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Sep 18 2020
SSPX quiz answers
There are a few questions in the SSPX quiz that are related to specific facts/concepts, and people tend to answer “Unsure” or its equivalent. I’ll give the answers here.
Oct 26 2013
What Catholics Believe – Mary, the Virgin Mother of God
As the symbol of the Church, and as the first Christian, Mary is now what we will become. She birthed God into the world; we are called to bring God to others. She was sinless; we will be made spotless. She was taken body and soul into heaven; we will ultimately be resurrected and our bodies reunited with our souls in heaven.
May 24 2013
Liturgies – Catholic vs Orthodox
The two videos below show the differences between some modern Catholic and Orthodox Masses / Divine Liturgies. Eastern rite Catholics are similar to the Orthodox.
Apr 29 2013
New videos of the Mass
I’ve posted new videos of the Mass / Divine Liturgy / liturgical celebrations on my page The Mass – video collection.
Apr 12 2013
Is Easter pagan?
Adventists, and others such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses and those groups continuing Herbert Armstrong’s legacy, often claim that Easter is derived from a pagan festival. In fact, there are two important points to raise in response to them – a) whether or not Easter is pagan, and, for the Armstrong followers, b) which days of the week the Crucifixion and Resurrection were.
Mar 15 2013
“Go and repair my Church” – What should Pope Francis repair?
God said to St Francis of Assisi, “Francis, Francis, go and repair My house which, as you can see, is falling into ruins”. So, what needs repair?
May 12 2007
Re-inventing the Adventist Wheel – God’s visible grace
I have been invited to be a contributor on one of the progressive Adventist blogs out there in the Adventist blogosphere – Re-inventing the Adventist Wheel. God’s visible grace is the title of my first post there. Quite a debate ensued here and there.
Feb 23 2007
The puzzle of Lent
The date for Easter, as most people know it, is calculated according to rules defined by the Catholic Church centuries ago. Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists, Dutch Reformed, and other Protestant churches that celebrate Lent, a 40 day preparation before Easter, along with most Catholics, keep Lent the way most people know it.
Dec 23 2006
Christmas is not pagan
Again from the SDA2RC blog, something the Worldwide Church of God splinter groups, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and some Adventists, such as Bacchiocchi, need to consider – the evidence that Christmas was not derived from a pagan celebration.
Dec 18 2006
Original sin and the Orthodox
The Eastern Orthodox Churches often object to the western / Catholic concept of original sin. The SDA2RC blog lists two excellent articles by Orthodox authors about why this may simply be a misunderstanding of terminology, with both sides quite compatible in their beliefs.
Dec 02 2006
Common Declaration of Pope Benedict XVI and Patriarch Bartholomew I
Common Declaration by Pope Benedict XVI and Patriarch Bartholomew I “This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!” (Ps 117:24) This fraternal encounter which brings us together, Pope Benedict XVI of Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, is God’s work, and in a certain sense his …
Sep 17 2006
Mary, Mother of God
The following debate on alt.religion.christian.roman-catholic shows how people often misunderstand the concept of Mary being the Mother of God.
Aug 22 2006
Orthodox, Catholics, and Adventism
The Orthodox share with Catholicism most of the teachings that Catholicism and Protestantism disagree on. Mary, her sinlessness, her body taken up into heaven, the Eucharist being literally the physical body and blood of Christ, asking saints in heaven to pray for us, Apostolic succession, the liturgical expression of our faith, 46 books in the Old Testament instead of the Protestant 39 (actually, some Orthodox have more.) And so it goes on. On issues such as Mary and Purgatory, they tend to share the same beliefs, but express them in very different ways.
Jan 25 2006
Serbians and Adventism
If you can understand Serbian, and are interested in Adventism, here’s a website run by ex-Adventists who are now Orthodox Christians. It looks like there’s a lot of info there, I just don’t understand what it says.
