This is the next segment in an ongoing dialogue with Reese Currie on priestly celibacy and (mostly) the Deuterocanon. To make it easier to see what’s been going on to date, I’ve added a “Reese Currie” tag. Just click the tag, and you can figure out what’s going on if you’re a newcomer. As always,… Continue reading Did Jesus Use the Hebrew or the Greek Old Testament?
Tag: apologetics
Priestly Celibacy: What About 1 Timothy 3:4?
So, you may remember an ongoing dialogue I have had with Reese Currie. It began with an article he wrote criticizing the Catholic Church, and claiming that all sorts of un- or anti-biblical doctrines had become part of Catholicism just since 1000 A.D. I responded to it here, with evidence for each of the items… Continue reading Priestly Celibacy: What About 1 Timothy 3:4?
Priestly Celibacy: What About Current Priests?
DJ AMDG continues his trend of thought-provoking questions with this one about priestly celibacy: specifically, what should happen to the priest in this situation: … a man becomes a priest, goes through all the education and training, makes the sacrifice for HO, but then (maybe in their 30s?) no longer wants to sacrifice. His full… Continue reading Priestly Celibacy: What About Current Priests?
Mixed Emotions About the Death Penalty
A friend of mine from Mexico writes the following (warning: part of it is graphic): Hey Joe, you may have read this already, but just in case you haven’t. It speaks volumes: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/documents/rc_seg-st_doc_20010621_death-penalty_en.html As for my own views… I don’t know what to say, because I can tell you -because you will understand were I’m… Continue reading Mixed Emotions About the Death Penalty
Happy Year For Priests!
Today marks the first day of the Year For Priests, which will run until June 19th, 2010. Today is also the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which is no coincidence. It’s a call for priests to evaluate their own lives and ministries, to rededicate themselves ever more to the Heart of Jesus, and… Continue reading Happy Year For Priests!
The Death Penalty: Calling All Comments
A friend of mine who is in the process of moving from a vague atheism/agnosticism to Christianity of some sort (it remains to be seen), asks the following: Do you know of some Christian pro/con arguments on the Death Penalty? I am against the death penalty myself, at least in the First World (or anywhere… Continue reading The Death Penalty: Calling All Comments
To Be Converted
One of the best blogs on the internet, in my opinion, is Jennifer F.’s blog, Conversion Diary. In one of her most recent posts, she explains how she chose the name for the blog (it’s #3 on the list). Anyways, it’s based on a really great quote from Pope Benedict, so I thought I’d pass… Continue reading To Be Converted
Was the Canon Politically Motivated?
On a different note, a friend asks: Also, some people told me that the Bible is B.S. because at the Council of Nicea, church leaders selected canon for political motives. Also, someone told me that an entire book of the new testament is so inconsistent with the style of the other books that religious scholars… Continue reading Was the Canon Politically Motivated?
Luke 1 and Sola Scriptura: An Intro Explored
Here’s how St. Luke begins his Gospel: 1 Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us,2 just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us,3 I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to… Continue reading Luke 1 and Sola Scriptura: An Intro Explored
Once Saved, Always Saved, Thrice Around
This is the second part of my answer to a thought-provoking and in-depth comment by DJ AMDG. His initial comment was sparked by a discussion here, and you may want to read pt. 1 of the response before you start here (although you don’t have to). His comments are in red, my responses are in… Continue reading Once Saved, Always Saved, Thrice Around