How do Protestants justify their belief in sola fide (salvation by faith alone) if it didn’t exist prior to the sixteenth-century? How do Catholics explain their belief in the...

by C Michael Patton

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Do Catholics Deny Chalcedon in their View of Mass?

I know that the title is provocative, but please understand that I am serious in this question. At this point, I believe that it is very difficult for Roman Catholics who hold...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

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An Emerging Understanding of Orthodox

Get PDF version I am thoroughly orthodox. No, not Eastern with a capital “O”, but orthodox meaning that I believe all the right things. Well . . . at least I think...

An Emerging Understanding of “Orthodox” – Part 4: Are Catholics Orthodox?

Is the Roman Catholic Church unorthodox? From the perspective of a Protestant understanding of “orthodoxy,” relations to other traditions can vary....

An Emerging Understanding of “Orthodox” – Part 2: Six Views of Orthodoxy

Christians have different presuppositions that they bring to their theology. This does not make it right or wrong, but we must understand that the unexamined presupposition is...

by C Michael Patton

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Friday Night Odds and Ends, July 13

Plugs/Endorsements/Notables: Check out Michael Spencer’s (the IMonk) lament You have to get this book. Order it now. It seriously may be the best defense for the deity...

Roman Catholicism and Evangelicalism: Has the Battle Ground Begun to Change?

Well Dan, you have certainlyÂ caused a stir. I think this conversation concerning the relationship of modern Catholicism and Protestantism is needed. I just have one initial...

Tom Schreiner on Converse with Scholars this Thursday . . . Again!

Considering the recent conversion of Francis Beckwith to Roman Catholicism, we have asked Dr. Tom Schreiner to join the program once again this Thursday evening on Converse...

Theology Unplugged #63: The Beckwith Situation

Theology Unplugged Broadcast #63 C. Michael Patton, Rhome Dyck, and Greg Cromartie discuss Francis Beckwith’s conversion to Roman Catholicism.

Q/A: Beckwith

Source Q&A: Francis Beckwith Former ETS president speaks about what he takes from evangelicalism back to the Roman Catholic Church. Interview by David Neff | posted...

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