Anti-Catholicism (Index Page for Dave Armstrong)

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Persecution and Intolerance (Historic Protestant)

Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr. John Weldon (Baptist)

Critique of Ankerberg and Weldon's Protestants and Catholics: Do They Now Agree?

"BJ Bear" (Lutheran)

Martin Luther the "Super-Pope" and de facto Infallibility: Extensive Documentation From Luther's Own Words and a Discussion of Protestant Charges Concerning Alleged Widespread Dishonesty of Catholic Apologists in Dealing With Luther (vs. "BJ Bear")

Dialogue on My Critique of James White's Book, Mary -- Another Redeemer? (particularly with regard to the differing views on early Mariology of Protestant Church historians J.N.D. Kelly and Philip Schaff) (vs. "BJ Bear")

  

Richard Bennett

Sola Scriptura: An Unbiblical Tradition: Refutation of Dr. John MacArthur and Richard Bennett

Bart Brewer

Bart Brewer's Initial "Reason" for Leaving the Catholic Church

Gene M. "Troll" Bridges

Chat Room Debate Challenge to "Turretinfan", "Saint and Sinner", and Gene M. "Troll" Bridges: "Is Catholicism Christian?" [Declined: "It's [sic] announcement was not in an email to me . . . Sorry, but that tactic earns you an automatic 'No,' since you lacked the integrity to simply email. You had your chance, and you blew it."]

Absolute Anti-Catholic Foolishness: Lay Catholics Can Never Teach (Steve Hays and Gene M. Bridges)

Gene Bridges' and Steve Hays' Errors Regarding the History of Papal Infallibility (Incl. Details on Luther's Dissent at the Leipzig Disputation in 1519)

The Watered-Down Illogic of Gene M. Bridges (Re: Holy Water)

Why Many Apologetics Books (Including My Own) Do Not Carry the Imprimatur / Profoundly Desperate Anti-Catholic "Arguments"

John Bugay

The Myth of Multiple "Millions" Supposedly Killed in the Catholic Inquisitions, Revisited (Anti-Catholic John Bugay's Historically Groundless Claims)

Liberal Catholic Historians: Anti-Catholic John Bugay Loves Them for His Polemical Purposes

"Enemy's Enemy": Catholic Basher John Bugay so Clueless as to Utilize Sedevacantists in Order to Contend that Catholicism is "Pantheist"

Pope Benedict XVI and Eucharistic Adoration: A Response to the Libel of the Holy Father by the Lapsed Catholic Controversialist, John Bugay, and Others (Paul Hoffer) 

Time for Me to Give Up Catholic Apologetics, Because of Catholic Sins? (So Sez John Bugay) / Does Sin in the Church (Even Serious Sexual Sin) Change the Nature of Truth and the Church?

Clarification of My Positions on Predestination and Calvinism (Especially Total Depravity), in Reply to the Ridiculously Muddle-Headed Insults of TAO and in Light of John Bugay's Manifest Abominable Ethics

How Anti-Catholics "Argue": Example #4625: John Bugay Resurrects Luther's Excrement Fetish in His Rush to Insult Myself and My Readers

John Bugay Goes After the Early Papacy: A Documentary Account

John Bugay and Pope Benedict XVI's Alleged "Pantheism": Even Fellow Anti-Catholics Know This is a Stupid, Groundless Charge

Is Christ's Righteousness Imputed to Believers?: Catholic vs. Reformed Protestant Understanding ("Adomnan" vs. John Bugay)

Anti-Catholic TAO Compares Catholics Who Want to Help Pal John Bugay During His Financial Distress, to the King of Sodom (While John is Similar to Abraham and the Prophet Elisha); His Sophistical Bible Butchery and Eisegesis Exposed

New Low in Anti-Catholic "Humor": St. Thérèse of Lisieux as Hitler / John Bugay Tries to Justify it Based on Historic Anti-Semitism / Steve Hays' Rank Ignorance of the Biblical Scope of "Blasphemy" and Sophomoric Dismissal of Kittel's Lexicon

Kevin Cauley (Church of Christ)

Catholic Refutation of Catholicism Refuted (which critiqued my pamphlet, Top Ten Questions Catholics Are Asked) (+ Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V) (vs. Kevin Cauley)

Jack Chick


Jack Chick (left) with Pastor Bob Nogalski at Victory Baptist Church in Clarkston, MI

[ source ]

Jack Chick's Lies: The Real Alberto Rivera (with a letter from an Alberto supporter and counter-reply)

Rev. Reed DePace (Reformed)

"Turretinfan" Goads and Baits for Debate / Double Standards of Anti-Catholic Reformed "Moderator" Rev. Reed DePace, Who Now Classifies Me as a "Swine"

Jason Engwer

Reply to Jason Engwer's Catholic But Not Roman Catholic Series on the Church Fathers: Sola Scriptura (An In-Depth Analysis of Ten Church Fathers' Views Pertaining to the Rule of Faith) (+ Part Two)

Dialogue on Sola Scriptura and the Church Fathers (+ Part Two)

James White's, Eric Svendsen's, and Jason Engwer's Glowing Tributes to Pope John Paul II

Reply to a Critique of my 50 New Testament Proofs for Petrine Primacy and the Papacy

Second Refutation of the Reductio ad Absurdum Argument for a "Pauline Papacy"

Dialogue on the Nature of Development of Doctrine (Particularly With Regard to the Papacy)

Reply to a Protestant Counter-Response on Development of Doctrine (Particularly With Regard to the New Testament Canon and the Papacy)

Further Dialogue With an Evangelical Protestant on Various Aspects of Development of Doctrine (Particularly Concerning the Canon of Scripture)

Jason Engwer's "Christmas Apologetics" (positive review)

Protestant Apologist Jason Engwer Grants the Possibility That Catholic Convert Francis Beckwith Might be Saved

Short Exchange on the Attempted Polemical Parallel Between Judaizers and Catholics (Alleged Works-Salvation)

Exchange With Protestant Apologist Jason Engwer on the Scriptural Relationship of Faith, Works, and Judgment

