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Flattening Flimsy Flim-Flam
Mr. Mark Shea (link) seems to think that Dr. White’s post (link) is so much “huff-puffery.” Thankfully, the flim-flam from which Mr. Shea’s argument is constructed is so flimsy that it is flattened by even fairly rudimentary analysis. Mr. Shea seems to have forgotten the important lesson of the story of the three little pigs.…
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Justification and Faith
There is an important distinction we need to make. A man is saved (justified) by faith in Christ alone for salvation. A man who trusts in his own works will be lost. This is the teaching of the Scriptures, made especially clear in Paul’s epistles. That said, man is justified by faith alone in Christ…
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Gregory of Nyssa on the Head of the Church
Another test as to Gregory of Nyssa’s affiliation is who he considered the head of the church. If he only views Christ as the head of the church, then he falls more in the Reformed camp. If he also (or instead) views the bishop of Rome as the head of the church, then he falls…
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Terms One Doesn’t Find in Gregory of Nyssa
One of the interesting things about Gregory of Nyssa’s work are the things one does not find in the English translations of Gregory’s works: “pope” “papacy” “papal” “pontiff” “bishop of bishops” “vicar” “cardinal” “legate” “penance” (One might argue that the concept is there in Gregory of Nyssa the concept of penance, though not the term.)…
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>Gregory of Nyssa on Sinlessness: Only Jesus Sinless
>Some folks like to paint Gregory of Nyssa as though he were a Roman Catholic. Certainly, of course, there are points where his theology contains errors. His beliefs would not have squared with the Westminster Confession of Faith in every respect. So, to be clear, Gregory of Nyssa was neither a “Roman Catholic” nor a…
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>Benedict XVI vs. James White
>No, there is no such debate scheduled yet (though I’d love to see that debate). No, I’m pointing out an area where Dr. White has moved a technological step ahead of the Roman Catholic pope. Dr. White is on Twitter. (although TurretinFan is not)Pope Benedict XVI is not on Twitter. (although Patrick Madrid is) -TurretinFan…
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>Vatican Praise for Calvin?
>”Vatican newspaper praises French Protestant John Calvin” that’s the AP headline for this article (link). The paper apparently called Calvin extraordinary and emphasized that Calvin was a Christian. Isn’t interesting how times change? To God be the Glory!
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What Gregory of Nyssa Considered Inspired
Over at the Beggars All Reformation blog, in the comment box, I encountered a commenter who was seemingly sure that Gregory of Nyssa viewed the council of Nicaea as inspired. My own research does not confirm this claim. On the contrary, Gregory of Nyssa practically always only uses “inspired” of the Scriptures themselves or the…
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Back to Guadalupe – Miraculous Preservation?
Mr. Bellisario has started a new podcast, the “Catholic Champion Podcast” (link to episode 1). In this podcast he complains about a lot of things. He complains about me calling his idol “an idol.” He complains about me calling the worship of the idol “worship.” He complains about me “mocking” his idol and idolatry. His…
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Thanks to Bellisario and a Suggestion or Two
Yesterday, Mr. Bellisario attempted to correct what he perceived to be a factual error in my previous post (link to Bellisario)(link to previous post). I appreciate the correction, and have updated my post. There were a few main points to my post, but Mr. Bellisario happened to notice an issue with respect to a minor…