thirteenth or nineteenth century would…
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Some Patristic Views of 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth…
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Some Early Christian Writings on Justification
Clement of Rome on Justification: And we, too, being called by His will in Christ Jesus, are not justified by ourselves, nor by our own wisdom, or understanding, or godliness, or works which we have wrought in holiness of heart; but by that faith through which, from the beginning, Almighty God has justified all men;…
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Analogical Argument on the Object of Prayer
There are many great arguments that are presented as to why we should not pray to anyone besides God. One underused argument, however, is the analogical or typological argument. The Old Testament worship of God employed incense. That incense is a symbol and picture of our prayers. We can see its connection to prayer in…
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Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (CSEL) – Index Page
The following is a list of the volumes of the Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (CSEL) that I was able to locate at Google Books and/or Archive.org. I wish to express my appreciation for the work I found at “Pr. Stefan”‘s blog (link). There were a few issues with his list, and I have attempted to…
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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:…