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Responding to "Gabriel Serafin" Regarding the Religion based on the Word
A poster using the handle “Gabriel Serafin” wrote: Protestantism is a religion based on a book. But Jesus Christ did not hand out Bibles, He established a Church and gave her authority to teach. God gave us the Bible through His Church; thus the Catholic Church defined the Canon of Scripture in the first place.…
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Bellisario (by Proxy) on the Papacy – Part 1
Mr. Matthew Bellisario has, as far as I can tell, only a single blog post directly on issues relating to the papacy (although there are a number of contra-Lutheran and contra-contraceptive posts that mention the papacy)(link to MB’s post). Even in this instance, however, Mr. Bellisario is merely providing a quotation from another author. The…
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What does Simon mean? and did "Peter" replace "Simon"?
I recently heard a terrible argument arguing that Simon means “grain of sand” and that when Jesus changed Simon’s name to Peter, he was changing this grain of sand into a Rock. Obviously, as you might guess, this argument came from someone who thinks that Peter was the first pope. There are two significant problems…
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Origen – Not a Papist
Origen was not a papist, not a person who held to the modern Roman Catholic doctrine of the papacy. Origen interpreted Matthew 16:18 more like a modern Reformed believer would interpret the passage, and actually a lot like the way that Augustine interpreted the passage. Thus, in the following video, I respond to Mr. Albrecht’s…
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The Non-Identity of Peter and the Rock
One verse commonly argued as supporting the papacy is the following: Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. One frequent rebuttal of the claim that this verse is stating that the…
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Response to Steve Ray on Petrine Primacy
I’ve provided a response to one of Steve Ray’s blog posts in which he suggests that there are some verses related to Peter and the Papacy that are frequently overlooked by Protestants. My response can be found here (link) at the Team Apologian blog. Another time that the Team Apologian blog has addressed Steve Ray’s…
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An Example of a Typical False Roman Catholic Claims Regarding Scriptural Interpretation
A Roman Catholic Apologist recently wrote: I feel the need to get back to the basics. One of the basics is thatChrist told Peter that he would be the foundation of His Church.“And Jesusanswered him, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and bloodhas not revealed this to you, but my Father in…