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Luther: Justification is a Stand-or-Fall Article of the Christian Faith
David Waltz has sparked my interest afresh in the quotation allegedly from Luther that Justification is a doctrine upon which the church stands or falls (link to Waltz’s article). I agree that the expression may not be Luther but is easily derivable from Luther’s teachings. Waltz has traced it back to Valentin E. Löscher in…
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The Real Turretin on: The Absurdities of Universal Atonement
Moses Cho at No Mo’ Condemnation has a nice quotation from the real Francis Turretin on the absurdities of any doctrine of universal atonement (link). Turretin addresses not only the errors of Arminianism, but also those Amyraldianism with this short identification of four absurdities. To God be the Glory!
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The Concept of Executive Pastors
Dennis McFadden at His Barking Dog talks about the concept of an “Executive Pastor” in an interesting article at his blog (link). I found particularly apt his comments that: Generally you can determine the statistical probability of a church having an Executive Pastor based on whether the senior pastor has more books by Francis Turretin…
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>Peddling Imitation Patristics – Ray’s At it Again
>I have almost started to feel sorry for Mr. Ray. He keeps peddling the same snake oil, and it is hard to say whether this is simply because he lacks the acumen or patience to deal honestly with the Early Church Fathers or whether it is because he is simply the sort of person who…
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>The Real Turretin on: Via Media (In Spanish!)
>Mr. Matthew Lankford has recently directed me to a post at the Reflexion Latina Reformada blog, where the blogger has provided some commentary on Francis Turretin and the Via Media, the “Middle Way” that is Reformed Theology (link). The post is in Spanish, although a Google translation may be found here (link). Enjoy! -TurretinFan To…
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No End in Sight for Misquotation of Athanasius
After posting some updates to my original article (link), I stopped by Mr. Albrecht’s video page, hoping against hope that Mr. Albrecht might have had the sense to apologize for his own (and his fellow apologists’) misquotation of Pseudo-Athanasius as Athanasius. My hopes were dashed. Instead, I found a new video in which: He repeats…
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Athanasius Misquotation Index Page
This page is designed to serve as an index for the discussion of the quotation of the so-called “Homily of the Papyrus of Turin” by various Romanist apologists. At first it will be a bit skeletal, but I hope to fill it out over time, depending on the level of response generated. I would be…
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Response to Paul Hoffer’s Comments
Someone [Mr. James Swan] directed me to the comment box of an entry of David Waltz’s blog where Mr. Hoffer has been providing some information and some misinformation (source). I’ll respond to Mr. Hoffer’s comments more or less line by line: Hoffer: “One of the problems with Mr. Fan’s (would he be considered a Pseudo-Turrettini…
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Still Misquoting Athanasius as Steve Ray’s Assistant Fails Again
This debacle began with my original article (link), continued with a first response from Ray/Albrecht (link), and now I am sad to see that rather than correct his quotation of a spurious work attributed to Athanasius, the man who Steve Ray has set forth to defend Mr. Ray’s miscitation of a spurious source (Mr. William…
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Response to Steve Ray on the Pseudographic Papyrus of Turin
Introduction As you may recall, we recently identified a spurious quotation from Athanasius that a number of apologists for Rome had been using, including Mr. Steve Ray. Sadly, rather than correct his error and be honest with his readers, Mr. Ray has chosen to pretend the problem doesn’t exist, directing his readers, once again, to…