In Part 1, I briefly mentioned how the early church did not teach the Roman Catholic doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration. As I covered in some detail during my series on “The Eucharist,” this is closely related to the development of the sacraments. Regular readers here know that I regularly quote …
In “The Eucharist, Part 9: Tertullian” (2024-04-06), we discussed how Tertullian was the first early church writer to refer—in the first decade of the third century—to baptism and thanksgiving as sacraments. He did so a century before anyone else did, so his writings constitute the most important evidence. Consider the new …
Over at Anabaptist Faith, commenter Seeker gives the standard objection: We’ve heard this before: But regarding the question “what is truth?” this objection is a non-sequitur. All that the varied disagreement of denominations proves is that people will always try to disagree with each other, for whatever reason. This has …
Today we are going to look at “The Gift of Tongues: Comparing the Church Fathers with Contemporary Pentecostalism.” This may seem like a strange way to talk about the occult in the mainstream church, but it really isn’t. Pentecostalism is very much a mystical branch of Christianity. It is popular …
I’ve been writing a lot about mystical experiences recently. In particular, I’ve noted (here and here) that supernatural events have two possible sources: God or demons. It is simply not true that only God can grant the experiences that you have prayed for. Demons can, and do, grant miracles and endow powers. This …
This is part of a series on Roman Catholicism and the eucharist. See this index. The 40-part series on the eucharist focused primarily on the liturgy itself. But there is some question as to whether or not the Eucharist involves leavened or unleavened bread. The Orthodox assert that it is …
This is part of a series on Roman Catholicism and the eucharist. See this index. Over at dioseschucha, there is a good article on “The Law of God and the Law of Moses.” Its well worth a read regarding what portions of the Old Testament are still in force and …
This is part of a series on Roman Catholicism and the eucharist. See this index. Throughout the 40-part series on the Eucharist, I often demonstrated, but did not define, what the early church meant by eucharist. In “Part 8: Interlude” I discussed the meaning in more detail. That provides a lot …
This is part of a series on Roman Catholicism and the eucharist. See this index. Copy-and-Paste Apologetics A while back I did a 40-part series on the Eucharist entitled “What the Earliest Christians Wrote About the Eucharist.” It was based on a post made by Roman Catholic apologist Fish Eaters. …
One of the core doctrines of Roman Catholicism is that of Infallibility. It is quite common for Catholics to tell Protestants that they do not understand Infallibility because they are not Catholics. This is the genetic fallacy. The reality is that Protestants understand infallibility better than Roman Catholics do. Yes, …