Gerald Daffer - Mark J. Ward Discussion on the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church

The Gerald Daffer - Mark J. Ward Discussion

Is the Pope Authorized by God to be the Head of the Universal Church?

The following is the format that both parties agreed to prior to entering into this good spiritual discussion. The participants hope that all readers will read their Bibles and study the information contained in all the articles with open hearts and minds.

PROPOSITION ONE
"The Holy Scriptures teach that the bishop of Rome is the
head of the Christian Church and this teaching has been
embraced by the Church Universal since Apostolic times."

- Gerald "Jerry" Daffer affirms
- Mark J. Ward denies

Click on the following to get to the speeches or you can link to the articles from the July Issue of The Religious Instructor.

1. First Affirmative by Jerry = 3000 words
2. First Negative = Mark = 3000 words (NOTE: 1 & 2 were written at the same time, the negative did not see the 1st affirmative prior to writing the opening article in the negative of the proposition)
3. 2nd Affirmative Jerry = 2500 words
4. 2nd Negative Mark = 2500 words
5. 3rd Affirmative Jerry = 2500 words
6. 3rd Negative Mark = 2500 words

7. Jerry's Question 1 to Mark = 250 words to ask
8. Mark answers Jerry's Question 1 = 500 words to answer
9. Jerry's Question 2 to Mark = 250 words to ask
10 Mark answers Jerry's Question 2 = 500 words to answer
11 Jerry's Question 3 to Mark = 250 words to ask
12 Mark answers Jerry's Question 3 = 500 words to answer
13 Jerry's Question 4 to Mark = 250 words to ask
14 Mark answers Jerry's Question 4 = 500 words to answer
15 Jerry's Question 5 to Mark = 250 words to ask
16 Mark answers Jerry's Question 5 = 500 words to answer
then
17 Mark's Question 1 to Jerry = 250 words to ask
18 Jerry answers Mark's Question 1 = 500 words to answer
19 Mark's Question 2 to Jerry = 250 words to ask
20 Jerry answers Mark's Question 2 = 500 words to answer
21 Mark's Question 3 to Jerry = 250 words to ask
22 Jerry answers Mark's Question 3 = 500 words to answer
23 Mark's Question 4 to Jerry = 250 words to ask
24 Jerry answers Mark's Question 4 = 500 words to answer
25 Mark's Question 5 to Jerry = 250 words to ask
26 Jerry answers Mark's Question 5 = 500 words to answer
then
27 Mark's closing statement = 1500 words
28 Jerry's closing statement = 1500 words

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