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Scripture's Clarity Confirmed Against Smudges – 3/25
Dave Armstrong has posted a series of “25 Short Arguments on the Difficulties of Perspicuity (Clearness of Scripture for Salvation)” (link) from his book “501 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura: Is the Bible the Only Infallible Authority?” I can see that his list of arguments has received nearly a thousand views, so perhaps it makes…
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Magisterium of One: The Latest Alternative to Imprimatur from the "Catholic Champion" Site
Matthew Bellisario, the magisterium of one, has a new prohibited authors index of “modernists” and “new theologians” that he would avoid (link). Let’s peruse his list … 1) Karl Rahner co-authored with Joseph Ratzinger, received Imprimatur, Revelation and tradition 2) Henri de Lubac De la connaissance de Dieu (published with Imprimatur) Fr Federico Lombardi, S.J.,…
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Addendum to "Oral Word of God?"
In the meanwhile of my drafting the previous response to Bellisario, Messrs. Swan and Hays have already forced Bellisario to admit that there is no new revelation. Accordingly, he has attempted to rely on a yet more flimsy branch. That flimsy branch is essentially that there are oral teachings of Jesus that were not placed…
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Oral Word of God? Response to Bellisario
Matthew Bellisario (Roman Catholic) has been trying to argue with my friend Steve Hays (Reformed) over in the comment box of Beggars All Reformation (link to comment box). Bellisario’s argument, which seems to be a common “street” argument these days, boils down to this: 1) The Word of God was proclaimed orally at some past…
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Review of "Is Rome the True Church?"
Is Rome the True Church? – a consideration of the Roman Catholic claim, by Norman Geisler and Joshua Bettancourt, explores a series of questions related to Rome’s exclusive claim to be the true church. The book explores this topic by taking out several links in the chain of alleged authority. First, the book addresses the…
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Scripture's Clarity Confirmed Against Smudges – 2/25
Dave Armstrong has posted a series of “25 Short Arguments on the Difficulties of Perspicuity (Clearness of Scripture for Salvation)” (link) from his book “501 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura: Is the Bible the Only Infallible Authority?” I can see that his list of arguments has received nearly a thousand views, so perhaps it makes…
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Scripture's Clarity Confirmed Against Smudges – 1/25
Dave Armstrong has posted a series of “25 Short Arguments on the Difficulties of Perspicuity (Clearness of Scripture for Salvation)” (link) from his book “501 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura: Is the Bible the Only Infallible Authority?” I can see that his list of arguments has received nearly a thousand views, so perhaps it makes…
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Ratzinger "Led Cover-Up of Child Abuse by Priests"?
That’s the claim leveled in this article (link). Take the claim with a grain of salt – the article itself identifies the man who is now known as Benedict XVI as “Thomas Ratzinger” rather than “Joseph Ratzinger.” This, coming hard on the heels of the revelation that John Paul II practiced the pagan practice of…
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Athanasius against Scripture's Formal Sufficiency?
Sean Patrick of the Roman Catholic Called to Communion blog recently alleged that the following quotation from Athanasius demonstrates that Athanasius did not hold to the formal sufficiency of Scripture (I provide Sean’s words as well with his quotation embedded): I invite you to read this letter as a good example in context. Note how…
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Athanasian Denial of Scripture's Formal Sufficiency?
Sean Patrick of the Called to Communion blog has been providing some responses in the comment box in an earlier post (SP was primarily using the nick “Blogahon”). SP has suggested that the following quotation from Athanasius negates the idea that Athanasius held to the formal sufficiency of Scripture. SP provides the quotation in this…