Wibisono H. posted an article on Viva Catholic - Aug 29, 2009, 11:43 pm
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 Augus...
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Wibisono H. posted an article on Viva Catholic - Aug 23, 2009, 7:41 pm
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...
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Wibisono H. posted an article on Viva Catholic - Jul 5, 2009, 6:46 pm
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 co...
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Wibisono H. posted an article on Viva Catholic - Oct 31, 2008, 9:05 pm
On 31 October 1517 Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses mainly condemning the Catholic Church’s practices on selling indulgences – the act that triggered Reformation.  Luther did write expl...
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Wibisono H. posted an article on Viva Catholic - Sep 18, 2008, 8:56 pm
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 cla...
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Wibisono H. posted an article on Viva Catholic - Sep 2, 2008, 9:48 pm
One of mortal sins that violates God’s first commandment is sacrilege. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines sacrilege as: Sacrilege consists in profaning or treating unworthily the sacra...
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Wibisono H. posted an article on Viva Catholic - Aug 24, 2008, 8:39 pm
It may surprise many of us to know that Luther had a high regard of Sacrament of Penance.  In 1519 he wrote a trilogy on three Sacraments: Penance, Baptism and Lord’s Supper. Just one year late...
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Wibisono H. posted an article on Viva Catholic - Aug 15, 2008, 10:59 pm
In understanding that through (Sacrament of) Baptism a person is regenerated or born again as new person whose sins are washed away, Luther was in total agreement with the teaching of the Catholic Chu...
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