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May 2019

May 23, 2019

GOP & Pro-Life Supreme Court Justices: Revisiting the Facts

[I was replying to a Catholic leftish Never Trumper, a month before the 2016 presidential...

May 22, 2019

Nuclear Bombing of Japan vs. Just War Ethics (Part II)

[see Part One] Wikipedia: "Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki," is a great resource to further study...

May 22, 2019

Nuclear Bombings of Japan: Justified by “Double Effect”?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki fail the Catholic test of "double effect" because they involved the killing...

May 21, 2019

Were the Waldenses a Species of Primitive “Protestants?”

There is a strain of Protestant thought -- most notably the "Landmark" Baptists -- which...

May 21, 2019

Thoughts on Fr. Jonathan Morris’ Laicization Request

Deacon Greg Kandra, fellow blogger on the Catholic Channel on Patheos, has written twice on...

May 20, 2019

Mary’s Immaculate Conception: Dialogue w Episcopalian

Kim Bishop is a member of the Charismatic Episcopal Church. This discussion came about on...

May 20, 2019

Transubstantiation: A Philosophical & Rational Defense

From my book, A Biblical Defense of Catholicism, completed in 1996 and published by Sophia...

May 19, 2019

Debate: Do Liberal Social Policies Lessen Abortion & Poverty?

I started out by posting the article, "Hillary Clinton to Receive Planned Parenthood's 'Champion of...

May 19, 2019

“Pro-Choice” / “Anti-Abortion” & Inaccurate Definitions

The following exchange took place with a fellow Christian and pro-lifer, in the context of...

May 17, 2019

Our Merit is Based on Our Response to God’s Grace

From my book: Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths (2009): available for only $2.99 as an e-book. All...

May 17, 2019

Infallible Individuals: Scriptural Examples & Analogies

From my book: Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths (2009): available for only $2.99 as an...

May 16, 2019

Catholic Social Teaching & Myself: Brief Clarification

[initially a reaction to criticisms made by those of various political persuasions, on my Facebook...

May 16, 2019

Dialogue: Racism, Republicans, Logic, and Liberals

This is a follow-up discussion, from yesterday's Dialogue: Pro-Life White Guys & Anti-Southern Prejudice. That dialogue...

May 15, 2019

Dialogue: Pro-Life White Guys & Anti-Southern Prejudice

This occurred on my Facebook page, underneath a New York Times article about Roe v....

May 14, 2019

Pascal, Kreeft, & Kierkegaard on Persuasion & Apologetics

From Peter Kreeft's book: Christianity For Modern Pagans: Pascal's Pensees, San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1993. * For...

May 14, 2019

Calvinist Origin of Luther’s (?) “Snow-Covered Dunghill”?

In 2005 I wrote the fairly exhaustive article, Luther’s “Snow-Covered Dunghill” (Myth?). I could not...

May 13, 2019

Salvation: By Grace Alone, Not Faith Alone or Works

[from my 2013 book, pictured above (see purchase & general information); available in Spanish and...

May 13, 2019

Baptism of Entire Households in the NT (Infant Baptism)

[from my 2004 book, pictured above (see purchase and other information), pp. 97-102] ***** Acts...

May 10, 2019

Dialogue: Christian Witness, Trump, & Prudential Voting

Words of my friend, Deacon Steven D. Greydanus will be in blue. This occurred spontaneously...

May 10, 2019

Papal Critics Concede: No Proof of Canonical Papal Heresy

Let's cut to the quick. The bottom-line questions at hand are: 1) Is Pope Francis...

May 09, 2019

Ecclesiological Errors of “Easter Letter” Reactionaries Summed Up

That is, Ones Not Specifically Related to Pope Francis: Especially Vatican II as the Big...

May 09, 2019

Calvin’s Self-Contradictory Trashing of Monasticism

I only wished to show, by the way, what kind of monks the early Church...

May 09, 2019

Melanchthon Flaws Verified By Biographer Manschreck

Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) was Martin Luther's best friend and successor as the leader of early Lutheranism....

May 08, 2019

Martin Luther’s (“Catholic”) Mariology in a Nutshell

1. He vigorously defended the use of the title Theotokos ["Mother of God"] 2. He...

May 08, 2019

Luther & the Deuterocanon (So-Called “Apocrypha”)

I looked through virtually every reference to deuterocanonical citations in the Index to Luther's Works (vol....

May 07, 2019

Jesus, Dylan, & Paul on the Disposing of Loved Ones

I Don't Believe You (Bob Dylan, 1964; excerpts) . . . I wish she'd unlock her...

May 07, 2019

Reply to Protestant Difficulties Regarding Papal Infallibility

Popes can err if they are not talking in the limited circumstances in which we...

May 06, 2019

Did God Immorally “Murder” King David’s Innocent Child?

God's Providence and Permissive Will, and Hebrew Non-Literal Anthropomorphism 2 Samuel 12:9, 13-15, 18 (RSV) Why...

May 06, 2019

Reactionary Signees of Easter “Heresy” Letter (13 of 19)

This article scrutinizes two-thirds of the signatories of the latest controversial (and in my opinion,...

May 05, 2019

Fr. George Rutler’s Shameful Ad Hominem Against Jimmy Akin

Fr. George W. Rutler's words will be in blue; Jimmy Akin's in green. ***** This...

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