Reply to Protestant Apologist Jason Engwer's "The Canon and Church Infallibility" (An Alleged Disproof of Catholic Development of Doctrine) (+ Pt. II / Pt. III / Pt. IV)

Is Steve Hays Trying to Set the Stage (on Ridiculous Grounds) for Jason Engwer's Departure From This Debate? (Poisoning the Well Tactics)

Dialogue With Protestant Apologist Jason Engwer on the Rule of Faith in the Church Fathers, Part One (Papias)

Papias, Scripture, and Tradition (Round Two): Dialogue With Protestant Apologist Jason Engwer

James White is Correct About One Preferable Aspect of Oral Debate (Relevant to Jason Engwer's Recent Systematic Fleeing from My Opposing Arguments)

Proof That Anti-Catholic Apologist Jason Engwer Ignores an Average of 80% of Catholic Opponents' Arguments (Four Exchanges With Bryan Cross and Myself)

Evidence That Anti-Catholic Apologist Jason Engwer Mostly Ignores Catholic Arguments in "Debate": Exactly What He Cited From Two of My Recent Papers

Steve "Whopper" Hays (Reformed) 

Steve Hays' Obsession with Mocking Me as "Pope Dave" (+ Part II) [Facebook]

Steve Hays, Man of Science, Sez the Universe is 6000-10,000 Years Old 

Gene Bridges' and Steve Hays' Errors Regarding the History of Papal Infallibility (Incl. Details on Luther's Dissent at the Leipzig Disputation in 1519)

I Love the Word Popish: Steve Hays and Bigoted Anti-Catholic Titles

"Oreo Cookie Catholicism": The Curious Observations of One Steve Hays


Why Many Apologetics Books (Including My Own) Do Not Carry the Imprimatur / Profoundly Desperate Anti-Catholic "Arguments"

Reply to Steve Hays' Critique of Robert C. Koons' Treatise, A Lutheran's Case for Roman Catholicism: Sola Scriptura and Rule of Faith

Neither Fish Nor Fowl: My "Hybrid" (??) Post-Conversion Faith

Steve Hays Astonishingly Attempts to Rationalize Hyper-Denominationalist Sectarianism as God's Will


Steve Hays and His Band of Merry Mockers Join the "Anti-Catholic" / "Anti-Calvinist" Terminological Hypocrisy Bandwagon

Dialogue With Steve Hays on the Definition of a Lay Catholic Apologist (And Whether I Am One)

Defense of My Critique of Calvin's Institutes, in Reply to the Condemnations of Steve Hays

Protestant Apologist Jason Engwer Grants the Possibility That Catholic Convert Francis Beckwith Might be Saved (+ Steve Hays remarks)

Short Exchange on the Attempted Polemical Parallel Between Judaizers and Catholics (Alleged Works-Salvation)

Debate on the Morality of Masturbation and Whether the Bible Condemns It (Onan) (vs. Steve Hays)

Is Dinesh D'Souza a "High Profile" Fallen-Away Catholic? (vs. Steve Hays) 

New Low in Anti-Catholic "Humor": St. Thérèse of Lisieux as Hitler / John Bugay Tries to Justify it Based on Historic Anti-Semitism / Steve Hays' Rank Ignorance of the Biblical Scope of "Blasphemy" and Sophomoric Dismissal of Kittel's Lexicon

Civil War in the Sublime High-Level Online Anti-Catholic Ranks: Steve Hays and TAO vs. Jamin Hubner and James White (on Israel) 

Anti-Catholic Calvinist Steve Hays: Lies, Slanderous Mockery, Sophistry, Rationalization of Grave Sexual Sins: All in a Day's Work, and in the Name of Christ

Anti-Catholics Steve Hays, Peter Pike, and TAO Regurgitate the Old Groundless "Vow-Breaker" Charge About Yours Truly; Challenged to "Put Up or Shut Up" 



Reply to Nice Words From a Protestant Critic, With Corrections Concerning My "Superficial" and "Anti-Intellectual" (??) Evangelical Protestant Past


Anti-Catholic Polemicist Steve Hays Falsely Claims That I Have No Accountability to My Priest and Bishop


"Emperor Pope Dave": Anti-Catholic Mocking Reaches New Sublime Heights of Stupefied, Fathomless Imbecility


Response to Steve Hays' Further Defense of (Oops, Sorry, "Neutral" Stance on) Masturbation

Biblical Evidence for Penitential Mortification of the Flesh (Sackcloth / Hair Shirts) + Anti-Catholic Polemicist Steve Hays' "Replies" Refuted

Anti-Catholic vs Anti-Catholicism: Is There an Essential Difference? Turretinfan's and Steve Hays' Double Standards and Equivocation

New Low in Anti-Catholic Protestant Polemics: Steve Hays Says I Want Child Molesters and Sexual Abusers to be Given Free Access to Children

Hays on Hahn: Accusations of Dishonesty, and Attacks On His Basic Scholastic Competence / Steve Hays' Novel, Fallacious Caricature of "Catholicism"

Anti-Catholic Steve Hays Defends Masturbation and Contraception; Attacks and Mocks Perpetual Virginity and Clerical Celibacy, Makes Sexual Jokes About Nuns

Absolute Anti-Catholic Foolishness: Lay Catholics Can Never Teach (Steve Hays and Gene M. Bridges)

David T. King (Reformed)

Refutation of David T. King Regarding St. John Chrysostom and St. Irenaeus as Alleged Sola Scriptura Advocates

Self-Publishing and "Podunk Publishing" Efforts of Some of the Leading Anti-Catholic Authors (King, Webster, White, Svendsen)

More on Self-Published, Momentous Anti-Catholic Books (Such as Those by William Webster and David T. King)



Refutation of David T. King: Is Catholic Espousal of the Material Sufficiency of Scripture Inconsistent With Belief in the Assumption of Mary?

