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***** Cassidy McGillicuddy, who goes by "Captain Cassidy" runs a blog called Roll to Disbelieve. ...

Lutheran pastor and blogger Paul T. McCain has written a post decrying historic Calvinist iconoclasm and intolerance...

A left-wing pro-lifer is a thing to discuss in and of itself (and I do...

I am so blasted tired of controversy and in-fighting among Catholics (mostly about political nonsense...

I stumbled upon this solution today in a flash of inspiration. It's one of those...

Trump is the worst President ever, nuts, an egomaniac and incompetent stooge who hasn't done...

The following exchange was taken from comments concerning an old paper now split into two...

Calvinists and other Protestants sometimes argue as follows: 1. The Church needed reform (particularly its...

This is from an exchange on the Coming Home Network forum, where I was staff...

Church documents apparently do not specifically say that God doesn't or can't change His mind. It doesn't...

The following is from the Coming Home Network forum (where I was staff moderator from...

I was asked the following question: I would like to ask you what is perhaps...

[these are my opinions, originally expressed in a private dialogue with a severe critic of...

[John Calvin's words will be in blue] A Catholic wrote to me: Last week on...

This exchange stemmed from a critique of Jack DisPennett (of the Churches of Christ or...

[written in 2002, so I refer a lot to Pope St. John Paul II]  ...

[Cardinal Newman's words will be in blue. Newman biographer Ian Ker's words (heavily citing Cardinal Newman)...

I would argue that the office of the papacy is explicitly indicated in the Bible itself,...

[words of Paul Mansbacher will be in blue] We the Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland,...

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker, who was “raised Presbyterian”, runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on...

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker, who was “raised Presbyterian”, runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on...

The fully developed theory of infallibility cannot be "proven" -- it is a matter of...

It is incorrect to say that the pope does not possess the gift of infallibility...

1. The Church's Developing Understanding of Infallibility A. Papal Primacy and the Universal Church (Catholic Statement)  "We...

The notion of popes possibly being heretics (and what to do in that eventuality) is...

1. Christians don't sin? 2. Universalism? 3. "Tomb evangelism". 4. Can human beings see God or...

“CPA” attends the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod (LCMS). He is a Professor of Mongolian...

"CPA" was an adult convert; he was baptized on Easter 1994 and attends the Lutheran...

. . . Especially St. Cyril of Jerusalem's Theology of the Eucharist My two dialogue...

Does the Phrase "Unanimous Consent of the Fathers" Allow Any Exceptions? The term "unanimous consent"...