Baptism and Sacramentalism (Index Page for Dave Armstrong)

Baptism

A Fictional Dialogue on Infant Baptism

Dialogue with a Baptist Pastor on Whether Infant Baptism is Indicated in the New Testament [4-28-15]

Dialogue on the Biblical Evidence For Infant Baptism and Baptismal Regeneration (vs. Jack DisPennett)

Biblical Evidence For Salvation Through Baptism and the Eucharist

Baptismal Formula: Trinitarian (Matt 28:19) or in Jesus' Name Only (Acts 2:38)?

Apostolic and Early Church Teaching on Baptism, and its Doctrinal Development

Baptismal Regeneration: Luther, Wesley, and Anglicanism

Necessity of Baptism for Salvation vs. Baptism of Desire?

Baptism and its Parallel With Circumcision (John Calvin)

The Verbal Wars of Calvin vs. Westphal (and by Extension, Luther) on the Eucharist: The Wonderful Early Protestant Unity Based on the Bible / Calvin Flatly Denies Baptismal Regeneration 

St. Augustine's Acceptance of the Seven Catholic Sacraments

The Eternal Destination of Very Young Infants Who Perish, According to Catholicism (David W. Emery)

Why the Salvation Army Doesn't Baptize or Celebrate Holy Communion

Biblical Evidence for Baptismal Regeneration vs. John Calvin's "Sign and Seal"

Dialogue: Baptism, the Mystical Body of Christ, and Implications for Ecumenism

  Other Sacraments

HOLY EUCHARIST

(see also, Eucharist and Sacrifice of the Mass Index Page)

A Fictional Dialogue on the Real Presence in the Eucharist

Biblical Evidence For Salvation Through Baptism and the Eucharist

Biblical Evidence for the Distribution of One Species in Holy Communion

 

St. Augustine's Acceptance of the Seven Catholic Sacraments

Biblical Overview: The Sacrifice of the Mass

History of the Doctrine of the Eucharist: Nine Protestant Scholarly Sources

"Is This God?" (Treatise on the Blessed Eucharist, including Critique by Protestant Polemicist Jason Vanezia, and Counter-Reply)

Catholic Answers For Protestant Eucharist Questions (Dave Armstrong and Dr. Stanley Williams)

Comparative Exegesis of Hebrews 8 / Sacrifice of the Mass (vs. James White)

Eucharistic Sacrifice: The Witness of the Church Fathers & the Bible (+ Part II / Part III) (vs. "CPA")

St. Augustine's Belief in the Real Presence

RECONCILIATION / PENANCE / CONFESSION / ABSOLUTION


(see also, Saints, Purgatory, and Penance Index Page)

Biblical Evidence for Formal Forgiveness of Sins and Absolution (Confession)

Explicit Biblical Evidence for Indulgences + Some Important Historical Considerations

Martin Luther On the Sacrament of Absolution (and Private Confession)

St. Augustine's Acceptance of the Seven Catholic Sacraments

Mortal vs. Venial Sin

Mortal and Venial Sin: The Garden-Variety Objection Answered, + Strong Biblical Support

Dialogue on Mortal and Venial Sin (vs. Ken Temple)

Biblical (Pauline) Evidence For the Catholic Examination of Conscience

Dialogue on Mortal and Venial Sin, Round Two (vs. Ken Temple)

CONFIRMATION

Martin Luther's Opinion of (the Catholic Sacrament of) Confirmation

Ruminations on "Optional" Confirmation Class and Mass Attendance for Teenage Children

St. Augustine's Acceptance of the Seven Catholic Sacraments

Biblical Evidence For the Sacrament of Confirmation [now only available in my book, Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths]

HOLY ORDERS / ORDINATION


(see also, Church and Papacy Index Pages)

The Biblical Evidence for Priests

St. Paul Calls Himself a Priest and Uses "Sacerdotal" Thought Categories (More Biblical Evidence for a New Covenant Priesthood and Sacrifice of the Mass)