Protestant Contra-Catholic Revisionist History: Pope St. Pius X and Cardinal Newman's Alleged "Modernism"

35 (or 100) Million Inquisition Victims?: A Typical Example (in Live Chat) of Absurd Anti-Catholic Exaggerations and Prejudice



David T. King: the King of Misrepresentation and Non Sequitur, Does it Again / James White's "Meltdown" Mantra

Len Lisenbee

Does St. Alphonsus de Liguori, in The Glories of Mary, Teach That Mary is "Above God" and Can "Manipulate God"? (Corrections of Protestant Misunderstandings of Catholic Mariology) (vs. Len Lisenbee)

Martin Luther, John Calvin, and the "Reformation"

Did Martin Luther Regard the (Roman) Catholic Church as a Non-Christian, Apostate Institution?: Featuring dozens of citations from Luther's own writings; particularly On the Councils and the Churches (1539) and Against Hans Wurst (1541)

Luther's (and Calvin's) View of the Catholic Church

Luther's Lie About the Supposed Utter Obscurity of the Bible Before His Translation

Birth and Origin of the Pope: Cranach's vulgar woodcut, commissioned by Luther (photo and short description)

Just Reward for the Most Satanic Pope and His Cardinals: Cranach's "hanging" woodcut, commissioned by Luther (photo and short description)

John Calvin's View of the Catholic Church

Dialogue With Dr. Paul Owen on John Calvin's Anti-Catholicism (vs. Paul Owen)

Is Lutheranism Officially Anti-Catholic (The Book of Concord and the Catholic Mass)? (vs. "BWL")

The Protestant Inquisition ("Reformation" Intolerance and Persecution)

The "Moderate" Heinrich Bullinger: More Evidence of Rabid Anti-Catholicism in the Protestant Founders

Dialogue on 16th-Century Christians and Religious Tolerance (With Attempted Analogies to Communists, Muslims, and Pagan Romans) (vs. "CPA")

Dialogue on 16th Century Religious Toleration and Theft of Church Properties (vs. "CPA")

Why I Sometimes Write About "Bad" and Scandalous Stuff Concerning Early Protestant Leaders (aka "Reformers")

Catholic Response to the Movie Luther (2003): "Good to Hear Both Sides of the Story"

The Real Diet of Augsburg (Protestant Intolerance in 1530)

Diet of Regensburg (1541) and Colloquy of Poissy (1561): Protestant "Ecumenical" Efforts at Christian Unity?

The Early Protestants Were Ecumenical? NOT! (+ Part II) (vs. Dr. Paul Owen)

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Douglas Mabry ("Gojira")

My Biblical Passages Supporting Communion of Saints: Anti-Catholics Again Show a Dense Inability to Grasp Elementary Logic as Applied to Exegesis

Samuel the Prophet Appearing to Saul as an Argument for the Communion of Saints: Clarification For Protestant Critic Douglas Mabry

Communion of Saints: Douglas Mabry's Self-Destructing Reductio ad Absurdum

Dr. John MacArthur

Sola Scriptura: An Unbiblical Tradition: Refutation of Dr. John MacArthur and Richard Bennett

Orthodox Anti-Catholicism

A Response to Orthodox Critiques of Catholic Apostolicity

Indefectibility and the Anti-Ecumenical Orthodox Claim to Exclusive Ecclesiological Preeminence

Reflections on the Sack of Constantinople in 1204 and Lesser-Known Byzantine Atrocities

Peter Pike

"Yet More Proof That Dave Armstrong is Dishonest": Peter Pike's Big, Triumphant Announcement (and 852 is "far more than double" 899, too!)

Is Peter Pike an Anti-Catholic Presbyterian? Yes

"Rhology" (Alan Maricle)

How Anti-Catholics "Argue": "Rhology's" (Alan Maricle's) Pathetic Attempts to Smear My Name with Relentless Lies, Over at Tribalblogue

Anti-Catholic "Rhology" (Alan Maricle) Mocks Catholic Pro-Lifers and the Rosary: Says it Makes Demons "Laugh Uproariously"

"Saint and Sinner"

Chat Room Debate Challenge to "Turretinfan", "Saint and Sinner", and Gene M. "Troll" Bridges: "Is Catholicism Christian?"

[in effect, he declined on 10-27-07 by saying "amen" to "Turretinfan's" decline and giving no indication otherwise after five previous related comments (one / two / three / four / five) ]

Anti-Catholic Critique of The Catholic Verses Looming ("Saint and Sinner") / James White's Inability to Grasp the Very Purpose and Nature of the Book

"Saint and Sinner's" Critique of The Catholic Verses, Part I: 1 Timothy 3:15 (Church Authority and Sola Scriptura)

George Salmon (Anglican)

Classic Anti-Catholic Lies: George Salmon's Whoppers About Cardinal Newman's Alleged Disbelief in Papal Infallibility Prior to the 1870 Conciliar Definition, and Supposed Dishonesty and Intellectual Suicide Afterwards

Matt Slick (Presbyterian apologist; founder of CARM)

"Apostate" Churches, Deceptive Catholics, and Desperate Judgment Day Pleas

My PalTalk Runaround With Anti-Catholic Apologist Matt Slick

Live Chat Debate With CARM Founder Matt Slick: "Is Catholicism Christian?" to Occur Soon / Oops! No it Won't After All

Eric Svendsen

Dialogue on the Alleged "Perspicuous Apostolic Message" as a Proof of the Quasi-Protestantism of the Early Church (vs. Eric Svendsen and James White)

Dialogue on "Tradition" in the New Testament (vs. Eric Svendsen)

Debate on the Nature of "Church" and Catholicism (vs. Eric Svendsen)

Dialogue on the Logic of Catholic Infallible Authority (vs. Eric Svendsen)

Further Dialogue With an Evangelical Protestant on Various Aspects of Development of Doctrine (Particularly Concerning the Canon of Scripture) (vs. Jason Engwer; includes a reply to Eric Svendsen's arguments on the canon)

Luke 1:28 (Full of Grace) and the Immaculate Conception: Linguistic and Exegetical Considerations (includes reply to Eric Svendsen's arguments)

What is it With Anti-Catholics and Written Debate? (The Sad Case of Eric Svendsen as a Typical Example)

Eric Svendsen's and Other Anti-Catholics' Inconsistent Use of Anti-Evangelical as a Description of Catholics

