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		<title>Was Augustine monergist?</title>
		<link>http://vivacatholic.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/was-augustine-monergist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Augustine, bishop of Hippo (died 430 AD), is considered as monergist in www.monergism together with Luther, Calvin and other Reformed/Puritan prominent figures.   The following is statement of Augustine they claimed to show his view on monergism (the complete text of “Against Two Letters of Pelagians” is available online at www.ccel.org):
Can you say, ‘We will first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivacatholic.wordpress.com&blog=1291901&post=215&subd=vivacatholic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monergism vs. Synergism</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to definition given in www.monergism.com (emphasis in bold is mine), Monergism is the belief that in our regeneration, the Holy Spirit unites us to Christ independent of any cooperation from our un-regenerated human nature. He quickens us through the outward call cast forth by the preaching of His Word, disarms our innate hostility, removes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivacatholic.wordpress.com&blog=1291901&post=209&subd=vivacatholic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Luther and the book of Judith</title>
		<link>http://vivacatholic.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/luther-and-the-book-of-judith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Luther]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luther wrote his preface to deuterocanonical (or apocryphal, in Protestant’s terminology) books in 1534.  About the Book of Judith while he admitted its historical problems are irreconcilable he considered it to be religious fiction of which errors were deliberately (and painstakingly) inserted by the person who wrote it.  Interestingly he still considered Judith to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivacatholic.wordpress.com&blog=1291901&post=204&subd=vivacatholic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Relics</title>
		<link>http://vivacatholic.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/relics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relics and their veneration are Catholic&#8217;s practice that have at least negative connotation for Protestants and &#8220;Bible only&#8221; Christians. Many would consider them as superstitious belief copied from other religions and even condemn them as idolatry, i.e. &#8220;worshipping&#8221; pieces of cloth or personal belongings of departed saints, their bones and believing they have supernatural power. 
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		<title>Myths on Indulgences</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Purgatory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found interesting article about indulgences written by Michael P. Foley, an associate professor of Patristics in the Great Texts Program of Baylor University.  His article clarifies myths about indulgences, commonly believed by non Catholics (and by many Catholics as well). It is published in Baylor&#8217;s student newspaper, Lariat, which you can access here.
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		<title>Luther on Purgatory</title>
		<link>http://vivacatholic.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/luther-on-purgatory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is interesting to know that Luther did believe in purgatory, though he was not able to find any support from Scripture.  He therefore argued that purgatory should not be considered as Church&#8217;s dogma, i.e. those who do not believe in it are not heretics. Below is what he wrote on purgatory (emphasis in bold [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivacatholic.wordpress.com&blog=1291901&post=178&subd=vivacatholic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Infused righteousness versus imputed righteousness &#8211; which one entitles us to enter heaven?</title>
		<link>http://vivacatholic.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/infused-righteousness-versus-imputed-righteousness-which-one-entitles-us-to-enter-heaven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Calvin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justification]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is still on-going discussion on infused righteousness (Catholic position) and imputed righteousness (Protestant/Reformer position).  Rev. Chase Sears of Reformed Baptist Church wrote a number of posts on this issue in his blog (http://chasesears.info/) &#8211; he already closed his blog.  It is quite natural (and he is entitled to do so) that he tried his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivacatholic.wordpress.com&blog=1291901&post=174&subd=vivacatholic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reformation Day</title>
		<link>http://vivacatholic.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/reformation-day-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Luther]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[95 theses]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 31 October 1517 Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses mainly condemning the Catholic Church&#8217;s practices on selling indulgences &#8211; the act that triggered Reformation.  Luther did write explanation of those 95 theses. Below is what he wrote on thesis number 42: Christians are to be taught that the pope does not intend that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivacatholic.wordpress.com&blog=1291901&post=168&subd=vivacatholic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cheltenham or Mommsen list</title>
		<link>http://vivacatholic.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/cheltenham-or-mommsen-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[New Testament]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cheltenham]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheltenham or Mommsen list, dated to around 4th century AD, is list of Old and New Testament books discovered by Theodor Mommsen in Phillips collection at Cheltenham in 1885.  Theodor Mommsen was classical historian (1817 &#8211; 1903) and recipient of 1902 Nobel prize in literature.




Old Testament


New Testament




Genesis
Exodus
Numbers
Leviticus
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Kings
2 Kings
3 Kings
4 Kings
Chronicles (2 books)
Maccabees (2 books)
Job
Tobit
Esther
Judith
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		<title>Sacrilege</title>
		<link>http://vivacatholic.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/sacrilege/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of mortal sins that violates God&#8217;s first commandment is sacrilege. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines sacrilege as:
Sacrilege consists in profaning or treating unworthily the sacraments and other liturgical actions, as well as persons, things, or places consecrated to God. Sacrilege is a grave sin especially when committed against the Eucharist, for in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vivacatholic.wordpress.com&blog=1291901&post=150&subd=vivacatholic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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