One thing I’ll be doing sometimes over at the YouTube channel is taking blog posts and turning them into video presentations. Some recent comments by Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity prompted me to do this with my article on the Church Fathers on the Eucharist. A lot of anti-apologist apologists quote the Church Fathers when they said that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are the body and blood of Christ, as though it proves that they believed in transubstantiation. It doesn’t!
I’ve gotten tired of apologetics efforts against Protestants that offer “A million bazillion scattered quotes from the Church Fathers that clearly, obviously prove that they thought X.” Proof-text warfare is easy, but generally worthless, and the straw that broke the camel’s back for me was the issue of what the Fathers believed about the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. No more, please. That is not a respectful way to treat the Fathers on this or any subject.
Powered by WordPress & Theme by Anders Norén