More Examples of Eric Svendsen's Hypocritical Double Standards for "Anti" Language

Dr. Eric Svendsen: Catholics Have Raised Mary to the Level of the Holy Trinity (a "classic" post in opposition to anti-Catholic tactics and ignorance, preserved at the Internet Archive for three dates: one / two / three)

It's Greek to Me: An Illuminating Encounter With Eric Svendsen


Eric Svendsen Hits The Nail on the Head (Extreme Critics) / Condemnation of Pathetic Personal Attacks Against Svendsen

Dialogue: Are Dissident "Catholics" a Disproof of the Catholic Church's Claims of Ecclesiological and Doctrinal Unity? (vs. Eric Svendsen, James White, Andrew Webb, and Phillip Johnson)

James White's, Eric Svendsen's, and Jason Engwer's Glowing Tributes to Pope John Paul II  

Eric Svendsen Sez Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, and Dr. James Dobson Betray the Gospel and R Lousy Evangelicals, in Distinct Danger of Damnation

Self-Publishing and "Podunk Publishing" Efforts of Some of the Leading Anti-Catholic Authors (King, Webster, White, Svendsen)

Anti-Catholic Luminary Eric Svendsen: Is His Online Presence Kaput? A Fond Remembrance of His Antics and Follies

James Swan

How Anti-Catholic Apologists "Argue" and "Reason": Documentation of James Swan's Avalanche of Childish Personal Insults and Ridiculous Flat-Out Lies About Yours Truly

Am I a Psychotic Madman? Diagnoses from Reformed Protestant Anti-Catholic Polemicist James Swan

Viral Anti-Catholic Cluelessness: A Classic Example [Facebook]

 
Pastor Ken Temple [Reformed Baptist]

Baptist Pastor Ken Temple's Recent Adoption of Anti-Catholicism

Dialogue on the Exegesis of Luke 1:28 ("Full of Grace"), and the Immaculate Conception


Replies to Protestants' Alleged Biblical Disproofs of the Perpetual Virginity of Mary


Dialogue on Supposed Biblical Disproofs of the Perpetual Virginity of Mary: Round Two (+ Part Two / Part Three)


Dialogue With Baptist Ken Temple About the Equivalence (in Intent and Purpose) of the Terms Anti-Catholic and Anti-Calvinist

Dialogue on Supposed Biblical Disproofs of the Perpetual Virginity of Mary: Round Three

Baptist Pastor Ken Temple Proves That St. Paul Was a Blasphemer Who Claimed That People Can Save Others (Mariology and Synergistic Soteriology)

"Work Out Your Own Salvation With Fear and Trembling" (Philippians 2:12): Does It Harmonize With Protestant Soteriology?

Dialogue on Mortal and Venial Sin


Dialogue on Mortal and Venial Sin, Round Two

Dialogue With a Baptist Pastor on Relics

Dialogue on Whether the Church Fathers Were Closer to Protestantism Than to Catholicism

Dialogue: Are All the Biblical Books Self-Evidently Inspired and Canonical? (+ Parts Two | Three)

Dishonest, Illogical Sleight-of-Hand (From Anti-Catholics TAO and Ken Temple) in the Accusation of Alleged Catholic Idolatrous Worship at Mass 





Did St. Paul and Other Biblical Writers Always Necessarily Know That What They Were Writing Was Inspired Scripture? / NT Prophets



Did St. Athanasius Believe in Sola Scriptura?



400 Million "Popes": Protestant First Principles on Authority Are Inevitably Arbitrary, Unbiblical, and Viciously Self-Contradictory

Dialogue: Differences and Agreements on Celibacy of the Clergy

Frank Turk (aka "Centuri0n") (Baptist)

[his tongue-in-cheek picture!]

Dialogue on the Alleged Semi-Pelagianism of the Catholic Catechism (vs. Frank Turk)

Does the Term Anti-Catholic Have a Proper Theological / Religious Application (as Opposed to Political / Social)? (vs. Frank Turk)

"Thank God We Are Not Like Dave Armstrong": Frank Turk's Critique of Protestant Apologist Behavior and Blindness to James White's Manifest Outrages

 
Frank Turk and Phil Johnson Reply to My Critique With Christlike Examples of Charity and Reason / James White's January 2001 Resolution to Avoid All Interaction With Me (!!)

Does the Term Anti-Catholic Have a Proper Theological / Religious Application? Counter-Reply to Frank Turk

"Turretinfan" (Reformed) 
["TAO"]


["official" caricature]

Chat Room Debate Challenge to "Turretinfan", "Saint and Sinner", and Gene M. "Troll" Bridges: "Is Catholicism Christian?"

[declined to debate as proposed on 10-27-07, after lengthy ruminations and maneuverings (Link One / Link Two); see additional related puerile inanities]

Anti-Catholic TAO Compares Catholics Who Want to Help Pal John Bugay During His Financial Distress, to the King of Sodom (While John is Similar to Abraham and the Prophet Elisha); His Sophistical Bible Butchery and Eisegesis Exposed

Clarification of My Positions on Predestination and Calvinism (Especially Total Depravity), in Reply to the Ridiculously Muddle-Headed Insults of TAO and in Light of John Bugay's Manifest Abominable Ethics

Civil War in the Sublime High-Level Online Anti-Catholic Ranks: Steve Hays and TAO vs. Jamin Hubner and James White (on Israel) 


I Never Define the Word Christian? Huh?!?! (More of "Turretinfan's" Ceaseless Nonsense)


Anti-Catholic "Turretinfan" Joins His Cronies in Exhibiting "Anti" Language Hypocrisy and Double Standards


"Turretinfan's" Utterly Ridiculous Rationale For Refusing to do a Chat Debate is Laid Bare on The Supplement Blog


Final Exchange with TAO on the Silliness of His Debate Refusal and Also James White's Refusal


The Anonymous One's (TAO's) Use of the Pejorative Terms Papist and Romanist and Terminological Double Standards and Hypocrisy


Anti-Catholic TAO Compounds His "Category Absurdities" in Touting Catholic Dinesh D'Souza as Champion of Christianity (!)


