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Introduction to My Book, The Church Fathers Were Catholic: Patristic Evidences for Catholicism (+ Discussion)
Excerpts From Chapter One on Bible & Tradition From My Book, The Church Fathers Were Catholic (Including an Analysis of Perspicuity)
Church Fathers vs. the "Reformation Pillar" of Faith Alone (Sola Fide) [Including "Revised Protestant Standard" Variant Readings] (+ Discussion)
St. Augustine Was a CATHOLIC, Not a Proto-Protestant
St. Athanasius Was a CATHOLIC, Not a Proto-Protestant (+ Counter-Reply to James White on Tradition, etc.) (+ Discussion)
Protestant Church Historians & Patristics Experts Schaff, Kelly, & Pelikan Get James White's Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval
Excerpts From Chapter One on Bible & Tradition From My Book, The Church Fathers Were Catholic (Including an Analysis of Perspicuity)
Church Fathers vs. the "Reformation Pillar" of Faith Alone (Sola Fide) [Including "Revised Protestant Standard" Variant Readings] (+ Discussion)
St. Augustine Was a CATHOLIC, Not a Proto-Protestant
St. Athanasius Was a CATHOLIC, Not a Proto-Protestant (+ Counter-Reply to James White on Tradition, etc.) (+ Discussion)
Protestant Church Historians & Patristics Experts Schaff, Kelly, & Pelikan Get James White's Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval
General & Miscellaneous
Church Fathers: Introductory Resources
The Witness of the Church Fathers With Regard to Catholic Distinctives (With Examples of Protestant Corroboration of Catholic Doctrines or Clear Contradiction of Patristic Consensus)
Unanimous Consent" of the Church Fathers (Steve Ray)
Exchange With Protestants on the Meaning of "Unanimous Consent of the Fathers": Does it Allow Any Exceptions?
The Relationship Between Christianity and Philosophy (particularly regarding the interpretation of the Church Fathers) (Dave Armstrong vs. EL Hamilton)
The Witness of the Church Fathers With Regard to Catholic Distinctives (With Examples of Protestant Corroboration of Catholic Doctrines or Clear Contradiction of Patristic Consensus)
Unanimous Consent" of the Church Fathers (Steve Ray)
Exchange With Protestants on the Meaning of "Unanimous Consent of the Fathers": Does it Allow Any Exceptions?
The Relationship Between Christianity and Philosophy (particularly regarding the interpretation of the Church Fathers) (Dave Armstrong vs. EL Hamilton)
Protestantism & the Church Fathers
Were the Church Fathers Closer to Protestantism Than to Catholicism?
Dialogue on Whether the Church Fathers Were Closer to Protestantism Than to Catholicism (Dave Armstrong vs. Ken Temple)
Honor Thy Denominations Rather Than Thy Church Fathers? (Lutherans, Sola Scriptura, and the Fathers) (Dave Armstrong vs. "CPA" and Steve Parks)
Dialogue With a Lutheran on Whether Lutheranism or Catholicism is More Consistent With Patristic and Early Church Beliefs (+ Part II) (Dave Armstrong vs. Kristo Miettinen)
Dialogue on Lutheranism and the Church Fathers, Part III (Dave Armstrong vs. Kristo Miettinen)
Dialogue on the Alleged "Perspicuous Apostolic Message" as a Proof of the Quasi-Protestantism of the Early Church (Dave Armstrong vs. Eric Svendsen and James White)
The Importance of Studying Martin Luther / Protestant Ignoring of Luther & Church History / Inevitability of Protestant Tradition & "Human" Authority
Dialogue on Whether the Church Fathers Were Closer to Protestantism Than to Catholicism (Dave Armstrong vs. Ken Temple)
Honor Thy Denominations Rather Than Thy Church Fathers? (Lutherans, Sola Scriptura, and the Fathers) (Dave Armstrong vs. "CPA" and Steve Parks)
Dialogue With a Lutheran on Whether Lutheranism or Catholicism is More Consistent With Patristic and Early Church Beliefs (+ Part II) (Dave Armstrong vs. Kristo Miettinen)
Dialogue on Lutheranism and the Church Fathers, Part III (Dave Armstrong vs. Kristo Miettinen)
Dialogue on the Alleged "Perspicuous Apostolic Message" as a Proof of the Quasi-Protestantism of the Early Church (Dave Armstrong vs. Eric Svendsen and James White)
The Importance of Studying Martin Luther / Protestant Ignoring of Luther & Church History / Inevitability of Protestant Tradition & "Human" Authority
Lutheran-Catholic Group Dialogue #2: The Nature of the True Church and Authoritative Christian Tradition / Questions on Institutional Separation (+ Discussion)
Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue #4: "Tragic Necessity" of Reform / Indulgences / Nominalism / Causes of Schism / Luther on "Papists" / Fathers' Authority (+ Discussion)
St. Augustine
St. Augustine Was a CATHOLIC, Not a Proto-Protestant (+ Discussion)
St. Augustine: Are Reformed Protestants or Catholics Closer Theologically to His Teaching?
