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Last Update: January
2, 2008
 Mark Bonocore vs.
Matt Slick: Discussions about the
Catholic Faith
In these twelve
exchanges hosted by Christian Apologetics
Research Ministry's "Faith and
Reason" Web Radio broadcast,
Catholic Apologist, Mark Bonocore, and
Calvinist Apologist, Matt Slick, discuss
the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Topics include Ecclesiology, the Canon of
Scripture, Tradition, the Papacy, Mary,
Predestination, Justification, Purgatory
and many other areas of agreements and
disagreements between Catholics and
Protestants. The first exchanges start
out rather stoically, but thankfully the
latter ones get a bit more impassioned
and more interesting. Mark scores a
number of jaw dropping, knock-out blows
during this series. (Click here and here to sample just a
couple of them.) Interestingly, we are
uncertain why Mr. Slick is offering only
five
of these 58-minute discussions for sale when Mark
appeared twelve
times on his hour long show. Mark does an
absolutely superb job in exposing the
inherent weaknesses of Protestant
objections to Catholic teaching and
showing the inherent weak foundation of
Protestantism. A great resource to share
with a Protestant friend.
Mark Bonocore vs.
Gary DeMar: Why Catholicism is necessary
to debunk The
DaVinci Code
In this barn-burner of a
dialogue, Mark Bonocore takes on Gary
Demar on Stu Epperson's TruthTalkLive.com. As the broadcast
makes evident, the Catholic approach to
debunking The DaVinci Code is
the most effective way of countering the
liberal distortions of our time since it
incorporates the early Church's
historical witness to the divinity of
Christ. The dialogue, however, soon gets
off track with both Mark and Gary
defending each other's views regarding
the Canon, the Church Fathers, and
Eschatology among other topics.
Click here to
purchase Mark's entire 12 hour dialogue
with Matt Slick and Mark's 30 minute
dialogue with Gary Demar for only $25. As
a bonus, we will include all other Legate
audio presentations for free as well! All
audio presentations are recorded on a
single DVD in MP3 format.
From a reader...
Dear Mark, I
am from Brazil and apologist. I
frequented the adventism for 10 years
but yesterday I confess and I am
officially back the Catholic Church.
Today I will take communion. I am
very happy. I thank the American
sites as yours, that helped me a lot.
I translate from English and that I
can have access to so many good
materials as yours and of Dave
Armstrong, for example. Thank you and
be with God.
Caesarea
Philippi, The Towering Backdrop to
Peter's Profession
The Catholic Legate's director, John
Pacheco, had an article published in Catholic
Answer's This Rock
magazine on the significance of
Caesarea Philippi to the papacy. John
explores the historical background to the
area where Jesus conferred primary
authority on St. Peter, and offers a
unique angle on the geographical
relevance to the Catholic teaching on the
Papacy. Check out the April edition of This
Rock and get a new angle on the
primacy of Peter!!! (Pacheco - 14KB -
05.06).
The
edition that was eventually published can
be read here.
Oh Brother,
Where Art Thou? - The Principal Reasons
Why St. James the Just Could Not Possibly
Be the Literal Brother of Jesus Christ
Mark Bonocore cuts down liberal
academia's pretensions about Mary's
virginity by defending the traditional
Catholic view of this ancient doctrine.
Mark proposes new insights for the
Catholic Apologetics community which will
serve the Church's apologia for the semper
virgo. (Bonocore - 17KB - 05.06)
Contraception:
Sexual Idolatry Revealed
The bible talks about
idolatry and sorcery. And while
conventional images of golden calves and
magical incantatations first come to mind
when these words are uttered, there is a
far deeper meaning to them when
considered within the realm of sex. In
this article, Legate Director John
Pacheco offers some views on this subject
which are not that commonly known. (Pacheco - 32KB -
07.05)
How to
Speak to a Jew
In this dialogue, a recent
Catholic convert from Evangelicalism asks
Mark for some help in his dialogue with
Paul, a Jewish critic of Christianity.
Proof texting is not an option with our
elder Abrahamic brethren but a more
nuanced and cultured response is.
(Bonocore - 43KB - 07.11)
The
Protestant Pickle
So just what is a Prot Pickle
you ask? A Prot Pickle is a situation a
Protestant finds him or herself in when
confronted with a foolproof argument
dealing with matters of religion. From
time to time, we will present a new
question for our Protestant audience and
we encourage each one to try and respond
as best they can. Selected submissions
will be posted on this website.
Our
Question:
St. Paul commanded
the Thessalonians in 2 Thes 2:14
to keep the traditions that they
had been taught either orally or
in writing.
Therefore,
brethren, stand fast; and hold
the traditions which you have
learned, whether by word, or by
epistle.
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The protestant dilemma is to
come up with a citation from Scripture
where an Apostle changes this command to
limit our acceptance to written tradition
only. Of course, if an Apostle had given
this command, it would have disqualified
his very own preaching at that very
moment! Be that as it may, let's
see what our Protestant brethren can come
up with. Submit an Answer.
Response 9
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