Apostles Can Become Bishops (Apostolic Succession)

Bishops in the New Testament and the Early Church

Biblical Evidence for a Visible (Not Invisible) Church 

St. Augustine's Acceptance of the Seven Catholic Sacraments

Dialogue With a Presbyterian Pastor Regarding Ordination, Priests, and Vocations For Everyone

Clerical Celibacy: The Biblical Rationale

Validity of Anglican Orders: Documents and Articles (Apostolic Succession)

Biblical Evidence For the Sacrament of Holy Orders (Ordination)

The Visible, Hierarchical, Apostolic Church

The Irrational Antipathy of Luther, Calvin, and Other Protestants to Clerical Celibacy

Clerical Celibacy and the Principle of Asceticism in Catholicism (Louis Bouyer)

MATRIMONY

(see also, Sexuality, Gender, Feminism, and Divorce and Life Issues Pages)

Biblical Evidence for the Prohibition of Divorce

 

Biblical Evidence for Annulments

Does the Bible Condemn Homosexuality?

St. Paul's Argument From Nature Against Homosexuality (Romans 1)

The Biblical Evidence Against Contraception

Dialogue on the Ethical Distinction Between Artificial Contraception and Natural Family Planning (NFP)

Contraception: Early Church Teaching (William Klimon)

St. Augustine's Acceptance of the Seven Catholic Sacraments

Secular Social Science Vindicates Catholic Moral Teaching / Important Evangelical Protestants Rethinking Contraception (W. Bradford Wilcox)

Biblical Evidence For the Sacrament of Matrimony

 

Divorce: Early Church Teaching

Dialogue: Is Premarital Sex Wrong? (vs. C. Jack Elliott)

Discussions About Christian Sexual Morality and Marriage With Atheists / Massive Sociological Evidence Bolsters Christian Moral Positions
 

Dialogue: Why Did God Kill Onan? Why is Contraception Condemned by the Catholic Church?

Dialogue on Contraception

Dialogue on Contraception and Natural Family Planning (NFP) (vs. "Grubb")

Replies to Questions on Catholic Teaching Regarding Contraception and Sexual Morality

Contraception and the "Fewer Children is Better" Mentality: the Opposition of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Other Protestants

ANOINTING / EXTREME UNCTION

Biblical Evidence For the Sacrament of Anointing [now only available in my book, Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths]

St. Augustine's Acceptance of the Seven Catholic Sacraments

Sacramentalism and Sacramentals

Sacramentalism

Sacraments and the Moral Responsibility and Spiritual Benefits of Their Recipients

Sacramentalism and Inner Disposition

The Thief on the Cross (Are Sacraments Unnecessary?)

Martin Luther on Crucifixes, Images and Statues of Saints, and the Sign of the Cross

Calvin, Zwingli, and Bullinger Regarded Statues of Christ and Crucifixes as Idols (Calvin Also Rejected Bare Crosses)

Anti-Catholic Calvinist Preacher Charles Spurgeon Attacks Crucifixes and Crosses as Idols

Dialogue With a Calvinist on Crucifixes: Abominable Idols or Aids for Devotion to Christ?

Biblical Evidence for Candles, Incense, and Related Sacramental Symbolism for Prayer and Sacrifice

Biblical Evidence for Physical Objects as Aids in Worship (Or, for "Idolatry," According to Some Iconoclastic Protestants)

St. Augustine's Acceptance of the Seven Catholic Sacraments

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

The Sarxon Fallacy, Refuted (Counter-Satire of an Evangelical Spoof of Catholic Eucharistic Beliefs)

Biblical Evidence for Holy Water (Nicholas Hardesty) 

Dialogue With a Protestant About Catholic Sacramentalism and the Use of Physical Items (Including Relics) in Worship and Piety

Last updated on 29 April  2015.


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