A Triablogue Classic

In the February, 1998 issue of This Rock Magazine, the publication of California-based Catholic Answers, we find an article by James Akin on page 33 in their regular feature titled “Chapter & Verse.” This month’s installment was “Believer’s Security.” We would like to offer a response to the claims of this particular article. ——————————————————————————– The Article Mr. Akin begins with

Well, I figured this particular story was over, and we’d be spending our time talking about the amazing actions of Mr. Sungenis during our debate on Long Island. But, a few weeks after that debate (and a number of more e-mails from Sungenis, Sippo, et. al. on that subject, all unsolicited, all unresponded to) I received a two-part message (unsolicited)

Roger Ebert mentioned the following in his review of Bill Maher’s Religulous (ht: SH): His two most delightful guests, oddly enough, are priests stationed in the Vatican. Between them, they cheerfully dismiss wide swaths of what are widely thought to be Catholic teachings, including the existence of Hell. One of these priests almost dissolves in laughter as he mentions various

In a recent post, Steve Ray describes the “Protoevangelium of James” in this way: “This document was written in the early 2nd century and known and loved by the first Christians.” On the other hand, Thomas Aquinas described this same work as “apocryphal ravings.” (see also the Decree attributed to Pope Gelasius) Even the famous mariologist, Luigi Gambero, admits that

It ought to be well-known that Rome’s dogma of the Immaculate Conception was denied by her leading medieval saint, Thomas Aquinas (as outlined here). This has been something of a thorn in the side of those contending that Mary was immaculately conceived. They have tried to explain Aquinas’ position away in various ways – such as by arguing that Aquinas

Want further evidence of the decline of every form of “Protestantism” that abandons sola scriptura? Jimmy Akin of Catholic Answers noted the Time magazine article(s) on the changing views of Mary in “Protestant” churches, something they are a bit behind the curve on, but hey, they are MSM (MainStream Media) so what do you expect? But note his own words:

   Recently on Catholic Answers, Steve Ray took an hour to explain how to “develop your spiritual life.” Steve explained how everything we do is “spiritual” if done under the lordship of Christ. He mentioned that even changing the diaper of a baby “is a spiritual act because I’m doing what God wants me to do at that moment.” You can

   Some comments were made regarding the ever-developing Beckwith saga (including Frank Beckwith posting canons from the Council of Orange) here. Beckwith dares to reduce the issue of Rome’s gospel to mere theories regarding imputation versus infusion. Another comment was left by Dr. Michael Bauman, accusing anyone of sin who would identify Beckwith as an apostate. I provide here the comment