Let’s look at those four things, shall we? But before we do that, let’s build start with question 0. Question 0 I start with this question because like all metaphysical presumptions, it’s more important than the four questions he explicitly asked. Recall what I wrote: John C. Wright claimed that …
Irenaeus After I posted Part 6: Irenaeus of Lyons, Timothy Kauffman posted a fantastic Twitter thread here that does a great job summarizing the issues. I’ve imported the thread in its entirety here, while adding links, explicit citations and references, and other markup. I’ve also added some of my own commentary at the end. …
This is part of a collection of rebuttals, responses, and replies. See the index. Analyzing the axioms of sola scriptura and sola ecclesia. This post in a response to Jack at Sigma Frame. For context, see the comments at “Are Common-Law Marriages the most Biblical?” Axioms The quotations Sola scriptura is the …
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 …
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 …
This is part of a series on Roman Catholicism. See this index. In our last post “Scripture is Tradition“, we showed how the early church—after the apostolic era, but before the late 4th century—viewed tradition as scripture, which was complete and permanent. Scripture was the source of all doctrine and …
This the sixth in a series reviewing John C. Wright’s A Universal Apologia for the Catholic Church. See the index. We now examine the contentious topic of infallibility. Infallibility If the pope does not actually have the authority the church claims, even in part, then he is falsely taking on the authority …