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"We Have Apostolic Tradition"- The Unofficial Catholic Apologist Commentary #10
To a certain extent I’m treading on Mr. James Swan’s toes in posting this episode to the “We Have Apostolic Tradition” series. Mr. Swan had noticed that Roman Catholic apologists often let us know how crucial it is to have an infallible magisterium and church Tradition in order to interpret the Bible correctly. With so…
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Roman Catholic Archbishop on Christ's Death
Archbishop of Freiburg, Robert Zollitsch, chairman of the Catholic bishops’ conference of Germany stated that Christ “did not die for the sins of the people as if God had provided a sacrificial offering, like a scapegoat.” (source) Now, I realize that conservative Roman Catholics may not agree with this statement (I’d be shocked if they…
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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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Vatican Editing & a Clear Conscience
I found an article complaining that the Vatican edited the remarks of the pope that were given during his recent visit to Africa (link). I was immediately reminded of this amusing clip (link). No doubt the remarks were edited for the perfectly innocent reason of reflecting “a version which represents the [pope’s] views as he…
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Reponse to Audio Clip from Steve Ray
This is my response to Steve Ray’s Audio clip that was provided with the blog post to which I responded yesterday. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQFcHHnOwMg&hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=344] Enjoy! -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Archbishop Rino Fisichella and Excommunication for Abortion
In a letter that certainly surprised me, Roman Catholic Archbishop Rino Fisichella criticized the equal application of his own church’s law in the case of a young Brazilian girl who received an abortion (link to story about letter). Apparently, Mr. Fisichella believes that excommunication should not be automatic, since he believes that the murder of…
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Response to Jay Dyer's Audio Remarks
Mr. Dyer has provided an audio response (audio – corresponding page at Dyer’s blog) to several of the comments I have provided to his critique of Calvinism. For the bigger context, including my thirteen-part series defending Calvinism from his accusations, see my index of interactions with Mr. Dyer (link). I’ve broken up the response into…
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Potential Shake-Up in American Roman Catholicism
I found interesting this news report (link) regarding a plea to the pope to do something about the fact that much of American Roman Catholicism disregards key doctrines of Catholicism. Most interesting line to me: “Vatican officials were presented with irrefutable evidence that a majority of U.S. bishops refuse to uphold key teachings of the…
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To Whom Can Roman Catholics Pray?
That is to say, is it permitted by the sources of authority of Catholicism for the members of Catholicism to pray to anyone beyond God, Mary, and the saints? For some background, James Swan has been discussing this issue at his own blog (Can you pray to whoever you want to?). Book IV, Part II,…
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"Catholic Nick" Index Page
So far, Nicholas (aka “Catholic Nick”) and I have just one debate (and it is still in progress). Nevertheless, I figure it is time to start an index page of our interactions so that it will be easy to locate our discussion. I don’t know much about Nicholas, as his website doesn’t give out much…