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Wormwood, maybe you should bother to have a look around this blog. This guy never wrote a Christian book. If people buy anything from amazon via his link he’ll get a percentage, no matter whether people buy a new lawn-mower or porn. Offering prayers and masses in return for donations to him...

Right, it would indeed be worse if he pretended it was for some charity or ministry purpose only to then buy a private jet from the money, like others have done. Well, it’s obvious: Christ’s disciples must travel in style even if the Lord Himself rode on a donkey. ;-)

Apparently I did not make myself clear enough when I gave you the connection with the verse. So please let me try again: Ephesians 4:9 and 1 Peter 3:18-19 tell us that Christ went under the earth, to the realm of the dead and preached to the dead. Why would He do that if there was no chance...

There are certainly Catholic Priests and Protestant pastors whose views are more to my personal liking. But if they went the way of Father Z, I would utter the same complaint against them: Father Z doesn't ask for donations to missions and charities. He clearly says that these donations go into...

Indeed, I know Father Z no more than I know Kenneth Copeland and the like. Still I haven't got the slightest scruples to throw them in with that den of robbers that Christ complained about when He cleansed the Temple. This may be judgemental on my part, but I'm sure it's justified anger. God...

Well, I hear you and I’m with you in that most science is too high for me. I couldn’t even begin to understand Collins in a lecture on DNA or John Lennox in a lecture on mathematics. But I still have a high degree of respect for those inquisitive minds who worship God by asking and asking and...

Come on. It’s obvious his blog is his business. Not only is he promoting his "mystic monk’s coffee" or whatever, he has “donate”-buttons all over the place, conveniently using paypal and quite openly stating that the money is for him personally. And whichever page of his blog you open, you’ll...

Well, personally I see no closer historical or spiritual link between Peter and the current Pope than between Peter and my local Protestant parish pastor. But I can accept that you have a different viewpoint. So just out of interest: I hear that many Conservative American Catholics are not that...

Why shouldn’t the universe have been created in a big bang? It’s a theory that was first formulated by Georges Lemaitre, who was not only a professor of physics but also a Catholic Priest. He was quite inspired by the Christian doctrine of “creatio ex nihilo” and obviously he thought that it was...

Well, I’m rather interested in history and I understand your grievances when faced with Protestants who keep reiterating blind ancient prejudices and utter nonsense against the Roman Catholic Church. However, this statement of yours is at least dubious. True: when he first wrote his 95 theses...

Well, modern science has its cradle in the pious thought that the more you know about His creation the more you know about God. To begin with science was a form of worship and to many theist scientists it still is. Science owes much to both Christianity and the Middle Ages : Soapbox Science So...

One can not fall prey to facts, but one can fall prey to drawing the wrong conclusions from facts. Richard Dawkins fell prey to drawing the wrong conclusions, his colleague Francis Collins did not. He is indeed a very inspired speaker. Thank you for posting this video and the link. Collins also...

Yepp, the angry prophets of the OT keep telling us how unrighteous nations will be destroyed. And whenever Israel was overrun by its enemies they said it was because Israel strayed from the path of righteousness, which is described here for example: “3 This is what the Lord says: “Uphold...

The church is like a tree with many branches. The branch that you are sitting on grew out of the great shism that was finalized in 1054. The branch that I'm sitting on grew out of your branch in 1517. Does that answer your question? And why are you asking if I may ask?

As for early Catholic views on justification you may want to get into the dispute between Pelagius and Augustine. Augustine won, Pelagius was condemned by Pope Innocent I. If this helps: Augustine on Justification (what you must know) - Chris Castaldo As for the Joint Declaration: “The...

Tricky question, the answer of which would depend very much on what you mean by "Catholic Church". All churches, that are in existence now, probably started with Pentecost.

Why do so many people here have to shout in big letters? Yes, Marymog. I did read the document and I have already had the same discussion with BoL. But pray tell me, why do you guys find it so offensive that a 500 year misunderstanding has been mostly cleared up by now. Because that is what I...

12th and 13th century + Spanish Inquisition (late 15th century) - also before the rise of Protestantism, thus also our shared history. For more detail a lazy link: Medieval Inquisition - Wikipedia

Can nobody understand what "pretty much" means? Fact is that the hair you are trying to split is tiny. Contrary to long-lived prejudice our respective views on justification is the least of the topics that divides our churches these days. If you are that keen on bickering between Catholics and...

Hardly anybody in this thread seems to realize that back then there was no Catholic church on the one hand and Protestant churches on the other. The Medieval Inquisition is our shared history. And of course once Protestantism came up, we were just as prone to burn people on the stake as our...