The Ambiguous Relationship of Luther and the Early Protestants to St. Augustine (Dave Armstrong and Edwin Tait)
Answers For An Inquiring "Bible Christian" on Bible and Tradition Issues (Particularly St. Augustine's Position)
"Man-Centered" Sacramentalism: The Remarkable Incoherence of James White: How Can Martin Luther and St. Augustine Be Christians According to His Definition?
St. Augustine's Belief in the Real Presence
Clarifications (Under Fire), of St. Augustine's Eucharistic Doctrine, and a Counter-Challenge to Protestants Who Try to "Co-Opt" Him
Refutation of James White on 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 and Purgatory [includes lengthy citations from St. Augustine]
Dialogue on Materialist Evolutionary Theory and Intelligent Design (including an examination of St. Augustine's and St. Thomas Aquinas's Views on Creation and Evolution) (Dave Armstrong vs. five agnostics)
Did the Catholic Church Change the Ten Commandments to Bolster its Alleged Gross Idolatry? (Dave Armstrong vs. Eric Landstrom)
Lutheran Pastor Paul T. McCain's Extreme Insults of Pope Benedict XVI & Catholics & Concealment of What St. Augustine Actually Taught About Salvation (+ Discussion)
St. Augustine: Are Reformed Protestants or Catholics Closer Theologically to His Teaching?
The Ambiguous Relationship of Luther and the Early Protestants to St. Augustine (Dave Armstrong and Edwin Tait)
Answers For An Inquiring "Bible Christian" on Bible and Tradition Issues (Particularly St. Augustine's Position)
"Man-Centered" Sacramentalism: The Remarkable Incoherence of James White: How Can Martin Luther and St. Augustine Be Christians According to His Definition?
St. Augustine's Belief in the Real Presence
Clarifications (Under Fire), of St. Augustine's Eucharistic Doctrine, and a Counter-Challenge to Protestants Who Try to "Co-Opt" Him
Refutation of James White on 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 and Purgatory [includes lengthy citations from St. Augustine]
Dialogue on Materialist Evolutionary Theory and Intelligent Design (including an examination of St. Augustine's and St. Thomas Aquinas's Views on Creation and Evolution) (Dave Armstrong vs. five agnostics)
Did the Catholic Church Change the Ten Commandments to Bolster its Alleged Gross Idolatry? (Dave Armstrong vs. Eric Landstrom)
Lutheran Pastor Paul T. McCain's Extreme Insults of Pope Benedict XVI & Catholics & Concealment of What St. Augustine Actually Taught About Salvation (+ Discussion)
Baptism & Baptismal Regeneration
Bible / Tradition / Church / Apostolic Succession / Rule of Faith
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) (Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
Dialogue on Sola Scriptura and the Church Fathers (+ Part Two) (Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
Did St. Athanasius Believe in Sola Scriptura? (Dave Armstrong vs. Ken Temple)
Did St. Gregory of Nyssa Believe in Scripture Alone? (+ Discussion)
If the Church Fathers Can Be Remarkably Transformed Into "Sola Scriptura Protestants" by "Bible Prooftexts", Why Not Me, Too?!!
