As a former Protestant, I understand how hard it is to understand Catholicism for a Protestant now that I do have a keen appreciation for Catholicism as a Catholic. In fact, short of earnestly studying Catholicism as one’s own religion, the idea of Catholicism may not be able to be appreciated, and subsequently ecumenism on [...]
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How to Understand Catholicism as a Protestant
Posted in Scripture, The Church, tagged Catholicism, Protestantism on December 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Scripture as Cheating Logic
Posted in Scripture, tagged interpretation of Scripture, logic, Scriptural inerrancy, Scripture on December 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are many times when I will make Logical Argument X against Calvinist/Arminian/Evangelical/etc doctrine, and instead of replying, my opponent just pulls out some random Scripture verse and says “Hah! You are wrong, because Scripture says so!”
I believe this is essentially cheating. While I do believe Scripture itself is inerrant, this doesn’t lead to me [...]
Myself an Interpreter of Scripture
Posted in Scripture, tagged eisegisis, exegesis, hermeneutics, interpretation, Scripture on November 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Those who have had the (wonderful or frightening) opportunity to discuss Protestant foundations with me should by now know there is one thing I stress very highly; the interpretation of Scripture is indeterminate. By this I mean that an individual will not be able to know whether they come to a correct or incorrect interpretation [...]
The Biblical Church
Posted in Scripture, The Church, tagged Biblical Church, ecclesiology, Scripture, The Church on September 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Biblical Church
I have accepted as a challenge from a reader to present a Biblical picture of the Church and demonstrate that it is the Catholic Church which can make the claim to be precisely that Church in its entirety. I will not here be dealing with the logical or historical issues, but merely [...]
The Church Measures Scripture
Posted in Scripture, The Church, tagged interpretation of Scripture, Scripture, The Church on August 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This new essay is for the benefit of my good friend and former pastor Josh, and, while it was originally to be on the purpose of Scripture to the Church, I found this impossible to do so without first establishing why and how there is Scripture, and how it can be interpreted, in the first [...]
Sola Scriptura, Round Three
Posted in Scripture, tagged Conviction, Harry Potter, Holy Spirit, John Calvin, Scripture, Sola Scriptura on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I do hope the parody of my argument is caught.
Is Harry Potter inspired by God? How would one know? Well, let me prove to you that Harry Potter is inspired by God, that it is inspired, infallible, and authoritative.
“The same Magic, therefore, who spoke by the mouth of the prophets, must penetrate our hearts, in [...]
Sola Scriptura, Round Two
Posted in Scripture, tagged Church, doctrine, Fundamentalist, inspiration, Scripture, Sola Scriptura on August 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Plight of the Christian Desperado
Another Refutation of Sola Scriptura
“Just me and my Bible.”
I’m sure we’ve all heard some Fundamentalist say this at least once. I have decided to call such people desperadoes, in likeness to the idea of “Just me and my gun.” It is my intent to prove that this idea [...]
Sola Scriptura in the Light of Scripture
Posted in Scripture, tagged Bible, Calvin, James White, light of Scripture, Luther, Scripture, Sola Scriptura on August 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I would first like to make a personal remark on this before I paste my essay. I am basing the name of this essay off of an anti-Catholic book, Roman Catholicism in the Light of Scripture by F.C.H. Dreyer and E. Weller, which was given to me by a past friend after hearing that I’d [...]
