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Is Mary more compassionate than Jesus? – Part I
Recently, one of my brothers in Christ asked me to confirm that Roman Catholics view Mary, practically speaking, as more compassionate than Jesus. If one does a search for the phrase “more compassionate than Jesus” one will not find a conciliar document – or probably even a papal encyclical. One will encounter certain testimonials, such…
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Did Cyprian Teach the Doctrine of Indulgences?
The answer is, of course not. There was no doctrine of Purgatory in Cyprian’s day, and consequently no doctrine of indulgences either. But occasionally Cyprian’s Epistle XIII is trotted out as evidence of indulgences in the 3rd century (example). A typical presentation of Cyprian’s words is presented thus: “Those who have received a libellus from…
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View from the Mountain Crag
The air was clear, and I could hear the bleating of sheep beneath me. On this particular day, I had sought solace for my reading on the crag of a mountain, high enough up the side that I could enjoy a cool mountain breeze. Since it was the south face of the mountain, there was…
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New Look for Debate Blog
In advance of the upcoming Sola Scriptura debate, Carrie (of “These are Written” & “Beggars All Reformation“) has provided a new banner to improve the look of the debate blog. You’ll see that it is similar in look to the banner of the blog you’re reading right now. The reason: Carrie also graciously provided the…
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1 John 3:16 "love of God" or just "love"?
As Dr. White mentioned in his radio program yesterday, the Authorized version (KJV) has “love of God,” in 1 John 3:16, where most other versions do not, and where (apparently) few Greek texts have the words. The most popular versions of the KJV place the words “of God” in italics, which is usually used to…
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1 John 3:16 "love of God" or just "love"?
As Dr. White mentioned in his radio program yesterday, the Authorized version (KJV) has “love of God,” in 1 John 3:16, where most other versions do not, and where (apparently) few Greek texts have the words. The most popular versions of the KJV place the words “of God” in italics, which is usually used to…
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Gregory Thaumaturgus – The First Homily on the Annunciation to the Holy Virgin Mary – Pseudographic?
In a previous post we investigated the possibility that a widely used quotation attributed to Athanasius may be spurious. (link) Now, at the request of my debate opponent in the upcoming Sola Scriptura debate, Mr. Bellisario, I have turned my attention to another alleged quotation about Mary. This one is by someone my average reader…
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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…
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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…
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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…