Some have claimed1 that Dr. Scott Hahn resurrected a defunct argument for the Papacy which had lain dormant for four centuries since the Counter-Reformers made it up.
However, researching this, it seems that this isn’t 100% accurate. Obviously, those below may not have been influenced by a tradition of interpretation from the Counter-Reformation controversialists, but that they all at least saw some “Ähnlichkeit” between Eliakim and Peter:
Lapide, C. C. a.
The Problem of Dipping Infants I was recently in two old Anglican Churches and as always was fascinated by the visible architectural history. In Lancaster Priory, the effect of the Tractarians was clearly visible, confirmed by a very old photograph of the plainer Evanglical set-up from the 1800s. One of the more interesting aspects was the size of the old fonts.
Also at Lancaster Priory there were two fonts. The newer font had a rather grandiose 17th century lid (see below), but from the height.
The Worst Protestant Heresy: Assurance? I was recently pointed to an interesting if not inflammatory point regarding Bellarmine’s polemics against the Protestants: that the chief heresy of the Protestants is their doctrine of assurance. It seems that this is an error.
I believe this claim may be sourced from an essay of Dr. Sinclair Ferguson, though of course Dr. Ferguson could have inherited it himself. His essay was actually picked up by a Roman Catholic writer who almost caught the error and put in far more effort than he should have to discover it.
Utrum Verbum Prædicatum Sacramentum Sit In discendo historicos sermones de sacramentiis et mediis gratiæ naturaliter oritur quæstio, Utrum verbum prædicatum etiam sacramentum esse possit. Mihi videtur in disputationibus historibus numerum sacramentorum semper septem fuisse, sed nulla eorum prædicatio fuit. Sed, ut medium gratiæ, est prædicatio vere idem pro sacramentum, ergo quare non est?
Prædicationis Primatio Facilis est dicere, quod theologiæ præteriti parvam attentionem prædicationi dabant. Puto tamen non est quam simpliciter.
Verae Theologiae Finis Ultimus Seu Particularis Finis philosophiæ fuit a primis temporibus definire homini finem vitæ suæ, atque modum quo conversationem sua informet, ut secundum hunc summum finem vivere. Propter hanc quæstionem necessario oriuntur quæstiones bonorum et malorum, relationes inter eos, et media, quibus determinari possit bonorum cognitio. Necessario quoque constanter quæstio orta est de complexione hominis cum diis (Rom. I; Augustinus, De Civ. Dei, VIII.1); vel, ut aliter ponatur, quomodo actus divinarum vel semidivinarum humani beatitudini (εὐδαιμονίᾳ) referant et quomodo homo se in luce huius scientiæ gerere debeat.