+ Obligatory Digs at Patheos Some folks love that mud! Photo by “skeeze” [public domain / Pixabay] * * * * * My recent post, “Neo-Catholic” (Silly Radical Catholic Reactionary Term), has drawn some criticism which was quite misguided as to basic aspects of my own position. One “Thetimman” (anonymous, as usual), who has a blog called Saint Louis Catholic, took umbrage with the post and my behavior. His words will be in blue. * * * * * …if only... Read more
. . . and its Wonderful Teachings and Blessings Yours Truly, in July 1988 (age 30 but looking more like 20!), during my evangelical “campus missionary” days. (3-18-08) * * * Interviewer [Al Kresta]: What was your experience like as an evangelical? Well, I loved it . . . most conversion stories I hear from Catholics, they don’t run down their evangelical experience. . . . I have great memories and fond memories. I learned all about the Bible when I was... Read more
Photograph by James Nichols [public domain / Pixabay] * * * * * In one of the Facebook groups I am in, a Protestant stated that “Jesus nowhere explicitly commands to use ashes” and “There’s no Lent in the Bible, either “. So some Protestants want to quibble about Lent: where every major component is discussed repeatedly in Scripture? I have demonstrated this in lengthy posts about the biblical evidence for Lent and for penitential mortification. Yet (here comes the... Read more
Christ as Savior (bet. 1610-1614), by El Greco (1541-1614) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * * * The title was the key point of a meme from a Protestant that I saw today. It also stated that “Nowhere does Jesus teach that performing certain works for sin will make restitution for sin.” Then it affirmed the necessity of repentance. But typically of Protestant thought, it dichotomizes repentance and any works (in God’s grace) having to do with repentance.... Read more
Excerpt from my book, Martin Luther: Catholic Critical Analysis and Praise, Chapter Eight: * * * * * Although he didn’t regard it as a sacrament (but maybe he did, according to one citation below?), Martin Luther nevertheless thought very highly of absolution (preceded by confession) and wished to retain the practice in Lutheranism: What is the Office of the Keys? It is the peculiar power which Christ has given to His Church on earth to forgive the sins of penitent sinners,... Read more
(31 March 2004) * * * Reply to a post from James White’s website. * * * * * “A Comparison of Exegesis” Bishop James White quoted from my book, A Biblical Defense of Catholicism (first edition, published by 1stBooks Library, 2001, from Chapter Five: “The Sacrifice of the Mass: ‘A Lamb . . . Slain'”), pp. 69-70 (pp. 97-98 in Sophia Institute Press edition, 2003): The theme of the Epistle to the Hebrews is Christ as our High Priest. As such, the “priestly”... Read more
+ Biblical Condemnation of the Rebellious & Schismatic Aspects of the Protestant Revolt Saint Peter as Pope, with the Keys of Heaven (1610-1612), by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * [originally compiled on 27 August 2011 and published as Chapter One of my book, Biblical Proofs for an Infallible Church and Papacy] * * * * * Prohibition of the Removal of Ancient Landmarks Deuteronomy 19:14 (RSV, as throughout) In the inheritance which you will hold in... Read more
Onania: or the Heinous Sin of Self-Pollution, a pamphlet written by Reformed Protestant Dutch theologian Dr. Balthazar Bekker (1634-1698) and first distributed in London in 1716. It utilized the first known use of the term “Onanism” (specifically referring to masturbation) and was a huge success with “over 60 editions published” and translations into several languages [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license] [originally from 1-6-07] This has been re-posted with many additional related links, on 8-13-19: Masturbation Remains a Grave Sin (Debate w Steve... Read more
. . . But Radically Orthodox or the “Radical Center” (+ My Own Views) “Radical Center” [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] * * * [10-24-06; slightly revised on 2-10-16] * * * This is posted from a string of comments for a past post (originally in response to some exchanges with atheists). My words are in black; those of others (all Catholics, I believe), in different colors. * * * * * Charlie: It is the same when debating... Read more
[Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license] * * * (4-21-05; revised, with new terminology incorporated, on 8-12-13) * * * * * What magisterial Church document provides radical Catholic reactionaries with their definition of “Neo-Catholic”? What is the etymology of this term? Who first used it? Just curious . . . * I am content to simply call “traditionalists” and also reactionaries and myself “Catholic.” If I must make distinctions due to liberal or far-right rot in the Church, then I... Read more
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