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Veneration of Images Debate with William Albrecht
On December 2, 2010, William Albrecht and I debated the topic: “Is the Veneration of Images Sinful?” I took the affirmative position and Mr. Albrecht took the negative position. Below I’ve provided the Youtube version and mp3 of the debate, as well as some very important notes. (link to mp3 for the debate) I relied…
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Rome's Meaningless Claim to "Unbroken Chain" Of Succession
The following is an example of Rome’s claim of “unbroken succession” – provided by pope John Paul II: Nevertheless, the Roman Pontiffs have exercised their authority in Rome and, according to the conditions and opportunities of the times, have done so in wider and even universal areas, by virtue of their succeeding Peter. Written documents…
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Rome’s Meaningless Claim to "Unbroken Chain" Of Succession
The following is an example of Rome’s claim of “unbroken succession” – provided by pope John Paul II: Nevertheless, the Roman Pontiffs have exercised their authority in Rome and, according to the conditions and opportunities of the times, have done so in wider and even universal areas, by virtue of their succeeding Peter. Written documents…
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False Dichotomy Between Infallible Church and "Subjective, Individualistic" Conclusions
Over at the GreenBaggins blog, in a comment box, Roman Catholic Bryan Cross wrote: If we deny that the Church has such a gift [a gift (or charism) of infallibility in matters of faith and morals], then we are left with a subjective, individualistic, “changes hearts” criterion of canonicity, and such a subjective criterion is,…
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False Dichotomy Between Infallible Church and "Subjective, Individualistic" Conclusions
Over at the GreenBaggins blog, in a comment box, Roman Catholic Bryan Cross wrote: If we deny that the Church has such a gift [a gift (or charism) of infallibility in matters of faith and morals], then we are left with a subjective, individualistic, “changes hearts” criterion of canonicity, and such a subjective criterion is,…
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Pre-Reformation Views of the Antichrist
Ever wonder what people thought about the Antichrist before Luther came along and pounded on the chapel door at Wittenberg? The following is a table extracted (with kind permission of Pastor Grassley) from a longer pdf document available at the link (link). I have not independently verified this information. Date Name Reference Interpretation c. 1310…
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Can God Have Mercy on Whom He Wishes?
One of the alleged errors condemned by Rome is this: “All whom God wishes to save through Christ, are infallibly saved.” (see discussion here) But Scripture says: John 6:39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it…
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Rejecting the Truth with Clement XI
Some of Rome’s rejections of Scriptural truth are more clear than others. One particularly clear set of examples comes from the dogmatic Constitution, “Unigenitus,”dated Sept. 8, 1713, and authorized by Clement XI. I’ve previously posted a full list of the 101 “errors” condemned (link to full list). There many alleged errors identified. I’ve taken the…
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Alleged Errors of Paschasius Quesnel
The following document contains excerpts from Denzinger’s Sources of Catholic Dogma (first part)(second part). The first number is the number from Denzinger’s English translation, the second number is the number of the identified “error” in the document. Errors of Paschasius Quesnel [Condemned in the dogmatic Constitution, “Unigenitus,”Sept. 8, 1713] 1351 (Sec. 3) 1. What else…
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Formal Sufficiency of Scripture: Fourth Century Fathers (Guest Series)
Formal Sufficiency of ScriptureStated and Examined from Scripture and the Fathers, with scholarly confirmation regarding the Fathers’ views. We began by explaining the nature of formal sufficiency (i.e. the Reformed view) in an introduction section (link). After that we explored Scripture’s own testimony to its sufficiency (link). We could rightly have stopped the series there,…