In this episode we continue our discussion on Cameron Bertuzzi’s conversion to Roman Catholicism, focusing on apologist Jimmy Akin’s argument for the silence of the Early Church on the Papacy, and Suan Sonna’s Peter-Eliakim argument from Matthew 16:19 and Isaiah 22:22. In Akin’s case, we show not only that the Early Church did not conceal or dither on the matter of the church hierarchy, but also was staunchly against any apparent fraud or deception in their communications, insisting that church officers should be mentioned by name and title so that the authenticity of each letter would not be called into question.
Moving on to Suan Sonna’s arguments, we examine his methods as he attempts to find Roman, Petrine, Apostolic Succession in Irenæus of Lyons, Cyprian of Carthage and Clement of Rome. Having demonstrated his predilection for assuming he is right, we demonstrate from his own arguments how he sets aside his own expressed standards of interpretation to justify an untenable position on the Peter-Eliakim typology.
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Pints with Aquinas: Matt Fradd with Suan Sonna: Why The Papacy Is Biblical (Apr 13, 2021)
Intellectual Catholicism: Suan Sonna: the New Eliakim Typological Argument for the Papacy (July 14, 2022)
Capturing Christianity: Cameron Bertuzzi with Daniel Vecchio: Investigating the Eliakim Typological Argument for the Papacy (Sep 27, 2022)
Pints with Aquinas: Matt Fradd with Cameron Bertuzzi: Cameron Bertuzzi converts to Catholicism (November 18, 2022)
Philosophy for the People: Pat Flynn with Suan Sonna: The New Eliakim Typological Argument for the Papacy (Dec 12, 2022)