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Maximus the Roman Catholic Confessor?
My friend James Swan posted a short article describing Maximus the Confessor’s view of Rome’s authority. Matthew Bellisario at the Catholic Champion has now posted a response. The material provided by my friend, Mr. Swan, was as follows: 7. They said to him, “And what will you do if the Romans unite with the Byzantines?…
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Does Allah Preserve His Words?
Since I am on James White’s blogging team, and am friends with him, I was sure to carefully read an article posted with the alarming title, “Exposing James White’s Deceit and Ignorance of Islamic Scripture,” from the “Calling Christians” website. The title wasn’t supported by the body of the piece. “Deceit and Ignorance” turned out…
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Unto What Shall We Liken the Roman Hermeneutic?
Rome insists that she is an authentic interpreter of Scripture. We can easily provide an example, within a document defining a dogma, of Rome making a clear blunder. But let’s leave that aside for a second, and consider the effect of Rome’s claims on a conversation. Christian: We should reject Marian devotion because the Bible…
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How Many Mediators?
The Vatican Information Service reports (3 February 2012), referring to Benedict XVI: In conclusion he quoted some words of Blessed John Paul II, calling on the Virgin Mary to intercede with the Lord, so that “all who have received the gift of following Him in consecrated life may be enabled to bear witness to that…
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Disintegration of Families …
James Jordan has a new post in which he criticizes churches where families sit together for worship (a practice that has at least hundreds of years of practice in the Americas). He claims: The simple fact is that for 2000 years, the Holy Spirit moved the church to have men and women sitting separately during…
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Whom Should We Invoke? How do we Get Spiritual Water?
As reported today (30 January 2012) by the Vatican Information Service, Benedict XVI is reported yesterday to have stated: Let us trustingly invoke Most Holy Mary that she may guide our hearts always to draw from the well of divine mercy, which liberates and heals our human condition, filling it with all grace and benevolence,…
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Love Jesus – Not the Cross?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQAn3VSz7uA] So you say you love Jesus but not the crossYou think Christians are wrong and Allah’s bossDid Jesus say he’s God? You think certainly not.But there’s a few things you seem to’ve forgot. You see, Jesus was asked by the PhariseeAbout Abraham How it could be – How could he see? When he…
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Christian Liberty, the Roman Communion, and Inerrancy
As Christians, we have a lot of liberty. We can eat meat or abstain from eating it. We can drink or abstain from drinking. Moreover, in things about which Scripture has nothing to say, we have the Christian liberty to have a variety of opinions. In theory, Rome’s communion has a similar policy. They have…
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Discussing the Bible with Roman Catholics
John Lollard (which I presume is a psuedonym) has provided the following dialogue between a hypothetical truthseeker and a Roman Catholic: Roman Catholic (RC): “Here, this book came from God. Read it and believe it.” Truth Seeker (TS): “Okay! Hey, this book says X is true.” RC: “What? Give me that!” TS: “Right there, ‘X…
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To Whom Should we Entrust Baptized Infants?
I realize a lot of my friends who read my blog are baptists. For the sake of discussion, assume with me that infants of believers are to be baptized. Benedict XVI recently baptized XVI babies in the Sistine chapel. Vatican Information Service (VIS) reports (January 9, 2012) that: The Pope concluded by entrusting the newly…