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The Cross & the Crucifix: Letter to a Fundamentalist

The Cross & the Crucifix (From a letter Steve wrote to a Evangelical Protestant who asked about the Catholic Crucifix) Dear Evangelical Friend: You display a bare cross in your home; we display the cross and the crucifix. What is the difference and why? The cross is an upright post with a crossbeam in the […]

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How Big Was Jesus in Mary’s Womb at the Visitation – and what could he do?

BE SURE TO VOTE PRO-LIFE ON NOVEMBER 8 “How big was baby Jesus in Mary’s womb when Mary visited Elizabeth?” That is the question I asked myself while visiting the Church of the Visitation in Israel. What I learned was quite revolutionary and amazing. This is one of the best pro-life arguments from Scripture and […]

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A Page from my New Book on Genesis

This book has been in the process for some time but is is editorial at Ignatius Press. Hopefully it will be for sale by the end of the year. Genesis is such an exciting and foundational book. When I am completely finished with it I will miss Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. Feel like […]

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What Does the Word Catholic Mean? A History of the Word “Catholic”

As a Protestant, I went to an Evangelical church that changed an important and historical word in the  Apostles Creed. Instead of the “holy, catholic Church,” we were the “holy, Christian church.” At the time, I thought nothing of it. There was certainly no evil intent, just a loathing of the Catholic Church and a […]

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Mary and the Other Body of Christ; How Many People were in the Upper Room and Why?

Since Pentecost is upon us, I thought I would share this again… The room was pretty full. It was warm but a gentle breeze was blowing—that would change. There was fear in the room. The Roman army was a thing to be feared, they had just crucified Jesus and it was a dangerous thing to […]

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Article and Video to Debunk: “The Trail of Blood: Baptist Successionism”

The Trail of Blood by Steve Ray What is the history of Baptists? Can they trace their roots back to the 1st century? Many “fundamentalist” Baptists believe they can. Are they correct? There is a booklet that is very popular among this fundamentalist crowd. It is entitled “The Trail of Blood”. The booklet claims that Catholics persecuted the […]

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Musings on the Greatest Danger to the West and Freedom-Loving Democracies

In discussion with a friend, I wrote the following and thought I would share it. Of course, the greatest danger is our own selves as we abandon the Judeo-Christian worldview and increasingly adopt a Marxist, Materialist, Humanist perspective. But, these musings are related to outside dangers which become relevant mainly because of our shift away […]

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What Do We Mean by “Unanimous Consent of the Fathers”

Unanimous Consent of the Fathers By Steve Ray The Unanimous Consent of the Fathers (unanimem consensum Patrum) refers to the morally unanimous teaching of the Church Fathers on certain doctrines as revealed by God and interpretations of Scripture as received by the universal Church. The individual Fathers are not personally infallible, and a discrepancy by […]

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