This is a quick response to this comment. The fundamental axiom of Roman Catholicism—which originated in the late 4th century—is: The recent explicates the older[1] This axiom is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the comment above. Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy look to themselves (the recent) to explain what …
This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. The prophets of modern red-pill wisdom like to think that it has its roots in ancient tradition. I frequently run into comments that assert that what I believe is a modern corruption of the plain, ancient …
This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. Let’s continue where “An Analysis of Genesis 3:16” left off, this time discussing the comments of prolific commentor, thedeti. His comments are illustrative of some common arguments that I’ve seen. Intermingled Context Thedeti begins his exegesis …
This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. In “Headship: Authority or Preeminence?“, we reviewed the evidence and concluded that the Greek word for ‘head’ (kephalē) has the sense of preeminence or firstness. As shown in “Sanctified Marriage: Part 5“, the meaning of ‘head’ …
This the fourteenth in a series reviewing John C. Wright’s A Universal Apologia for the Catholic Church. See the index. A Matter of Council In parts 12 and 13, we discussed Wright’s argument regarding unity in the church. We will continue and conclude the discussion on unity within the church, focusing …
This the thirteenth in a series reviewing John C. Wright’s A Universal Apologia for the Catholic Church. See the index. The Kingdom We now continue our discussion that we began in part 12 of Wright’s argument regarding unity in Christ. At issue now is the nature of the church, which for Wright …
This the twelveth in a series reviewing John C. Wright’s A Universal Apologia for the Catholic Church. See the index. Is Unity Impossible? In part 11, we discussed how Wright was offended by Christianity’s lack of ecclesiastical unity. He viewed this lack of unity as a stain on Christianity as a whole. …
This the eleventh in a series reviewing John C. Wright’s A Universal Apologia for the Catholic Church. See the index. A Question of Disunity The issue of unity within Christianity is the fifth argument that convinced John C. Wright of the truth of Roman Catholic claims. Upon his conversion, he was, and …
This the tenth in a series reviewing John C. Wright’s A Universal Apologia for the Catholic Church. See the index. Apparition of Mary Back in part 1 of the series, we noted that John C. Wright took two full years to decide which denomination he should join. At that time, I had …
In a previous post “Scripture is Tradition“, we responded to the claim that 2 Thessalonians 2:15 sets up a Holy Tradition governed by the Roman Catholic church. We examined the works of the early church to demonstrate that it did not believe that there was any authority other than the Word …