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Category: Roman Catholicism

  • Assumption or Guess?

    In the following clip, we see a Roman Catholic priest interviewing some of his fellow New Yorkers, or so it appears, about the topic the Assumption of Mary. To some extent, it’s a papist version of Jay Leno’s “Jay Walking,” in that the recurring theme is “You don’t know Jack” – a play on words…

  • >One Year Apologize …

    >… the next year, refuse to accept the resignation of the bishops (link to source). No wait – that wasn’t last year that he apologized, it was less than six months ago (link to source). “You have suffered grievously and I am truly sorry. I know that nothing can undo the wrong you have endured.…

  • >Canon Debate with William Albrecht

    >Yesterday, Mr. William Albrecht (Roman Catholic) and I (Reformed) debated the topic of the Canon of Scripture, specifically the question of whether the so-called Deuterocanonical books and parts of books are Scripture (link to mp3). The most interesting part of the debate, as I believe Mr. Albrecht would agree, were the four cross-examination segments immediately…

  • On God’s Covenant to Save His People from Idolatry

    Matthew Lankford has posted a series of videos from Dr. J. Virgil Dunbar on the topic of the unlawful use of images, “On God’s Covenant to Save His People From Idolatry.” 0. IntroductionDr. Dunbar explains the general thrust of the series. http://www.youtube.com/v/tsU8ZUA7cU8&hl=en_US&fs=1 1. What does God’s covenant law say about images made to represent Him?Dr.…

  • Rebuttal to Argument from Exhaustive Guidance …

    One of the Roman Catholic arguments that is popular is the argument that Scriptures alone are insufficient as our rule of faith and life, because they do not explicitly (or perhaps even implicitly) address issues that allegedly did not exist at the time Scripture was written. Usually topics like birth control are broached as the…

  • Sungenis Claims: "the Church did not receive any divine revelation on the nature of Purgatory"

    In a recent (2009) response to Dr. White, Robert Sungenis made some interesting admissions regarding the absence of knowledge of what Purgatory is in Roman Catholic theology: Since the Church did not receive any divine revelation on the nature of Purgatory, and since the Church declined to make any official statements on its nature, it…

  • Pope Joan

    Peter Stanford’s work, The She-Pope, is apparently being turned into a film. The basic gist of the work is that one woman managed to become pope, only to give birth to a child in public (thereby betraying her secret). Allegedly this all took place in the late 9th century. The story should be taken with…

  • Asking the Wrong Marian Questions …

    It seems as though whenever we bring up the subject of Roman Catholics worshiping Mary, someone who is a Roman Catholic will say: “Go to your local parish, and as people are leaving Mass, ask them if they worship Mary!” Their expectation, of course, is that the folks at the local parish will say that…

  • Defining "Christian" so as to Deceive Christians

    Over in the comment box of the GreenBaggins blog, Dave Armstrong asked: First of all, how could one who accepts the Nicene and Apostles’ Creed not be a Christian? I think that is something you should ask yourself.If those do not help clarify who is and who is not a Christian, what in the world…

  • What Catholic Answers Isn’t Telling You About the New Mass Translation

    Over the past few months I’ve seen a number of requests for funding from Catholic Answers to support what is billed as the “new translation” of the Order of the Mass. Some of the earlier requests seemed vague as to why this is important. The latest email claims that the issue is that the current…