Scott Eric Alt

Scott Eric Alt is a Catholic convert and blogger. He has an M.A. in English literature (1998) from Southern Illinois University, and in a past life taught introductory college composition and literature. In 2011, after many years of Protestant church-hopping, he was received into the Catholic Church. He is a Third Degree Knight of Columbus and Benedictine oblate of St. Meinrad Archabbey. He currently lives near Cincinnati, Ohio, and blogs mainly about apologetics here.

The Worst Arguments Against Papal Infallibility – Part 1

This post begins a series addressing arguments against papal infallibility. The first of them is fairly easy to refute, but it is worth mentioning because of how common it is. The argument goes like this: “The pope is a sinner, like everyone else, and so therefore can hardly claim to be infallible.” Now, you will …

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The Catholic Priesthood Does Not Replace Christ’s (Part 2)

Last week I made several points to counter the anti-Catholic believe that the Catholic priesthood somehow replaces the priesthood of Christ. Read that here. To the point, I clarifies the mistakes John Clavin made hermeneutically: “If “Christ be­ing im­mor­tal,” as Calvin says, “had not the least oc­ca­sion to have a vicar sub­sti­tuted for him,” then …

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The Catholic Priesthood Does Not Replace Christ’s. Here’s Why.

A common proof-text to which Protestants will go when trying to argue against the Catholic priesthood is Hebrews 7:23-24, which reads (in the KJV): “And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.” The error in …

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I Never Understood Why We Pray The Luminous Mysteries, Until Now!

On October 16, 2002, Pope St. John Paul II added a new group of Mysteries—the “Luminous Mysteries”—to the Rosary. Hitherto there had been three groups: the Joyful Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries, and the Glorious Mysteries. These three together totaled 150 Hail Marys: originally meant to correspond to the 150 Psalms. An objection, among traditional-minded folks, to …

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3 Verses That Fail to Prove Sola Scriptura, and Never Will

In conversations with Protestants, the topic of sola scriptura will almost always come up. According to those who are persuaded by this idea, the Bible—sixty-six, not seventy-three, books—is the sole infallible rule of faith and practice for the Church. Whatever is not specifically in the Bible, or may be logically inferred from it, is not binding …

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