Dialogue on Whether the Fathers Taught "Perspicuity" of Scripture and Denied the Necessity of Tradition and an Authoritative Church (Dave Armstrong vs. Carmen Bryant)
The Sufficiency of Scripture and the Church Fathers (Particularly, St. Athanasius and the Trinity) (Dave Armstrong vs. E.L. Hamilton and "Cranmer")
Refutation of David T. King Regarding St. John Chrysostom & St. Irenaeus as Alleged Sola Scriptura Advocates (+ Discussion)
Critique of Martin Chemnitz' Examination of Trent: Bible, Tradition, and the Church Fathers, Part I (Preliminaries, St. Irenaeus, & Tertullian) (+ Discussion)
Critique of Martin Chemnitz' Examination of Trent: Bible, Tradition, and the Church Fathers, Part II (Various Fathers and Arguments)
Lutheran-Catholic Group Dialogue #2: The Nature of the True Church and Authoritative Christian Tradition / Questions on Institutional Separation (+ Discussion)
Canon of Scripture / Deuterocanonical Books
Reply to a Protestant Counter-Response on Development of Doctrine (Particularly With Regard to the New Testament Canon and the Papacy)
(Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
Further Dialogue With an Evangelical Protestant on Various Aspects of Development of Doctrine (Particularly Concerning the Canon of Scripture)
(Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
The "Apocrypha": Why It's Part of the Bible (+ Spanish version)
Orthodox View of OT Canon / Athanasius' Slightly-Qualified Acceptance of the Deuterocanon / Jerome's Anomalies in His Rejection of the Deuterocanon
(Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
Further Dialogue With an Evangelical Protestant on Various Aspects of Development of Doctrine (Particularly Concerning the Canon of Scripture)
(Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
The "Apocrypha": Why It's Part of the Bible (+ Spanish version)
Orthodox View of OT Canon / Athanasius' Slightly-Qualified Acceptance of the Deuterocanon / Jerome's Anomalies in His Rejection of the Deuterocanon
Christology / Holy Trinity
The "Ransom Theory" of Atonement in the Fathers: Development in the Doctrine of the Work of Christ
2 Corinthians 5:21: Was Jesus Christ Literally Made Sin on the Cross? Did He Suffer the Horrors of Damnation? Luther and Calvin vs. the Church Fathers
A Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue on the Filioque (William Klimon)
The Sufficiency of Scripture and the Church Fathers (Particularly, St. Athanasius and the Trinity) (Dave Armstrong vs. E.L. Hamilton and "Cranmer")
The Athanasian Creed: A Definition of the Trinity
2 Corinthians 5:21: Was Jesus Christ Literally Made Sin on the Cross? Did He Suffer the Horrors of Damnation? Luther and Calvin vs. the Church Fathers
A Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue on the Filioque (William Klimon)
The Sufficiency of Scripture and the Church Fathers (Particularly, St. Athanasius and the Trinity) (Dave Armstrong vs. E.L. Hamilton and "Cranmer")
The Athanasian Creed: A Definition of the Trinity
Church / Ecclesiology
Bishops in the New Testament and the Early Church
How Newman Convinced me of the Apostolicity of the Catholic Church
Monophysitism, Montanism, and Historic Roman and Papal Opposition to Heresy (Dave Armstrong vs. Eric Phillips)
Reply to James White on the Council of Nicaea and Its Relationship to Pope Sylvester, Athanasius' Views, and the Unique Preeminence of Catholic Authority
How Newman Convinced me of the Apostolicity of the Catholic Church
Monophysitism, Montanism, and Historic Roman and Papal Opposition to Heresy (Dave Armstrong vs. Eric Phillips)
Reply to James White on the Council of Nicaea and Its Relationship to Pope Sylvester, Athanasius' Views, and the Unique Preeminence of Catholic Authority
Contraception
Contraception: Early Church Teaching (William Klimon)
Development of Doctrine
How Newman Convinced me of the Apostolicity of the Catholic Church
Historical Development in the Understanding of Doctrinal Development of the Apostolic Deposit (Featuring Much Documentation From St. Thomas Aquinas; Also From St. Augustine, St. Vincent of Lerins, Vatican I [1870], Popes Pius IX, Pius X, Etc.)
Dialogue on the Nature of Development of Doctrine (Particularly With Regard to the Papacy) (Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
The Development of the Papacy (Newman)
Reply to a Protestant Counter-Response on Development of Doctrine (Particularly With Regard to the New Testament Canon and the Papacy)
(Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
Further Dialogue With an Evangelical Protestant on Various Aspects of Development of Doctrine (Particularly Concerning the Canon of Scripture)
(Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
Apostolic and Early Church Teaching on Baptism, and its Doctrinal Development
Historical Development in the Understanding of Doctrinal Development of the Apostolic Deposit (Featuring Much Documentation From St. Thomas Aquinas; Also From St. Augustine, St. Vincent of Lerins, Vatican I [1870], Popes Pius IX, Pius X, Etc.)
