Modern Muslim apologists are eager to point out the connection with Islam and Jewish Christianity which died out. What they don’t do is actually look at how these early Jewish Christians lived, practiced their faith and what they believed. The big portion of Scripture is Acts 21. It’s the big encounter between their “buddy” James and their “enemy” Paul.
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.
The Sede Dilemma
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St. Vincent Ferrer
I’m going to do something that I told myself I’d never do when I made this website. I’m going to talk about sedevacantism. For those who don’t know, sedevacantists are a group of Catholics(it may bother some that I say they’re Catholics but they are) who believe that the throne of Peter has been empty since October 9, 1958. They say that John XXIII and all the popes after him are antipopes. I should point out that every Cardinal who voted for John XXIII was made into a Cardinal by a valid pope according to the sedevacantists.
St. Paul, Geography and Islam
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St. Paul The Apostle
As we know, Muslims like to blame St. Paul for Christianity turning out how it did. In other words, if the documents that tell us about Jesus Christ and the early Church tell us something different than what a 7th century illiterate Arab from the Hijaz tells us, St. Paul is the culprit. This wasn’t always the case. Early Muslims didn’t talk negatively about St. Paul. It took a few centuries to put this narrative in place.
Another Fourth Crusade Blunder
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The fourth crusade is the crusade where the crusaders sacked Constantinople and end up occupying it for half a century. It’s a very low point in relations with the Greek Church and only added fuel to the fire of the Humbert vs. Cerularius episode in 1054. I’ve been reading primary sources on this crusade and it turns out there is another blunder that the crusaders made.
Joe Biden…nvm not gonna talk about that…or maybe I will?
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There is an argument that I’ve heard a couple times in my life in terms a supposed contradiction in the Bible. It looks really clever on the surface but deep down it’s a joke. I’m bringing this to your attention because recently a secularist tried to use this one on me. I have heard this from a Muslim apologist as well. I won’t tell you which Muslim but I’ll just add that he’s been exposed as a racist who doxxes people.
Book Review: Pope Peter by Joe Heschmeyer
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Whenever there is a bestseller I always need to read it. If a book has been on the top of the New York Times bestseller list for ten weeks or so I have to read it; even if I’ve never read anything by the author, if anything just to know what the culture is thinking. The same applies to books in the religious realm in which the book Pope Peter by Joe Heschmeyer fits the bill. Catholic and Protestant YouTubers are talking about this book and Heschmeyer is having quite a few interviews. I decided to take the plunge and read it.
That book changed me…
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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.
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.
Book Review: The Church and the Papacy by Trevor Jalland
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A fellow apologist that I know highly recommended The Church and the Papacy by Trevor Jalland. Jalland was an Anglican scholar who lived in the 20th century. The more I do research, the more I realize that Anglicans in the 1800s and the early 1900s wrote some pretty amazing stuff. I’ve scoffed at Anglicans before but I honestly do want to take that back because they have a rich intellectual tradition. This book was originally published in 1942. I’ve typically only reviewed newer books on this website but I couldn’t let this one go. It’s out of print but used copies are available.