The Papacy (Index Page for Dave Armstrong)

Pope St. Pius X

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General / Petrine Primacy

50 New Testament Proofs for Petrine Primacy and the Papacy  [+ French version] [+ Portugese version]

Quick, Highly Effective Argument for the Existence of the Papacy in the First 200 Years [Facebook]

Exchange on Biblical Indications of Papal Succession and the Development and Nature of the Papacy

Dialogue: Is St. Paul Superior to St. Peter?

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)

Failed Protestant Attempts to Tear Down St. Peter and His Papal Authority at the Expense of St. Paul, and My Reply

The Nature of Papal Leadership: "Servant of Servants" [from Karl Adam; Facebook]     


Robert Sungenis Misrepresents the "St. Peter Being Hypocritical with Jews" Incident in Galatians and Makes a Pathetic Comparison to Pope Benedict XVI

The Development of the Papacy (Newman)

Reply to a Critique of my 50 New Testament Proofs for Petrine Primacy and the Papacy (vs. Jason Engwer)

Second Refutation of the Reductio ad Absurdum Argument for a "Pauline Papacy"
(vs. Jason Engwer)

Reflections on the Papacy: The Primacy of St. Peter and Biblical Evidences

Dialogue on the Nature of Development of Doctrine (Particularly With Regard to the Papacy) (vs. Jason Engwer)

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Peter the "Rock"

Protestant Scholars on Mt 16:16-19 (Nicholas Hardesty)

Protestant Exegesis Profoundly Affected Historically By Polemical Overreactions to Catholic Positions (Example of Matthew 16:18: Peter as the "Rock")

Papal Infallibility and Supremacy

Some Thoughts on Papal Infallibility and the Great Difficulty Protestants Have in Accepting It [Facebook]

Biblical Evidence for Papal and Church Infallibility

Historical Background and Immediate Impetus For the Dogmatic Proclamation of Papal Infallibility at Vatican I in 1870

Reflections on Medieval Ecclesiology ("Fallibilist Conciliarism"?)

Was Conciliarism an "Orthodox" Option in Medieval Catholicism?


Council of Constance (1414-1418): Triumph of Conciliarism or its Kiss of Death?

Why the Immaculate Conception, Papal Infallibility, and Assumption Dogmas Were Defined in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Papal Infallibility ("his definitions, of themselves, and not from the consent of the Church, are justly styled irreformable")

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

Newman on Papal Infallibility

Pope St. Gregory the Great (c. 540-604) on Papal Supremacy

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) on Papal Supremacy

Reflections on the Papacy: Papal Infallibility and Concluding Postscripts

Is the Vatican I Proclamation of Papal Infallibility Non-Negotiable and Orthodox or "Radical Papal Tyranny" and the Triumph of Ultramontanism? 

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

Inspired and Infallible Prophets, Infallible Popes, Biblical Higher Critic Charles Adolphus Row, and Anglican Anti-Catholic George Salmon

Vatican II: Is it Orthodox and Binding? / The Infallibility and Sublime Authority of Conciliar and Papal Decrees / Different Levels of Church Authority (vs. several "traditionalists")

Brian Tierney: Inveterate Enemy of Papal "Tyranny" and Infallibility

The Modernist, Secularist Historicism of Raymond Brown and Brian Tierney (including lengthy citations from St. Thomas Aquinas on papal infallibility, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Msgr. George A. Kelly, and Protestants J. Gresham Machen and Os Guinness on Liberalism)

Dollinger's, and Liberal and Old Catholics' "Semi- Historical Positivism" and Rejection of Papal Infallibility / Cardinal Newman's Critique

Dialogue With a Protestant on the "Infallibility Regress" Argument and Questions Regarding Catholic Authority and the Obtaining of Theological Truth (+ Part Two)

Dialogue With an Agnostic on the Galileo Fiasco & Whether or Not it Disproves Catholic Infallibility or Suggests Various Other Shortcomings (vs. Jon)

The 1968 Papal Encyclical Humanae Vitae: Infallible Teaching Prohibiting Contraception

The Condemnation of Pope Honorius (Dom John Chapman, O.S.B., London: Catholic Truth Society, 1907)

