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Clarifying the Rebuttal to the Necessity Argument for the Papacy
Scott Alt has posted a response to my earlier post, which mentioned the fact that the papacy is not necessary. Mr. Alt’s primary error is confusing a rebuttal argument and a positive argument. Mr. Alt misunderstood my post as something like the following argument: 1) If something is not necessary, it is not true; 2)…
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God "has chosen to teach [orthodoxy and orthopraxy] by the Holy Scriptures" – A Hippolytian Response to Mr. Alt
Mr. Scott Alt was kind enough to respond to the recent Dividing Line episode (and associated post) in which Dr. White and I responded to his previous set of questions. Unfortunately, there is very limited interaction with any of the substance of points we raised. In fact, I will skip over Section I of his…
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Responding to Scott Alt Regarding Sola Scriptura
Scott Alt recently posted “Questions for a Reformed Apologist.” Dr. White and I (TurretinFan) responded on the Dividing Line, but the following provide some additional notes. Mr. Alt begins by providing a quotation from Benedict XVI that he thinks sounds supportive of Sola Scriptura, taken by itself out of context. If I were going to…