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LULU / E-BOOKSITE BLURB
MISC.
LULU / E-BOOKSITE BLURB
My goal in the present volume is to give “balance” and greater overall accuracy to the Catholic treatment of Luther. He obviously wrote a lot of things that Catholics vigorously disagree with. I have dealt at length with those, elsewhere. But if we are to fully understand him, we also need to discover the orthodox and traditional aspects of his teaching (from the Catholic point of view). We owe it to Luther, to present his views in their fullness and broadness; in their totality. I shall be citing the portions of Luther's writings that Catholics would agree with. The ecumenical endeavor is devoted to finding things that Christians have in common. This book will do exactly that. If I can persuade a few people that Catholics and Lutherans have more in common than either side (for the most part) imagined, I'll be more than happy and fulfilled, having accomplished my goal. The topics are divided into nine broad sections and 113 individual categories, and arranged chronologically within each category.
MISC.
Introductory Facebook post [10-10-14 ]
"Why Bring Up the Marian Views of the Early Protestant Leaders At All? Of What Relevance is It?" [Facebook, 10-16-14]
Review by Matthew Celestis (2-17-15)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dedication
Introduction [read online]
Sources
and
Abbreviations
I.
Bible and Tradition (Authority)
1.The
Bible
2.
Tradition, Apostolic
3.
Fathers of the Church
4.
Deuterocanon /
“Apocrypha”
5.
The Bible: Complex and Difficult to
Master
6.
The Bible:
Eisegesis
7.
The Bible: Proof from / Harmony
with
II.
Doctrine of the Church (Ecclesiology)
1.
Catholicism
2.
Apostolic Succession
3.
Binding, Dogmatic Authority
4.
The Infallible Church
5.
Indefectibility of the Church
6.
Church Councils
7.
Ordination / Clergy
8.
Bishops
9.
Celibacy
10.
Denominationalism, Sectarianism, Fanaticism
11.
Sinners in the
Church
12. Papal
Supremacy and Headship
13.
Authority: Obedience
to
14. Holy
Mother Church / Wrongness of Schism
15.
Excommunication
16. Pope,
Reverence
for
17.
Heresy
18. Rome:
The Apostolic
See
19. Monks
and Monastic
Vows
20. No
Salvation Outside the
Church
III.
Theology of Salvation (Soteriology)
1.
Necessity of Good Works in the Christian Life
2.
Faith and Works
3.
Works and Salvation
4.
Co-Workers
with God / Synergy
5.
Justification
6.
Sanctification
7.
Salvation
as a Process
8.
Denial of Absolute Instant Assurance of Salvation
9.
Original
Sin
10.
Theosis / Deification
11.
Antinomianism or “Cheap Grace”: Falsity of
12.
Grace, Degrees and Increase
of
13.
Discipleship / Personal Relationship with Jesus
14.
Atonement,
Universal
IV.
Penance and Mortification
1.
Confession
2.
Absolution / Sacrament of Penance / Power of the “Keys”
3.
Merit
4.
Suffering and Sanctification
5.
Fasting
and Abstinence
6.
Bodily
Mortification
7.
Sharing
the Sufferings of Christ
8.
Indulgences
9.
Indulgences, Abuse of
10.
Contrition
11.
Satisfaction / Penance
12.
Sin, Mortal
13.
Sin, Venial
14.
Chastity,
Marital
V.
Holy Eucharist and the Mass
1.
Real,
Substantial Presence
2.
Consubstantiation
3.
Consecration:
Proper Words of
4.
Eucharistic
Adoration
5.
Jesus' One Sacrifice,
Memorialized at the Mass
6.
Grace and Strength Received from Holy Communion
7.
Eucharist and
Salvation
8.
Ex opere
operato
9.
Liturgy and
Rites
10.
Eucharist and Forgiveness of
Sins
11.
Transubstantiation
12.
Elevation of the Consecrated
Elements
13.
Continued Use of
Latin
14.
Holy
Days
15.
Priest as the “Alter
Christus”
16.
Mass,
Daily
17.
Communion in One
Kind
VI.
Sacraments and Sacramentals
1.
Baptismal
Regeneration / Baptism in General
2.
Infant
Baptism
3.
Baptism
and Being “Born Again”
4.
Baptism
and Salvation
5.
Confirmation, Sacrament of
6.
Anointing / Extreme Unction
7.
Wholehearted Formal Prayer and
Worship
8.
Holy
Places
9.
Holy and Sacred Items
10.
Genuflection, Bowing, and
Kneeling
11.
Crucifixes
12.
Sign of the
Cross
13.
Sacramentalism
14.
“Believers'” (Adult) Baptism (Falsity
of)
15.
Baptism of
Desire
VII.
Communion of Saints / Angels / Last Things
1.
Prayer and Penance for the Dead
2.
Invocation
of Saints
3.
Imitation
and Veneration of Saints
4.
Intercession
of Saints and Angels
5.
Useful Christian
Images
6.
Relics
7.
Purgatory
8.
Saints
9. Idolatry
9. Idolatry
10.
Saints, Communion
of
VIII.
The Blessed Virgin Mary (Mariology)
1.
Sinlessness
2.
Perpetual
Virginity
3.
“Mother
of God” (Theotokos)
4.
Queen
of Heaven
5.
Spiritual
Mother / Invocation and Intercession of
6.
The Rosary / Hail
Mary
7.
Virginity “in Partu” (During
Childbirth)
8.
Immaculate Conception or Immaculate Purification
9.
Humility and
Christ-Centeredness
10.
Called “Blessed”
11.
Veneration
12.
Images of
Mary
13.
Second Eve / New
Eve
IX.
Miscellaneous
1.
Apologetics
2.
Contraception
3.
Divorce
EXCERPTS
Introduction (10-10-14)
On Sacramental Confession [Facebook, 10-14-14]
Invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary [Facebook, 10-16-14]
Casual Reference to Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) as Scripture [Facebook, 11-6-14]
On What is "Biblical" [Facebook, 11-10-14]
On Merit [Facebook, 11-10-14]
On Eucharistic Adoration [Facebook, 11-11-14]
On the Veneration of the Saints [Facebook, 11-11-14]
Acceptance of the Eucharistic Principle of Ex Opere Operato [Facebook, 11-12-14]
On Mary's Virginity "in Partu" (During Childbirth) on Account of Her Sinlessness [Facebook, 11-13-14]
On Purgatory [Facebook, 11-17-14]
On Nestorius and the Bankruptcy of His Reasoning Against Mary as the "Mother of God" [Facebook, 11-17-14]
On Sharing the Sufferings of Christ [Facebook, 12-1-14]
Luther Accepts the Sacrifice of the Mass (and He Doesn't) [Facebook, 12-3-14]
Luther Calls Wisdom of Solomon "Scripture" [Facebook, 12-4-14]
Luther's Excellent Argument Against "Believers'" (Adult) Baptism [Facebook, 12-6-14]
Luther's Solid Arguments in Favor of Infant Baptism [Facebook, 12-6-14]
On Contraception and Procreation [Facebook, 12-22-14]
On the Infallibility and Indefectibility of the Church [Facebook, 12-28-14]
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