Protestant scholar Gavin Ortlund discusses why Protestants do not accept the Papacy as given by God to the church.
The Papacy Is Not From God
https://youtu.be/z7zwIN8vEkA
When Did the Papacy Begin? (Response to Joe Heschmeyer)
https://youtu.be/0zQU-_78P34
Here' an excellent video by James Agnew refuting many objections to Sola Scriptura. Especially those of Cameron Bertuzzi. The vast majority of the Agnew's refutations are brilliant. Though, there are a few where his refutations are weak for various reasons. For example, when he occasionally didn't do an internal critique of Catholicism properly (etc.). Nevertheless, over all, this is one of the best take downs of objections to Sola Scriptura I've encountered. It's also a bit funny too. Unfortunately, Agnew admits his theology is not entirely orthodox in its Protestantism. For example, he holds to a Trinitarian model that incorporates partialism. Nevertheless, I post his video below because of how well he refutes Cameron Bertuzzi's arguments against Sola Scriptura.
Is Sola Scriptura True? Refuting @CapturingChristianity
https://youtu.be/MP7db7IZY2M
Sola Scriptura DEFENDED Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6ZAa0gNMvE&list=PLshImU6jwhvyFYwH_KCsnU_XVdLAbvSF5
Many of my blogposts in this blog are to Gavin Ortlund's defense of Protestantism. Here are more videos by him all grouped together.
How Do We KNOW the New Testament Canon
https://youtu.be/06ItjoHCp28
How Protestants View the Papacy (Debate Reaction)
https://youtu.be/Lx6GzN_qgiM
The Immaculate Conception A Protestant Evaluation
https://youtu.be/PR9EbapyPcg
Augustine on the Rock of Matthew 16 (This Will Surprise You)
https://youtu.be/Mslw0lS1ZLQ
The Biggest Misunderstanding About Protestantism
https://youtu.be/Fsjd8xY9OSM
Answering Taylor Marshall on the Eucharist
https://youtu.be/t7xn5hyYiKk
A Protestant Take on Ignatius
https://youtu.be/z42SQYXuXok
A "Worship Problem" For Protestants?
https://youtu.be/lupFft2GqOc
Sola Scriptura is Totally Medieval!
https://youtu.be/3NuskiZmfb0
Did Protestants Remove Books From the Bible !
https://youtu.be/WnzbNkIKwUQ
No, Jerome Didn't Accept a Larger Canon
https://youtu.be/rpHUeTZjeuQ
Origen on Praying to Saints: FINAL Response to Joe Heschmeyer
https://youtu.be/fayEcMfouOc
Articles:
Church Fathers Who Denied the Immaculate Conception
https://truthunites.org/2020/12/18/church-fathers-who-denied-the-immaculate-conception/
On Typology, Eliakim, Peter, and Christ - An Interview w/ Dr. Timothy Rucker
https://youtu.be/ouDCjiwUtaQ
My Case Against the Papacy: Response to Criticism
https://youtu.be/zBgMPH5TUGU
Below is the video where he outlined his case against the Papacy on Capturing Christianity:
The Case AGAINST The Papacy w/ Dr. Gavin Ortlund
https://youtu.be/xGCLzEI92gI
See also Jason Engwer's blogpost where he not only links to the first video linked above, but to other resources: Was there a papacy in the early church?
(posted 1/5/2023)
I'm not yet convinced that the Pope is the Anti-Christ. That's the historic Protestant position going back to the days of the Protestant Reformation. Usually with the eschatological assumption of Historicism whereby the book of Revelation has been being fulfilled slowly down through history. I myself tend to interpret the book of Revelation in a Partial Preterist and Idealist way. Though, I'm slowly looking into the case for Historicism.
I think the pope is *an* anti-Christ even if I'm not yet convinced he's *the* anti-Christ. I say that even though there probably are some genuinely saved people in the Catholic Church. I believe there's enough truth in Catholicism for some to possibly be saved despite all the "traditions of men" that water down the truth and despite the official Catholic gospel not technically being a saving gospel. This is because perfect doctrine doesn't save. Rather it is Christ who saves, normatively through the very basics of the Gospel which include things like the doctrine of the Trinity and salvation by grace. Catholicism technically teaches both. Though, Catholicism's complex Gospel with all the accretions of the traditions of men technically denies (either outright, or at the very least implicitly) the sufficiency of the redemption Christ purchased at the cross in many ways.
The following is a link to some message that argue for the historic Protestant position that the Pope is the Anti-Christ.
