The Holy Eucharist: General
Sacraments and the Moral Responsibility and Spiritual Benefits of Their Recipients
Sacramentalism and Inner Disposition
Sacramentalism and Inner Disposition
The Sarxon Fallacy, Refuted (Counter-Satire of an Evangelical Spoof of Catholic Eucharistic Beliefs)
Martin Luther Refutes Zwingli and Other Deniers of the Real Presence
Martin Luther and His Lutheran Followers on the Duration of the Real Presence in the Eucharist, the Elevation, and Adoration; Various Internal Absurdities of Arbitrariness (Bishop Bossuet)
John, Chapter 6 in Particular
Counter-Reply to a Protestant Take on John 6 and the Eucharist (vs. C. Michael Patton)
John 6 (Eucharist): the Plausibility of Literal Interpretation, Based on Extensive Analogical Cross-Referencing and Insufficient Counter-Arguments
An undesigned coincidence involving John 6 (Dr. Lydia McGrew [Anglican] )
An undesigned coincidence involving John 6 (Dr. Lydia McGrew [Anglican] )
The Holy Eucharist: Philosophy and Questions
Catholic Answers For Protestant Eucharist Questions (with Dr. Stanley Williams)
The Eucharist: A Different Kind of Miracle? (Seton Magazine, 2 July 2014)
The Eucharist: A Different Kind of Miracle? (Seton Magazine, 2 July 2014)
The Cup of Holy Communion: Reverential and Hygienic Considerations (Fr. Paul Ward)
On Orthodox and Catholic Views on the Holy Eucharist [Facebook]
On Orthodox and Catholic Views on the Holy Eucharist [Facebook]
The Holy Eucharist: Dialogues With Protestants
Dialogue With an Evangelical Protestant on the Philosophical Theology Behind the Eucharist (vs. E. L. Hamilton)
Dialogue on John Calvin's View of the Eucharist (vs. Alastair Roberts)
Dialogue on John Calvin's Mystical Eucharist (+ Part II) (vs. Josh and Michael S. Horton and Alastair Roberts and John Calvin)
The Eucharist, Church Fathers, and Protestant Scholars
Reply to Joel Garver and Kevin Johnson on Calvin's Eucharistic Theology Compared to St. Cyril of Jerusalem's and the Fathers (Generally Speaking)
Eucharistic Sacrifice: The Witness of the Church Fathers and the Bible (+ Part II / Part III) (vs. "CPA")
Eucharistic Sacrifice: The Witness of the Church Fathers and the Bible (+ Part II / Part III) (vs. "CPA")
Dialogue on the Development of the Sacrifice of the Mass in the Fathers (vs. "CPA")
What Saint Augustine, Bishop, Saint and Doctor of the Catholic Church Actually Held Pertaining to Transubstantiation: A Response to Turretinfan (+ Part Two) (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)
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Some Reflections on Ecumenism in Light of Historic Protestant Suspicions About the Catholic Mass (with Alastair Roberts)
The Book of Revelation and the Holy Mass (Lots of Parallels) [Facebook, 9 October 2014]
What Does This Instance of Old Testament Worship Remind You of? (1 Chronicles 16:1-3) [Facebook, 7 Sep. 2013]
Dialogue with a Lutheran Pastor on Whether the Catholic Mass Re-Sacrifices Jesus Again and Again (with Ken Howes)
Sacrifice of the Mass in the Synoptic and Pauline Consecration Formulas from the Last Supper [from Ferdinand Prat, S. J., Facebook]
Martin Luther and His Lutheran Followers on the Duration of the Real Presence in the Eucharist, the Elevation, and Adoration; Various Internal Absurdities of Arbitrariness (Bishop Bossuet)
The Biblical Evidence for Priests
How the Crucifixion is Timeless (Sacrifice of the Mass)
The Book of Revelation and the Holy Mass (Lots of Parallels) [Facebook, 9 October 2014]
What Does This Instance of Old Testament Worship Remind You of? (1 Chronicles 16:1-3) [Facebook, 7 Sep. 2013]
Dialogue with a Lutheran Pastor on Whether the Catholic Mass Re-Sacrifices Jesus Again and Again (with Ken Howes)
Sacrifice of the Mass in the Synoptic and Pauline Consecration Formulas from the Last Supper [from Ferdinand Prat, S. J., Facebook]
Martin Luther and His Lutheran Followers on the Duration of the Real Presence in the Eucharist, the Elevation, and Adoration; Various Internal Absurdities of Arbitrariness (Bishop Bossuet)
The Biblical Evidence for Priests
How the Crucifixion is Timeless (Sacrifice of the Mass)
Comparative Exegesis of Hebrews 8 / Sacrifice of the Mass (vs. James White)
Eucharistic Sacrifice: The Witness of the Church Fathers and the Bible (+ Part II / Part III) (vs. "CPA")
The Idolatry Charge
Is Lutheranism Officially Anti-Catholic (The Book of Concord and the Catholic Mass)? (vs. "BWL")
Dishonest, Illogical Sleight-of-Hand (From Anti-Catholics TAO and Ken Temple) in the Accusation of Alleged Catholic Idolatrous Worship at Mass
Dishonest, Illogical Sleight-of-Hand (From Anti-Catholics TAO and Ken Temple) in the Accusation of Alleged Catholic Idolatrous Worship at Mass
Did the Catholic Church Change the Ten Commandments to Bolster its Alleged Gross Idolatry? (vs. Eric Landstrom)
Dialogue With Dr. Paul Owen on John Calvin's Anti-Catholicism (vs. Paul Owen)
Liturgy and Liturgical Issues
TRIDENTINE (EXTRAORDINARY) MASS AND NOVUS ORDO / "NEW" / PAULINE (ORDINARY) MASS
Pope Benedict XVI's "Motu Proprio" Allowing Widespread Use of the Tridentine Mass: Summorum Pontificum [Links Page]
