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October 24, 2016 By Fr. John A. Peck

Did the Early Church Venerate Icons?

from his "Stump the Priest" Series by Fr. John Whiteford Question: "Isn't the fact that there were controversies over icons well into the 9th century proof that the early Church did not venerate icons?" There were indeed controversies at various times, most notably the Iconoclastic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Apologetics, Sermon Resources, Theology, Whiteford John Fr. Tagged With: Fr. John Whiteford, icons

October 13, 2016 By Fr. John A. Peck

An Uncomplicated Truth

by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon It is reasonable, I suppose—or at least natural—for modern students of religion to wonder how the earliest Christians, all of them Jews, were able to reconcile their belief in the divinity of Christ with the monotheism enshrined in Israel’s Sh’ma’. Indeed, historians of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Apologetics, Biblical Resources, Reardon, Patrick Fr., Sermon Resources, Theology Tagged With: christ, Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon

October 3, 2016 By Fr. John A. Peck

51 Biblical Proofs Of A Pauline Papacy And Ephesian Primacy

From Triablogue blog - file this under reasonable faith: A brilliant example of where lack of real logic can lead in apologetics. Follow this closely and be illumined. In a recent thread, ANNOYED PINOY asked me to repost something I wrote almost a decade ago. It was a list of 51 Biblical proofs of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Apologetics, Sermon Resources Tagged With: Apologetics, catholic, Paul, reason

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