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Pollyanna Wins
Why We Should Be Joyful Catholics |
| Some Catholics think the situation in the Church today is too dire to concentrate on anything but the problems. But as Catholics, we need to be joyful, even in the face of myriad problems—and we need to be in for the long haul. |
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By Joanna Bogle
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From Creed to Screed
How Cafeteria Catholicism Leads to Dissent |
| An examination of some of the attacks on Church teaching contained in Luke Timothy Johnson’s new book, The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why It Matters, provides a helpful glimpse into how some Catholic theologians, convinced of their superior understanding of doctrine and theology, can lose their moorings and become a stumbling block for Catholics and non-Catholics alike. |
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By Carl E. Olson
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A Quick Ten-Step Refutation of Sola Scriptura
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| The author goes through ten of the most common stumbling blocks when it comes to discussing "Bible alone" topics with Protestant, offers concise answers to objections to the Catholic position, and sets forth the main problems with the sola scriptura doctrine. |
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By Dave Armstrong
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The Council That Wasn’t
The Myth of Jabneh and the Old Testament Canon |
| Some Protestants claim that the Jews had a closed canon of Scripture in the first century that the early Christians accepted. Did the members of this Jewish "council" at Jabneh actually discuss the limit of the Old Testament canon, and, if so, did they have the authority to close it? Did they actually compile a final list of accepted writings, and—most importantly—would the Christians be bound by that decision? |
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By Steve Ray
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Other Voices on Jabneh |
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