To Bait or Not to Debate, That is the Question (Curious Tactics of "Argument" From Anti-Catholic "Turretinfan")


A Discourse on The Discourse on the Holy Theotokos (Anti-Catholic Distortion of St. Athanasius) (Paul Hoffer)


TAO's Continued Use of the Pejorative Papist (+ Part Two) (Paul Hoffer)


Anti-Catholic Calvinist "Turretinfan" Sez That God "Wants" Men to Sin; "Ordains" It



Was Luther in His Last Years in Agony and Bitter About the Course of Protestantism in Many Quarters (Including His Home Town)? Many Biographers Think So (includes a response to TAO's misrepresentations of my position)


Anti-Catholic vs Anti-Catholicism: Is There an Essential Difference? Turretinfan's and Steve Hays' Double Standards and Equivocation


"Turretinfan" Calls a Statue of Our Lord Jesus an "Idol" While His Buddy Bishop James White Praises the Statues of Calvin, Farel, Beza, and Knox

4th Century Icons of St. Peter and St. Paul Found in Rome / Ironies of Reformed Anti-Catholic Antipathy to Statues and Icons


"Turretinfan" Goads and Baits for Debate / Double Standards of Anti-Catholic Reformed "Moderator" Rev. Reed DePace, Who Now Classifies Me as a "Swine"


Luther and the "Immaculate Purification"

The Problem With Placing One’s Faith On a Pseudonymous Blogger Rather Than In a Visible Church (Part I)  (by Paul Hoffer)

What Saint Augustine, Bishop, Saint and Doctor of the Catholic Church Actually Held Pertaining to Transubstantiation: A Response to Turretinfan (+ Part Two) (Paul Hoffer)

Anti-Catholics Steve Hays, Peter Pike, and TAO Regurgitate the Old Groundless "Vow-Breaker" Charge About Yours Truly; Challenged to "Put Up or Shut Up" 






Dishonest, Illogical Sleight-of-Hand (From Anti-Catholics TAO and Ken Temple) in the Accusation of Alleged Catholic Idolatrous Worship at Mass 

William Webster

Refutation of William Webster's Fundamental Misunderstanding of Development of Doctrine

Refutation of Protestant Polemicist William Webster's Critique of Catholic Tradition and Newmanian Development of Doctrine (vs. William Webster)

Self-Publishing and "Podunk Publishing" Efforts of Some of the Leading Anti-Catholic Authors (King, Webster, White, Svendsen)

More on Self-Published, Momentous Anti-Catholic Books (Such as Those by William Webster and David T. King)

William Whitaker

18-Part Project: Refutation of William Whitaker's Disputation on Holy Scripture on Sola Scriptura [includes links to all 18 parts]

Bishop James White (Reformed Baptist)



[White informed me in an old dialogue on bishops in the early Church (10 January 2001), that he was a bishop: "I am an elder in the church: hence, I am a bishop, overseer, pastor, of a local body of believers"]

BASIC ISSUES / ANTI-CATHOLICISM

Is Catholicism Christian?: My Debate With James White (+ Part Two)

"ANTI-CATHOLIC", "ANTI-REFORMED" AND RELATED TERMINOLOGY: DOUBLE STANDARDS?

The Strange Saga of James White's On-Again, Off-Again Use of the Pejorative Terms "Romanism" and "Romanist"

James White's Use of "Anti" Terms and More "Tired" Rhetoric and Anti-Catholic Terminological and Ethical Double Standards

James White Outdoes All With His "Anti" Language

James White's Continued Comical Double Standard on "Anti' Language

James White: Anti-Intellectual? (Double Standards in "Anti" Language Yet Again!) + His Latest Hit Piece and Continued Refusal to Do a Chat Room Debate 

James White's Continued Idiotic Opposition to Catholic Use of the Term Anti-Catholic

James White Lies About His Supposed Non-Use of "Anti-" Terminology, and in so Doing Commits Blatant Hypocrisy, Exhibits Serious Log-in-the-Eye Disease

BIBLE AND TRADITION / CRITIQUE OF MY BOOK, THE CATHOLIC VERSES

A Refutation of the Fallacies and Circular Reasoning of James White Regarding "Moses' Seat," Authentic Tradition, and Sola Scriptura

The Jerusalem Council (Acts 15:6-30) vs. Sola Scriptura and James White

James White Takes Up a Critical Review of My Book, The Catholic Verses

James White's Critique of My Book The Catholic Verses: Part I: The Binding Authority of Tradition

Part II: Rabbit Trail Diversion

Part III: Massive Ad Hominem Tactics

Part IV: Shots at My Former Protestant Knowledge and Reading

Part V: White's Befuddlement and My "Knowing Deception"

Part VI: Penance

Anti-Catholic Critique of The Catholic Verses Looming ("Saint and Sinner") / James White's Inability to Grasp the Very Purpose and Nature of the Book

Refutation of James White: Moses' Seat, the Bible, and Tradition (Introduction) (+ Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V | Part VI | Parts VII and VIII)

 

Dialogue on the Alleged "Perspicuous Apostolic Message" as a Proof of the Quasi-Protestantism of the Early Church (vs. Eric Svendsen and James White)

St. Athanasius Was a CATHOLIC, Not a Proto-Protestant (+ Counter-Reply to James White on Tradition, etc.)

DEBATE CHALLENGES AND WHITE'S PERSISTENT REFUSAL

Second Public Challenge to James White to Engage in a Live Debate in His Chat Room / White Declines Within 12 Hours / Dumb Photo Controversies

James White's "Dare" to Post His Links / My Reciprocal Challenge: Why Not Return the Favor and Also Reply to Eight of My Critiques?

Bishop James White Struggling Mightily to Comprehend Catholic Doctrine (As Much as 13%!) / James White's Alleged Numerous "Stalkers"

James White on the Glories of Cross-Examination (And His Continued Refusal to Do a Live Chat Debate)

Final Exchange with TAO on the Silliness of His Debate Refusal and Also James White's Refusal

Radio Interview: 15 February 2008 / The Extreme Honor of Having Bishop White "Reply" For 45 Minutes!!! / Is James White an "Intellectual Coward"?

