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Tobit – One Reason to Reject its Alleged Canonicity
The book of Tobit is told from a first person perspective by a man called “Tobit.” The book begins: “The book of the words of Tobit, son of Tobiel, the son of Ananiel, the son of Aduel, the son of Gabael, of the seed of Asael, of the tribe of Nephthali …” (Tobit 1:1). One…
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Punishment is a Deverbal Manner Verb – Response to Chris Date
In his constructive speech (in a recent debate with Joshua Whipps), Mr. Date alleged that noun “punishment” is a “deverbal result noun.” He stated: Linguists call this a deverbal result noun: a noun referring to the results of its corresponding verb. He cites no authority for this contention. The noun “punishment” is a deverbal noun,…
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John the Baptist's Bones?
A recent press report indicates that some human bones have been dated to the 1st century. The bones were found in a bone box. Oddly, the bone box also contained some animal bones, and these bones were about 400 years older than the human bones. Who knows whose bones these are. The article reports: The…
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John the Baptist’s Bones?
A recent press report indicates that some human bones have been dated to the 1st century. The bones were found in a bone box. Oddly, the bone box also contained some animal bones, and these bones were about 400 years older than the human bones. Who knows whose bones these are. The article reports: The…
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Bede – the Ark of the Covenant, a Type of Christ and the Church
As mentioned in a previous post, contrary to at least one later Pope, Bede (A.D. 672-735) identifies the Ark of the Covenant with the human nature of Jesus. The cited place I provided is not the only such place where Bede makes this identification: And the priest who touched the ark of God with ill-advised…
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Does Rome Teach a False Gospel, Let me count the ways! (1 of ?)
I was recently asked to consider debating the topic, “That the Roman Catholic Church teaches a false gospel”. I do think that Rome teaches a false gospel, but I don’t think that for just one reason. There are numerous grounds upon which we can conclude that Rome’s gospel is a false gospel. In 1301, Boniface…
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Hoffer – Real Presence and Transubstantiation
Paul Hoffer had posted some responses in our on-going dialog regarding Augustine and transubstantiation, which included the following kind of comment: Before we begin addressing errors and omissions specific to Turretinfan’s commentary on Sermon 272, I would refer the reader to Part I where I have already addressed Mr. Fan’s apparent confusion between the term…
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Antonio Lombatti – the Shroud is fake and Not Unique
The Daily Mail (caution – typical racy stories in the sidebars) has posted a story mentioning that Antonio Lombatti views the Shroud of Turin as a fake, and notes that it is not unique. He said the Turin Shroud itself – showing an image of a bearded man and venerated for centuries as Christ’s burial…
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Steve Ray's Letter Addressed
Steve Ray, pilgrimage pedlar, has posted an apparently fictional letter from “Lenny” to “Beau”: Hi Beau, you mention “that Scripture is sufficient to teach us.” There is a problem with your statement is this; it is not in the Bible. Nowhere does it say that we should follow Scripture alone “Sola Scriptura” or that it…
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Steve Ray’s Letter Addressed
Steve Ray, pilgrimage pedlar, has posted an apparently fictional letter from “Lenny” to “Beau”: Hi Beau, you mention “that Scripture is sufficient to teach us.” There is a problem with your statement is this; it is not in the Bible. Nowhere does it say that we should follow Scripture alone “Sola Scriptura” or that it…