Anti-Catholicism (Index Page For Apologist Dave Armstrong)

Series: Reply to [Steve] Hays’ “Biblical Calvinism”: the many replies are posted on my Calvinism & General Protestantism web page in the first section at the top (starting on 6-12-23)

XXII. MATT HEDGES

Dialogue on St. John Chrysostom & Sola Scriptura (Includes a Discussion of the Proper Definition of Sola Scriptura) [2-23-21]

Did Pope Gelasius (r. 492-496) Deny Transubstantiation? [3-24-21]

Pope St. Clement of Rome & Papal Authority [7-28-21]

St. Augustine, St. Basil the Great, & Veneration of Images (+ St. Augustine’s Enthusiastic Advocacy of Relics) [8-3-22]

Biblical Defense of Images and Icons (vs. Matt Hedges) [8-3-22]

XXIII. TIMOTHY F. KAUFFMAN

St. Ignatius, Bishops, & the Rule of Faith (vs. T.F. Kauffman) [7-14-23]

Is All Bowing Before Images “Idolatry”? (vs. T.F. Kauffman) [7-14-23]

Catholics Think Mary is “Co-Creator”? (vs. T.F. Kauffman) (Refuting a Distortion of What St. Alphonsus de Liguori Actually Teaches in The Glories of Mary) [7-17-23]

Bible on Imitating Saints (vs. T.F. Kauffman) [7-17-23]

Sinless(?) Joseph, John the Baptist, Anne, & the Incarnation [7-18-23]

Mary, Not Jesus, is the Catholic “Savior”? (Response to More Misrepresentation of St. Alphonsus de Liguori’s Book, The Glories of Mary) [7-21-23]

XXIV. PASTOR DAVID T. KING (REFORMED)

“Romanists” Killed 100 Million? David T. King & Other Geniuses [6-29-00]

Was Cardinal Newman a Modernist? Pope St. Pius X vs. Anti-Catholic Polemicist David T. King (Development, not Evolution of Doctrine) [3-6-02]

Absurd Anti-Newman Rhetoric in Anti-Catholic Polemics [3-19-02 and 9-27-05]

Chrysostom & Irenaeus: Sola Scripturists?: Refutation of Anti-Catholic Polemicist and Reformed Protestant Pastor David T. King [4-20-07]

Mary’s Assumption vs. Material Sufficiency of Scripture? (Refutation of Anti-Catholic Polemicist & Reformed Protestant Pastor David T. King) [4-22-07]

“Podunk” & Self-Publishing Efforts of Leading Anti-Catholics: David T. King, William Webster, and Eric Svendsen [4-17-09]

Anti-Catholic Double Standards on Self-Published Books (James Swan and His Love of the Ridiculous Self-Published Books of David T. King and William Webster) [8-1-11]

John Henry Newman’s Alleged Disbelief in Papal Infallibility Prior to 1870, and Supposed Intellectual Dishonesty Afterwards (Classic Anti-Catholic Lies: George Salmon, James White, David T. King et al) [8-11-11]

Answer to Sola Scriptura “Prooftexts” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 & Romans 16:15-16 (vs. Reformed Pastor David T. King) [6-26-12]

David T. King and William Webster: Out-of-Context or Hyper-Selective Quotations from the Church Fathers on Christian Authority: Introduction to the Series [11-8-13]

David T. King and William Webster: Out-of-Context or Hyper-Selective Quotations from the Church Fathers on Christian Authority: Part I: St. Cyril of Jerusalem [11-9-13]

David T. King and William Webster: Out-of-Context or Hyper-Selective Quotations from the Church Fathers on Christian Authority: Part II: St. Basil the Great [11-11-13]

David T. King Ignores Sola Scriptura Biblical Disproofs (Incl. lengthy analysis of 2 Peter 1:20: “no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation”) [11-13-17]

David T. King: No Father Believed in an Infallible Church [6-18-24]
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XXV. BRUNO LIMA

Is Sola Scriptura Self-Refuting? (vs. Bruno Lima) [10-12-22]

