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Judas Iscariot – Response to Sippo
Judas Iscariot A Response to Art Sippo’s Synthesis In a recent blog post, (link), Roman Catholic (lay) apologist, “Art-of-Attack” Sippo attempts to strike a middle path between extreme views of Judas. He think the conventional view of Judas is too harsh, while he realizes that the Gnostic portrayal is clearly wrong. It’s really undeniable that…
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Do Modern Roman Catholic Apologists Care about Pope Leo X?
Do Modern Roman Catholic Apologists Care about Pope Leo X? Do they fear the automatic excommunication he set in place? The reason I ask is this. Leo X, on June 15, 1520, issued a bull, Exsurge Domine, in which (among other things) he demanded the following: With the advice and consent of these our venerable…
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Do Lutherans think that "bishops, elders, and deacons are all synonymous terms"?
According to Dave Armstrong, “yes,” (two updates, below) quoting a Lutheran who asserts that all the offices are of the same in dignity/function. Recall that Armstrong had previously claimed:“A Protestant might further object: . . . bishops, elders, and deacons are all synonymous terms for the same office: roughly that of a pastor today.” At…
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Says Who? – A Challenge to Lay Apologists
Says Who? – A Challenge to Lay Apologists Particularly, to those who call Rome or Constantinople home. If you are not ordained to teach or interpret Scripture and/or “Tradition,” by what authority do you do so? As a Reformed Christian, my source of authority to teach and interpret Scripture comes from Scripture, but the Roman…
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Response to Dave Armstrong’s Reply
Response to Dave Armstrong’s Reply to James White’s Review of One-Minute Apologist, by Dave Armstrong Here’s a link to the reply. (Update: Dr. White has provided his own response, here.) There are several parts to Mr. Armstrong’s reply, and doing justice in response requires separating the issues into those parts, and replying to each seriatim.…
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Dave Armstrong Takes Book Review Personally
Polemical Papist, Dave Armstrong, took personal offense today, at the critique of his recently released book, “One Minute Apologist.” Notice how Armstrong manages to post a 1000+ word post (including quotations) without ever once addressing the substantive errors raised in this quick review of his work. Here is a link to the review. If you…
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Romanist Apologist – Sippo Lampoons Self
Unless someone has hacked his account, Sippo seems to have decided to portray himself as, well, here are the items: 1) “Another example is John Calvin’s claim that all human beings are “totally depraved”. In reality, we all have our faults, but “total depravity” overstates the condition of mankind.” Does Sippo really not have the…
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A response to GNRHead
A Response and Challenge to GNRHead A internet poster named William, going by the handle GNRHead, has posted a series of videos on the internet, in which he defends Roman Catholic theology, with an emphasis on patristic issues. This is a response to his most recent video here (link here, warning, near profanity employed). I’m…
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Comments by a Romanist, "Fred," Responded to
Response to Fred’s Comments Fred, who holds himself out as though he were a Roman Catholic, has posted comments on an earlier post. Since they have relatively little to do with the main point of that post (that Prof. Beckwith’s religious views were revealed by Dr. White), and since Fred has chosen to present rather…
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Lupine Outing Update – "Fred"’s Response Rebutted
An internet poster who identifed himself only as “Fred” wrote (here is a link for confirmation): Catholics just can’t win with some folks. They call us legalists…by which they mean this preposterous fantasy that we think we can earn our way to heaven. And yet Turretinfan (for example) is instantly ready to assume that Dr.…