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February 2017

February 17, 2017

“Armstrong vs. Geisler” #1: Purgatory (Mt 12:32)

Photograph by "jclk8888" (7-7-13) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] ***** [This is the first installment...

February 16, 2017

Catholics & the Historicity of Jonah the Prophet

Jonah Is Spewed Forth by the Whale (Jon. 2:1-11), 1866, by Gustave Doré (1832-1883) [public domain...

February 16, 2017

“Moses’ Seat” & Jesus vs. Sola Scriptura (vs. James White)

The Pharisees and the Sadducees Come to Tempt Jesus, by James Tissot (1836-1902) [public domain...

February 15, 2017

Levites & Old Covenant System vs. Sola Scriptura

Moses and the Brazen Serpent (1640), by Adriaen van Nieulandt (c. 1586-1658) [public domain / Wikimedia...

February 14, 2017

Sola Scriptura is Self-Defeating & False if Not in the Bible

vs. Kevin Johnson A diagram of how arms form in spiral galaxies. Authors: User:Dbenbenn / User:Mysid...

February 14, 2017

Sola Scriptura, the Old Testament, & Ancient Jewish Practice

Ezra Reads the Law to the People (Neh. 8:1-12), by Gustave Doré (1832-1883) [public domain

February 13, 2017

Defense of Bishop Barron (Rubin Interview)

Did He Do Anything Wrong? Was it a Missed Opportunity (Particularly Regarding the "Gay Marriage"...

February 13, 2017

“Hated by All”, Catholic Evangelism, & the Fullness of Truth

Is it Possible for an Orthodox, Morally Traditional Catholic, Who Shares the "Unabridged" Catholic Message,...

February 10, 2017

Defense of 2nd Ecumenical Gathering at Assisi (Mark Shea)

President and Mrs. Reagan meet Pope St. John Paul II, The Vatican, 1982. [public domain...

February 10, 2017

Ecumenical Gatherings at Assisi: A Defense (Fr. Alfredo M. Morselli)

Ecumenism in St. Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas, by Fra Bartolomeo (1472-1517) [public domain / Wikimedia...

February 09, 2017

Why I Returned to the Catholic Church (Al Kresta)

. . . Including a Searching Examination of Various Flaws and Errors in the Protestant...

February 09, 2017

Immaculate Heart of Mary & Mary Mediatrix (Excessive Devotions?)

Explanations Especially for New Converts to the Catholic Faith The Coronation of the Virgin (c....

February 08, 2017

Bible & Tradition Issues: Reply to a “Bible Christian” Inquirer

. . . Particularly St. Augustine's Position Portrait of St. Augustine (c. 1480) by Sandro Botticelli...

February 08, 2017

Dialogue on “Tradition” in the NT (vs. Dr. Eric Svendsen)

A lovely visual of biblical "tradition": Torah scrolls at Middle Street Synagogue, Brighton, England. Photograph...

February 07, 2017

Erasmus’ “Hyperaspistes” (1526): Luther’s Dissembling, Arrogance, Polemics, Etc.

Desiderius Erasmus (1466/1469-1536); portrait (1523) by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/1498-1543) [public domain / Wikimedia...

February 07, 2017

Erasmus’ “Hyperaspistes” (1526): Sola Scriptura & Perspicuity of Scripture

Desiderius Erasmus (1466/1469-1536); portrait (1523) by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/1498-1543) [public domain / Wikimedia...

February 06, 2017

Erasmus’ “Hyperaspistes” (1526): Excoriation of Luther’s Personal Insults

Desiderius Erasmus (1466/1469-1536); portrait (1523) by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/1498-1543) [public domain / Wikimedia...

February 06, 2017

Erasmus’ “Hyperaspistes” (1526): Luther’s Anti-Traditional Elements

Desiderius Erasmus (1466/1469-1536); portrait (1523) by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/1498-1543) [public domain / Wikimedia...

February 04, 2017

Dialogue w Calvinist Re: Falling from Grace or Salvation

John Calvin (anonymous: 1550s) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (7-28-09) *** Calvinist "Michael" commented...

February 03, 2017

Erasmus’ “Hyperaspistes” (1526): Luther’s Extreme Dogmatism

Desiderius Erasmus (1466/1469-1536); portrait (1523) by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/1498-1543) [public domain / Wikimedia...

February 03, 2017

Can a Pope be a Heretic or Authoritatively Declare Heresy?

Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X (1953), by Francis Bacon (1909-1992) [Flickr

February 02, 2017

Holy Scripture: Honor and Respect Political Rulers

Trial of the Apostle Paul (1875), by Nikolai Kornilievich Bodarevsky (1850-1921) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

February 02, 2017

Luther’s Insults of Erasmus in “Bondage of the Will” & “Table-Talk”

Desiderius Erasmus (1466/1469-1536); portrait (1523) by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/1498-1543) [public domain / Wikimedia...

February 02, 2017

Erasmus-Luther Correspondence: 1517 to 1534

Desiderius Erasmus (1466/1469-1536); portrait (1523) by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/1498-1543) [public domain / Wikimedia...

February 01, 2017

Christianity, Sarcasm, Satire, Irony, Jesus & Paul

Sir Thomas More (1527), by Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497 - 1543) [public domain...

February 01, 2017

Simcha Fisher, Swearing, St. Paul, & Evangelizing

St Paul Preaching in Athens (1515), by Raphael (1483-1520) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *****...

January 2017

January 29, 2017

The Catholic “Third Way” in Socio-Political Thought

Reflections on the "Great American Mush God" of Civil Religion and Morality Our Banner in...

January 26, 2017

Romans 9: Plausible Non-Calvinist Interpretation

Meeting between Esau and Jacob, by Giovanni Maria Bottalla (1613-1644) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (4-22-10)...

January 26, 2017

Bible vs. Double Predestination (No Reprobate Parallels)

The Great Day of His Wrath (c. 1851), by John Martin (1789-1854) [public domain

January 25, 2017

The Stupidity and Idiocy of the Devil (Dialogue)

Photograph by AndreasHolzner (12-21-14) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** The following is an exchange...

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