Archive for September 2009

Is Catholic-Orthodox Unity in Sight?

Sep 14th, 2009 | By | Category: Unity in the News

In an interview today in Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper, Archbishop Paolo Pezzi said the miracle of reunification “is possible, indeed it has never been so close.” The archbishop added that Catholic-Orthodox reunification, the end of the historic schism that has divided them for a millennium, and spiritual communion between the two churches “could happen […]



Beckwith and George: Can You Be Catholic and Evangelical?

Sep 11th, 2009 | By | Category: Blog Posts

On September 3, Wheaton College hosted a friendly discussion between professors Timothy George and Francis Beckwith focused primarily on the following question: Can you be Catholic and Evangelical?



Which Lens is the Proper Lens?

Sep 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Blog Posts

The Reformed blog Green Baggins has been running a series on the Reformed Confessions as the lens through which the faithful read Scripture and receive the teaching of the faith.



Hermeneutics and the Authority of Scripture

Sep 9th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured Articles

It is my pleasure to be able to write on a subject where we as Catholics share so much common ground with our Reformed brothers, and even with most Evangelicals. In fact, it is no small thing that we agree upon foundational truths contra mundum in a time when even many Christians deny them. This […]



Does the Bible Teach Sola Fide?

Sep 3rd, 2009 | By | Category: Blog Posts

One primary impediment to the reconciliation of Protestants and Catholics concerns the doctrine of justification. Protestants endorse justification by faith alone (sola fide), while the Council of Trent condemned justification by faith alone. (Session 6, Canon 9) The question I ask here is this: Is there any Biblical evidence for “justification by faith alone”?