Apologia For the Mass of Pope Paul VI, With Massive Historical Documentation From Catholic Tradition / Summary of Vatican II on Liturgical Reform
Peter Kwasniewski, Fr. Thomas Kocik and a Growing Chorus Disagree with Pope Benedict XVI Regarding the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite Mass (Or, Reports of the Death of the Reform of the Reform are Greatly Exaggerated) [+ Part Two] [24 Feb. 2014]
Who's Defending Summorum Pontificum Now? [Facebook, 26 Feb. 2014]
"You Prefer the TLM / EF Mass? Great! You Prefer Novus Ordo / OF (like me)? Great!" [Facebook, 1 March 2014]
Worshiping God through the TLM vs. Worshiping the TLM [Facebook, 5 March 2014]
Michael Voris' Denigration of the Ordinary Form of the Mass vs. Pope Benedict XVI's 2007 Decrees
Apologia For the Mass of Pope Paul VI, With Massive Historical Documentation From Catholic Tradition / Summary of Vatican II on Liturgical Reform
Peter Kwasniewski, Fr. Thomas Kocik and a Growing Chorus Disagree with Pope Benedict XVI Regarding the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite Mass (Or, Reports of the Death of the Reform of the Reform are Greatly Exaggerated) [+ Part Two] [24 Feb. 2014]
Who's Defending Summorum Pontificum Now? [Facebook, 26 Feb. 2014]
"You Prefer the TLM / EF Mass? Great! You Prefer Novus Ordo / OF (like me)? Great!" [Facebook, 1 March 2014]
Worshiping God through the TLM vs. Worshiping the TLM [Facebook, 5 March 2014]
Michael Voris' Denigration of the Ordinary Form of the Mass vs. Pope Benedict XVI's 2007 Decrees
COMMUNION IN THE HAND
Counter-"Traditionalist" Argument From Liturgical Development: Method of Receiving Holy Communion (vs. David Palm)
St. Augustine's Distribution of the Eucharist Like Our Present-Day Usual Practice [Facebook]
Thoughts on Communion in the Hand
St. Augustine's Distribution of the Eucharist Like Our Present-Day Usual Practice [Facebook]
Thoughts on Communion in the Hand
Further Thoughts on Communion in the Hand [Facebook, 6-20-13]
Communion in the Hand, Standing: the Norm in the Early Church for 6-9 Centuries (Depending on Place) [Facebook post and vigorous discussion, 7-9-13]
ABUSES OF THE RUBRICS AND LIBERAL LITURGICAL NONSENSE
If You're Getting Mediocre, Milky Homilies at Mass, Get Off Your Butt and Start Reading! [Facebook]
What to Do About Mediocre, Milky Homilies at Mass [Catholic365, 11 April 2015]
Liturgical Abuses at Mass: How Much Should We Endure and What Should We Do About It? (with David W. Emery)
"Orans" Posture and Hand-Holding During the Our Father Are Against the Rubrics (Instructions) For the Mass
Holding Hands at Mass During the "Our Father" [Facebook, 19 Feb. 2014. Good and extensive discussion; also about related issues such as clapping and altar girls]
Vigorous Discussion About Altar Girls and the Relationship of Being an Altar Boy to the Priesthood [Facebook, 19 May 2014]
Holding Hands at Mass During the "Our Father" [Facebook, 19 Feb. 2014. Good and extensive discussion; also about related issues such as clapping and altar girls]
ALTAR GIRLS
Vigorous Discussion About Altar Girls and the Relationship of Being an Altar Boy to the Priesthood [Facebook, 19 May 2014]
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION
"I Switch Lines for Communion . . . " [vigorous Facebook Discussion, 8-2-13]
Thoughts on the Practice of Preferring to Receive Holy Communion from a Priest [12-18-13]
Thoughts on the Practice of Preferring to Receive Holy Communion from a Priest [12-18-13]
"VAIN REPETITION" CHARGE AND FORMAL WORSHIP
Cardinal Gibbons on the False, Unbiblical Dichotomy Between Interior Pious Disposition and External Formal Ceremony, Liturgy, and Ritual [Facebook]
Biblical Support for Ritualistic and Formal Worship [article for The Michigan Catholic, 8 August 2014]
"Vain, Repetitious Prayer": Jesus, by His Own Example and Teaching, Illustrates What His Condemnation Does Not Mean / Other Related Examples
HEARING THE GOSPEL AT MASS
COMMUNION IN ONE KIND OR SPECIES
Biblical Evidence for the Distribution of One Species in Holy Communion
More Biblical Evidence for One Species In Holy Communion
More Biblical Evidence for One Species In Holy Communion
Communion in One Kind a "Trivialization" of the Sacraments? [Facebook]
Explicit Biblical Evidence for Communion in One Kind [What Was Bread] [Facebook, 5 May 2015]
MUSIC AT MASS
Group Discussion on Whether Much Music at Catholic Masses is "Dreck" (Facebook, 6-10-15)
MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES
Thoughts in Defense of Priests Facing the Altar During the Mass Rather than the Congregation (Ad Orientem) [11-20-14]
Catholic Worship and its Relationship to Beauty and the Senses and the Deep "Catholic Imagination" [11-25-14]
Are Catholics Wrong to Call Priests Father? [article for Seton Magazine, 9 July 2014]
Catholic Worship and its Relationship to Beauty and the Senses and the Deep "Catholic Imagination" [11-25-14]
Are Catholics Wrong to Call Priests Father? [article for Seton Magazine, 9 July 2014]
Last Updated: 11 June 2015.
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