Dialogue on the Nature of Development of Doctrine (Particularly With Regard to the Papacy) (Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
The Development of the Papacy (Newman)
Reply to a Protestant Counter-Response on Development of Doctrine (Particularly With Regard to the New Testament Canon and the Papacy)
(Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
Further Dialogue With an Evangelical Protestant on Various Aspects of Development of Doctrine (Particularly Concerning the Canon of Scripture)
(Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
Apostolic and Early Church Teaching on Baptism, and its Doctrinal Development
Eucharist & Sacrifice of the Mass
History of the Doctrine of the Eucharist: Nine Protestant Scholarly Sources
John Calvin and St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Comparative Eucharistic Theology
Reply to Joel Garver and Kevin Johnson on Calvin's Eucharistic Theology Compared to St. Cyril of Jerusalem's and the Fathers (Generally-Speaking)
Further Challenge to "Reformed Catholics": Calvin's and Patristic Eucharistic Theology
Dialogue With "CPA" (Lutheran) on Transubstantiation and Church History
Eucharistic Sacrifice: The Witness of the Church Fathers & the Bible (+ Part II / Part III) (Dave Armstrong vs. "CPA")
Dialogue on the Development of the Sacrifice of the Mass in the Fathers (Dave Armstrong vs. "CPA")
John Calvin and St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Comparative Eucharistic Theology
Reply to Joel Garver and Kevin Johnson on Calvin's Eucharistic Theology Compared to St. Cyril of Jerusalem's and the Fathers (Generally-Speaking)
Further Challenge to "Reformed Catholics": Calvin's and Patristic Eucharistic Theology
Dialogue With "CPA" (Lutheran) on Transubstantiation and Church History
Eucharistic Sacrifice: The Witness of the Church Fathers & the Bible (+ Part II / Part III) (Dave Armstrong vs. "CPA")
Dialogue on the Development of the Sacrifice of the Mass in the Fathers (Dave Armstrong vs. "CPA")
Marriage, Divorce, & Annulments
Mary, the Blessed Virgin
"Live Chat" Dialogue on Patristic Consensus (Particularly, Mariology) (Dave Armstrong vs. James White)
Dialogue on Whether the Assumption and Immaculate Conception of Mary are Legitimately Part of Apostolic Tradition (Dave Armstrong vs. James White)
Mary as Ark of the Covenant, in the Church Fathers and the Bible (Steve Ray, Pat Madrid, and Others)
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) (Dave Armstrong vs. "BJ Bear")
Mary as Mediatrix: The Patristic, Medieval, and Early Orthodox Evidence
Dialogue on Whether the Assumption and Immaculate Conception of Mary are Legitimately Part of Apostolic Tradition (Dave Armstrong vs. James White)
Mary as Ark of the Covenant, in the Church Fathers and the Bible (Steve Ray, Pat Madrid, and Others)
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) (Dave Armstrong vs. "BJ Bear")
Mary as Mediatrix: The Patristic, Medieval, and Early Orthodox Evidence
Papacy & Infallibility
Reply to a Protestant Counter-Response on Development of Doctrine (Particularly With Regard to the New Testament Canon and the Papacy)
(Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
Dialogue on the Nature of Development of Doctrine (Particularly With Regard to the Papacy) (Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
The Development of the Papacy (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 Silvester and the Council of Nicaea
Pope Leo the Great (r. 440-61) and Papal Supremacy
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)
Dialogue on (Supposedly Fallible) Pope Honorius
(Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
Dialogue on the Nature of Development of Doctrine (Particularly With Regard to the Papacy) (Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
The Development of the Papacy (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 Silvester and the Council of Nicaea
Pope Leo the Great (r. 440-61) and Papal Supremacy
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)
Dialogue on (Supposedly Fallible) Pope Honorius
Salvation & Soteriology
Church Fathers vs. the "Reformation Pillar" of Faith Alone (Sola Fide) [Including "Revised Protestant Standard" Variant Readings] (+ Discussion)
Is Sola Fide (Faith Alone) a Legitimate Development of Patristic and Augustinian Soteriology?
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)
Critique of Martin Chemnitz' Examination of Trent: Soteriology and Justification in the Church Fathers
The "Ransom Theory" of Atonement in the Fathers: Development in the Doctrine of the Work of Christ
2 Corinthians 5:21: Was Jesus Christ Literally Made Sin on the Cross? Did He Suffer the Horrors of Damnation? Luther and Calvin vs. the Church Fathers
Lutheran Pastor Paul T. McCain's Extreme Insults of Pope Benedict XVI & Catholics & Concealment of What St. Augustine Actually Taught About Salvation (+ Discussion)
Origen (c. 185-c. 254 ) on Faith, Works, and Judgment
Is Sola Fide (Faith Alone) a Legitimate Development of Patristic and Augustinian Soteriology?
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)
Critique of Martin Chemnitz' Examination of Trent: Soteriology and Justification in the Church Fathers
The "Ransom Theory" of Atonement in the Fathers: Development in the Doctrine of the Work of Christ
2 Corinthians 5:21: Was Jesus Christ Literally Made Sin on the Cross? Did He Suffer the Horrors of Damnation? Luther and Calvin vs. the Church Fathers
Lutheran Pastor Paul T. McCain's Extreme Insults of Pope Benedict XVI & Catholics & Concealment of What St. Augustine Actually Taught About Salvation (+ Discussion)
Origen (c. 185-c. 254 ) on Faith, Works, and Judgment
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