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Apparently You Still Can Get Excommunicated …
Although it is the first time it happened in Little Rock in 165 years, a few nuns have been excommunicated (according to the journalists it was for heresy …) (source). One of the nuns’ comments: “We are at peace and we know that for us we are doing the right thing. We pray that the…
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Who would have thought …
… that Dave Armstrong, the man who is too busy to reply to my posts dealing with his doctrinal errors, would have time to challenge my recollection about whether Dr. White has ever posted a response to Armstrong that was purely a personal attack on Armstrong (link)? And who would have that Armstrong’s best example…
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Reginald Suggests that Roman Catholics Deny the Subjective Sinfulness of Involuntary Sin
Reginald (a Roman Catholic blogger) in a recent comment on his own blog suggested that Roman Catholics do not believe that involuntary sin is subjectively sinful (although they would agree that it is objectively sinful). In this regard they are clearly contrary to the Orthodox who routinely pray for God to forgive both their voluntary…
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Steve Ray – Double Minded? You decide
Example (1)Steve Ray wrote this blog post: Someone informed me that James White the Baptist was continuing his rant concerning my blog on the Assumption of Mary. The guy continues to take me far more seriously than I have ever taken him. He’s really just a little man full of himself — an angry know-it-all…
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Why I am not an Evidentialist/Romanist
Here’s a great example of why I am not an Evidentialist, Quasi-Evidentialist, or – for that matter – Romanist: (link). The portion of the post of interest is the account of the people who were tricked into thinking that they had been legally married when, in fact, they had not. Our senses are generally reliable,…
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Blasphemy Note
Here is what the Roman Catholic Church says in the Catechism of the Catholic Church: 1864 “Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.” There are no limits to the mercy of God, but anyone who deliberately refuses to accept his…
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Prayers to Saints a Pot-Kettle Scenario
Recently (by the time this has been posted, “recently” will be about three months) Dave Armstrong wrote: “And (very unlike [Dr. White]) I will actually reply to and refute his objections whenever they are offered.” I respond: Actually, Dave, no you don’t. To take one recent example, you failed to reply to or refute Dr.…
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GNRHead Follow-up
A while back, GNRHead (William) had provided some comments to a rebuttal the present author had provided. GNRHead disputed the idea that Tertullian was the first early church father of record to identify Peter as “the rock” in Matthew 16. At that time he referred us to his videos. The present author can report that…
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So Benedict XVI said that, so what?
A couple months ago, the pope made a statement allegedly clarifying what Vatican II meant about the relationship between salvation and the Roman Catholic Church. Meanwhile, the CCC (Catechism of the Catholic Church) still states:“841 The Church’s relationship with the Muslims. “The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first…
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Catholic Alleged Impenetrability
Impenetrability (lack of understandability to outsiders) can be a real problem in many situations. It is a real problem, for example, to the doctrine of “Total Depravity,” which is mistaken by many (such as, apparently, Art Sippo) to mean that everyone is as depraved as they possibly can be. Nevertheless, in Roman Catholic Apolegetical circles…