Rome: “Catholics adore the one God, Allah”
Posted on Thursday, May 5, 2011 under polemics and proofs • 4 comments • read it ⇒A quick little argument showing how, on Rome’s own terms, Catholics believe that God’s secret identity is Allah.
The term “catholic” in the Nicene Creed
Posted on Monday, February 7, 2011 under polemics • 1 comment • read it ⇒Four reasons to think that the term “catholic” in the Nicene Creed should not be read as involving communion with the Church of Rome.
Where were the Christians before the Reformation?
Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 under polemics • 14 comments • read it ⇒A response to a Catholic correspondent’s question: “I am genuinely puzzled by your statement that neither the Orthodox nor Catholic Churches are Christian, but false churches … I really would like to know the answer: when were these false churches established? Who were the Christians up to the time of the Reformation?”
The Magisterial Cypher
Posted on Thursday, October 2, 2008 under polemics and pontifications • 13 comments • read it ⇒The sad story of a Catholic layman named Juan; a dedicated believer and amateur theologian, who gradually comes to realize that, as one of the laity, he is no more able to understand his religion than the peasants of the middle ages.
The Protestant’s Wager
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 under polemics • no comments • read it ⇒A brief exposition of the failure of Roman Catholicism to provide a principled advantage in understanding doctrine, over and against Protestantism. I conclude with a serious parody of Pascal’s Wager, arguing that on a Catholic’s own terms, and all other things being equal, it is safer to be a Protestant than a Catholic.
The keys of the kingdom
Posted on Thursday, September 4, 2008 under polemics • no comments • read it ⇒An examination of Roman Catholic claims about the keys of the kingdom in Matthew 16:19, listing nine culminating reasons for their failure.
Catholic and Reformed views of God and Scripture: a correspondence
Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 under polemics • 1 comment • read it ⇒A response to an email from a Roman Catholic correspondent, critiquing his presentation of the doctrine of Scripture and the purposes of God.