I was surprised to hear that Tertullian, an early Christian apologist, was an early fearmonger about overpopulation: In the year 200 AD, there were approximately 180million human beings on the planet Earth. And at that time a Christian philosopher called Tertullian argued: ‘We are burdensome to the world, the resources are scarcely adequate for us…… Continue reading Great Arguments Against Neo-Malthusianism
Tag: ECFs
Protestant Answer to Ignatius on the Eucharist
One of the things I find bizarre in Catholic/Protestant relations is the things which seem to be huge issues to Protestants (Catholics views on justification and our alleged over-devotion to Mary) compared to the things which are shrugged off (Catholics worshipping the Eucharist). I don’t see how someone can simultaneously think it’s so gravely sinful… Continue reading Protestant Answer to Ignatius on the Eucharist
Did the Protestant Bible Exist Before the Reformation?
I. The Challenge: Find an Early Church Protestant Bible. Finding an Early Church Father who agrees 100% with Protestantism is an unfair burden. After all, there are probably some Fathers who disagree with things now defined in Catholicism if you read their writings carefully enough. But here’s a burden which should be considered fair: find… Continue reading Did the Protestant Bible Exist Before the Reformation?
Protestantism and the ECFs: Gain an Inch, Lose a Mile
I’ve said on this blog before that one of the biggest strikes against Protestantism, in my opinion, is that no one believed in it prior to the Reformation. That even the attempts to use one Early Church Father are one step forward, one mile back, for Protestantism as a whole. That is, you can use… Continue reading Protestantism and the ECFs: Gain an Inch, Lose a Mile