I hope that all my readers had a great Easter weekend. I had a great Easter vigil celebrating the resurrection of our Lord. It brought me a lot of peace in this time of chaos. I also want to congratulate all of those who entered the Church. I’m honoured to have you as brothers and sisters in Christ.
Category Archives: Modernism
The 1099 Sack of Jerusalem
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I was recently on John Fisher 2.0’s channel to debunk a common myth about the crusades. That is, when the Crusaders entered the city of Jerusalem they butchered every Muslim in the city. This myth is thrown around and is accepted uncritically.
Karacay Again; More Didache
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In my last post I talked about the sloppy research of one Burhan Karacay. He said that the Trinitarian formula had been inserted into the Didache. Naturally no evidence was provided but I’m going to give reasons as to why it is genuine. Here is the passage in question from the Didache:
Ravi, Sye, and Apologetics
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Everyone knows about the Ravi Zacharias scandal so I won’t repeat what everyone knows. A lesser but still somewhat well known apologist Sye Ten Bruggencate has announce his departure from apologetics. He’s probably best known for his debate against atheist polemicist Matt Dillahunty. He cited moral failure as the reason that he’s quitting. He didn’t really elaborate on what these moral failings were but I don’t think it matters.
The Ravi Fiasco
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I’m sure by now, most people have at least some idea of what has happened with Ravi Zacharias. The late Ravi’s organization RZIM has completed their report on the allegations against Ravi. They are more than credible. The Evangelical world, particularly the American Evangelical world is in a shattered state. They’re angry, sad, confused and heartbroken.
St. Robert Bellarmine, Peter Vermigli, and Muhammad
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I’ve been reading a lot of St. Robert Bellarmine lately thanks to the brilliant translating done by Ryan Grant at Mediatrix Press. I’ve been reading his book on Purgatory and think that it tells some pretty interesting things about Church history. I want to comment on one thing that he said and draw some other historical conclusions with other examples.
The Plague of Justinian vs. The Coronavirus
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I’ve tried to avoid talking about the Coronavirus and the pandemic but I’m just getting really tired of it. At the end of the day people will have lost jobs, livelihoods, savings, all because a of a bad flu season. There is no reason for this lockdown. As someone who reads a lot of Church history, I want to share some history.
Refuting Michael J Kruger’s Misuse of St. Jerome
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In late September I joined William Albrecht and Erick Ybarra on Reason and Theology to talk about the monarchial episcopate in the early Church. Together we looked at the early documents to show that in fact, the Church of Rome had a monarchial bishop from the very beginning. The idea was to disprove the revisionist theory that the early Roman Church was governed by a college of presbyters as opposed to having one monarchial bishop above the presbyters.
The Mission of Pope Francis
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Pope Francis is an interesting character. He’s not a normal Pope. The Pope is the spiritual head of the Catholic Church but Pope Francis seems to assume another role. It took me a while to figure this out but I think I’ve finally found out where he’s coming from.
Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox Terminology
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I recently read The Triads by Gregory Palamas. Gregory Palamas is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church who helped end a theological civil war in 14th century Byzantium. I sat down on Saturday and read the whole thing in the evening. It’s not that long but I was told by a fellow Catholic apologist that my version of the Triads was abridged.