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January 2017

January 07, 2017

“How Can God Order the Massacre of Innocents?” (Amalekites, etc.)

The Victory of Joshua over the Amorites (1625-1626), by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) [public domain

January 06, 2017

Apostolic Succession: More Biblical Arguments

Moses Appoints Joshua: illustration from Henry Davenport Northrop’s 1894 Treasures of the Bible [public domain...

January 06, 2017

Holy Orders (Ordination): The Biblical Evidence

Photo by "paterdarius" [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** (5-9-08) *** [all verses RSV] *** The...

January 06, 2017

Dialogues on Various Biblical Arguments for Apostolic Succession

+ The Catholic Role in Canonizing the Bible Christ Handing the Keys to St. Peter (1481-1482),...

January 05, 2017

My Nature-Mystic, Occultic, Practical Atheist Period (1967-1977)

Yours truly: c. March 1976: senior in high school, about a year before my evangelical...

January 05, 2017

Am I a “Protestantizing” Catholic (Formerly “Catholicizing” Protestant)?

(7-24-08) ***** This theme has come up several times. It is becoming almost a mantra:...

January 04, 2017

God “Hardening Hearts”: How Do We Interpret That?

Photo by "markus53" [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] ***** (12-18-08; expanded on 1-4-17) ***** This...

January 04, 2017

God is Immutable & Outside of Time (De Fide Dogma)

Image by JohnsonMartin [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** (1-17-09) ***** Orthodox, historic Catholic theology...

January 04, 2017

Limitations of Christ’s Knowledge? Exegetical “Difficulties” Examined

The Child Christ, by Emile Munier (1840-1895) [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] *** (4-8-11)...

January 03, 2017

Sack of Constantinople (1204) & Unknown Byzantine Atrocities

The Taking of Constantinople: 1204, by Palma Giovane (1544-1628) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (1998)...

January 03, 2017

Reply to Michael Spencer’s “Five Questions For Roman Catholics”

First Baptist Church of Ossining, New York (1874). Photograph by Daniel Case (2-9-09) [Wikimedia Commons...

January 02, 2017

Showing Graphic Abortion Photos: Justifiable & Necessary

Image by "stux" [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** (12-17-10) *** [Note from 1-2-17: Opposition...

January 02, 2017

Calvin, Zwingli, & Bullinger vs. Statues of Christ, Crucifixes, & Crosses

Iconoclasts in a church (1630), by Dirck van Delen (c. 1604-1671) [public domain / Wikimedia...

December 2016

December 30, 2016

Ten Commandments: Changed by Catholics to Uphold Idolatry?

Moses and Aaron with the Ten Commandments: Creechurch Lane Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, London (1674), painted by Aron...

December 30, 2016

Dialogue: Why Was Luther Excommunicated?

+ Luther's Expressed Obedience to the Pope's Decision Regarding His Orthodoxy Martin Luther and the...

December 29, 2016

Luther’s Inflammatory Rhetoric & the Peasants’ Revolt (1524-1525)

Title page of the Memmingen Articles of War drawn up in March 1525, during the...

December 29, 2016

Luther’s Inflammatory Rhetoric & the Peasants’ Revolt (1524-1525), Part II

Martin Luther (1526), by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]***(10-31-03) *****...

December 23, 2016

“Xmas” & the Christian “Fish”: Etymology & History

[public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (12-22-98) ***** The following was a response to an...

December 23, 2016

Orthodox Catholic Christology: A Theological Primer

Jesus: detail of the Ghent Altarpiece (1432), by Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) [public domain...

December 20, 2016

Mary Mediatrix & the Bible (vs. Dr. Robert Bowman)

The Coronation of the Virgin, by Jean Fouquet (1420-1480) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***...

December 20, 2016

Mary Mediatrix vs. Jesus Christ the Sole Mediator?

Coronation of the Virgin (1324), by Paolo Veneziano [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0...

December 16, 2016

Why Transubstantiation Isn’t Idolatry At All

Real idolatry: The Adoration of the Golden Calf (1633), by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) [public domain...

December 13, 2016

Is Pope Francis a Heretic?

Options and Respectful Speculations on the Synod on the Family, Amoris Laetitia and Practical Applications Pope...

December 12, 2016

Total Depravity & the Evil of the Non-Elect (vs. John Calvin)

Noah's Ark Cycle: 3. The Flood (1588), by Kaspar Memberger the Elder (c. 1555-1618) [public domain...

December 12, 2016

25 Biblical Passages Against Limited Atonement

Christ on the Cross (1627), by Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***...

December 09, 2016

Defense of “Our Lady of Perpetual Help” vs. Calvinists

Our Mother of Perpetual Help, a 15th Century Marian Byzantine Icon [public domain / Wikimedia...

December 08, 2016

Joy!: A Christmas Poem for My Wife Judy

Christmas 1991 (already married for seven years), with our first son Paul (then 8 months...

December 08, 2016

Immaculate Conception & Assumption: Why Defined So Late?

Assumption of Mary (c. 1650), by Juan Martin Cabezalero (1633-1673) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

December 07, 2016

James the Lord’s “Brother” (i.e., Cousin)

+ Who Wrote the Book of James? Icon: Saint James the Just [public domain

December 06, 2016

Does God Forbid ALL Contact with the Dead?

Saint Benedict in Glory (1748), by Johann Jakob Zeiller (1708-1783) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

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