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Dave's Debate Challenge
I wonder whether Dave would be willing to stipulate for the purposes of the debate that Catholicism includes: – the dogmatic denial that the impious man is justified by faith alone (Based on Trent); – the dogmatic denial that Scripture is of greater authority than any council or pope (Based on Trent and Vatican I);…
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Dave’s Debate Challenge
I wonder whether Dave would be willing to stipulate for the purposes of the debate that Catholicism includes: – the dogmatic denial that the impious man is justified by faith alone (Based on Trent); – the dogmatic denial that Scripture is of greater authority than any council or pope (Based on Trent and Vatican I);…
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Question to Lucian
Apologies to folks with a feed reader who got my misplaced post intended for the debate blog. That said, Lucian, you seem to think that Basil the Great holds similar views to you. Yet, you also seem to think that “oral tradition” was not secret. Basil, however, suggests that the oral traditions were unwritten to…
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Debate Challenge by Dave Armstrong
Dave Armstrong, a well-known Roman Catholic apologist has challenged the present author to debate the topic of “Is Catholicism Christian?” and/or “What is Christianity?” (link to challenge)I wonder what my readers (Catholic or non-Catholic) think about whether I should accept.Frankly, I’m not sure that the discussion would really qualify as a debate, because questions are…
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Request for Clarification from TheoJunkie
TheoJunkie wrote: “any utterance TODAY that attempts to institute a new rule of faith or practice is false prophecy on its face. For that would violate Sola Scriptura.” TheoJunkie was asking me to confirm my agreement (or was confirming his agreement with me – I don’t want to be stickler about the purpose of the…
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Tradition – What does it Mean?
If you have the chance to address those who seek to defend “tradition” from Scripture, you will find them appealing to Scriptures and fathers who say that the apostles passed some things on orally, rather than in writing. Let’s be clear on one thing: even if the “tradition” advocates were right that the was material…