Cardinal Zen EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW on the State of the Church in China Cardinal Zen discusses the state of the Church in China and answers the following questions: 1. Your eminence, can you briefly explain the history of the controversy concerning the state of the church in China for our viewers who may not have any […]
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Metropolitan Kallistos Ware on the Beauty of Orthodoxy and the West’s need for the East. Questions include: Why did the West have a different approach to icons than the East? What are the ways in which the West could benefit from the East? What do you think about the Jesus prayer and the rosary? Is […]
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Michael Lofton, Erick Ybarra and William Albrecht interview His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider on Faithfulness to Christ in a Time of Crisis. Bishop Athanasius (Anton) Schneider is the author of two books: Dominus Est – It is the Lord!, and Propter Sanctam Ecclesiam Suam. He was born of German parents on 7 April 1961 in […]
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Michael Lofton, William Albrecht and Erick Ybarra discuss theology with Agnostic N.T. Textual Criticism scholar Dr. Bart Ehrman on heaven, hell and the afterlife. To purchase a copy, visit: https://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Hell-Afterlife-Bart-Ehrman/dp/1501136739/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1589938604&sr=8-1
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Michael Lofton and Erick Ybarra interview Father Josiah Trenham on Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
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Michael responds to Dr. James White’s (Alpha & Omega Ministries) interaction with his blog article on the canon of Scripture and presents questions for Dr. White’s consideration. Michael’s original blog post critiquing Dr. White on the canon: https://michaelloftonsite.wordpress.com/2020/01/06/214/ Dr. White’s video response to Michael (start around the 54:20 mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TvvVARoVDg
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Michael interviews Dr. Mark Spencer on Reforming Thomism and Integrating Palamism. The Flexibility of Divine Simplicity: Aquinas, Scotus, Palamas Mark K. Spencer.
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Michael, Craig and Erick discuss Thomas Aquinas, the existence of evil, divine freedom and morality with Dr. Peter Kreeft.
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Michael, Erick and Dr. Trueman discuss justification, sola scriptura, the pontificate of Pope Francis, ecumenical relations with Eastern Orthodoxy, predestination and much more.
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It has been three weeks since Pope Judas Iscariot was elevated to the throne of the Apostle Peter in Rome. His pontificate has caused no little controversy since the release of his Motu Proprio circumveniamus ergo iustum, the opening words of the document, which quote Wisdom 2:12. Some of the more controversial highlights of the […]
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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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Michael Lofton and Craig Truglia interview Dr. Adam J. DeVille about Orthodoxy and the Roman Papacy.
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Michael Lofton and guest Fr. Patrick Cardine, a Western Orthodox priest, discuss Western Orthodoxy and the differences between Catholics and Orthodox.
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If you would like to submit article contributions for Reason and Theology, please email them to reasonandtheology@gmail.com Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox contributors are all welcome.
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Christendom Graduate School just posted my recommendation for the Master’s program here, if you would like to read it.
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This is a debate between a Roman Catholic (Erick Ybarra) and an Eastern Orthodox (Craig Truglia) on whether papal ratification is the best way to identify an Ecumenical Council. The debate was moderated by Michael Lofton from Reason and Theology.
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Erick Ybarra and Craig Truglia debated the thesis: Are Ecumenical Councils to be Identified by the Reception Theory. Craig took the Pro position and Erick took the Con. Michael Lofton served as the moderator.
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In this video, Erick and Michael discuss Cardinal Muller’s recently released document Manifesto of Faith, in which the cardinal reaffirms traditional Catholic teaching and seemingly rebukes Pope Francis, as well as most modern prelates.
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In this video, Erick and Michael discuss the difference between material and formal heresy then address if and how a heretical pope may be deposed.
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I recently saw Dr. Brown doing a live Q&A on Facebook, so I dropped him a question via the comment section and I would like to interact with the response he provided. But first, before I present the question and his response along with further interaction, I want to say I appreciate Dr. Brown and […]
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