My Basis For Refusing to Debate Anti-Catholics Any Longer Exactly the Same as James White's, For Refusing to Debate Certain Catholics

James White is Correct About One Preferable Aspect of Oral Debate (Relevant to Jason Engwer's Recent Systematic Fleeing from My Opposing Arguments)

DEFENSES OF AND AGREEMENTS WITH JAMES WHITE

James White On the Side of the Angels: Decimating Debate Opponent's Absurd Pro-Homosexuality "Exegesis" of Romans 1

My Utter Condemnation of Anti-Protestantism and of Unwarranted Attacks on James White (Also: The Many Compliments I've Paid White)

"Credit Where It Is Due": Great and Helpful Christian Apologetic Articles by James White

"Meaningful Bad Language": Ridiculous Attacks on James White by KJV-Only Fanatic "ct"

Should Catholics Recommend Writings of Anti-Catholic Apologists On Topics Other Than Catholicism? (James White as a Prime Example)

THE HOLY TRINITY

James White, in Polemicizing Against Catholicism (the Papacy), Asserts a Statement That Logically Reduces to a Denial That the Holy Spirit is God

EUCHARIST / SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

Comparative Exegesis of Hebrews 8 / Sacrifice of the Mass

THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

"Live Chat" Dialogue on Patristic Consensus (Particularly, Mariology)

Dialogue on Whether the Assumption and Immaculate Conception of Mary are Legitimately Part of Apostolic Tradition

"Whitewashing History": Critique of James White's Book, Mary -- Another Redeemer? (William Possidento and Dave Armstrong vs. James White)

Dialogue on My Critique of James White's Book, Mary -- Another Redeemer? (particularly with regard to the differing views on early Mariology of Protestant Church historians J. N. D. Kelly and Philip Schaff) (vs. "BJ Bear")

James White Gets His Wish!!! So-Called "Marian Stains"

THE PAPACY / COUNCIL OF NICAEA

Reply to James White on the Council of Nicaea and Its Relationship to Pope Sylvester, Athanasius' Views, and the Unique Preeminence of Catholic Authority

Pope Silvester and the Council of Nicaea

APOLOGETIC METHODOLOGY / PRESUPPOSITIONALISM / SOPHISTRY

"Blackwhite": James White Proves That R.C. Sproul's Critique of Presuppositionalism is "Utter Epistemological Confusion" and "Wild Swings at a Phantom"

More James White Orwellian "Doublethink": Greg Bahnsen Thought R.C. Sproul and John Gerstner Were Exceedingly Stupid Too, Regarding Presuppositionalism

Examination of James White's Techniques of Sophistry in Our Live and Spontaneous Encounter in His Chat Room

A Defense Of My Opinion On James White's Improper Use of Cross-Examination in Debate and Abuse of Rhetoric (by Paul R. Hoffer, J.D.)

"All of Rome's apologists are simply dishonest (or deceived, or both)": Grand Poobah James White Joins the Crowd of Anti-Catholic Nattering Nabobs

James White's Deficient Research: Counting Numbers at Trent (Regarding the Canon) / Gary Michuta's Deuterocanon Web Page

TOTAL DEPRAVITY

The Calvinist Doctrine of Total Depravity and Romans 3:10-11 ("None is Righteous . . . No One Seeks For God"): Reply to James White

WHITE'S CRITIQUE OF MY BOOK, THE ONE-MINUTE APOLOGIST

Bishop White is Buying and "Critiquing" My Books Again!

Reply to James White's So-Called "Review" of My Book, The One-Minute Apologist [Ecclesiology and the Papacy]

Reply to James White's Review #2 of The One-Minute Apologist: The Communion of Saints

Biblical Evidence (Suggested by Protestants Like Jonathan Edwards) For Saints in Heaven Being Aware of Earthly Events

FAKE "DOCTORATE" / TEACHING CREDENTIALS

James White's "Doctorate" Degree: Is it Legitimate? (vs. James White and Mark Bainter)

Discussion on White's "Doctorate"; Including with Columbia Evangelical Seminary President Rick Walston [Facebook]

Anti-Catholic Reformed Baptist Apologist James White's Bogus, Non-Accredited "Doctorate" Degree Defended Yet Again (vs. Jamin Hubner)

James White Bogus "Doctorate" Issue Redux: Has No One Ever Interacted With His Self-Defense? / White Takes His Lumps from Baptist Peter Lumpkins

Doktor James White on Fudging His Teaching Assignments (by Baptist Peter Lumpkins; see also my Facebook link and further comments and documentation in that combox)

James White's Stretching the Truth About His (Accredited) Teaching Assignments and My Alleged Inconsistency Concerning It

James White Compared to Adjunct Faculty Members at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary Who Are Not Teaching in the Present Semester

INSULTS AND UBIQUITOUS AD HOMINEM ATTACKS 

"Thank God We Are Not Like Dave Armstrong": Frank Turk's Critique of Protestant Apologist Behavior and Blindness to James White's Manifest Outrages

Reply (at His Request) to James White's Aspersions Upon Dr. Francis Beckwith With Regard to the Latter's Return to the Catholic Church

James White's Disdain of My Supposed "Verbal Flood" Concerning Dr. Beckwith's "Reversion" Rings Hollow and Hypocritical

James White: Former President of the Evangelical Theological Society (Francis Beckwith) Was a Clueless Imbecile Regarding Evangelical Theology (!!!)

"Excus-a-Getics": James White Opts Out of Answering My Nine-Part Refutation, With Ridicule



James White: Anti-Intellectual? (Double Standards in "Anti" Language Yet Again!) + His Latest Hit Piece and Continued Refusal to Do a Chat Room Debate



James White's Reply to my Recent Critique / The "Vow Breaker" Bum Rap

Reply to James White's Unwarranted Trashing of Protestant Philosopher and Apologist William Lane Craig / Does Dr. Craig Believe in Original Sin?

