Hans Multscher, The Resurrection of Christ (1437) That’s the title of an article written by Matthew Vogan, who appears to be an elder of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Incredibly, he claims that Benedict denies the historical Resurrection of Christ, and “flatly denies the fundamental biblical truth of the resurrection of the body.” That’s obviously absurd,… Continue reading Does the Pope Believe in the Resurrection?
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Why Liberal Scholars Are Wrong on John 21 and Luke 5
I’ve mentioned before that the New American Bible has some extremely sketchy footnotes. By buying into liberal theology, the original NAB editors slip in all sorts of absurdities into the footnotes. Let’s take a concrete example of this — John 21. First, some Scriptural background: In Luke 5, as Jesus was standing by the Lake… Continue reading Why Liberal Scholars Are Wrong on John 21 and Luke 5
The Key to Harmonizing the Gospels’ Easter Accounts
Given the centrality of the Resurrection, it can be troubling for Christians that there are so many seeming discrepancies in how the four Gospel writers describe exactly what happened on Easter morning: they seem to fundamentally disagree with one another on who went to the Tomb and what they saw. For example, Matthew and Mark… Continue reading The Key to Harmonizing the Gospels’ Easter Accounts
The Sign of Jonah
Wednesday, the Gospel at Mass was from Luke 11:29-32, in which Jesus speaks of the cryptic “Sign of Jonah”: While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a sign… Continue reading The Sign of Jonah
The Glory of the Lord, and the Strange Gifts of the Magi
It’s two days after Latin-Rite Catholics celebrated Epiphany Sunday, and two days before Eastern-Rite Catholics celebrate Epiphany (they celebrate it on the Twelfth Day of Christmas, while we move the feast to Sunday), so it seems fitting to have a post celebrating it right here in the middle. The Epiphany celebrates the Magi’s arrival, coming… Continue reading The Glory of the Lord, and the Strange Gifts of the Magi
Happy New Year!
I don’t normally do Saturday posts, but the readings for today are fantastic (as I mentioned in my last post, it’s a Holy Day, but attending Mass is optional – despite my own advice in yesterday’s post, I missed this morning). Anyways, the first reading is from Number 6:22-27, and it contains the traditional Judeo-Christian… Continue reading Happy New Year!
The Five-Fold “Empty Tomb” Argument for the Resurrection
Two days ago, I laid the foundation for the Empty Tomb argument: namely, that the New Testament consists of first-century, seemingly first-hand accounts of the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The New Testament claims to be an eyewitness account, and is making some mighty bold claims about what the authors saw and heard.… Continue reading The Five-Fold “Empty Tomb” Argument for the Resurrection
The Bible as History and The Empty Tomb
I was asked on Friday what I thought the most compelling arguments for God to use against atheists were. I cited two: Aquinas’ First Cause argument (although upon further reflection, his First Mover argument is probably better); and the evidence from the empty Tomb. The First Cause/First Mover line of argumentation is cosmological and deals… Continue reading The Bible as History and The Empty Tomb