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Apostolic Succession: Reply to Certain Misconceptions
Let me share a little secret with you, that I know from my 39 years...
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Ecumenical Councils: Catholic vs. Lutheran Perspective
vs. Pastor Ken Howes (LCMS) This was a discussion on Facebook underneath a link to...
May 2020
May 11, 2020
I Refuted James White’s Favorite Defenses of Sola Scriptura
[see book and purchase information] Words of Bishop "Dr." [???] James White will be in...
April 2020
April 19, 2020
Dialogue on Doctrinal Development (Papacy & NT Canon)
This is a reply to anti-Catholic Protestant polemicist Jason Engwer's paper, Dave Armstrong and Development of...
April 19, 2020
Eastern Orthodoxy, Councils, & Doctrinal Development
I've been told by Orthodox that it is actually possible to call an Ecumenical Council,...
April 01, 2020
Development of Doctrine in Orthodoxy & Catholicism
Is There an Essential Difference? Original cover of my book, from which this is drawn...
March 2020
March 04, 2020
Schisms & Heresies in Eastern Christianity Before 1054
In my paper, Roman See as Historic Standard-Bearer of Orthodoxy (+ the Ecclesiological Absurdity of...
February 2020
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Clarification on Heretical Eastern Patriarchs (260-715)
It was reported to me that someone (presumably Orthodox) caught wind of my chart of...
February 26, 2020
Anti-Catholic Orthodox Claims of Exclusive Apostolic Succession
An Orthodox Christian whom I encountered on the Internet objected to my comparison of the...
February 25, 2020
Roman See as Historic Standard-Bearer of Orthodoxy
+ the Ecclesiological Absurdity of Anti-Catholic-Type Eastern Orthodox Arguments Against Roman Primacy & Apostolicity [this...
February 06, 2020
Salesian Apologetics #5: Authority of Church Fathers
This is one of a series of extensive excerpts (with my occasional commentary) from The...
February 06, 2020
Salesian Apologetics #4: Infallible Ecumenical Councils
This is one of a series of extensive excerpts (with my occasional commentary) from The...
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Vs. James White #16: St. Basil Held to Sola Scriptura?
Reformed Baptist anti-Catholic apologist Bishop “Dr.” [???] James White wrote a book in 1996, entitled The Roman Catholic...
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Authority and Infallibility of Councils (vs. Calvin #26)
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Roman Primacy / Popes & Collegiality (vs. Calvin #18)
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Fathers (Esp. Jerome, Gregory) & the Papacy (vs. Calvin #17)
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Popes & Early Ecumenical Councils (vs. Calvin #16)
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Peter & the Papacy & the Early Church (vs. Calvin #15)
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Does Papal History Contradict Catholic Ecclesiology?
I would argue that the office of the papacy is explicitly indicated in the Bible itself,...
October 22, 2018
“Unanimous Consent” of Church Fathers: Not Literally All
Does the Phrase "Unanimous Consent of the Fathers" Allow Any Exceptions? The term "unanimous consent"...
July 2018
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Early Development of the Papacy: Random Reflections
Why establish an office (Peter, in effect, was made the prime minister of the Church...
July 17, 2018
Classic Reflections on Tradition, Sola Scriptura, & the Canon
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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...
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Dialogue: Is Lutheranism or Catholicism Closer to the Fathers?
vs. Kristo Miettinen Who better represents (in terms of history of doctrine) the legacy of the...
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Dialogue on Development of Doctrine (Esp. the Papacy)
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November 2017
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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 10, 2017
“Unanimous Consent” of the Church Fathers (Steve Ray)
(1996) *** The Church sees the Fathers as the successors of the apostles, the closest...
November 09, 2017
Sola Scriptura, Cyril of Jerusalem, Logic, & Anti-Catholics
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