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  • prefaceIn many of my various discussions regarding the Roman CatholicChurch, I end up arguing points with folks from all backgrounds, includingeverybody from the not-so-distant “Orthodox” to fundamentalist Baptis…

  • PrefaceIn January of 2002, four Protestantministers gathered to address several hundred other fellow ministers at the Auburn AvenuePresbyterian Church (PCA) in Monroe, Louisiana. Their talks werelargely pasto…

  • Quodomnis prophetia scripturæ propria interpretatione non fitAtthe forefront of every doctrinal debate is the rôle of the Sacred Scriptures. Evenbeyond the basic and fundamental problem of which books are to be…

  • Nonsint in vobis scismataSt. Austin once spoke of two very serious sins: heresy and schism: “By false doctrines concerning God hereticks wound faith,by iniquitous dissensions schismatics deviate from fraternal ch…

  • Egosum via et veritas et vitaNemovenit ad Patrem nisi per meOneof the more common explanations of the Reformed Protestant position is that itis biblical Christianity in its purest expression. So their apo…

  • Quodcumque ligaveris super terram erit ligatum in cælisOne common theme in the apologetic of a Novatore is his incessant insistence that the Church is fallible. Itis said that she cannot – nor has she ever been abl…

  • In necessaries unitas, in dubiis libertas,in omnibus caritasThe Novatores,who are often lovers of schism, frequently justify their schismatic state byasserting one of two things. The first that is asserted is…

  • The Parable of the Employee Handbook If I had a choice between obeying my boss, and merely doing things according to my own interpretation of the employee handbook, I know which one I would choose. And boy, would I r…

  • Orthodoxy, Heresy, and the Church Regarding orthodoxy and heresy, nobody would ever contest that the Scriptures are the primary source. All of the Councils, and the anathemas, definitions, and creeds contained therein a…

  • St. Augustine on the Catholic Church "The succession of priests keeps me, beginning from the very seat of the Apostle Peter, to whom the Lord, after His resurrection, gave it in charge to feed His sheep, down to t…

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