I want to give a follow up on the book that I talked about in my last post; the St. Robert Bellarmine book on purgatory. To make a long story short, that book really changed me. St. Robert Bellarmine makes an airtight case for purgatory using both testaments, the Church fathers and Church councils. To make a long story short, purgatory exists and St. Robert Bellarmine has proved it beyond reasonable doubt.
Category Archives: Saints
Musings on Valid Baptisms, Protestantism, and Eastern Orthodoxy
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Christianity received a large influx of converts in the fourth century. At the beginning of the fourth century the Roman Empire was majority pagan but by the end it was majority Christian. At the same time, the fourth century was going through the Arian crisis. Many of the pagan converts into Christianity initially came in as Arians and became Catholic when the crisis was over. Did they have to get re-baptized? Here is what Pope Siricius said in his letter to Himerius:
Pope Leo the Great – The only good Pope according to Ken Temple
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We have good news ladies and gentlemen. Protestant apologist Ken Temple has admitted that there was a good Pope. A couple posts ago he said the following in the comments section:
The only good bishop of Rome was Leo 1, because of his Tome on the 2 natures of Christ.
Why Didn’t St. Ignatius Mention the Bishop of Rome?
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This will be a follow up to my last article where I deal with St. Ignatius. As everyone knows, there are seven early epistles of St. Ignatius to various churches in the Roman Empire. In his letter to the Church of Rome, he doesn’t address the bishop at the beginning of his letter. He addresses the bishop of the city in his other letters. Why didn’t he mention the bishop of the Church of Rome?
Helping my Protestant friends out
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St. Anthony of the Desert
When I first started this website five years ago, I had a more negative view of Protestants. I still do hold to a very negative view of the reformation as it was a state sponsored looting operation but there are Protestants out there that have a deep love for Jesus Christ and the sacred Scriptures. Now, I don’t believe in fake unity at the expense of truth, however in this day and age I think there is reason for us to team up in combating the constant evil that is taking over North and South America, Western Europe and other parts of the world. I want to offer some advice to Protestants to help them with their spiritual lives. I have five pieces of advice.
James White’s Faulty List: Pope Leo the Great and the Immaculate Conception
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There is a list going around with eight Popes that supposedly denied the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God. James White likes to talk about this list constantly and it can be found on his website. Here is the link:
A Forgotten Church Father – St. Isidore of Seville
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With some leftover birthday money I bought a book by an obscure and somewhat unknown Church Father. We know that after the Spaniards reconquered Cordoba in 1236 AD they produced some theological and spiritual giants. While under Islamic occupation, their growth was stunted but we need to remember that they played a somewhat important role before that. We all remember Hosius of Cordoba, one of the heroes of Nicaea. In later centuries we have Isidore of Seville.
Philippians 2 and the Muslims
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I’ve got a tactic for dialogue with Muslims. Muslims don’t think much of St. Paul. He’s the one who screwed up the teachings of Christ supposedly. We can work with that based on a lot of things that I’ve been writing about recently.
Quarantine Apologetics
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Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.
– Job 1:21
St. Cyril of Jerusalem and Sola Scriptura
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St. Cyril of Jerusalem
Many Protestant scholars such as James White and William Webster have tried to prove the doctrine of Sola Scriptura from the Church Fathers. I’m unimpressed with a lot of the quotes that they provide. The quotes stress the authority of Scripture. I certainly believe in the authority of Scripture, just not in the same way that they do. There are only a couple quotes from the Church Fathers that I believe can be used to support this doctrine. One of them(and the best one in my opinion) comes from the great fourth century father St. Cyril of Jerusalem.