Category Archives: Development of Doctrine

Protestantism and Church History

Posted on June 16, 2023 by Ken Temple

Protestants can hold to the promise of Matthew 16:18 and Ephesians 3:21, without falling for the typical historical arguments that Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox make. They ask, “where is the true church that Jesus started?”, or “What is the … Continue reading →

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To Be Deep in History

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Ken Temple

Keith Mathison, at Ligonier Ministries, and in the September 2010 issue of Talbletalk, has an excellent article on the Roman Catholic Cardinal, John Henry Newman’s (1801-1890) claim and he compares Newman’s take with another Anglican who converted to Roman Catholicism … Continue reading →

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Historical Developments that slowly led to the eclipsing of the doctrine of justification by faith alone

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Ken Temple

I wrote an article on this years ago (2012) at James Swan’s blog, “Beggar’s All Reformation and Apologetics”. You can see the old article there. I have updated and edited this here. Anthony Rogers excellent recent presentation on Sola Fide … Continue reading →

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Discussion on Allan Ruhl’s channel about Protestant Faith vs. Roman Catholic Faith

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Ken Temple

I want to thank Allan Ruhl for having me on his You Tube channel. The sound quality was not good at times, but hopefully, Lord willing, we can do more of these in the future. Basically, I mentioned the major … Continue reading →

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“Christ’s incarnation sanctified matter”?

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Ken Temple

Can physical matter (water, bread, relics, icons, statues, rituals, pilgrimages) cause regeneration or increase in sanctifying grace to come into our souls? My comments here are responses to Jay Dyer’s Response to Vocab Malone’s criticism of Eastern Orthodoxy and Chrismation. … Continue reading →

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Evangelical Protestants can be deep in church history

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Ken Temple

I am so thankful for the ministry of Dr. James White at Alpha and Omega Ministries and his debates vs. Roman Catholics and his books on the issues, especially The Roman Catholic Controversy, and books on Sola Scriptura and Sola … Continue reading →

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Church History, Newman’s false dictum, and baptismal regeneration in the early church

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Ken Temple

This post includes 4 excellent videos about Church History, Historical Theology, Cardinal John Henry Newman’s famous quote, “To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant” (which is false, and Gavin Ortlund is providing a ton of good … Continue reading →

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John Henry Newman’s confession – early church is different than later church in history

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Ken Temple

Cardinal John Henry Newman admitted that the early church (“catholic” / universal -first 500 years) is different than the later church (later = Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox). It does not seem possible, then, to avoid the conclusion that, whatever … Continue reading →

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Irenaeus and the church at Rome in his day

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Ken Temple

Originally posted on Apologetics and Agape:
Irenaeus was one of the most important church fathers of the second century, who was bishop of Lyon, France, and who wrote around 180-200 AD, his famous work, Against Heresies, that was against Gnosticism…

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Scripture, Tradition, and Church, by Anthony Lane

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Ken Temple

Scripture, Tradition and Church: An Historical Survey, by Anthony N. S. Lane Click to access scripture_lane.pdf

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