Where Faith and Reason Intersect
If anyone wishes to detect the deceits of heretics and to keep a sound and effective faith (Heb. 4:12), in the same sense in which it was taught and passed down by Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles, he ought, with the Lord’s help, to fortify his faith by the authority of Scripture, and […]
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Michael discusses Pope Leo and Anatolius, Philip the Legate at the Ephesus 431 and Bart Ehrman on 1 & 2 Thessalonians.
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The following is my summary of events that took place during the reign of Pope Leo the Great, which Martin Jugie examines in greater detail in his study “The Roman Primacy in the East at the Time of St. Leo the Great.” During the reign of Pope Leo the Great, the pro-Chalcedonian Archdeacon Aetius was […]
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Roman Catholics have the challenge of demonstrating the doctrines of the First Vatican Council on the papacy were “always” taught by both “East and West.” Suppose you were to ask a Roman Catholic how they would demonstrate this. You would probably be told how this or that pope taught this or that doctrine, and an […]
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Someone recently asked me if luck was a concept compatible with Christianity. I explained it goes against the Biblical concept of divine providence. At that point, the person asked me whether this was just my opinion or something the magisterium teaches. I explained it was my opinion and to my knowledge luck is not directly […]
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Much ink has been spilled on how to properly understand the First Vatican Council’s teaching on Papal supremacy, which Canon 331 in the Code of Canon Law summarizes as being “supreme, full, immediate, and universal ordinary power…”. The profuse number of documents addressing this doctrine are abundant, partly due to the problem of ultramontanism within […]
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Michael Lofton and Erick Ybarra interview Ryan Grant on Papal Canonizations and Robert Bellarmine.
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Michael and Craig discuss pre-schism heretical popes including Liberius, Zosimus, Hormisdas, Vigilius and Honorius.
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Michael and Erick discuss Catholicism and primacy with Fr. Patrick Ramsey. He is the author of The Church: Deifying Relations available here: https://www.amazon.com/Church-Deifying-Relations-John-Ramsey/dp/172182300X/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=NPZDPN3291FQFBG14CE4
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Michael discusses the Pope Francis/Scalfari incident where he purportedly denies the deity of Christ and then discusses can a heretical pope be deposed in conjunction with examining Robert Bellarmine’s treatise on this topic.
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Guest Edward Siecienski speaks about Catholic and Orthodox relations, with a focus on the papacy and the filioque.
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In this video, Michael and Craig interview guest William Albrecht and discuss a wide range of topics from purgatory in the early church to the Old Testament canon.
Read More…In this video, Michael reviews Yasir Qadhi on the Islamic vs. the Christian Jesus, W. Godfrey on changes in Roman Catholicism and R. C. Sproul, Ligon Duncan, and John MacArthur on Eastern Orthodoxy.
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In this video, Michael goes over James White’s definition of Papal Infallibility and compares it to the definition given by Vatican I.
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In this video, Michael, Erick and Craig discuss Papal Supremacy in the first millennium.
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