Pope Honorius I (Catholic Encyclopedia [Dom John Chapman]) 

The Supposed Fall of Honorius and His Condemnation (J. H. R., American Catholic Quarterly Review, vol. 7, 1882, pp.162-168)

Pope Liberius (Catholic Encyclopedia [Dom John Chapman])

The Alleged Fall of Pope Liberius (P. J. Harrold, American Catholic Quarterly Review, vol. 8, 1883, 529-549) 

Pope Vigilius (Catholic Encyclopedia)

The Sixth Nicene Canon and the Papacy (James F. Loughlin, American Catholic Quarterly Review, vol. 5, 1880, 220-239)

    Popes and Councils

Does the History of the Papacy Contradict Catholic Ecclesiology?

Pope Silvester and the Council of Nicaea

Pope Gregory the Great and the Universal Papacy

Pope St. Leo the Great, the "Robber" Council of 449, and the Council of Chalcedon in 451 (Newman)

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 Leo the Great (r. 440-61) and Papal Supremacy

Papal Participation (Through Legates) in the First Seven Ecumenical Councils

Disagreeing with Popes

Laymen Advising and Rebuking Popes

Is It Dissent Against the Pope and the Church, and Downright Disobedient For a Catholic to Favor the War in Iraq?

Are All Catholic Laymen and Non-Theologians Qualified to Freely and Frequently Criticize the Pope's Opinions and Prudential Judgment? (vs. Mario Derksen)

Am I a "Neo-Catholic"? / My Belief Concerning the Criticism of Popes is Taken Out of Context and Distorted by "Traditionalists" (in Wikipedia)

Papal Scandals

The "Bad Popes": How Many Of 'Em Were There? How "Bad" Were They?
 

Dialogue on (Supposedly Fallible) Pope Honorius

Heretic Popes and Pope as "God on Earth" vs. Luther as God's Man of the Hour and Quasi-Prophet 

Venerable Pope Pius XII and the Nazi Holocaust

[see list of links on my Jews, Judaism, and the Old Testament index page]

Blessed Pope John Paul II

Venerable Pope John Paul the Great (1920-2005) - My Tribute and Long List of Links to Biographical Articles and Papal Documents

Protestant Praise for Venerable Pope John Paul II as a Great Christian Man and Leader

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

The Remarkable Joint Cooperation of Venerable Pope John Paul II and Campus Crusade for Christ

"Traditionalist" Catholic Attacks on Venerable Pope John Paul II: Accusations of Incompetence, Modernism, Compromise, and Heresy

Venerable Pope John Paul II's Teaching Concerning Marital Submission: Consistent Development or Contradictory Innovation?

"Why Doesn't Pope John Paul II DO Something About the Modernist Dissenters in the Catholic Church?"

Pathetic "Traditionalist" Feeding Frenzy Over My Defense of Venerable Pope John Paul II Kissing the Koran / "Calumny in the Blogosphere" (Fr. Orsi) 

Refutation of Robert Sungenis' Charge That Blessed Pope John Paul II Denied the Reality of Hell and/or Taught Universalism

Pope Benedict XVI

The Holy Spirit Has Spoken Through the Cardinals: Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger): My Own Thoughts on the Current "Mind of the Church"

Pope Benedict XVI (as Cardinal Ratzinger): Vatican II Has the Same Authority as Trent (if one goes, both go)

Irrational Protestant Derision Towards Pope Benedict XVI as Supposedly Fundamentally Different From Venerable John Paul II: My Spot-On Predictions in 2005

Some Highlights of Pope Benedict XVI's Encyclical Spe Salvi ("Saved by Hope"): 30 November 2007 

Pope Benedict XVI's "Motu Proprio" Allowing Widespread Use of the Tridentine Mass: Summorum Pontificum [Links Page]

 Pope Francis

 
Radtrads Already Vigorously Trashing Pope Francis [Facebook, 3-14-13]

Pope Francis' Notable Humility: Could it Possibly "De-Sacralize" the Papacy? [Facebook]

Canon Lawyer Pete Vere on the Pope Francis Foot-Washing Controversy [Facebook, 3-30-13]

Last updated on 30 March 2013.



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