Did Athanasius Accept Sola Scriptura? (vs. Bruno Lima) [10-14-22]

XXVI. LEN LISENBEE

St. Alphonsus de Liguori: Mary-Worshiper & Idolater? Does He Teach in The Glories of Mary that Mary is “Above God” and Can “Manipulate God”? (vs. Anti-Catholic Len Lisenbee) [8-9-02]

XXVII. LUTHERANISM

Is Lutheranism Officially Anti-Catholic?: The Book of Concord and the Catholic Mass [4-26-05]

XXVIII. DOUGLAS MABRY (aka “GOJIRA”)

Communion of Saints, Scripture, & Anti-Catholic Doug Mabry (With Emphasis Particularly on the Saul and [Dead] Samuel Incident) [7-8-07]

XXIX. DR. JOHN MACARTHUR

Refutation of Dr. John MacArthur’s Sola Scriptura Defense: “The Sufficiency of the Written Word” [9-15-03]

XXX. YAGO MARTINS

I Will be Offering Rebuttals of the Videos of Brazilian Protestants Rodrigo Silva and Yago Martins [Facebook, 2-25-23]

XXXI. JAMES McCARTHY

Catholic Merit vs. Distorted Caricatures (James McCarthy) [1997]
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XXXII. JUAN ROBERTO DE OLIVEIRA
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Next Brazilian Protestant to be Refuted: Juan Roberto de Oliveira [Facebook, 9-27-23]

Reply #1 to J. Oliveira: Jesus & Extrabiblical Tradition [9-27-23]
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Vs. J. Oliveira #2: Is Veneration Worship? [9-28-23]
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Vs. J. Oliveira #3: Mediating Saints [9-28-23]
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Vs. J. Oliveira #4: Liguori’s Mary [9-30-23]
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Vs. J. Oliveira #5: Talking to Dead Saints [10-3-23]
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Vs. J. Oliveira #6: Bible & Purgatory [10-3-23]
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Vs. J. Oliveira #7: Canon Fantasies [10-4-23]
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Vs. J. Oliveira #8: Rule of Faith [10-5-23]
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Vs. J. Oliveira #9: Salvation & the Church [10-5-23]

Vs. J. Oliveira #10: Confession [10-6-23]
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Say it Ain’t So, Juan! Very Serious Questions Raised About What is Ostensibly “His” [?] Book [Facebook, 10-6-23]
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XXXIII. ORTHODOX ANTI-CATHOLICISM

Roman See as Historic Standard-Bearer of Orthodoxy (+ the Ecclesiological Absurdity of Anti-Catholic-Type Eastern Orthodox Arguments Against Roman Primacy & Apostolicity) [1997]

Attempted “Dialogue” with an Anti-Catholic Orthodox [1997]

Reflections on the Sack of Constantinople in 1204 and Lesser-Known Byzantine Atrocities [1998]

Dialogue w Anti-Catholic Orthodox Christian (ROCOR) [1998]

Anti-Catholic Orthodox Claims of Exclusive Apostolic Succession [Nov. 1998; revised in 2004]

Mike Frost Trashes Me Regarding St. Athanasius [6-6-20]

XXXIV. POPE AS “GOD” OR “ANTICHRIST”

Debate: The Anti-Catholic “Pope as God” Argument [1-1-99]

Popes Claimed to be God? / Pope as Antichrist (vs. Calvin #23) [6-30-09]
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What Year Did Popes Become Antichrist? (vs. John Calvin) [3-11-10]
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Pope St. Pius V Claimed to be God (Say Anti-Catholics) [2-11-11]

Did a Bishop Say Pope St. John Paul II was God? [2-11-11]

“Pope is God”? Similar Rhetoric from Luther & Bullinger [2-24-11]

XXXV. AUSTIN REED

On the Definition of “Christian” and Whether Luther and Calvin Regarded Catholicism as Christian (vs. Anti-Catholic Calvinist Austin Reed) [6-4-13]

