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Catholics and Reformed in Dialogue Conference

Apr 25th, 2023 | By | Category: Blog Posts, Unity in the News

Event: Creation, Nature, and Grace: Catholics and Reformed in Dialogue Dates:  28 & 29 April 2023 Location: Angelicum, Aula Minor Schedule: Friday, 28 April 11:00 Welcome and Introduction 11:05 – 13:15  What is Creation and How Do We Know About It?– Simon Oliver (Durham University)– Mariusz Tabaczek, OP (Angelicum) 14:00-16:15  Original Righteousness, Nature and Grace before […]



A Thai Lesson in Ecumenism

Nov 15th, 2021 | By | Category: Blog Posts

An earlier version of this article appears in the article “Jesus in Thailand” in Touchstone Magazine, and many elements also appear in Casey Chalk’s new book, The Persecuted: True Stories of Courageous Christians Living Their Faith in Muslim Lands (Sophia Institute Press).



A Response to Steven Nemes’s “Why Remain Protestant?”

Nov 1st, 2021 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Steven Nemes is a Protestant theologian and phenomenologist who teaches Latin at North Phoenix Prep, a Great Hearts Academy. He is also an adjunct professor at Grand Canyon University. He received his Ph.D. in Theology in 2021 from Fuller Theological Seminary. This fall Steven has uploaded two videos in which he argues that Protestants should […]



Casey Chalk Discusses TULIP on the Creedal Catholic Podcast

Jul 8th, 2020 | By | Category: Blog Posts

CtC contributor Casey Chalk has been featured on the “Creedal Catholic” podcast in a five-part series on the Calvinist doctrinal acronym TULIP. He and Creedal Catholic host (and Protestant convert to Catholicism) Zac Crippen have discussed Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, and Perseverance of the Saints. Here’s the link. https://pod.link/1458179240



That There Be No Schisms Among You

Jul 7th, 2020 | By | Category: Blog Posts

I started this essay in 2013, and then put it on the back burner. But now in the midst of a global viral pandemic I decided to complete it. This sort of essay is unusual at Called To Communion because in it I intend to write primarily to my fellow US Catholics. However, the problem […]



Alister McGrath’s Conversion on Justification

May 5th, 2020 | By | Category: Blog Posts

One of the most important objections raised here at Called To Communion against the Catholic doctrine of justification has been based in large part on the Protestant theologian Alister McGrath’s work on the topic. That objection has now been undermined by McGrath’s change of position.



Does the Devil Make You a Catholic?

Oct 8th, 2019 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Jeremy de Haan, who has written about his conversion here at Called to Communion, recently wrote an insightful blog post entitled, “Does the Devil Make You a Catholic?” I enjoyed the read and expect that some of our readers will as well. Here is an excerpt: So, on the one hand, my Reformed faith had […]



John Calvin on Dead Faith

Sep 23rd, 2019 | By | Category: Blog Posts

The Reformed know and confess that faith without works is a dead faith, and it cannot save. But knowing and affirming this, they content themselves to dismiss the essential message of James chapter 2. For they say that dead faith is merely evidence that the faith was never faith at all. But this interpretation is […]



St. John Chrysostom on Sola Fide

Sep 19th, 2019 | By | Category: Blog Posts

This post will answer the question, “Did St. John Chrysostom believe in justification by faith alone?”  As in the previous post answering the same question of St. Ambrose, the answer will be in the negative. Before reading either this or that previous post, the reader should be familiar with the points I made in this […]



St. Ambrose on Sola Fide

Sep 16th, 2019 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Introduction This brief post will show that St. Ambrose of Milan did not believe in salvation “by faith alone” as professed by the Reformers, condemned by the Council of Trent, and generally held by most Protestants today. There are two reasons I am focusing on St. Ambrose: 1. He is one of the few Church […]