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Old Testament Canon: Patristic Use of Isaiah 3:9-10 or Wisdom 2:12?
William Albrecht has a video titled “Patristics and Scripture:Wisdom 2:12” (link). It’s an attempt to argue for the canonicity of the book, The Wisdom of Solomon. In that video Albrecht says: The book of Wisdom, a canonical book of Scripture, was a book that was employed quite often by the early church. Wisdom is a…
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Canon Debate with William Albrecht
Yesterday, Mr. William Albrecht (Roman Catholic) and I (Reformed) debated the topic of the Canon of Scripture, specifically the question of whether the so-called Deuterocanonical books and parts of books are Scripture (link to mp3). The most interesting part of the debate, as I believe Mr. Albrecht would agree, were the four cross-examination segments immediately…
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What Catholic Answers Isn't Telling You About the New Mass Translation
Over the past few months I’ve seen a number of requests for funding from Catholic Answers to support what is billed as the “new translation” of the Order of the Mass. Some of the earlier requests seemed vague as to why this is important. The latest email claims that the issue is that the current…
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Can We Say "God Bless You" To Roman Catholics?
The subject question is one that is posed by Mr. William Albrecht’s latest video (link). The question is an interesting one. On the one hand, we certainly do wish and pray and act for the good of Roman Catholics. A substantial number of the posts on this blog of late have been directed toward Roman…
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Still Misquoting Athanasius as Steve Ray's Assistant Fails Again
This debacle began with my original article (link), continued with a first response from Ray/Albrecht (link), and now I am sad to see that rather than correct his quotation of a spurious work attributed to Athanasius, the man who Steve Ray has set forth to defend Mr. Ray’s miscitation of a spurious source (Mr. William…
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Dr. White's Humanity and Augustine on the Bodily Presence of Christ
Dr. White is human. To those of us who know and love him, this is no surprise. We realize that he is a man, just like us, and that consequently he makes mistakes. As Alexander Pope said, “To err is human, to forgive divine.” Dr. White is human and he, from time to time, errs.Recently…