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Category: Steve Ray

  • Response to Steve Ray on the Pseudographic Papyrus of Turin

    Introduction As you may recall, we recently identified a spurious quotation from Athanasius that a number of apologists for Rome had been using, including Mr. Steve Ray. Sadly, rather than correct his error and be honest with his readers, Mr. Ray has chosen to pretend the problem doesn’t exist, directing his readers, once again, to…

  • Misquoting Athanasius

    It’s very popular among Rome’s apologists today, to make claims that famous church fathers, those that “Protestants” would have heard of, held to the same views as Rome teaches today. Unfortunately for Catholicism, history is not her friend. So, while occasionally a church father or two will provide some seemingly helpful material for the apologist…

  • Airport Philosophy and Sola Scriptura

    “Life is not about the destination, it’s about the journey.” Steve Ray (a Romanist) responds to the above airport signage, with the follow: All of life is a profound journey but with very definite destinations: Heaven or Hell! If you’re on the travel through life ONLY for the thrill of the trip you’re in BIG…

  • Some Lightly Shredded Albrecht

    Mr. William Albrecht (aka GNRHead) is an apologist promoted and endorsed by Steve Ray (a lay apologist and pilgrimage tour guide who frequently appears on the “Catholic Answers” radio program). By way of background, I should point out that I am not usually this harsh in my criticism of Internet videos. I recognize that a…

  • More Effective Rosary Use

    On the same Catholic Answers Live episode (May 8, 2008), in which Steve Ray seemingly endorsed 18th Century superstitions (see my previous discussion), Mr. Ray discussed another Rosary-related topic. A caller (Willie in Fredericksburg, TX) asked: I tell somebody I’m going to say a rosary for them, and then I do, and in the process…

  • Biblical Evidence for the Veneration of Relics Ignored?

    Previously, I discussed (and rebutted) the claim that the Scriptural discussion of the transport of Joseph’s bones from Egypt to Canaan was evidence of the veneration of relics in the Old Testament (link). Now, I turn to a second favorite passage that relic-venerators tend to appeal to, as allegedly supporting their position. That passage is…

  • Christ the Unbreakable Pothook

    I have posted a new blog article at the Team Apologian blog, responding to a post by Steve Ray on Isaiah 22. (link) Since both Steve Ray and I mention Matthew Henry’s commentary on this passage, I reproduce his commentary below: ***Isa 22:15-25 (Commentary by Matthew Henry)We have here a prophecy concerning the displacing of…

  • Response to Steve Ray on Petrine Primacy

    I’ve provided a response to one of Steve Ray’s blog posts in which he suggests that there are some verses related to Peter and the Papacy that are frequently overlooked by Protestants. My response can be found here (link) at the Team Apologian blog. Another time that the Team Apologian blog has addressed Steve Ray’s…

  • Athanasius – "Homily of the Papyrus of Turin" – Pseudographic?

    I’ve noticed that several Roman Catholic apologists have relied on a writing identified by them as “Homily of the Papyrus of Turin” and attributed to Athanasius. I wonder whether this is spuria or genuine. The name of the document is not itself frightfully reassuring. It suggests attribution to Athanasius based on a single copy (probably…

  • Speculative Luther Citation Tree

    LutherGerman Original statements in “These words, ‘this is my body,’ etc.”toCochlaeus’ inaccurate gloss on a single sentence from that work.toBellarmine and Chrismann (independently of one another)with Bellarmine serving as major node, with many Catholic apologists (possibly including Gregory Martin, de Sales, and so forth) and Leibniz obtaining it from Bellarmine or from someone who relied…