Salvation, Justification, & "Faith Alone" (Index Page)

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

John Calvin: co-originator of sola fide



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General (Catholic View)

More "Catholic Verses" and Biblical Defenses of Catholicism: On Sanctification as Part of Salvation, and Merit and "Doing Something For Salvation" (+ Discussion)

N.T. Wright: Rutherford House Lecture on St. Paul (With My Reactions)

Dialogue on Catholic Soteriology (Specifically Grace)
(Dave Armstrong vs. Phillip Johnson)

Council of Trent: Canons of Justification

Catholic "Initial Justification" & Protestant "Faith Alone": Significant Common Ground?

Catholic Underemphasis on Justification by Faith: My Theory on Why This Is (Dave Armstrong with Dr. Edwin Tait)

Trent Doesn't Necessarily Exclude All Variants of Imputation (Kenneth Howell)

Dialogue on Justification in James

"The Prayer of a Righteous Man Availeth Much" (James 5:16: KJV): What Does It Mean? Dialogue With a Lutheran (Dave Armstrong vs. Stuart Floyd)

Reflections on Justification

The "Ransom Theory" of Atonement in the Fathers: Development in the Doctrine of the Work of Christ

Catholic-Protestant Discussion on the Atonement (+ Part Two) (Jonathan Prejean, Paul Hoffer, Ken Temple et al)

Ecumenical Discussion on Comparative Protestant-Catholic Soteriology (with C. Michael Patton)

Critique of Martin Chemnitz' Examination of Trent: Soteriology and Justification in the Church Fathers

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

Bible Conversations: Catholic-Protestant Dialogues on the Bible, Tradition, and Salvation by Dave Armstrong (Book) in Christianity



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Sola Fide (Faith Alone: the Protestant View)

A Fictional Dialogue on Justification and Salvation

Church Fathers vs. the "Reformation Pillar" of Faith Alone (Sola Fide) [Including "Revised Protestant Standard" Variant Readings] (+ Discussion)

Martin Luther on Sanctification and the Absolute Necessity of Good Works as the Proof of Authentic Faith

Reflections on Faith and Works and Initial Justification

Final Judgment in Scripture is Always Associated With Works And Never With Faith Alone (50 Passages) (+ Discussion)

Origen (c. 185-c. 254 ) on Faith, Works, and Judgment

The Interpretation and Exegesis of Romans 2-4 (Justification and Works of the Law) (Includes Very Extensive Patristic Commentary and Definitional Citations from three Protestant Bible Dictionaries)

Commentary on Romans 1:1-3 and Dialogue on Related Issues of Justification

Is Sola Fide (Faith Alone) a Legitimate Development of Patristic and Augustinian Soteriology?

Did John Wesley, the Founder of Methodism, Deny "Faith Alone" (Sola Fide)? (Dave Armstrong and Edwin Tait)

"Work Out Your Own Salvation With Fear and Trembling" (Philippians 2:12): Does It Harmonize With Protestant Soteriology? (Dave Armstrong vs. Ken Temple) (+ Discussion)

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

Alister McGrath on the Protestant Innovation (Corruption?) of Imputed Justification

Mortal and Venial Sin

Mortal vs. Venial Sin

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

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

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

Instant Assurance of Salvation / Eternal Security

Assurance of Salvation

Catholic Exegesis of Biblical Passages Allegedly Suggesting Absolute Assurance of Salvation

"Certainty" of Eternal Life? (1 John 5:13 and John 5:24)

Reflections on the Origin and Nature of "Instant" Salvation


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The Nature of the "Gospel"

The Foolishness of the Commonly Heard Charge That Catholics Supposedly Never Hear the "Gospel" or "About Jesus" at Mass

The Gospel, as Preached by the First Christians

Good News: An Evangelical / Catholic Presentation of the Gospel Message

What is the Gospel?

The "Judaizers": Jewish Christians ("Messianic Jews")?, Non-Christian Followers of Judaism? Gnostic Sectarians?

Galatians and the Gospel

Gospel Truth

"Personal Relationship With Jesus": Completely Foreign Notion to Catholics?

Lighthouse Photographs and Scripture Page

How Do Catholics Hear the Gospel? (Gary Michuta)

Pelagianism and Merit

A Primer on Semi-Pelagianism and Arminianism

Did the Council of Trent Teach That Man is Saved By His Own Works?

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

Dialogue With Two Protestants on the Catholic Doctrine of Merit (Dave Armstrong vs. Chris Jones and "Nathan")

Merit: Catholic Doctrine vs. Caricature (James McCarthy's Distortions)

Dialogue: "Doing Something" for Salvation (Dave Armstrong vs. Craig Kott)

Catholic-Baptist Dialogue on "Being Good Enough" to Go to Heaven, etc. (Dave Armstrong vs. "Grubb")

Soteriology and Creation (Man's Cooperation, Pelagianism, Nature and Grace) (Dave Armstrong vs. Peter J. Leithart)

1 Corinthians 3:9 and Man's Cooperation With God

Defending Merit, Penance (and Ultimately Prayer) Against Lutheran Josh Strodtbeck's Ludicrous Attacks

The Relationship of Prayer and Penance to the Eternal Destiny of Others (+ Discussion)

Is Catholic Soteriology Pelagian? (Reginald de Piperno) (+ Discussion)

Original Sin and Total Depravity

The Biblical Evidence for Original Sin

Reflections on the Catholic Viewpoint on Original Sin and God's Prerogative to Judge and Take Human Life as He Wills (Even, Sometimes, Entire Nations)

Total Depravity and the Fall

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

Fallacious Calvinist Arguments For Total Depravity: Does Romans 1 Apply Universally to Fallen Man?

Protestant Founder Zwingli Denied Original Sin

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

Predestination and God's Sovereignty

Do Catholics Believe in Predestination?

Catholic Predestination, Molinism, and Thomism in a Nutshell

Did God Harden Pharaoh's Heart? (Does God Positively Ordain Evil?) (Dave Armstrong vs. [atheist] "DagoodS")

A Dialogue on the Nature of God's Foreknowledge and Sovereignty
(Dave Armstrong vs. Dr. Alex Pruss)

Dialogue on Molinism (Speculations on How God Predestines) (Dave Armstrong vs. "JS")

Molinism, Middle Knowledge, and Predestination: Suarez, Congruism, and the Elegantly Ingenious Solution of Fr. William G. Most

Dialogue on Molinism and God's Mode of Predestination (+ Part II | Part III | Part IV) (Dave Armstrong vs. "JS")

Observations on Arminianism

Catholic Predestination (Ludwig Ott)

Last updated on 3 May 2008.