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Comment on Q and A on Catholic Cardinals by Cale Clarke

Cale Clarke — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:01:19 +0000

Hey Mike,

Thanks for the eagle eye. You are quite right. I was just wondering if anyone was paying attention. Just kidding! I had meant to remove that error before posting, but it slipped in accidentally.

Comment on Q and A on Catholic Cardinals by Mike

Mike — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:35:58 +0000

Hi Cale,
Just wanted to point out an error in your first paragraph. Cardinals do not need to be Bishops. In fact, at least a few of the Cardinals who the Pope recently elevated are priests and will not become a Bishop (including Jesuit priest, Father Karl Becker).

Comment on Mary of the Annunciation by John Havlicek

John Havlicek — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:52:39 +0000

Thank you for your exposition Cale. My purpose in writing is to get into a respectful discussion with you.

For me, Luke 1:28 does not teach us to pray to Mary, in fact nothing in scripture teaches us to pray to Mary. Isn’t praying to Mary, by implication to worship her?
I came from an Asian country where the focus of many Roman Catholics is no longer Jesus Christ, but on her mother. This concerns me greatly. It also concerns me that Mary has become a mediatrix where the Bible only teaches one mediator between God and man, that is Christ Jesus.

Also, how can Mary listen to millions of prayer simultaneously of believers praying the ‘hail Mary’ as she is not divine?

She was full of God’s grace does not imply her being free from sin, only that she is full of God’s grace. Nowhere in Scripture does she say clearly that she is free from sin. Doesn’t Luke 1:47 say that she herself needs a Saviour?

How also can she be perpetual virgin when she had other children? This teaching did not become popular only until 4th century. Thank you for your time in reading my thoughts. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Comment on The Faith Explained Podcast is Here! by Michaela Rabil

Michaela Rabil — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:04:01 +0000

A lot of the things you say is astonishingly precise and it makes me wonder the reason why I had not looked at this in this light before. This article really did turn the light on for me as far as this specific subject goes. But there is actually one issue I am not necessarily too cozy with and whilst I try to reconcile that with the actual central idea of your position, let me see just what all the rest of your readers have to point out.Well done.

Comment on The Faith of BlackBerry CEO Mike Lazaridis by Nicolas

Nicolas — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:56:14 +0000

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Comment on Tim Tebow, the Philippines, and the Catholic Church by Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:44:19 +0000

Hi Brent,

I don’t believe you will respond to this after such a long time but is case you do can you explain the following,

“An important principle in evangelical thinking is to allow Scripture to interpret Scripture.”

as your entire denial of teaching authority of Christ’s Church clearly hinges upon this presupposition and so I ask a good “bible alone” believer,

Question, where exactly in scripture does it say scripture interprets scripture or itself?

Comment on Tim Tebow, the Philippines, and the Catholic Church by Tim Tebow and The New Mass Translation | The Faith Explained with Cale Clarke

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Comment on Authenticating the Resurrection of Jesus: The Appearance to Paul by test

test — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:42:21 +0000

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Comment on Welcoming the New Mass Translation by Cale Clarke

Cale Clarke — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:20:26 +0000

Chris: That’s awesome. Let me know how it went! I used the app too when I attended on Sunday morning, and it was pretty helpful, if I do say so myself! I did lose focus at one point, though, and said “and also with you”. D’oh!

Comment on Welcoming the New Mass Translation by Cale Clarke

Cale Clarke — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:17:49 +0000

Deb, that is so funny! I caught that very clever ruah/spirit pun. For those of you who are scratching your heads, “ruah” is the Hebrew word for “spirit”.