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December 2016

December 06, 2016

Catholics: “SO Dogmatic About the Perpetual Virginity of Mary!”

+ Lutheran Confessional Agreement The Annunciation (1850), by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) [public domain

December 06, 2016

Mark Shea vs. “Old Pro-Life” Texas Legislators (Medicaid)

23 boys at Crumpsall Workhouse, circa 1895-1897: sent there, no doubt, by wicked conservative pro-lifers...

December 05, 2016

Perpetual Virginity of Mary: Binding Catholic Dogma

The Virgin Annunciate, by Carlo Crivelli (c. 1435-c. 1495) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***...

December 05, 2016

Was St. Louis de Montfort a Blasphemous Mariolater?

St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (1673-1716) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (2009) ***** St. Louis...

December 04, 2016

Sacramentalism: James White Proves Augustine & Luther Aren’t Christians

BLU-82 Daisy Cutter Fireball [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** Original title: "Man-Centered" Sacramentalism: The Remarkable...

December 03, 2016

Sunday Mass Obligation: Brief Explanation & Rationale

Main door of the Church of Saint George in Sopot, Poland. [Wikimedia Commons / Creative...

December 03, 2016

Sacred Heart & Immaculate Heart: Biblical Reflections

The Heart of Mary, by Leopold Kupelwieser (1796-1862) [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike...

December 02, 2016

“New” Pro-Life? Only Spiritual Revival Stops Abortion

Engraving of John Wesley preaching outside a church. Wesley was a key figure in a...

December 01, 2016

Pope Francis: Please Answer Cardinal Burke Et Al

Image by PeteLinforth [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** Regarding the present controversy between Pope...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

Jesus the Jew / Jewish Law and the New Testament

Jesus Teaches in the Synagogues, by James Tissot (1836-1902) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***...

November 30, 2016

Judaism & Christianity: Profound Closeness in the New Testament

Nicodemus and Jesus on a Rooftop (1899), by Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) [public domain / Wikimedia...

November 29, 2016

Anti-Semitism in the Church Fathers & Catholic History

Resources and Recent Catholic Repentance Dave & Judy Armstrong in the underground tunnel tour next...

November 22, 2016

“One Mediator” (1 Tim 2:5) vs. All Human Mediation?

The Preaching of St Paul at Ephesus (1649), by Eustache Le Sueur (1616-1655): St. Paul...

November 22, 2016

The Bible on Asking Dead Men to Intercede (Luke 16)

The Bad Rich Man in Hell, by James Tissot (1836-1902) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

November 20, 2016

Democrat Sore Losers, Race, & Political Unity

American Anti-Slavery Tract: 1853 [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***** Bernard Davis is a Facebook...

November 20, 2016

KKK and Kooky Kanned Karikatures of Konservatives

vs. Dr. Edwin Woodruff Tait Ku Klux Klan members burning a cross in Denver, Colorado:...

November 18, 2016

Mark Shea, Lies, Bannon / Breitbart, & the Novelty of FACTS

Steve Bannon: currently challenging President-elect Donald Trump for the coveted, prestigious honor of being "The...

November 17, 2016

Dialogue with Traditionalist “Boniface” Regarding Modernism in the Church

Venerable Pope Pius XII (r. 1939-1958) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-16-13) *** The...

November 16, 2016

Amoris Laetitia Has ALREADY Been Clarified Many Times

. . . including by high-ranking cardinals. Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke (2-22-14) [Wikimedia Commons

November 15, 2016

Luther’s Projection of His Depression & Crises Onto St. Paul

Statue of Martin Luther [public domain / Pixabay] *** (6-1-06) *** I don't maintain any...

November 15, 2016

Martin Luther: Faith Alone is NOT Lawless Antinomianism

Luther at the Diet of Worms [1521] (1877), by Anton von Werner (1843-1915) [public domain...

November 14, 2016

How Catholics View Protestants (Ecumenical Unity)

Yours truly, in my Protestant evangelical days: February 1984, doing my "Bob Dylan" routine ....

November 14, 2016

Protestants: Are They Christians, Heretics, or Both?

Original title: How Protestants Can be Brethren in Christ (Christians) and [Partial] Heretics at the...

November 09, 2016

My Successful May Predictions About the 2016 Election

[Pixabay / CC0 public domain] ***** I wrote earlier today, on my Facebook page: "I'll...

November 08, 2016

Dialogue with Deacon Steven Greydanus on Voting & Pro-Life

Photograph by Elvert Barnes at the 33rd March For Life in Washington, D.C.: 22 January...

November 03, 2016

Debate on Catholicism & Homosexuality (vs. a Lawyer)

– Photo credit: ‘Theodoranian’, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons *** This exchange came about in response...

November 02, 2016

Dialogue on 2016 Presidential Polls (Outliers, Accuracy, Etc.)

vs. Scott P. Richert [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] ***** Scott is the Catholicism expert...

October 2016

October 20, 2016

Peter the Rock: Protestant Contra-Catholic Exegetical Bias

St. Peter (1326), by Simone Martini (1285-1344) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (7-7-09) ***...

October 18, 2016

Relation of Baptism to Baptism of Desire

The Good Thief on the Cross, by Jacopo Bassano (1510-1592) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

October 18, 2016

Further Thoughts on Receiving Holy Communion in the Hand

My daughter Angelina on the day of her first Holy Communion at our beautiful church,...

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