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January 2016

January 07, 2016

Mary Mediatrix: A Biblical Explanation

Coronation of the Virgin (1490-1492), by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *...

January 07, 2016

Mary’s Immaculate Conception: A Biblical Argument

. . . from Analogy and Plausibility Immaculate Conception (c. 1618), by Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) [public...

January 06, 2016

Pitting Paul Against Peter (Pathetic, Pitiful Pedantry)

Reply to Failed Anti-Catholic Protestant Attempts to Tear Down St. Peter and His Papal Authority...

January 06, 2016

Blasphemy Against Creatures and Things

. . . Not Just Against God: A Biblical Exposition Moses Smashing the Tablets of the...

January 05, 2016

Christian Ecclesiology: Dialogue with a Mennonite

. . . Especially that of the Early Church, and the Jerusalem Council Menno Simons (1496-1561),...

January 05, 2016

Biblical Canon vs. Protestant “Sola Scriptura”

Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible; 1534 edition, from his house in Wittenberg, Germany...

January 05, 2016

Sacred / Immaculate Heart Devotions and the Bible

The Heart of Mary, by Leopold Kupelwieser (1796-1862); photographed by Diana Ringo in Peterskirche, Vienna, Austria, on 9-22-13 [Wikimedia...

January 04, 2016

Clerical Celibacy: Dialogue with John Calvin

Portrait of John Calvin (1509-1564 ) from the 16th century (unknown) [public domain / Wikimedia...

January 04, 2016

Mandatory Priestly Celibacy: New (?) Argument

Fr. Georges Lemaître (1894–1966), c. 1933: Belgian priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Catholic University...

January 03, 2016

John Wesley Believed in Prayer for the Dead

. . . (also, approval of Luther and Lutherans) Portrait of John Wesley (1788), by...

January 02, 2016

Bill Cosby: Innocent Until Proven Guilty?

. . . . The Rule of Law and Trial by Media Rather than by a...

January 01, 2016

Mary Mother of God (Theotokos): Protestant Founders Agree

. . . Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, and Bullinger Madonna of Humility (1433), by Domenico di...

January 01, 2016

“Mother of God”: Quick, Effective, Unanswerable Biblical Proof

Adoration in the Forest (c. 1459), by Filippo Lippi (1406-1469) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

Lately, I’ve Been Exceedingly Blessed (By Insults)

Gold [public domain / Pixabay] * * * * * I know; the title sounds...

December 30, 2015

My 20 Most Popular Posts for 2015

Selfie (January 2013) This is the calculation since August 2015, when I arrived at Patheos:...

December 30, 2015

Catholic Sexuality: Dialogue with an Agnostic

Romeo and Juliet (1884), by Frank Dicksee (1853-1928) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * This...

December 29, 2015

Catholic Sexuality: A “Nutshell” Explanation & Defense

Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O´Neill wedding: photo by Bengt Nyman, 8 June 2013 [Wikimedia...

December 27, 2015

Pensées (Thoughts) on Radical Catholic Reactionaries

Woe unto You, Scribes and Pharisees (bet. 1886 and 1894), by James Tissot (1836-1902) [public...

December 24, 2015

Michigan Master of Beautiful Christmas Carols: Alfred Burt

[note: many of the links may no longer work; I'm re-posting this at Patheos ten...

December 24, 2015

Myths About the Murder of the Philosopher, Hypatia

. . . and the Burning of the Library of Alexandria (Links) Detail of the...

December 23, 2015

“Patterns of Evidence: Exodus”: Superb Pop Archaeology

The Israelites Leaving Egypt (1828-1830), by David Roberts (1796-1864) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *...

December 22, 2015

John Calvin’s Objection to the Term, “Mother of God”

. . . and Anti-Catholic James Swan's Related Vapid Swipes at Catholic Apologists Adoration of the...

December 22, 2015

Shunning Unrepentant or Contentious Sinners: Biblical?

St. Paul, by Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * (4-8-13)...

December 22, 2015

Dave Armstrong’s First Six Christmas Poems (1996-2003)

Thomas Nast's drawing, "Merry Old Santa Claus", from the January 1, 1881 edition of Harper's...

December 22, 2015

“Reformation” Theft of Thousands of Catholic Churches

Looting of the Churches of Lyon by the Calvinists in 1562 (1565), by Antoine Caron...

December 21, 2015

Would Jesus Have Prohibited All Homosexual Acts?

Flight of Lot [from Sodom and Gomorrah] (1875), by Gustave Doré (1832-1883) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

December 21, 2015

Bestiality: Anti-Christian Morals Reductio ad Absurdum?

Daedalus, Pasiphae and the wooden cow. Roman fresco from the northern wall of the triclinium...

December 21, 2015

Dialogue Regarding Prayer for the Dead and the Bible

The Raising of Lazarus, by Sebastiano del Piombo (c. 1485-1547) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

December 18, 2015

Chris Ferrara vs. Pope Benedict XVI (The New Mass)

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (later, Pope Benedict XVI), on 12 May 2001. Upside-down version of photograph...

December 18, 2015

Implicit (Extra-Empirical) Faith, According to JH Newman

[purchase the above book at Amazon; also my own book of Newman quotations] * *...

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