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apostasy | Douglas Beaumont
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Christian Theology, Philosophy, Apologetics. Christianity and the Apostasy Narrative. Introduction Because all Christian groups believe they were ultimately founded by Jesus Christ, all who wish to be considered legitimate need to explain why they did not exist prior to their (actual) founding date. The gap is usually explained by what I call an “apostasy narrative.” An Christian apostasy narrative is a tale of how the Church…. May 27, 2015. Was There a Great Apostasy? October 4, 2014. May 27, 2014.
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Deuterocanon | Douglas Beaumont
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Christian Theology, Philosophy, Apologetics. Journey Through the Deuteroncanonicals: (The Book of) Wisdom (of Solomon). Introduction This is part of a series I am writing on my first reading of the Deuterocanonical books of the Bible. As I said in the initial post, the Catholic Bible includes those books and writings that are (usually) removed in Protestant Bibles (helpful comparison chart), and I figured it was about time to start reading them. I am recording my…. November 2, 2015. January 16, 2015.
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Christian Orthodoxy | Douglas Beaumont
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Christian Theology, Philosophy, Apologetics. Tag Archives: Christian Orthodoxy. Can the Grammatical-Historical Method of Interpretation Determine Christian Orthodoxy? February 1, 2012. Is Christian Orthodoxy a Logical Deduction? January 3, 2012. Christian Urban Legends (2). Bible / Scripture (27). Deuterocanon (“Apocrypha”) (6). Life and Living (9). Jehovah’s Witnesses (9). Ethics / Morality (8). Logic and Critical Thinking (1). Prophecy / Eschatology (3). The writings on this website are 2016 Douglas Be...
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Dante’s Divine Comedy, Inferno: Canto 1 – Dante and Augustine on the Light of God | Douglas Beaumont
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Christian Theology, Philosophy, Apologetics. Dante’s Divine Comedy, Inferno: Canto 1 – Dante and Augustine on the Light of God. October 16, 2010. This is the first post in a series. Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the desert will ravage them, a leopard will lie in wait near their towns to tear to pieces any who venture out, for their rebellion is great and their backslidings many. This scene seems to recall some of Augustine’s. 8220;Dead now was that evil and abominable you...
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Christian Theology, Philosophy, Apologetics. The “Unfaithful Church” and the Redefinition of Marriage. Introduction State recognition of homosexual civil unions (“gay marriages”) is now the law of the land, and the ongoing discussion has revealed that the views of various Christians on the issue are themselves varied. What I wish to look at here is not which one is correct (that has been, and is being, done ad nauseum), but rather…. Continue reading →. Navigating the Tiber (Book Review). When this questi...
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Apocrypha | Douglas Beaumont
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Christian Theology, Philosophy, Apologetics. Journey Through the Deuteroncanonicals: (The Book of) Wisdom (of Solomon). Introduction This is part of a series I am writing on my first reading of the Deuterocanonical books of the Bible. As I said in the initial post, the Catholic Bible includes those books and writings that are (usually) removed in Protestant Bibles (helpful comparison chart), and I figured it was about time to start reading them. I am recording my…. November 2, 2015. January 16, 2015.
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Dante | Douglas Beaumont
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Christian Theology, Philosophy, Apologetics. Dante’s Divine Comedy, Purgatorio: Canto 1 – The Cleansing Begins. Canto 1 It is just before dawn on Easter Sunday, April 10, 1300 when Dante and Virgil arrive on the shores of the island-mountain of Purgatory (see Purgatory Introduction). Upon making ground they encounter Cato – a Roman military leader who lived from 95-46 B.C. and who committed suicide after he was defeated in the rebellion against Julius…. August 29, 2012. May 9, 2012. April 18, 2012. Canto...
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atheism | Douglas Beaumont
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Christian Theology, Philosophy, Apologetics. One of the Worst Arguments Against Atheism. Introduction There are a lot of good arguments for theism / against atheism (like the argument from contingency). There are also some good ones which unfortunately have been misused so often that they have been identified as bad ones (like Pascal’s Wager). Even more unfortunately, there are also some genuinely bad ones (like the argument from the banana), and some of these are…. December 2, 2014. May 14, 2014.
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Bible / Scripture | Douglas Beaumont
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Christian Theology, Philosophy, Apologetics. Tag Archives: Bible / Scripture. Can We Know We Have Eternal Life (1 John 5:13)? Introduction Many Christians point to 1 John 5:13 as indicating that we can, indeed, know if we have eternal life. It is often used by Evangelical evangelists to assure others of their final salvation based on a simple confession of belief. Does 1 John 5:13 teach that we can know we if we are saved? It reads, I…. April 18, 2016. March 21, 2016. In Bible / Scripture. January 7, 2016.
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Why Catholicism? | Douglas Beaumont
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Christian Theology, Philosophy, Apologetics. Much of that journey was reflected in this blog, which I often used to present and think through issues. I made this page so that I could easily reference the major posts on the most important subjects that really drove my quest. The Canon of Scripture. And if the Church was kept from error while it determined the canon, why was it not likewise kept from error during the councils and creeds it produced at the same time? Besides the problem of identifying the b...