Author Archive for: DrOakley

I am such a horrible person. Or so Jimmy Akin says, and hence, it must be true. I mean, my horrible attitude must be the reason for his constant mocking tone and derogatory statements. Has to be. What other reason could there be? Well, I guess he might be so very snippy because he’s so busy. His current blog makes

So how did Akin respond to being provided with the refutation of his errors on Greek grammar? Well, “it’s all misdirection, I tell you! Sure I put this out in a debate, and sure I put it in writing, and sure I defended it on the air, and no, I can’t defend it because I don’t know what I’m talking

Dave Armstrong is trumpeting NT Wright and Andrew Sandlin on his blog today. Shouldn’t surprise anyone. Note these two statements from Wright and Sandlin and ponder them well:  They need not know “theology” to be saved; they do need to know that Jesus and His redemptive work is their only hope and that in trusting Him, they are abandoning themselves

Below I noted, very briefly and mainly in passing for those who have no earthly idea what terms like “canonization” and “beatification” and the like mean, what is going on regarding Anne Catherine Emmerich. I was just doing a quick “blog run” and discovered that Akin invested a major size chunk of his blog today to what I call the

Several vocal critics have recently adopted the tactic of merely pasting from their files all manner of scathingly damnatory citations about “Papists” and “idolatry” and so forth from Calvin and other 16th century Protestants. Much virtual ink has been spilled about the “inconsistency” of the Reformed Catholics in attempting to deal more charitably with Roman Catholics. Observations: 1) When rC’s

This exchange is way too long for the blog, but it is relevant to many of the current issues. I have added my response to the previous article. However, let me post just the start of the response: Mr. Johnson replied shortly after I posted this response. The final paragraph of that reply reads: Yes, Athanasius and other apologists defended

Nothing really startling here. Anne Catherine Emmerich, the 19th century visionary whose book, The Dolorous Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ provided a major portion of Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, will be beatified at a ceremony October 3rd, a move which puts her on the road to “sainthood.” For those who only know the biblical definition of a

For to this day we are a wonder to God’s enemies, who carry themselves not only with boldness but with abandoned impudence against the pure doctrine of the gospel. To them we are heretics, schismatics, dogs — nay, the offscouring of the world. But although we are to them for signs and wonders, it is sufficient for us to be

For those of you on dial-up, may I extend once again my sympathies. Being stuck on dial-up while traveling is enough to make me count my blessings for my office computer’s high-speed internet access, believe me. Life these days involves the constant juxtaposition of the greatly encouraging next to the greatly discouraging. On the one hand I see the faithfulness

I noted in Karl Keating’s E-letter that Catholic Answers was going to put up some forums on their website just a few weeks ago. I have been traveling (obviously), and am home for just a few days before heading back to Long Island, so I took advantage of a real Internet connection to check it out. First, this is a

With what effrontery then will the Papists boast that they possess the gospel, which is not only corrupted by many inventions, but more than adulterated by many wicked doctrines? Let us remember that it is not enough to retain the name of the gospel, and some kind of summary of its doctrines, if its solid purity do not remain untouched.