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Early Church Baptismal Regeneration (vs. Mike Gendron)
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Vs. Geisler on Catholicism #12: Baptismal Regeneration
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Vs. Geisler on Catholicism #11: Seven Sacraments
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Reply to François Turretin #14: Eucharist, Pt. 2
False premises; unfounded, unbiblical divine "impossibilities"; cessationism; ten types of physical divine presence François...
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François Turretin and the Debate Over the Lord’s Supper
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Church Fathers on Baptism: First 400 Years
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Augustine (354-430) On Baptism
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St. Jerome (c. 343-420) On Baptism
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The time, then, has come, and bears in its course the remembrance of holy mysteries, purifying man...
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Gregory Nazianzen (c. 330-c. 390) On Baptism
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[see the book info-page / buy Kindle or Nook versions] * Chapter six (pp. 255-270 of my book, Bible Truths for...
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NT Baptism of Whole “Households” (vs. Lucas Banzoli)
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Biblical Evidence for Relics (vs. Lucas Banzoli)
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Bible on Infant Baptism & Infants as Covenant Members
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Radically Anti-Traditional Sacramentalism (vs. Calvin #38)
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