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 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.
Defending the sufficiency of Scripture, part 4
Posted on Friday, November 2, 2007 under polemics • 2 comments • read it ⇒Continued from part 3 « In the continuing correspondence with my Catholic apologist, he responds, in lieu of a lengthier reply, with a single criticism which has been implicit in his earlier objections. This criticism is one so commonly leveled by Catholics that it seems important to evaluate it on their own terms. (For an [...]
Defending the sufficiency of Scripture, part 2
Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 under polemics • 6 comments • read it ⇒Continued from part 1 « The comments regarding 2 Timothy 3:16-17 were not the only ones I received from this particular correspondent. He went on to say— Paul also refers to oral tradition in 2 Timothy (1:13-14; 2:2; 3:14). The Bible is part of a Tradition which is larger than itself. The Tradition is the [...]