XXXVI. “SAINT AND SINNER”

Six Anti-Catholics Challenged: “Is Catholicism Christian?” Wouldn’t a real debate be nice for a change? (All Declined) [in effect, S&S declined on 10-27-07 by saying “amen” to “Turretinfan’s” decline and giving no indication otherwise after five previous related comments (one / two / three / four / five) ] [10-8-07]

XXXVII. GEORGE SALMON (19TH CENTURY ANGLICAN)

Absurd Anti-Newman Rhetoric in Anti-Catholic Polemics [3-19-02 and 9-27-05]

Next Big Project: Replies to Anglican Anti-Catholic Polemicist George Salmon (1819-1904) [Facebook, 3-10-23]

Irish Ecclesiastical Record vs. Anti-Catholic George Salmon, Pt. 1 [3-10-23]

Irish Ecclesiastical Record vs. Anti-Catholic George Salmon, Pt. 2 . . . In Which Dr. Salmon Accuses Cardinal Newman of Lying Through His Teeth in His Essay on Development, & Dr. Murphy Magnificently Defends Infallibility and Doctrinal Development Against Gross Caricature [3-12-23]

Irish Ecclesiastical Record vs. Anti-Catholic George Salmon, Pt. 3 . . . In Which Our Sophist-Critic Massively Misrepresents Cardinal Newman and Utterly Misunderstands the Distinction Between Implicit and Explicit Faith [3-12-23]

Irish Ecclesiastical Record vs. Anti-Catholic George Salmon, Pt. 4 . . . in which Dr. Salmon Sadly Reveals Himself to be a Hyper-Rationalistic Pelagian Heretic, and Engages in Yet More Misrepresentation of Development of Doctrine and Cardinal Newman’s Statements and Positions [3-15-23]

Irish Ecclesiastical Record vs. Anti-Catholic George Salmon, Pt. 5: Private Judgment, the Rule of Faith, and Dr. Salmon’s Weak Fallible Protestant “Church”: Subject to the Whims of Individuals; Church Fathers Misquoted [3-15-23]

Irish Ecclesiastical Record vs. Anti-Catholic George Salmon, Pt. 6: The Innumerable Perils of Perspicuity of Scripture and Private Judgment [3-16-23]
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Irish Ecclesiastical Record vs. Anti-Catholic George Salmon, Pt. 7 [3-16-23]

Bp. Butler’s Refutation of Anti-Catholic George Salmon, Pt. 1: Doctrinal Development; St. Cardinal Newman’s Views on Papal Infallibility & the Immaculate Conception; St. Irenaeus & Tradition [3-22-23]
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Bp. Butler’s Refutation of Anti-Catholic George Salmon, Pt. 2: The Nature of Papal Infallibility & the Obligatory Discussion of Galileo [3-25-23]

Bp. Butler’s Refutation of Anti-Catholic George Salmon, Pt. 3: Gallicanism, Ultramontanism, and Petrine Primacy in the New Testament [5-12-23]

Bp. Butler’s Refutation of Anti-Catholic George Salmon, Pt. 4: Roman Primacy in the Early Church; First Clement; Ignatius & Cyprian on the Papacy; Pope Liberius; Sozomen & Socrates on Papal Primacy; Pope Honorius [7-6-23]
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XXXVIII. MATT SLICK (PRESBYTERIAN; FOUNDER OF CARM)

“If You Died Tonight”: Debate w Matt Slick of CARM [5-22-03]

My Pal Talk Runaround w Anti-Catholic Matt Slick (CARM) [9-2-03]

2nd Live Chat Debate w Matt Slick. Oops! He Cancelled…. [3-12-07]

Can Mary Hear “Simultaneous” Prayers of Millions? [9-30-20]

Prayer to Creatures Proven from Holy Scripture [10-1-20]

Why Would a Sinless Mary Offer Sacrifices? [10-29-20]

Catholics Do Not Worship Mary Like God [11-13-20]

Debate on Mary’s Assumption & the Bible [11-17-20]

