Because my website is starting to get traction, I’m getting a lot of emails. One that I recently got was from a Canadian Catholic. I asked him if I could respond to the email in a post and he agreed so here is the email and my response.
Category Archives: Catholicism
St. Anne, Nicaea II and the Immaculate Conception
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Icon of St. Anne and the Blessed Virgin Mary
I had some dialogue with two people after my recent post on the second Council of Nicaea in 787 AD and the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. They both pointed out to me that this doesn’t refute the Eastern Orthodox position because they believe that the Virgin Mary was made spotless and Immaculate at the annunciation.
The Second Council of Nicaea and the Immaculate Conception
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The Hagia Sophia in Iznik
There is a church in Turkey that I want to visit and that’s the Hagia Sophia. I’m not referring to the grand former Church in Istanbul(which I also want to visit) but one in the little town of Iznik. Iznik is the municipality once called Nicaea. The famous city where two Ecumenical councils were held; the first in 325 AD and the second in 787 AD. Like the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, this one is also now a Mosque/Museum.
Weird Islamic Coins Prove Nothing
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I’m very careful about the arguments that I use when dealing with Islam or any other religion. There are arguments out there that will stump the average Muslim, but when used on a Muslim who knows their faith will be shredded. Enter Jay Smith’s coin argument.
Is Muhammad in Haggai 2?
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An Eastern Orthodox reader of this blog recently posted the following in the comments section on one of my previous posts:
I was recently discussing with a muslim gentleman on twitter, and he constantly stated that Mohammed was mentioned in the Book of the Prophet Haggai, specifically Chapter 2 verse 7. Have you come across this further example of rather peculiar Islamic exegesis?
Why No One Wants James Martin’s Garbage
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Two garbage books
In my last post I reviewed Jon Sweeney’s biography about renegade cleric Fr. James Martin. It’s really not a book worth reading. I suppose that it’s the opposite of hagiography when you think about it. Pray for the lost soul.
Book Review: James Martin: In the Company of Jesus by Jon M. Sweeney
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Yes I know I am a snob but I am a missionary so I am allowed a few vices.
– Fr. James Martin
James White and the Early Christian View of the Eucharist
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There is a clip going around of the well known Evangelical Francis Chan saying that for the first 1,500 years of the Church, the unanimous belief was that the Eucharist was the body and blood of Jesus Christ. I want to say that I don’t agree that it was unanimous. It was about 95% but still a strong majority. When Protestants start to read the Church Fathers their jaw drops at the early view of the Eucharist. They clearly viewed it as the body and blood of Christ and Francis Chan sees that.
Michael Coren’s God
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Believe it or not, I don’t like writing about Michael Coren. I’d rather be talking about something else but he’s the gift who keeps on giving. On and on he goes. He loves to wear his clerical collar and boy does he look smugger than ever. He was “ordained” by a lady named Susan Bell. Susan Bell is a member of the Anglican Church of Canada who calls herself a bishop. There is no such thing as a female bishop. Her ordination is just as bogus as the one she gave to Coren.
Two Good Debates
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In the last couple of months there have been two important debates that need to be watched, or specifically listened to as I believe only the audio is available. The first is between two Catholic apologists and the second one is between a Catholic and an atheist libertarian.