Psalm 133:1 (RSV) Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! Ephesians 4:1-3 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, [2] with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love, [3] eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 1 Peter 3:8-9 Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love of the brethren, a tender heart... Read more
I have compiled various comments I made in a vigorous combox discussion on my Facebook page (see the whole thing), in response to my article, On Rebuking Popes & Catholic Obedience to Popes (12-27-17). ***** I’ve written at National Catholic Register and expressed my opinion that it would be good for Pope Francis to answer the dubia. As my paper made clear, I’m not against all criticism whatever. My point is: how should it be done, when, and by whom? The “whom”... Read more
From: The Ratzinger Report, San Francisco: Ignatius, 1985, 28-29, 31. It must be stated that Vatican II is upheld by the same authority as Vatican I and the Council of Trent, namely, the Pope and the College of Bishops in communion with him, and that also with regard to its contents, Vatican II is in the strictest continuity with both previous councils and incorporates their texts word for word in decisive points . . . Whoever accepts Vatican II, as... Read more
This is a compilation of five Facebook posts: originally written between March 2014 and May 2015. I have retained the original title for each, with the date. ***** War-Free and Garbage-Free Facebook Zone (Your Search is Over) [3-5-14] Isn’t it nice to be on a page where you know that the usual online nonsense will not be tolerated? I block habitual pope-, Novus Ordo Mass- and Vatican II-bashers, and I have a zero tolerance policy towards personal insults directed at... Read more
[originally posted on Facebook on 6-9-19; expanded on 5-1-20] *** The following criticism was taken from the equal parts ridiculous and entertaining comments under my now-censored Amazon review of Taylor Marshall’s book, Infiltration. . . This is one of my favorite attacks, which has been recycled through the years when people run out of (or are incapable of) rational replies (e.g., anti-Catholic Baptist James White used this innumerable times): Johnny Curedents: I really don’t think we have to worry that... Read more
The following comes from some e-mail in my files from Dr. Kenneth Howell (July 1996). He was a Presbyterian minister from 1978 to 1996, and converted to the Catholic Church in June 1996. Dr. Howell holds a Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Seminary, and Ph.D’s in General Linguistics (Indiana) and History (Lancaster Univ., U.K.). He was Associate Professor of Biblical Languages and Literature at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi for seven years. Dr. Howell is currently a Senior... Read more
I posted on my blog my paper about a homily from the pope that turned out to be mistranslated, which led to an entirely different (and possibly heretical) interpretation of what he said. The title of it is: Does Pope Francis Think that Jesus Was a Sinner? (. . . Beyond Bearing Our Sins on the Cross; i.e., Partaking / Entering Into Sin)? Once I started suspecting it was mistranslation, I stated this in the combox of the post I was... Read more
These two exchanges occurred underneath existing blog articles of mine. The rabidly anti-Catholic traxxion (words in blue below) was replying under an article of mine about how many anti-Catholic Protestant polemicists are young earth creationists. Linguagroover (words in green) replied underneath my purely theological / biblical piece, “Soul Sleep”: A Thorough Biblical Refutation. ***** The hypocrisy of this article is absolutely mind numbing. Catholic criticises Protestant YEC’s …. are you serious? Are you promoting the same Catholic church that placed Galileo under house arrest for... Read more
It was held by Pharisees in the time of Jesus. In the Babylonian Talmud, translated by Michael L. Rodkinson (1918), one reads at Tractate Rosh Hashana Chapter 1, pp. 26-27: We have learned in a Boraitha: The school of Shammai said: There are three divisions of mankind at the Resurrection: the wholly righteous, the utterly wicked, and the average class. The wholly righteous are at once inscribed, and life is decreed for them; the utterly wicked are at once inscribed,... Read more
Jennifer Benjamin is a friendly and articulate atheist, with whom I have enjoyed several constructive, cordial dialogues. This is one of them, from my Facebook page yesterday. Her words will be in blue. ***** In the notorious tape that Hillary Clinton used to try to bring down Trump, it was clear that what was talked about (even assuming it referred to real events and not just typical male “locker talk”) was consensual. It was referring to classic groupie behavior: where... Read more
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