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Two Sola Scriptura Debate Transcripts
My own debate on Sola Scriptura with Mr. Bellisario is progressing at a snail’s pace (link to debate) – the latest news being that late last night my cross-examination questions for Mr. Bellisario were posted. For those champing at the bit (or chomping at it, if historical etymology is not important), here are two Sola…
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Amazing Prediction
The self-titled “Plain Path Puritan” recently made the following prediction: “I predict a mass conversion of paedo-baptist Reformed Christians at the [so-called] PuritanBoard to Roman Catholicism within the next five years.” (brackets in the original) (link) It’s an amazing prediction. It’s amazing for this reason: the folks at Puritan Board are among the most conservative…
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Biblical Evidence for the Veneration of Relics Ignored?
Previously, I discussed (and rebutted) the claim that the Scriptural discussion of the transport of Joseph’s bones from Egypt to Canaan was evidence of the veneration of relics in the Old Testament (link). Now, I turn to a second favorite passage that relic-venerators tend to appeal to, as allegedly supporting their position. That passage is…
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Biblical Evidence for Indulgences?
Dave Armstrong (DA), a lay apologist for Rome, asserts that there is “explicit biblical [sic] evidence for all the essential notions behind indulgences” (link to source of discussion) (link to quotation). Initially, it’s worth noting that the explicitness of the “explicit biblical [sic] evidence” is undermined by the fact that it is not for indulgences,…
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Response to Paul Hoffer
Paul Hoffer, who submits to the dictates pope Benedict XVI, has a misleading article entitled, “A Protestant Proving the Superiority of Scriptural Revelation by Quoting from the Deuterocanonical Book of Wisdom of Solomon.” (link to Mr. Hoffer’s article) Let’s handle the headline first. 1) The “Protestant” who cited Scripture is me, but the “Protestant” who…
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Gallup Mystery
Are these two news stories connected in more than one way? (Gallup Bishop Apologizes for Abuse by Underlings) (Former Gallup Bishop Changes Story about Own Injury) If I were the Gallup police, I would be making that connection, and investigating it. Note: I will not be tolerating accusations in the combox that the former bishop…
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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…
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Vatican vs. San Francisco
World Net Daily has a rather one-sided article (favoring the Vatican) reporting on a recent clash between the Vatican and the City of San Francisco. (link) Obviously, the issue is homosexuality. It’s unclear to me why the Vatican thinks that suing the City of San Francisco over what amounts to nothing more than a statement…