St. Stephen’s martyrdom, which we celebrate today, includes a valuable gem in discussing prayer with the LDS, better known as the Mormons. Mormons refuse to pray to Jesus, because they don’t see prayer to Him in the New Testament: So, it is abundantly clear in Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount that we are instructed,… Continue reading Mormonism and the Martyrdom of St. Stephen
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Does the Glorified Body of Christ Have Blood?
One of the strangest beliefs that I’ve come across through this blog is the idea that the glorified Body of Jesus Christ contains Flesh and Bones, but no Blood. I first came across it in a reader comment; since then, I’ve heard this view advanced by several Protestant apologetics websites, like the popular Calvinist apologetics… Continue reading Does the Glorified Body of Christ Have Blood?
Has Mormonism Discarded Ex-Scripture?
Brent Stubbs (who has an amazing Catholic blog of his own) passed along this post to me. In it, Doug Gibson makes a pretty bold claim: that “decanonization” has occurred in the Mormon scriptures. That is, texts which were once declared to be inspired Scripture were later declared not Scripture and simply discarded. I did a… Continue reading Has Mormonism Discarded Ex-Scripture?
Mormonism and Polygamy: An Inescapable Contradiction?
In my earlier post on evangelizing Mormon missionaries, I wrote of the apparent contradiction between Jacob 2:24, which depicts God as condemning David and Solomon for having many wives; and Doctrines & Covenants 132:38-39, which depicts God as saying that David and Solomon’s many wives were a gift from Him. This appears to me to be an… Continue reading Mormonism and Polygamy: An Inescapable Contradiction?
Mormonism and Abortion
Amazingly, given the enormous number of Mormons ready to talk about the Great Apostasy, not a single Mormon had anything to say in response to what I wrote last Friday about Mormonism and abortion, after two of my Catholic friends and I had dinner with two Mormon missionaries: One area where most Mormons are excellent… Continue reading Mormonism and Abortion
Mormons at Your Door: Evangelizing the Missionaries
Yesterday, I talked about some of the basics for what to expect when Mormon missionaries come to the door. Today, I’m going to take some examples from a real life encounter with Mormon missionaries to show how you can use it as an opportunity to Evangelize them. On Wednesday, my friends Cary and Meg had invited me… Continue reading Mormons at Your Door: Evangelizing the Missionaries
Mormons at Your Door: What to Expect
Yesterday, my friends Cary and Meg invited me to join them at dinner with a couple of Mormon (LDS)* missionaries. They were both in their young twenties (and I suddenly felt old, at 26, for the first time). I thought I’d share my experiences, for two reasons: to help prepare Catholics for Mormons who come knocking,… Continue reading Mormons at Your Door: What to Expect
Jesus, the Apostles and the LDS
Murdock Wallis, LDS lawyer extraordinaire, took issue with my previous post arguing that the Apostles are more trustworthy than Muhammad or Joseph Smith: Joe, You say that Mormonism made Joseph a prophet and that Islam made Muhammad a prophet, with all the fame and glory that such a role entails, and so they had reason to… Continue reading Jesus, the Apostles and the LDS
Why Trust the Apostles over Muhammad or Joseph Smith?
In response to Monday’s post, Jon Anthony wroted: If you take the Apostles’ experiences of a Risen Christ as the starting point, then, I admit, the case for the Resurrection is very, very strong. But I’m not so sure Ludemann’s confidence is well founded at all. I mean, its based off the idea that the Apostles… Continue reading Why Trust the Apostles over Muhammad or Joseph Smith?
Are We to Worship Jesus Christ?
We’ve covered a lot of ground on the subject of Mormonism on the blog of late (and it really has been “we”: the contributions of Mormons like Seth, Murdock, and now James have proven invaluable). The latest topic has been whether or not it’s appropriate to worship Jesus Christ. In a 1982 talk given by… Continue reading Are We to Worship Jesus Christ?