The Right Altar
“We have an altar, whereof they have no power to eat who serve the tabernacle.”
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Ecclesia Catholica successionem apostolicam conservat
Nine months ago, one of my dear Protestant friends spoke to me in the parking lot of Walmart, on a brutally cold afternoon after having returned from morning Mass and First Communion Catechism class for one of my children, and asserted that he had performed the research, acquired translations and
Certainty
CERTAINTY, noun 1. A fixed or real state; truth; fact. 2. Full assurance of mind; exemption from doubt. - Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary The word certainty is absolute when used in relation to truth itself. Things that are true are certain in the objective sense. Individuals who are
The Living Bread
Against Mark Bullen's article "On The Proper Usage Of Early Church Writings"
In Mark Bullen's article, "On the proper usage of Early Church writings", he forms a theological framework that is methodological circularity. He criticizes the Mennonites for selectively appealing to the Church Fathers wherever the Fathers appear to support their interpretation of Scripture, yet he openly employs
What is heresy?
A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, avoid. Knowing that he, that is such an one, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned by his own judgement. Titus 3:10-11 This term "heretic" and "heresy" is one widely used in today'
We prove without Scriptures that they have nothing to do with the Scriptures
Since this is the case, in order that the truth may be adjudged to belong to us, "as many as walk according to the rule," which the church has handed down from the apostles, the apostles from Christ, and Christ from God, the reason of our position is
From Rome comes the very authority of the Apostles
Come now, you who would indulge a better curiosity, if you would apply it to the business of your salvation, run over the apostolic churches, in which the very thrones of the apostles are still pre-eminent in their places, in which their own authentic writings are read, uttering the voice
Mark Bullen's "Foundation Stones" with his Roman Catholic Errors
Mark Bullen, self-appointed Pastor and "Bishop" of Living Faith Christian Fellowship recently spent time rewriting his "Doctrinal Study Guide" for "Apostolic Faith & Biblical Christian Living", now calling it "Foundation Stones for Apostolic Faith & Biblical Christian Living". Besides expanding it, making
Annotations from Acts XV in the original Douay Rheims Bible (1582 & 1610)
ANNOTATIONS. Chap. XV. 1. Appointed.) The way to end dissension in religion, is to commit it to a Council. We learn by this example, what is to be done when any controversy ariseth in religion between the teachers or other Christian people. We see it is not enough to contend
The Crumbling Pillars of Protestantism
Sola Scriptura collapses into Sola Spiritu, which collapses into Sola Ego.
The logical end of Sola Scriptura
I once held with absolute confidence that Scripture alone was the perfect, self-sufficient rule of faith. It seemed noble: God had spoken, the words were written, and nothing else could bind the conscience. But the more carefully I examined what that claim entailed, the more I discovered fault lines beneath
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A Confession on the Consequences of Private Judgment
Prologue Many who profess sola scriptura sincerely wish to exalt the Word of God above human tradition. They fear that any living authority might obscure the sufficiency of Scripture or enslave conscience to men. Yet when one rejects all visible, infallible interpretation, the result is not divine liberty but human
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A Confession on the Limits of Sola Scriptura and the Certainty of Divine Truth
Article I – Of the Protestant Beginning I confess that many sincere Christians begin with the principle called Sola Scriptura, believing that a Christian must accept nothing as binding except what is contained in Holy Scripture. Yet this principle presumes that one already knows, with certainty, what constitutes Holy Scripture. Article
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What is idolatry?
As is usual amongst many non-Catholics, they do not have a solid grasp on worship or idolatry. This is unfortunate, but it a direct result of splitting from the infallible teaching authority instituted by Christ, as their final rule for faith & practice (the Bible) is not explicitly clear on
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Mark Bullen and His Biblical Canon Fantasy
One of the most consequential theological questions a Christian must ask is: How do we know which books belong in the Bible? That is, how do we know what constitutes the canon of Scripture? This issue is foundational, for if one cannot identify the inspired Word of God with certainty,
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Against the Pelagians
Pelagianism is the 5th-century heresy named after Pelagius and was opposed and condemned by St. Augustine, the Council of Carthage (418 AD), and later by the Council of Orange (529 AD) and the Council of Trent (1547 AD).
A love affair with hearsay
Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. Matthew 23:37 My dear friends, May I ask what it is that you love the most? I believe that you would tell me that
Thy unclean communion
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread And giving thanks, broke, and said: Take ye, and eat: this is my body, which shall be delivered for you: this do
A wicked generation seeketh after a sign
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall not be given it […] Matthew 16:4 The heretics deny the plain words of Jesus regarding the Eucharist and have asked if the consecrated host would truly indeed prove to be flesh, on a scientific level and
They deny the plain words
Regarding the Holy Scriptures concerning the Eucharist
The Taste Test
Spirit led discernment of the Holy Scriptures
An Unreasonable Faith
Now faith is the substance of things to be hoped for, the evidence of things that appear not. - Hebrews 11:1 Verse. 1. All this chapter is a commendation and recommendation of faith, which is the substance of things hoped for, giving as it were a substance in our