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Long on Fallacies – Short on Rebuttal
Mr. Bellisario (editor of Catholic Champion) has provided a response (link) to my earlier article (link) exposing the errors in his video (link). Logical Fallacies a) Ad Hominem MB describes me as “the man who is afraid to use his real name.” This is about the only ad hominem that can be applied to an…
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An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 02
An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 02 Some folks seem to find relying on councils a comfort. For these folks, there are some inconvenient facts that they must face. This post is the second in what, Lord willing, will be a multi-part series. Council of Trent (1545 to 1563) – Not Prior to the Reformation…
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An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 01
An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 01 Some folks seem to find relying on councils a comfort. For these folks, there are some inconvenient facts that they must face. This post is the first in what, Lord willing, will be a multi-part series. Council of Elvira (306) This fourth century Spanish council, attended by around…
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Tabernacles before 12th Century?
Mr. Bellisario, in a video posted to YouTube, has noted Dr. White’s comment that even a Catholic Encyclopedia acknowledges that the practice of having a “tabernacle” for the consecrated host emerged in the 12th century. Mr. Bellisario states, “I noticed James White getting all his information from the Catholic Encyclopedia and using that as a…
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Cory Tucholski vs. Matthew Bellisario
I was interested to note that Cory Tucholski has provided a response to Mr. Bellisario with respect to the issue of Mary and her innovated and blasphemous title of co-redemptrix (link). Interestingly, I myself plan to provide a rseponse to Mr. Bellisario on another topic tomorrow (stay tuned). Meanwhile, I’m engaging in a long term…
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Experimental Religion
Experimental religion is an easily misunderstood concept. It does not mean that we learn religion in a laboratory. Instead, it means that Christianity is a lived religion. Sherman Isbell has a pair of excellent addresses on this topic from the 2008 Free Church Conference. Both are available from SermonAudio.com, which – for some features –…
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Parody of I will Survive – Humor Alert
This is humor. Don’t draw theological conclusions that may be unintended from what amounts, in some instances, to forcing words to fit the rough meter of the song. Parody. To the tune of Gloria Gaynor’s, “I will Survive.” First I was afraidI was PetrifiedKept thinking I could never livewithout an infallible guideBut I spent so…
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Edwards on the Trinity
I enjoyed reading Paul Helm’s recent blog article at Helm’s Deep on Edwards on the Trinity (link). Prof. Helm defends Edwards from various charges of Heterodoxy in the course of the article. Naturally, as one of the standards for Reformed orthodoxy, Helm and Edwards’ critic both refer to Turretin (with Helm placing Turretin in context).…
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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…
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The real Turretin on: Old Testament Salvation
JetBrane at Iron Ink has a nice post providing a quotation from the real Francis Turretin on the topic of the salvation of believers in the Old Testament (link). Although their temporal relationship to the true atonement was different than ours, Old Testament saints were saved the same way that we, New Testament saints, are.…