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Dr. Gavin Ortlund is a Reformed Baptist author, speaker, pastor, scholar, and apologist for the Christian faith. He has a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Gavin Ortlund argued in a video that one of two big reasons for the Protestant Reformation was Catholic persecution. But the latter was no better among Protestants.

The following is meant to be a companion to the previous post “Catharism, Calvary Chapel, and Catholicism” (though long overdue! ☹).  On a broader level The following is meant to be a companion to the previous post “Catharism, Calvary Chapel, and Catholicism”.  On a broader level it can serve as a resource for a few primary sources on Catharism in the Middle Ages.  It includes a pair of orthodox writers as well as a citation from the Charter of Niquinta which is alleged to have come...

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St. Francis and the Climate Apocalypse July 23, 2021 Philip Jenkins It would be hard to find a more universally popular figure than Francis of Assisi. Christians and non-Christians alike commonly recall him as a wonderful figure of holiness, fully in tune with the animal kingdom, and the environment. It’s odd then to recall a time when Francis was the centerpiece of what we can best call a dreaded messianic cult, which the Church suppressed with a great deal of bloodshed. This was one of the ...