Steve Ray, Patty Bonds, and the State of Roman Catholic Apologetics

The Great Debate X will be June 9th. I will be debating Bill Rutland, a lay Catholic apologist, on the topic of salvation as laid out by the modern Roman Catholic Catechism, in particular, in passages such as these: 841 The Church’s relationship with the Muslims. “The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first

In a state of fear and panic James White has begged me not to debate him on justification! He grovels asking that I pick any other topic but not THAT!      Well, maybe that is overstating it. James wants to do another topic. He suggests Purgatory. Unfortunately, that is poor debate topic and it does not get to the heart

   Catholic apologists often let us know how crucial it is to have an infallible magisterium and church Tradition in order to interpret the Bible correctly. With so many Catholic apologists now commenting on sacred scripture, I thought it would be interesting to provide their commentary on the Bible. Let’s see how they’ve been able to rightly divide the word of

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

   Steve Ray won’t give up. I have never seen such a dogged attempt to avoid admitting, “OK, I am wrong.” Here is page 16 from The World Christian Encyclopedia:     Click here for an image twice the size and, at least on my system, actually readable despite the pdf shading. Here is Ray’s version.    Please note what this material, which