Entries from October 2008

October 30, 2008

Longer response to Turretinfan

The text of Turretinfan’s response (including my original comment) follows:
As you may recall, some time ago I responded to comments by Mr. Bellisario (link to my response). Mr. Greco then responded to those comments of mine, and I provided a response to his comments (link to my response).
Now, Mr. Mike Burgess has responded to my [...]

October 30, 2008

Doings on other blogs

Background: I was alerted to a post on Turretinfan’s blog. He graciously took some time to respond to a brief comment I had made concerning ecclesial authority in the realm of interpretation, doctrinal pronouncements, etc. I tried cross-posting the following at Turretinfan’s blog, but, as per his usual practice of delaying or very selectively approving comments, it [...]

October 17, 2008

Timely and timeless

Courtesy of Zenit by way of Prof. Neal Judisch: Benedict being Ratzinger. The pontiff touches, again, on the issue of historical criticism, as addressed in God’s Word: Scripture, Tradition, Office that I referenced in my series concerning Sacramental Authority (still in much-delayed progress. Patience, both of you readers.). Enjoy. Thanks for the post, Neal.