June 2014 - To Give a Defense

Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome VII: Anna March unmasks pope’s brilliant disguise.

BY: Henry Matthew Alt • June 25, 2014 • Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome

Before she published her major new essay on Pope Francis this past Sunday, I had never heard of Ms. Anna March. I confess it to my shame. Here is one of the great writers of our generation, who has penned a full seven articles now for Salon. Her titles alone convey the range and depth of her vision: “My Bad Sex Wasn’t Rape”; “My Shazam Boobs.” In the latter fine essay, Ms. March teaches us how hard-won is the lesson that “I can celebrate my tits without mourning their potential loss.” Hers truly is a voice for the ages, and she is yet but 44.

Did Cyril of Jerusalem teach sola scriptura? White vs. Matatics (1997), part 1.

BY: Henry Matthew Alt • June 23, 2014 • Apologetics; Debates; sola scriptura

It is an old and tried (and tired) tactic of the anti-Catholic apologist to take a Church Father (by the Mass, even a saint and doctor of the Church!) and make believe that he is a Protestant. The games people play now. I have written of such things before. Sooth, there is not a false doctrine known to man since 1517, that has not been read into the Bible and the Fathers by Reformed folks who hath eat the drug of anachronism and washed it down with the tonic of desperation. Only the polemical rogue Mr. John Bugay is bold enough to quit and claim victory in the same breath.

Three books by priests from OSV.

BY: Henry Matthew Alt • June 17, 2014 • Book Review

Fr. Mitch Pacwa’s name on a book is its own proof. Protestants who are attracted to the Church, but who find Mary an intractable stumbling block (I did) will be helped greatly by reading Fr. Mitch Pacwa’s book. Bible study classes will find this book a useful text. Indeed, Fr. Pacwa seemed to have had such an audience in mind, since the book comes with questions for review and discussion, as well as places to write study notes. Catholics who simply want to understand Mary better, and grow deeper in their relationship with her, will also find this book incredibly valuable.