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October 2018

October 18, 2018

Lutheran Chemnitz Wrong Re Fathers & Sola Scriptura

-- mostly dealing with St. Irenaeus and Tertullian -- This is a reply to one...

October 17, 2018

Sola Scriptura: Church Fathers (?), & Myself (?), by Analogy

This idea came to me as I was responding to a claim that St. Gregory of...

October 15, 2018

Dialogue: Church Fathers on Perspicuity & Sola Scriptura

Perspicuity is a fancy word for "clearness" / ease of understanding of Scripture. Carmen Bryant...

August 2018

August 23, 2018

Ecclesiological Certainty (?) & the “Infallibility Regress”

The so-called "infallibility regress" argument breaks down insofar its tacit assumption that no one can...

July 2018

July 30, 2018

Nature of Tradition & Church: (vs. Two Lutheran Pastors)

Pastor Larry A. Nichols (Lutheran - Missouri Synod, or "LCMS") is the author of several books,...

July 19, 2018

Are All the Biblical Books Self-Evidently Canonical?

Even St. Paul's books were disputed by at least two major early figures, or at...

July 19, 2018

Development of the Biblical Canon: Protestant Difficulties

***** This is an abridged version of my portions of a lengthy dialogue (in two...

July 18, 2018

The Sufficiency & Perspicuity of Scripture & the Trinity

Material sufficiency can be proven from Scripture, but Scripture Alone as a principle was not...

July 17, 2018

The Perspicuity (Clearness) of Scripture: A Summary

The Catholic position on the perspicuity (clearness or clarity) of Scripture, briefly stated, is the...

July 17, 2018

Classic Reflections on Tradition, Sola Scriptura, & the Canon

I. Tradition: Catholic Commentary Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Tradition first means all of...

July 03, 2018

Death of Judas: Alleged Bible Contradictions Debunked

Dave Van Allen runs the large website ExChristian.Net [or at least he did in September 2007,...

May 2018

May 10, 2018

Why “Bible Difficulties” Should be Fully Expected

An atheist mentioned Gleason Archer’s Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties and commented, "How could God’s word have...

May 07, 2018

How Much Can Catholics Disagree with the Church?

A Protestant asked: "Is my understanding correct that, as long as there is submission and...

May 02, 2018

Analyzing Luther / Protestant Traditions of Men Inevitable

Catholics & Protestants tend to have very different views of Luther & of the nature...

April 2018

April 17, 2018

Dialogue on the Logic of Catholic Infallible Authority

Eric Svendsen is a prominent anti-Catholic polemicist. This discussion took place on Bishop "Dr." [???] James...

March 2018

March 08, 2018

Material Sufficiency of Scripture is NOT Sola Scriptura

The following is from my discontinued 2009 book, 501 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura. It...

March 07, 2018

The Protestant “Non-Quest” for Certainty

Protestants often contend that no Christian tradition can reasonably claim apostolic succession, indefectibility, or infallibility,...

February 2018

February 20, 2018

Reply to a Lutheran on Tradition & the Patristic Rule of Faith

The Catholic rule of faith has always been the "three-legged stool" of Scripture-Tradition-Church. *** Words...

February 20, 2018

Mass Baptisms in Acts & Future Binding Church Decrees

It's amazing what can be found in Holy Scripture, if you dig deep enough. ***...

January 2018

January 15, 2018

Dialogue w Protestant: “One True Church” vs. Ecumenism?

Catholics believe their Church is the one true one (i.e., contains the "fullness"). The Congregation for...

December 2017

December 18, 2017

Difficulties of Authority: Luther, Calvin, & Protestantism

Catholics hold that Scripture is a fairly clear document and able to be understood by...

December 02, 2017

Catholic “Three-Legged Stool”: Scripture, Tradition, & Church

Dialogue with an Anglican on the Catholic Rule of Faith (vs. Jon Jacobson) (10-31-02) [Jon's words...

December 01, 2017

1 Corinthians 4:6: Is it a Prooftext for Sola Scriptura?

[Book and purchase information] *** (5-7-13; expanded on 12-1-17) *** [This analysis was part of my...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

Did I Take St. Irenaeus Out of Context (Rule of Faith)?

(Book and purchase information) *** Ken Temple is an anti-Catholic polemicist, whom I have debated...

November 15, 2017

OT Levites & Priests: Closer to Sola Scriptura or Catholicism?

(4-9-06) *** The original 2006 version of this material was a very lengthy dialogue with...

November 13, 2017

David T. King Ignores Sola Scriptura Biblical Disproofs

Including a Lengthy Analysis of 2 Peter 1:20: "no prophecy of scripture is a matter...

November 09, 2017

Sola Scriptura, Cyril of Jerusalem, Logic, & Anti-Catholics

This comes from a vigorous combox on the great site Shameless Popery, under the post,...

October 2017

October 13, 2017

Discussion on Sola Scriptura and the Rule of Faith

This occurred in the combox underneath my post, "1 Timothy 3:15: Sola Scriptura or Visible...

September 2017

September 07, 2017

Debate on the Nature of the Church & Catholicism (vs. Eric Svendsen)

Strasbourg Cathedral, Germany. Photograph by Matthias Zirngibl (11-3-08). [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license] * *...

September 05, 2017

Sola Scriptura and Private Judgment Are Logically Circular

Image by Chris Searle (9-29-15) [Flickr / Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)] * *...

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