Anti-Catholic Reformed Baptist James White's Bizarre Obsession With Insulting and Smearing Catholic Apologist Steve Ray

Bishop James White's Unbounded Admiration and "Respect" for My Apologetic Work (Particularly in Reply to John Calvin)

Does No Protestant Denomination Whatsoever Regard Deacons as the Equivalent of Pastors and Elders? (Reply to James White's Ad Hominem Extravaganza)

James White's Hypocritical Sense of Humor

Bishop James White: My (and Steve Ray's) Wicked, Nefarious Motives As "Bad" Catholic Apologists / Objects to Use of His Own Publicity Photo (!)

James White Readily Grants Possible Legitimacy to the Flimsiest "Evidence" That Padre Pio Faked His Stigmata

Yet Another James White Hit Piece / Correction of Erroneous Blurb Concerning My Catholic Conversion

Listen to James White Become Unhinged and Yell at and Patronizingly Preach to Jonathan Prejean on Dividing Line

Bishop James White's and Other Anti-Catholics' Double Standards on "Lying" and "Liars" in the Service of Apologetics (Adoption of Moral Relativism)

 

Documentation of James White Posts That Are Solely Personal Insults, Without Any Substance or Actual Counter-Reply (Reply to "Turretinfan")

James White's, Eric Svendsen's, and Jason Engwer's Glowing Tributes to Pope John Paul II

MISCELLANEOUS

Reply to James White's Top Ten Questions for "Romanist" Converts

Dialogue: Are Dissident "Catholics" a Disproof of the Catholic Church's Claims of Ecclesiological and Doctrinal Unity? (vs. Eric Svendsen, James White, Andrew Webb, and Phillip Johnson)

Civil War in the Sublime High-Level Online Anti-Catholic Ranks: Steve Hays and TAO vs. Jamin Hubner and James White (on Israel) 

"Turretinfan" Calls a Statue of Our Lord Jesus an "Idol" While His Buddy Bishop James White Praises the Statues of Calvin, Farel, Beza, and Knox

4th Century Icons of St. Peter and St. Paul Found in Rome / Ironies of Reformed Anti-Catholic Antipathy to Statues and Icons

The Passion of the Christ and its Cultural and Ecumenical Effects + Reply to James White's Trashing (with P. Andrew Sandlin [Reformed] )


James White Sez on His Webcast That I "Project Abject Looniness" and Have "Absolutely" No "Credibility"

Reply to James White's "Random Thoughts" on The Passion

Protestant Church Historians and Patristics Experts Schaff, Kelly, and Pelikan Get James White's Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval

Self-Publishing and "Podunk Publishing" Efforts of Some of the Leading Anti-Catholic Authors (King, Webster, White, Svendsen)

PURGATORY

Refutation of James White on 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 and Purgatory

RECONCILIATION: "IT TAKES TWO"

Friendly Open Letter and Proposal for James White (October 2004)

James White's Response to My Open Letter (October 2004)

SACRAMENTALISM

"Man-Centered" Sacramentalism: The Remarkable Incoherence of James White: How Can Martin Luther and St. Augustine Be Christians According to His Definition?

Miscellaneous Refutations and Observations

How Anti-Catholics Often Argue (Massive Use of Ad Hominem, Personal Insult, Smear Tactics) / My Humorous, Satirical Retorts

Anti-Catholicism: The Curse of "Papists"

Old website editions of the Anti-Catholicism Page preserved at the Internet Archive (much material later deleted or modified: choose from between the dates of 6-11-04 and 2-11-07)

Debate: The Anti-Catholic "Pope as God" Argument  (vs. Paul Mansbacher) 

"Pope is God" Charge: Similar Examples of Supposed "I Am God" Statements from Protestants Martin Luther and Heinrich Bullinger

Anti-Catholic Lies and Deceitful Propaganda: Did Pope St. Pius V Claim to be God? Did a Bishop Say Venerable Pope John Paul II Was God?

Interacting With Sophists: Reflections on "Debates" With Anti-Catholic Polemicists

How Anti-Catholics Can be Catholics' Brothers in Christ

Prayer For Our Non-Catholic Brothers and Sisters (Especially Those Who Do Not Regard Us As Their Brothers and Sisters in Christ)

 

"Some Thoughts From a Former Catholic"

Lutheran Confirms That I'm Not an Anti-Protestant

Don Imus (Under Fire For Racist Remarks) is Also an Anti-Catholic and Anti-Protestant

"Protestants have a special duty to condemn anti-Catholic bigotry" -- Says Chuck Colson

The "Adolescent Theory" of Pervasive Anti-Catholic Mindsets and Behavior

The One-Minute Apologist Trashed Along With Scott Hahn's Reasons to Believe / Negative Review of The Catholic Verses

Why Many Apologetics Books (Including My Own) Do Not Carry the Imprimatur / Profoundly Desperate Anti-Catholic "Arguments"

Why Folks Are Buying the Bestselling New Catholic Answer Bible / Clueless Anti-Catholic Attacks On It

Anti-Catholic Cultural Remnants: Hokey Pokey and Hocus Pocus

On the Sincerity and Good Faith (and Profound Ignorance) of Anti-Catholics

Clarification of Why I No Longer Attempt Debate With Anti-Catholic Protestants

My Basis For Refusing to Debate Anti-Catholics Any Longer Exactly the Same as James White's, for Refusing to Debate Certain Catholics

Zwingli, Bucer, and Oecolampadius Said Martin Luther and Lutherans Weren't Christians

Refutation of the Historical Inaccuracies of the Anti-Catholic Foxe's Book of Martyrs

Young Earth Creationism Among Leading Online Anti-Catholic Protestants

Is Amazing Grace an "Anti-Catholic" Hymn?

