tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post6262309405795379767..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Threshing the wheatRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-38455686587025295132009-05-15T22:21:00.000-04:002009-05-15T22:21:00.000-04:00I am one of the authors of the cited piece. I hav...I am one of the authors of the cited piece. I have posted my own comments concerning the varied reactions to it here:<br /><br />http://thepalmhq.blogspot.com/2009/05/bad-argument-is-bad-argument.htmlthepalmhqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00736251596013169116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-57247483207666105472009-05-11T13:15:00.000-04:002009-05-11T13:15:00.000-04:00"The admission of a Catholic miracle would on..."The admission of a Catholic miracle would only be problematic if the only purpose of a miracle was to attest doctrine"<br /><br />Would you have a problem admitting this miracle?<br /><br />http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=5864&CFID=4889541&CFTOKEN=14858094Ben Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12251222044837915281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-83654729507126495222009-05-06T20:12:00.000-04:002009-05-06T20:12:00.000-04:00John,
Aquinas was a great philosophical and syste...John,<br /><br />Aquinas was a great philosophical and systematic theologian. At the same time, he suffers from the inevitable limitations of his place and period. Tom Schreiner is not nearly as smart as Aquinas, but Schreiner has a far more accurate grasp of Biblical theology.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-41284339702646199782009-05-06T14:35:00.000-04:002009-05-06T14:35:00.000-04:00"Avoid the term "anti-Catholic." The term is ill-d..."Avoid the term "anti-Catholic." The term is ill-defined. If it refers to a form of bigotry or prejudice then it could only be applied to individual Protestants (or other non-Catholics) on a case by case basis, and that only after they had exhibited a demonstrable pattern of bad faith"<br /><br />Oh ho ho, I can think of a certain e-pologist who could benefit a little from this one!Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00683320115621070088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-67993231674303254992009-05-06T08:24:00.000-04:002009-05-06T08:24:00.000-04:00On a more serious note, I believe that citing the ...On a more serious note, I believe that citing the recent clerical sexual abuse scandal in arguments with Catholics is productive only in an indirect way. That is, they say "the magisterium is infallible in matters of faith and morals," but when you point out that sexual abuse is a matter of morals, that infallibility only extends to *defining* morals. <br /><br />So a better place to start when interacting with Catholics is right at the beginnings of the Catechism, where such things as "Apostolic Tradition" are spelled out:<br /><br />http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s1c2a2.htm#I <br /><br />Interestingly, the papacy is pushed further back in the book.John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-44891260180659338852009-05-05T20:26:00.000-04:002009-05-05T20:26:00.000-04:00Don’t treat all the Scholastic theologians (e.g. A...<I>Don’t treat all the Scholastic theologians (e.g. Anselm, Aquinas) as worse than useless.</I> <BR><BR> Steve, have you read Aquinas? (Particularly the Summa)? <BR><BR> And if so, was your experience like that of McGrath, who said, "Scholasticism is probably one of the most despised intellctual movements in human history"? (Introduction to Theology, 3rd edition, pg 36.)John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.com