Sunday, November 8, 2026

Kenan B. Osborne (RC) on the Council of Trent, the Council of Pistoia, and Issues Relating to the Meaning of "Anathema Sit"

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   In 1929 J. Umberg, who was one of the editors of the Enchiridion Symbolorum, Definitonum Declarationum (commonly called Denzinger ), co...

The Various “Causes” in Justification

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The following from a Roman Catholic theologian is a useful table to understand “causes”; it is similar to how I sometimes describe the same,...

Baptismal Regeneration in the Confession of Faith by Peter Abelard (1079-1142)

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   I also declare that in baptism all offences are remitted, and that we need grace whereby we may begin on good and persevere in it, and ...
Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Photius (810-891) on Romans 5:12

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   Question 84 What does the word of the Apostle mean, “in this all sinned”?   The saying, “in this all sinned,” which the divine Pa...

Photius (810-891) Favoring γενομενον vs. γεννωμενον in the Amphilochia

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   Question 227 Should we say “God sent His Son being begotten ” ( γεννωμενον ) or “ having become ”( γενομενον )—with one n or with tw...

Johannes Crell (1590-1633) (Socinian) On Jesus Being Ignorant of the Second Coming

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   Ninth Argument: that Christ Was Once Ignorant of the Day of the Last Judgement   Up to this point we have brought forward testimoni...

Photius (810-891) on the Obscurity of Scripture

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   Question 152 What is the obscurity of Scripture.   The obscurity of the divine Scriptures has many causes. First, because every l...