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Jeeves' Job
Steve Hays at Triablogue has a provocative post that lures in his readers (while ruffling their feathers) with this opening line: “Watching Catholic laymen defend Catholicism is like watching a dutiful butler put his drunken master to bed.” (link) Since some of my most thoughtful readers (whose comments I much appreciate, even when I do…
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Rebuttals to Armstrong's Ten-Step Program Against Sola Scriptura
Today, someone directed me to an article by Dave Armstrong entitled: “A Quick Ten-Step Refutation of Sola Scriptura.” (link to article) I’ll provide his points, and the brief rebuttal: 1. Sola Scriptura Is Not Taught in the Bible The briefest rebuttal is to simply respond: yes, it is taught in the Bible. Mr. Armstrong should…
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Where's the Catholic Church?
Richard (aka “Mary’s Son”) provides us with an example of two logical fallacies in one (source): Richard writes: “You can say Roman all you want to try to confuse the term Catholic; but go out on any street in the world and ask for directions to the nearest Catholic church: you’re not going to end…
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Two Reasons I'm not a Romanist
Because (1) you can do everything Rome tells you to do and still perish, and (2) the religion of Rome makes no promise to be the unique way to heaven. (link) Now, obviously, these are not the traditional doctrines (pre-Vatican II), but I don’t think I could be a Sedavacantist for other reasons. Warning: the…
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What's Not to Like?
At Dave Armstrong’s blog, a post entitled: “Why is the Catholic Church so Hated?” caught my eye (to give you some background, Dave Armstrong is himself a papist). The format of the post is as follows: 1) A “Presbyterian” woman makes a claim that she sees a lot of “hatred” for “the Catholic Church.” 2)…
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2 Thessalonians 2:15 – Responding to "Orthodox"'s Counter-Objections
One reader of the blog, “Orthodox,” has provided some counter-objections to the rebuttals I’ve presented so far on the abuse of 2 Thessalonians 2:15. I think “Orthodox” is a bit confused, as some of his objections have already been answered in earlier posts. For example, “Orthodox” seems to think that he can use a verse…
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Swan's Response to Michuta on the Canon
James Swan has provided a two part response to a portion of Gary Michuta’s recent book on the canon. If the subject, and particularly it’s relation to Luther, interests you, you should check out his detailed comments: (part 1)(part 2) -Turretinfan To God be the Glory!
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Just for the Record on Reformed Catholicism
As this Catholic blogger (Mark Shea, apparently) points out, “Reformed Catholicism,” is not Catholic, but for the record, it’s also not Reformed – it’s simply out there. It seems highly sympathetic to the Federal Vision and the CREC, which are, as at least one writer pointed out, not Reformed at all. Also, this means that…
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The Pope's Alleged Heresies
This website (link) catalogues 101 alleged heresies of Benedict XVI. Now, obviously, the RCC does not teach that popes are perfect. I wonder, though, whether any supporter of Ben16 has taken the time to debunk the list above, which – at first glance – appears to be documented with evidence from various sources. The list…
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Response to Dave's "Debate/Informal Discussion" Offer
I) Whereas at sundry times, mostly recently, 1) Dave Wrote: “Tyhe debate ain’t about justification, but about why anti-Catholics think Catholicism ain’t Christian.” (all errors/irregularities in original) [But of course the issue of justification is central to Christianity proper.] 2) And again: “I will resist all attempts to pigeonhole this into yet another Reformed preaching…