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Roman Catholicism

The Catholics who broke with Rome. Again.

By Filings on Mon, 07/20/26
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“The group is called the Society of St. Pius X, or SSPX. It has spent decades claiming to defend the true Catholic tradition against a church it sees as too modern, too open, too willing to change…. SSPX triggered excommunications and pushed its whole society into schism.” - RNS

The Wizard of Aquino and the Future of Protestant Retrieval

By Filings on Thu, 05/21/26
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“Thomas is no siren song with irresistible powers, replacing the grace in the I of TULIP with the Summa. But many seem to think otherwise.

Are Protestant Churches Valid? Examining Apostolic Succession

By Filings on Thu, 12/18/25
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“Gavin Ortlund examines whether Protestant churches—and their Eucharist—are truly valid by critically assessing apostolic succession through biblical, historical, and theological lenses.” - Truth Unites

Pope Leo XIV and Patriarch Bartholomew sign document urging progress on Christian unity

By Filings on Mon, 12/01/25
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“On the anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the two Christian leaders pledged to unify their churches while warning world leaders to halt the spread of war.” - RNS

Answering Kind, Cogent Catholic Commenters on the Rosary

By Filings on Mon, 10/27/25
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“Maybe the rosary isn’t widely practiced among professing Catholics. II don’t know. But those who responded about it, they took it very seriously, and they took my objections seriously, too.” - Ward on Words

The Rosary and the Bible

By Filings on Fri, 10/10/25
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“I object to the Catholic practice of the rosary and I want to talk through my objections in this video. Now, I believe deeply in representing my opponents in any debate accurately and with charity. This is one of the most basic, obvious, and simple applications of the love command in scripture and of the golden rule.” - Mark Ward

How Exactly Do I Meditate? Protestant and Catholic Visions in Tension

By Filings on Thu, 09/18/25
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“The two approaches represent differing convictions about Scripture and tradition, and differing understandings of meditation itself. The Protestant practice… esteems the primacy of Scripture, treats meditation as a path for the whole Christian pilgrimage, and far better serves real communion with God.” - Desiring God

The Protestant Canon Defended

By Filings on Thu, 07/03/25
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“Gavin Ortlund discusses the Protestant canon with ‪@javierperd2604‬ and ‪@CleavetoAntiquity‬, considering Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox objections, the testimony of church history, and more.” - Truth Unites

How the Roman Catholic Doctrine of Assurance Distorts the Conscience

By Filings on Wed, 06/18/25
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“…a key issue is frequently overlooked by both Protestant admirers of Rome and those who convert to Catholicism—assurance of salvation. The Roman Catholic Church flatly denies that Christians can have certainty of their salvation.” - 9 Marks

New Pew report shows Catholicism's deep roots and dire challenges in US life

By Filings on Wed, 06/18/25
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“While reporting relatively low levels of attendance at Mass, almost half of US adults (47%) say they have a personal or family relationship to Catholicism, a new Pew Research Center survey finds.” - RNS

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