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The "One Visible Church" Argument – Response to Bryan Cross
The “Called to Communion” blog has posted a roundup of their previous posts that allegedly provide a positive case for the papacy. Within that round-up, the leading section is entitled, “Christ founded a visible Church and Magisterium.” The first post of that section is entitled, “That Christ founded a visible Church.” The first argument of…
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Sola Scriptura and Unity Debate
(UPDATE: the audio issues seem to be fixed – you may need to refresh your browser if you tried to view previously) The debate below took place April 10, 2010, between William Albrecht (Roman Catholic) and myself. The resolution was: “Does Sola Scriptura foster disunity and division in the [Christian] body?” This resolution was originally…
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Unity vs. Disunity – Round 2
Dr. White has responded (link to Dr. White’s response) to some comments found at a Roman Catholic blog (link to source of comments). Dr. White points out that Reformed Baptists worldwide are far more unified than Roman Catholics. He’s right, of course. But he could have taken the matter further. He’s being far too fair…
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Catholicism Not a Good Predictor of Convictions
This article, put out by the secular press, highlights a point I have made repeatedly on this blog: there is a great lack of unity of conviction among Roman Catholics (link). Key quotation: But scholars of religion and the Supreme Court also say that the court’s Catholics have spanned the ideological spectrum, from William J.…
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Bellisario vs Portuguese Bishops – An Audio/Video Response
Bellisario has tried to respond to my previous post (link to Bellisario, link to my previous post). I now respond by video (just audio, but with a mostly unrelated slideshow on top of it). This video discusses the fact that Catholicism cannot provide unity on issues like contraception. We sometimes hear claims that Catholicism’s magisterium…
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Thomas Smythe on Church Harmony
The Virginia Huguenot has provided a list of 12 ways to enhance the harmony of one’s church, taken from the great Southern Presbyterian, Thomas Smythe (link). It’s rich in Scriptural truth, and promotes the peace and unity of the body. An excellent preventative medicine for every generation. Enjoy! -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Not Because of Sola Scriptura
This ultra-traditional (not a technical term) sect of Catholicism is effectively its own denomination (link). They would claim, I believe, to be “Catholic” and they claim that the real pope is locked up in a Vatican dungeon, so they cannot really be called Sedavacantists. The folks out there who have been trying to wield the…
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Team Apologian
As many of my blog readers already know, I’ve been inducted as a member of the Team Apologian at the blog of Alpha & Omega Ministries. I look forward to doing my best to try to contribute to that blog. At the same time, I think it worthwhile to provide a couple of caveats. a)…
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Response to Armstrong’s Historical Revisionism
In a post today, Dave Armstrong claims: “And Protestants continue to argue that folks can disagree on the “secondary” issues and still have unity. Nuh-uh. That ain’t a biblical view. The original Protestants didn’t argue this way at all. They felt that they had spiritual and theological truth and fought for it. It’s only when…
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Unity, Liberty, and Charity – Who said it first?
Introduction I happened to be reading LP Cruz’s blog today, and noticed an article in which he ascribed to “a 17th century Lutheran pastor” the famous saying, “In the essentials, unity, in the non-essentials, liberty, and in all things, Charity,” or something to that effect. It seems like sound-thinking and appeals to our softer side;…