Pope Eugene IV Who Presided Over The Council Of Florence
I was once asked if I believed in interfaith dialogue. I told my friend that it depends. Dialogue is a word borrowed from two Greek words, dia and logoi. Dia means “through” and logoi means “words”. To put it plainly, dialogue means “through words”. At this point it is evident that dialogue is certainly a means to an ends.
St. Athanasius – Defender Of The Incarnation
The concept of the Incarnation is difficult to grasp for most Jews. Orthodox rabbis like Rabbi Tovia Singer state that God cannot come down in the form of anything. I find this odd since the Rabbi is telling God what he can and cannot do. The truth is, God comes down to earth in the form of a man several times in the Old Testament.
The Creation
Catholic Apologist Jimmy Akin was recently on a talk show where he discussed the Catholic view of Creation. He pointed out that there wasn’t one view in the Catholic Church and his view was his own. The video can be found at the following link.
Pope Francis And Patriarch Kirill
On Friday, Pope Francis met with Patriarch Krill, who is the head of the Russian Orthodox Church and the leader of about half of the world’s Eastern Orthodox members. He certainly holds influence in their church.
St. Paul The Apostle
It is often stated by liberals that the New Testament is an anti-Semitic document. Those who make this accusation often confuse anti-Judaism with anti-Semitism. They are not the same thing but liberals often confuse them. I don’t blame them specifically because they’re just following what they’ve been taught by other liberals who came before them.
St. John of Damascus
In the West, which is very multicultural, it is not uncommon for a Christian to dialogue with a muslim. It will happen more and more as our society becomes more integrated. We need to study what we believe, what they believe, and know how to argue properly.
The Prophet Ezechiel
In a previous post, I talked about how reading scripture was an antidote to modernism. In that post, I focused on the New Testament but the Old Testament is full of gems as well. The book of Ezechiel is a great example. When one reads the first 15 chapters of Ezechiel, the idea that God is angry becomes very apparent. In Chapter 16 we read:
Have you ever been in a discussion with anyone on an important topic and you refute their claims? How often do they go “Well I guess you just refuted my position. I’ll join your side!” Almost never.
St. John The Apostle
A popular doctrine in Protestantism is Eternal Security, sometimes referred to as Perseverance of the Saints. Perseverance of the Saints represents the P in TULIP, which Calvinists believe in. In Arminian circles, it is usually referred to as Eternal Security. It is also referred to as once saved, always saved. It should be pointed out that many protestants do not believe in this doctrine, among these are the Lutherans who were the original protestants.
Sacred Scripture
Several years ago I was reading an article by John Salza where he talks about the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. He points out that St. Thomas is the antidote to modernism. What Salza says is very true but there is one problem, how many people study the writings of St. Thomas? To my knowledge, the only people who read St. Thomas are traditional seminarians and priests. Those people don’t need to be convinced that modernism is evil since they are already traditional.