Dialogue: Double Standards: The Anti-Catholic Definition of "Christian"  (vs. Matthew Bell)

Counter-Reply to Anti-Catholic Baptist Pastor Chris Bayack's Critique of Catholic Apologist Steve Ray (Part I) (+ Part II)

St. Peter the Scoundrel vs. St. Paul? No (Catholic) Church in the Book of Acts? A Day in the Life of Apologetic "Discussion" (vs. Anti-Trinitarian Tony Lehr)

Half-Truths and Lies: Am I Merely a "Self-Published E-Pologist"? Observations on Related Polemics [Eric Svendsen claims to have coined the word "e-pologist"]

High Praise from a Protestant Critic of Mine (sarcastic title: Facebook comment on an anonymous critic who claims that no Protestant apologist takes me "seriously" at all)

Should We Pray for "All Men" (1 Timothy 2:1) or Not? Bible and Calvin Say Yes; Anti-Catholic Calvinist Ron Van Brenk Sez No / Van Brenk's Website Devoted to Deviant Sexuality

Michele Bachmann: Anti-Catholic?

Definitional and Terminological Controversies

Use of the Term Anti-Catholic in Protestant and Secular Scholarly Works of History and Sociology (vs. "Romans 45")

Dialogue With Baptist Ken Temple About the Equivalence (in Intent and Purpose) of the Terms Anti-Catholic and Anti-Calvinist

The Legitimacy of the Term Anti-Catholic as a Noun as Well as an Adjective

Scholarly Use of the Term Anti-Catholicism in Precisely the Way I Habitually Use It (the Theological or Doctrinal Sense)

The Term Anti-Catholic is Widely Used by Scholars of Many Types -- Including Non-Catholics (Will Anti-Catholics Ever Comprehend This?) [includes listing of related papers on the topic of "anti" terminology]

Does the Term Anti-Catholic Have a Proper Theological / Religious Application (as Opposed to Political / Social)? (vs. Frank Turk)

Does the Term Anti-Catholic Have a Proper Theological / Religious Application? Counter-Reply to Frank Turk

On the Objectionable Use of the Terms Romanist and Papist

"Free grace's" Glaring, Ludicrous Double Standards Regarding Anti-Protestant and Anti-Catholic (see exchange in the comments thread)

Reiterating the Meaning of Anti-Catholic With an Anti-Catholic and Getting Nowhere, As Usual (vs. Peter Pike)

Defense of Scott and Kimberly Hahn's Use of Anti-Catholic in Their Testimony Book, Rome Sweet Home

 

Fruitful Discussion With a Protestant About the Definition of Anti-Catholicism, Knowing Jesus Personally, and Constructive Dialogue

Not "Any" Difference Between Catholics, Muslims, Moonies, and Hindus?

Dialogue With a Baptist About Sola Scriptura, Keith Mathison's Fallacious Critiques of Catholic Ecclesiology, and Anti-Catholicism

Our Friend "Carrie" and the Difference Between a "Protestant" and an "Anti-Catholic (Protestant)"

Ironies of Anti-Catholic Reformed / The Loaded Term Papalism (critique of a remark by R.C. Sproul, Jr.)

James White Lies About His Supposed Non-Use of "Anti-" Terminology, and in so Doing Commits Blatant Hypocrisy, Exhibits Serious Log-in-the-Eye Disease

Anti-Catholic vs Anti-Catholicism: Is There an Essential Difference? Turretinfan's and Steve Hays' Double Standards and Equivocation

Idolatry Charge

Is Transubstantiation Idolatry?

Is the Mass Equivalent to Golden Calf Worship?

Did the Catholic Church Change the Ten Commandments to Bolster its Alleged Gross Idolatry? (vs. Eric Landstrom)

Quasi-Anti-Catholicism and Baptism as a Minimalist Cause of Catholic Inclusion in the Covenant / Mary to be Promoted to the Godhead? (vs. Douglas Wilson and Dr. Paul Owen)

The Bronze Serpent as an Illustration of the Proper and Improper (Idolatrous) Use of Images as Part of Religion and Piety

 My Humorous, Satirical Replies to Anti-Catholic Mudslinging

My Use of Satirical Humor: Essentially Contrary to the Ironic Humor of Our Lord Jesus and St. Paul? / White's and Svendsen's Caricatures of Me

The Ghost of Martin Luther Interviews Bishop James White About Dastardly, Wascally Luther-Basher Dave Armstrong 






A Reformed Protestant Dialogues with the Ghost of Plato

Exclusive Video! Anti-Catholic Gets a First Look at One of My Books! (You Tube humor)

His Holiness James White Pope Doll (satirical visual caricature)

John Bugay Goes After the Early Papacy: A Documentary Account

Wholehearted Apology to My Readers and Retraction Regarding Martin Luther's Supposedly Heretical Status

Bishop James White's Sola Scriptura Inanities: Hilarious You Tube Montage

James White's Hypocritical Sense of Humor

The Ghost of Socrates Meets James White and Debates What "Debate" Means, Among Other Things

High Comedy Time: Anti-Catholic Pipe Dreamer on Why One Must Never Debate Catholic Apologists

 

Hilarious Observation of the Day About Anti-Catholicism (Mark Shea)

Vote Today! Forum Referendum on Anti-Catholic "Comic Entertainment" Posts 

Anti-Catholic Sage Shares the Gospel Truth With a Bunch of Dumb, Clueless Catholics (Magical Mystery Tour clip)

TAO Monitors My Humorous Posts on Anti-Catholic Activities

Birthday Present Suggestion (My Anti-Catholic Buddies Made a T-Shirt For Me!)

MY COLLECTION OF RUSH-LIKE SATIRICAL TAKE-OFFS OF SONGS

A Day in the Life of an Anti-Catholic: Steve "Whopper" Hays (includes a satirical take-off of the Beatles' song, A Day in the Life)

New Eric Svendsen Theme Song: I Am [the] Rock

Running Scared / Runaway ("Dave Armstrong is a Coward and a Chicken" Theme Songs)

2008 Don Rickles Chronic Insulter of the Year Award Goes to Bishop White [includes take-off of Bob Dylan song Positively 4th Street]

Latest James White Theme Song: Fun Fun Fun

 

The New James White Theme Song (a la Rush) Makes Its Debut [I Started a Joke]

Dirge for Paranoid Blogsters and Those With an Axe to Grind Against Apologists (Dylan's All I Really Want to Do - Revised)

Last Updated: 14 April 2013.
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