Posts Tagged ‘ The Canon ’

Episode 14 – A Presuppositional Apologist Becomes Catholic

Aug 25th, 2010 | By Tom Riello | Category: Podcast

Tom Riello interviews Marc Ayers on the topic of his conversion to the Catholic Church. Marc was a ‘disciple’ of Dr. Greg Bahnsen. Hear him tell how his presuppositional apologetic method helped him see the need for a divinely instituted authority, namely the Catholic Church. To download the mp3, click here.



Faith and Reason in the Context of Conversion

Jul 26th, 2010 | By Tim A. Troutman | Category: Blog Posts

The following is a guest post written by Devin Rose.  Devin is a 32-year-old software engineer and lay apologist who blogs at St. Joseph’s Vanguard. He and his wife, Katie, live in Austin with their four children. After years as a devout atheist, I converted to Evangelical Protestantism in February of 2000 and was baptized [...]



Episode 11 – The Canon Question

Mar 27th, 2010 | By Tom Brown | Category: Podcast

Tom Riello interviews Tom Brown on his recent article on the issue of the canon of scripture.   How do we know which books belong in the Bible?  Who has the authority to answer such a question?  These issues are addressed in this podcast episode. Download the MP3 here.



The Canon as its own Measure?

Mar 9th, 2010 | By Tim A. Troutman | Category: Blog Posts

One major point of circular reasoning with Protestant thought on the identification of the canon is the concept of the canon as its own standard.  For example, the Reformers claimed that the New Testament books were obviously canonical because of their apostolic character.  But according to them where do we learn of the apostolic faith? [...]



Why Didn’t Nicaea Address the Canon Question?

Mar 1st, 2010 | By Tim A. Troutman | Category: Blog Posts

Proponents of sola scriptura, especially those who would like to believe that the early Church fathers espoused this doctrine, have an important question to consider. Why didn’t the Church address the canon issue at Nicaea?



The Canon Question

Jan 23rd, 2010 | By Tom Brown | Category: Featured Articles

As Christians, how is it that we know we are saved by the death and resurrection of the incarnate Son of God? For those raised as Christians, the Sunday School sing-song answer “for the Bible tells me so” may come to mind, and this fairly well summarizes the Protestant teaching on the communication of saving truth.



Hermeneutics and the Authority of Scripture

Sep 9th, 2009 | By Matt Yonke | 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 [...]



Episode 7 – A Dialogue on Conversion

Aug 20th, 2009 | By Tim A. Troutman | Category: Podcast

Tom Riello and Tim Troutman, former PCA members, talk about their respective conversions in this episode.  This is simply a recording of an unscripted conversation with no set topic except, generally speaking, their conversion experiences.   The topics discussed include the canon, Church authority, and the papacy. To download the mp3, right-click here.



Calvin on ‘Self-Authentication’

Jun 8th, 2009 | By Neal Judisch | Category: Blog Posts, Featured Articles

If the Bible alone is our authority, shouldn’t we be able to prove this from the Bible?  If we can’t, and if we accept it nevertheless, doesn’t that mean that we’re de facto accepting an authority over and above the Bible?  And don’t we have to do this just to delineate which books are Scriptural?  [...]