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Epiphanius Against the Worship of Mary in Panarion 79 – A Response to William Albrecht
In our recent debate on the Bodily Assumption of Mary, William made an anachronistic claim regarding Epiphanius’ objection to the veneration of Mary. More specifically, he offers an anachronistic recategorization of the veneration of Mary that is not supported by the text of Epiphanius’ Panarion 79: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esiU1Ls7ZCk?si=lNYKj6RvnilF4qns&clip=UgkxkL2KGGoeocbEnv2r-XUVOgSRyr08cgEK&clipt=EI7T-QEY_-H8AQ] A side-by-side comparison of the English…
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Wishful Exegesis – Jephthah's Daughter and Mary Example
There was a rather glaring error repeated over and over again in the recent debate on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary. I don’t think it was a lie: I think the debaters believed their own book, which makes the same mistake over and over. The error arises from the hermeneutical principle of wishful exegesis. Many…
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Benedetto Plazza's Help(?) in the Immaculate Conception Debate
In Mr. Albrecht’s debate with Tony Costa on the immaculate conception, Mr. Albrecht raised a question as to the popes who denied the immaculate conception during one of the cross-examinations. Tony pointed to Schaff, who in turn pointed to Launoy. Mr. Albrecht followed up by asking if Tony had a citation to where John XXII…
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"Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma" by Ludwig Ott regarding the Immaculate Conception
In “Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma,” Ludwig Ott describes the historical development of the dogma (link to starting page of discussion). Ott traces the dogma back to Eadmer, a twelfth century British monk. Shortly thereafter, Ott tells us that Bernard of Clairvaux “warned the faithful that this was an unfounded innovation, and taught that Mary was…
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Pre-Responding to the "Immaculate" => "Immaculate Conception" Argument
It’s hard to know exactly how Mr. Albrecht intends to defend against the fact that so many popes taught contrary to the dogma of the immaculate conception before its definition in the 19th century. In a previous post, I discussed the specific arguments I expect to hear from Albrecht about certain contra-IC quotations, but Albrecht…
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Pre-Responding to William Albrecht's Position on Popes Leo and Innocent
It’s sometimes hard to pin down one’s debate opponent before the debate, as not everyone has published extensively on a given topic. Thankfully, in a recent debate with an Orthodox opponent, William Albrecht was questioned about the writings of a couple of popes in the list of popes that we hope to discuss in our…