Author Archive for: DrOakley

David King provided the following citation this evening:  If those who profess to return to the right way feel hurt by these requirements, they are greatly mistaken. For it is impossible to accept them as Christian pastors if they have not renounced the papal priesthood in which they were ordained to sacrifice Jesus Christ, which is a blasphemy worthy of

This interaction is simply one of the clearest the “blog wars” has produced on the vast difference between rCism and a vision based upon biblical teaching concerning the centrality of the gospel. A must read. Update: In responding to a Roman Catholic correspondent, Mr. Johnson wrote, “The only thing I would say in response to your comment is that hopefully

For those who have never been in the midst of a debate on what Augustine meant in Sermon 131, those words may not be familiar. But they were suggested by the PlaidMan, and I thought they fit very well. As Alexander continues his crazed rampage, the picture he paints of me becomes ever more distorted, so that all who actually

For years I’ve heard about him. Tan Book Publishers (super conservative Roman Catholic publisher) still prints his book, The Catholic Controversy (Bethany House named my book, hence, no, there is no connection), a series of tracts he wrote that are specifically aimed at converting Calvinists to Roman Catholicism. Many a modern Roman Catholic has referred me to de Sales’ work

In the realm of the theological blogosphere today the conjunction of the great luminaries of reformed Catholicism collided in what observers called a “near black hole incident” wherein TGE and Alexander the Coppersmith piled laud and congratulations upon l0g0s for his stunning ability to take a comment about my consistency in holding to one particular view, ignore that context, and

This audio from a Q&A session was sent to me recently, and it is quite interesting to hear Bahnsen defend the Southern Presbyterian view, and specifically to defend the concept of offering baptism to a person who has come to Christ out of Roman Catholicism, for Rome, Bahnsen well knew, is not a true church. I wonder if the “reformed

On the papacy, Reformed Catholics have not automatically ruled out the continuing historical institution of the papacy. Many of us see it as a providential tool of God through the centuries designed to aid in protecting and guiding the Church.

1) I do not know if Mr. Johnson is just being difficult or just does not understand much of what I am saying, but it would be a great exercise in futility to go back over each of the many “no, you completely missed the entire point of what I just said” portions of his response.  2) As someone in