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Broader examinations of Catholic theology, tradition, and doctrinal claims in light of Scripture.
LUTHER’S PRAISE OF MARY Paid Members Public
The following citation is taken from William Cole’s article, “Was Luther a Devotee of Mary?,” found in Marian Studies, Volume XXI, 1970, p. 131: In a Christmas sermon of 1531, Luther speaks of Mary as the “HIGHEST WOMAN AND THE NOBLEST GEM in Christianity after Christ.” He goes on
WHEN PROTESTANTS ARGUE LIKE ARIAN HERETICS Paid Members Public
Anti-Catholic/Orthodox Protestant polemicists will often employ arguments against specific, core Catholic and Orthodox beliefs, which are both inconsistent and dishonest. For instance, in their zeal to deny the blessed Mother’s perpetual virginity certain Protestant apologists will argue that the word adelphe always refers to either a flesh and
THE WOMAN OF REVELATION 12: MARY OR ANOTHER? Paid Members Public
These are my notes for my session on Mary being the Woman of Revelation 12. REVELATION 12:1-17 Here’s the vision of that glorious Woman which the Spirit enabled John to see: “And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under
AUGUSTINE & JOHN DAMASCENE VS. CALVINISTS PT. 1 Paid Members Public
It is time again to show how the beliefs of some of the early church’s greatest scholars, theologians, apologists, philosophers, martyrs etc., directly conflict with Protestantism in general, and with Calvinism in particular. In this segment, I will show how the views of both Augustine and John the Damascene
EARLY CHURCH ON PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD Paid Members Public
It may come as a surprise for Protestants to learn that prayers and offerings for dead Christians were an early and widespread practice observed by the universal Church. What makes this rather intriguing is that the Christians did not invent this custom, but rather inherited it from the Jews that
CYRIL OF JERUSALEM VERSUS CALVINISTS Paid Members Public
I am beginning a new series where I will be quoting the very church fathers, writers, theologians and/or apologists that Calvinists will often reference in order to mislead folks into thinking that these early Christians held to beliefs similar to their own. I will prove that these Calvinists are
CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA VERSUS CALVINISTS Paid Members Public
In this segment I will show how this renowned Bishop of Alexandria affirmed doctrines which directly contradict the beliefs of Calvinists, since Cyril taught the perpetual virginity of the blessed Mother, water baptismal regeneration, and that the eucharist is the body and blood of Christ. All emphasis will be mine.
NOTES FOR KELLY POWERS’ MARIAN DISCUSSION PT. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I left off: NOTES FOR KELLY POWERS’ MARIAN DISCUSSION PT. 1. CHRIST’S EARTHLY GLORY Powers misquotes Philippians 2:5-8 to erroneously suggest that Christ had set aside his glory, thereby showing that he doesn’t understand the text nor does he comprehend that there are