Posted on September 25, 2008 by Michael Liccione
John of Fides Quaerens Intellectum has replied to my post Development of Doctrine II, primarily with a 1,700-word comment thatis longer than the post itself. As supporting material, he has posted two entries at his own blog: one consisting chiefly of quotations from the late Prof. JND Kelly and Fr. John Behr on St. Irenaeus; [...]
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Posted on September 16, 2008 by Michael Liccione
I have always been puzzled by a claim I’ve often heard from sola-scripturists: that the canon of Scripture, though constituting the sole infallible rule of faith, was only fallibly established as a canon. The latest instance of an argument for that claim, to be found at the ever-reliable Reformed site Parchment and Pen, only reinforces [...]
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