Bible Conversations: Catholic-Protestant Dialogues on the Bible, Tradition, and Salvation

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Lulu.com, 2007 M04 27 - 224 pages
Fifteen dialogues loosely based on encounters of a Catholic apologist with Protestants, over the course of nearly five years of Internet discussions on lists, bulletin boards, and private correspondence. The most important and fundamental issues that divide Protestants and Catholics are dealt with: the relationship of Bible and tradition, the authority of the Church, whether the Church and tradition can be infallible like the Bible, how one is saved, the relationship of faith and works, whether Catholics believe in "salvation by works," grace alone, etc.
 

Contents

The Premises of Sola Scriptura 2 Is the Bible the Ultimate Rule of Faith?21
21
Does the Bible Clearly Teach That it is Clear?
46
The Perspicuity Clarity of the Bible
55
The Formal Sufficiency of Holy Scripture70
70
Tradition
79
The Nature of the Church
89
On Church Authority and Epistemological
95
Are Dissident Catholics a Disproof of the Catholic Churchs
101
Repentance
128
Justification the Law
140
The Reformed Definitions of Protestant and Pelagian150
150
The Biblical Evidence for Infant Baptism and Baptismal
161
Martin Luther and the New Testament Canon183
183
Catholic Biblical Exegesis and Hermeneutics
193
The Antiochene School of Literal
200
The Catholic View of NonCatholics Karl Adam
211

Salvation
111

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