vs. Dr. Peter Kwasniewski Peter Kwasniewski [You Tube image / Creative Commons license] *** This is a combination of two related exchanges on my Facebook page with Dr. Peter Kwasniewski: Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Wyoming Catholic College, and contributor to the reactionary sites, One Vader Five and Rorate Caeli. I engaged in very lengthy dialogue with him regarding the reform of the liturgy, in February 2014 (see Part I / Part II). His words will be in blue. *****... Read more
Annunciation (1489-1490), by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***** The following is drawn from the book, Following Zwingli: Applying the Past in Reformation Zurich, edited by Luca Baschera, Bruce Gordon, and Christian Moser (Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate Publishing Co., 2014), and its chapter 6: “Reforming a Model: Zwingli, Bullinger, and the Virgin Mary in Sixteenth-century Zurich,” by Rebecca A. Giselbrecht (pp. 137-174). She is a PhD student at Fuller Theological Seminary. The data that Giselbrecht presents demonstrates that Protestant Reformed... Read more
Chalice with the inscription: ‘My blood truly is a libation’ (John 6:55, KJV), made for the church St John the Baptist in Salinas, Spain (1549) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***** From my book, Biblical Catholic Eucharistic Theology (2011). This chapter is a modified version of a dialogue originally uploaded on 30 January 2003. ***** First of all (lest anyone be misinformed on this) Catholics certainly recognize Protestants as fellow Christians, who have been validly baptized (provided only that it was... Read more
Madonna and Child with Sts. Peter and Paul (1608-1609), by Giuseppe Cesari (1568-1640) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (5-3-04) ***** Initial justification is not at all by works in the sense that it is not the equivalent of Pelagianism, according to Trent’s Decree on Justification, ch. 8. We can do nothing to earn it. And in initial justification, there is no time to do any work; it is a gift purely of grace, initiated by God. Works had nothing... Read more
. . .Including Replies to Reformed Baptist Anti-Catholic Polemicist James White Reconstruction of Herod’s Temple (at the time of Jesus), with Robinson’s Arch in the foreground [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license] *** (9-2-04) ***** This is a continuation of my series of responses to anti-Catholic luminary James White’s response to a talk I gave on Sola Scriptura on the radio show, Catholic Answers Live. [I offer a free download of this interview from 10-10-03] I have... Read more
Reply to a Lutheran Who Was Offended by Being Excluded First Holy Communion. Photo by John Ragai, 3-27-16 [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] (10-30-08) This comes from exchanges on the Coming Home Network forum. The woman whose words are in blue is the wife of the man in question. She is a Catholic. * * * After attending Mass just twice with me, my Lutheran husband refuses to go ever again because of the Church’s “rules” about Communion. He... Read more
Including Discussion of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Mass at an Irish Seminary [public domain / Pixabay] *** (28 January 2000; a few minor revisions made on 27 April 2016, and listing of related papers added) *** [words of others in my old discussion list are in blue] ***** Ok, this is how Holy Communion is given in every single Catholic church within driving distance of me: Most churches now have ushers that will stand at the head of your... Read more
. . . with Dr. Stanley Williams Christ with the Eucharist, late 16th century, by Joan de Joanes (1510-1579) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (7-18-07) **** This is an extended excerpt from my DVD Study Guide for the EWTN television series What Catholics Really Believe. The questions (in blue) were written by my friend, Dr. Stanley Williams. * * * * * Episode 4 EUCHARIST I Logical and Early Church Evidence Objection to Catholicism A – Catholics cannot really... Read more
Image by “Nicola”: 20 August 2015 [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] *** See my first post on Amoris Laetitia and a follow-up one. These off-the-cuff reflections come from a good discussion where two people were critical of Amoris Laetitia (in part) and myself and two others defended it, and the Holy Father. It is a private thread, so I can’t cite the others, but I will paraphrase a few portions (in brackets). ***** The “observer” is left with some... Read more
Dialogue with a Calvinist Michael Servetus (1511-1553): non-trinitarian heretic whom John Calvin had burned at the stake [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (6-5-10) *** This discussion occurred in a combox on the Reformed Protestant-dominated Green Baggins website. See Jeff Cagle’s entire comment #268 regarding Luther’s excommunication. His words below will be in blue.* * * * * I threw #33 in as an aside: we note that even the pope errs here in his judgment that “burning heretics is... Read more
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