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Aquinas: Rule of Faith ("sola canonica scriptura est regula fidei")
Thomas Aquinas’ expression, “sola canonica scriptura est regula fidei” at first glance sounds a lot like the Reformation maxim that the rule of faith is only the canonical scripture. Here’s an English translation of the relevant portion: It should be noted that though many might write concerning Catholic truth, there is this difference that those…
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Mountain Cast Into Sea
One of the more challenging sayings of Jesus relates to prayers that a mountain be cast into the sea. The expression of a mountain being cast into the sea is sometimes presented by teachers as though God were saying that if someone prayed in faith, God would toss any old mountain into the sea, much…
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Aquinas and the Formal Sufficiency of Scripture
I’ve previously noted Aquinas’ apparent [FN1] view of the primacy of Scripture (link) as well as other comments from Aquinas on themes generally related to Sola Scriptura (link). The following quotation, however, comes close to expressing not only the material sufficiency of Scripture, but also the formal sufficiency of Scripture. Thus in Holy Writ no…
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A Reformed Baptist Response to the Manhattan Declaration
It’s a bit long, but an enjoyable 45 minutes of Reformed Baptist response to the Manhattan Declaration: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN2daLG3og8&hl=en_US&fs=1&] – TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Did Mohammed Recognize that the Messiah was God?
Here’s an interesting question, was there ever a time when Mohammed recognized that the Jesus was the Messiah, God incarnate? Someone recently suggested to me that the following is evidence for this position. Sahih Bukhari Hadith, Volume 4, Book 55, Number 649: Narrated Abdullah: The Prophet mentioned the Massiah Ad-Dajjal in front of the people…
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Because Morality Changes over 800 Years …
That must be why we see responses like this (link to response) from Roman Catholic human being Mark Shea. Of course! How could we be so dim! Christifideles Laici overrules 800 years of tradition, and the moral basis underlying the canonical provisions we previously identified (link). But wait, does Christifideles Laici actually contradict those earlier…
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The Bronx Declaration
The Manhattan Declaration got bogged down with a bunch of irrelevant stuff. Here’s an alternative, the Bronx (another part of New York City, for those wondering what Bronx has to do with anything) Declaration: (1) Two men can’t marry one another, no matter how strongly they wish otherwise. That’s because marriage is between a man…
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Lay Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Apologists – Care to Explain?
If you are a lay Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox apologist, perhaps you’d care to explain why the following are not relevant to you: Pope Alexander IV (1254-1261) in “Sextus Decretalium”, Lib. V, c. ii: We furthermore forbid any lay person to engage in dispute, either private or public, concerning the Catholic Faith. Whosoever shall…
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Mahershalalhashbaz and Immanuel
Mahershalalhashbaz has a name that is quite a handful. Recently, my attention was brought to a claim that Mahershalalhashbaz was the one and only fulfillment of the prophecy in Isaiah 7:14, “… a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel … .” The claim that Mahershalalhashbaz is the one…
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David's Relationship to God
Vox Veritatis has some thoughts on the problems with the English expression “Mother of God.” (link to comments) Of course, there is an orthodox sense to the term (the orthodox sense is that Mary was the mother of Jesus, who is God incarnate), but the resultant expression is awkward at best. The only argument for…