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Seeking the Church through the Scriptures – the Augustinian Approach
The following quotations, all of which are drawn from Augustine’s work entitled “On the Unity of the Church,” help to show that Augustine made his appeal to the Scriptures alone. This, of course, is a striking difference from the approach suggested by many Roman Catholics today. Thanks to David King for his assistance in preparing…
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Responding to Nathan from "Called to Communion"
Over at the Roman Catholic blog Called to Communion (the link was this, though it seems to be broken at the moment), a commenter going by the name “Nathan” provided the following comment: Thus far your attempt to rebut the claims of this article seems to be simply a restatement of sola scriptura as including…
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Response to Bryan Cross at "Called to Communion"
The following is a detailed response to Bryan Cross’ comment #441 here (link to the comment) at the Roman Catholic blog, Called to Communion. Dear Bryan Cross: Thanks for your thoughtful reply to my comments. I have a few rejoinders, which I’ll try to group in some sort of organized way below – not necessarily…
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Unity or Disunity?
I recently came across the following comment: Protestant epistemology has lead to the creation of thousands upon thousands of divided Protestant sects that cannot come together and agree on a single point of doctrine. What is the source of that Protestant doctrinal chaos if it is not the doctrine of sola scriptura? Does the Baptist…
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Irenaeus on Eisegesis
Eisegesis is not something that Roman Catholicism invented. It has been around almost since the beginning, having been practiced by the Valentinians: Such, then, is their system, which neither the prophets announced, nor the Lord taught, nor the apostles delivered, but of which they boast that beyond all others they have a perfect knowledge. They…
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Perspicuity of Scripture Contra Bellisario – Part 7
I’m responding to a post from Mr. Matthew Bellisario (see my first post for the introduction). In this post, I address Mr. Bellisario’s response to my quotation from Hilary of Poitiers. Mr. Bellisario has put my words in italics, and I have attempted to reproduce them as he provided them, within the quotation box below.…
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Perspicuity of Scripture Contra Bellisario – Part 4
I’m responding to a post from Mr. Matthew Bellisario (see my first post for the introduction). In this post, I address Mr. Bellisario’s response to my quotation from Irenaeus. Mr. Bellisario has put my words in italics, and I have attempted to reproduce them as he provided them, within the quotation box below. His own…
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Perspicuity of Scripture Contra Bellisario – Part 3
I’m responding to a post from Mr. Matthew Bellisario (see my first post for the introduction). In this post, I address Mr. Bellisario’s response to my quotation from Justin Martyr. Mr. Bellisario has put my words in italics, and I have attempted to reproduce them as he provided them, within the quotation box below. His…
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Blueprint for Reliability Following the Lord’s Example
Gennadius (died about A.D. 496) on James of Nisibis (aka “the Wise”) (died after A.D. 350): “He composed also a Chronicle of little interest indeed to the Greeks, but of great reliability in that it is constructed only on the authority of the Divine Scriptures.” (Gennadius, Supplement to Jerome’s Illustrious Men, Chapter 1) Gennadius (died…
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Perspicuity of Scripture Contra Bellisario – Part 2
I’m responding to a post from Mr. Matthew Bellisario (see my first post for the introduction). In this post, I address Mr. Bellisario’s response to my quotation from Cyril of Jerusalem. Mr. Bellisario has put my words in italics, and I have attempted to reproduce them as he provided them, within the quotation box below.…