XXXIX. DR. ERIC SVENDSEN

“Perspicuous Apostolic Message”? (vs. Eric Svendsen) [May-June 1996]

Have Heterodox Catholics Overthrown Official Doctrine? (vs. Eric Svendsen, James White, Phillip Johnson, & Andrew Webb) [6-3-96]

Dialogue on the Logic of Catholic Infallible Authority [6-4-96]

Apostolic [Quasi-] Protestantism?: Dialogue with Eric Svendsen [6-26-96]

Debate on the Nature of the Church and Catholicism [7-5-96]

Dialogue on “Tradition” in the New Testament [1996]

Dialogue with Protestants on Various Aspects of Development of Doctrine (Particularly Concerning the Canon of Scripture) [vs. Jason Engwer & Eric Svendsen] [3-19-02, at Internet Archive]

Eric Svendsen: Catholics Raise Mary to the Holy Trinity [4-2-04]

What is it With Anti-Catholics & Written Debate? (The Sad Case of Eric Svendsen as a Typical Example) [10-4-04, at Internet Archive]

“It’s Greek to Me”: Illuminating Exchange w Eric Svendsen [6-5-03 and 1-10-05]

James White’s, Eric Svendsen’s, and Jason Engwer’s Glowing Tributes to Pope St. John Paul II [4-5-05, at Internet Archive]
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Eric Svendsen Sez Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, and Dr. James Dobson Betray the Gospel and R Lousy Evangelicals, in Distinct Danger of Damnation [4-28-05, at Internet Archive]

“Podunk” & Self-Publishing Efforts of Leading Anti-Catholics: David T. King, William Webster, and Eric Svendsen [4-17-09]

Follies of Anti-Catholic Former Apologist Eric Svendsen [4-25-10]

Dave Armstrong Fan Club #2: Anti-Catholic Protestant Polemicist Eric “the Yellow” Svendsen [Facebook, 3-3-19]

Svendsen’s Dissertation on Mary: 1. Preliminaries (Including Explicit Biblical Indications or Analogies for Mary’s Universal Intercession and the Notion of “Fittingness”) [2-2-23]

Svendsen’s Dissertation on Mary: 2. “Brothers” of Jesus (Including a Handy, Nine-Point Summary of Solid Exegetical Arguments for the “Cousins” Theory of Jesus’ “Brothers”) [2-2-23]

Anti-Catholic Eric Svendsen Blasphemes Mary & Claims She (the Mother of God Whom an Angel Declared was “Full of Grace”!) Didn’t Have the “Light of Faith” During Jesus’ Ministry [Facebook, 2-3-23]

Debate on Religious Images [9-20-23]
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Eric Svendsen Entertainingly Plays the “Dave Writes Too Much” Card in 2004 / He and James Swan Have Zero Interest in Substantive Dialogue [Facebook, 12-19-24]
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XL. JAMES SWAN (REFORMED)

Martin Luther’s Mariology: Reply to James Swan: . . . Particularly the Immaculate Conception / Has Present-Day Protestantism Maintained the Classical “Reformational” Heritage of Mariology? [4-26-03; rev. 4-6-23]

Luther’s Mariology: the Protestant View [4-26-03]

Use of Primary Citations: James Swan’s Double Standards (and his particular animus against the Austrian Jesuit and biographer of Luther: Hartmann Grisar) [4-26-03; expanded on 7-15-20]

Anti-Catholic Caricatures of Catholic Mariology [4-26-03]

Vs. James Swan #2 Re Luther’s Mariology (+ Part 2) [original full dialogue: 6-28-03; uploaded on 4-29-24]

2nd Reply to James Swan Re Luther’s Mariology [6-28-03; abridged on 7-19-20]

Defense of Critique of Jame’s White’s Misinformed Mariology (particularly with regard to the differing views on early Mariology of Protestant Church historians J.N.D. Kelly and Philip Schaff) [3-15-04 and 9-7-05]

Biblical “Ass” (Donkey) & Holier Than Thou Anti-Catholics (subtitle: It Matters Not to Anti-Catholics Like James Swan Whether “Ass” is a Legitimate Term in the Bible, Shakespeare, & Even John Calvin) [2007; abridged & revised: 1-19-19]

Luther: Death Penalty for Anabaptists & 1525 Peasants’ Revolt (Critique of James Swan’s Misrepresentation on the Radio Show, Iron Sharpens Iron, with Chris Arnzen) [11-6-07]

Anti-Catholic James Swan’s Goofy Anonymous “Reviews” of My Book [6-30-10]

How Anti-Catholic Apologists “Argue” and “Reason”: Documentation of James Swan’s Avalanche of Childish Personal Insults and Ridiculous Flat-Out Lies About Yours Truly [6-30-10]

Luther & the Previously Obscure [?] Bible [6-15-11]

Anti-Catholic Double Standards on Self-Published Books (James Swan and His Love of the Ridiculous Self-Published Books of David T. King and William Webster) [8-1-11]

James Swan Ignores Protestant Errors on Luther’s Canon (Instead, He Absurdly Blames Catholic Apologists for Historical Errors of Protestant Writers) [8-27-11]

Am I a Psychotic Madman? Diagnoses from Reformed Protestant Anti-Catholic Polemicist James Swan [2-8-13]
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John Calvin’s Objection to the Term, Mother of God (and anti-Catholic James Swan’s Related Vapid Swipes at Catholic Apologists) [5-19-13]

Did the Older Luther’s Illness and Frustration Significantly (and Negatively) Impact His Writing? Four Major Luther Historians, Calvin, Bullinger, and I Say Yes; Anti-Catholic Polemicist James Swan Says No [6-12-13]

Calvin & Mary Ever Virgin (w Tim Staples vs. James Swan) [6-5-14]

Reply to Reformed Luther Apologist James Swan’s Request for Documentation of Executions of Anabaptists Sanctioned by Luther, in the 1530s [8-17-14]

Martin Luther’s Belief in the Perpetual Virginity of Mary (+ Reformed Apologist James Swan’s Belittling Contempt of Luther) [9-23-14]

James Swan Silliness, Melanchthon, Bishops, & Princes [2-4-15]

Ultra-Hypocritical James Swan Insultapalooza Post [2-17-15]
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Luther & Veneration of Mary: James Swan’s Revisionism (His Anti-Catholic Nonsense with Regard to Martin Luther’s Mariology & Also My Related Research) [4-22-16]
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Debates with Anti-Catholic James Swan [compiled on 4-20-16]

My Luther Research Lied About Again (James Swan & CARM) [8-22-17]
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Calvin the “Destroyer” of Servetus: James Swan Misses Forest for Trees [8-24-17]

Catholic Ecumenism + Apologetics (James Swan’s Cluelessness) [11-18-17]

How Many Sacraments: According to Martin Luther? (+ Luther Expert James Swan’s and Luther’s Works Editors’ Confusion as to Luther’s Position) [11-17-18]
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Was Luther Excommunicated Due Partly to Sola Scriptura? [11-26-18]
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Mary’s Assumption & Death (?): Debunking James Swan [11-23-19]

James Swan Foolishly Attacks Catholic Conversion Stories [11-25-19]

Luther & Mary’s Virginity (James Swan’s Silly Tactics) [4-22-20]

James Swan Attacks My 1991 Paper (Calvin & Bucer) [5-6-20]

Luther & Killing Catholics: James Swan Butchers My Views (. . . for the umpteenth time . . .) [7-19-20]

Luther & James Swan Blaspheme (Christ’s Sinlessness) [9-10-20]

Catholic Obsession with James White or Vice Versa? (Reformed Protestant Anti-Catholic Apologists James White’s and James Swan’s Own Obsessions) [3-23-21]

Anti-Catholic Luther Polemicist James Swan Seems to Have Retired [Facebook, 9-9-21]

James Swan, St. Augustine & “This Rock” [4-19-22]

Luther’s Translation of “Faith Alone” in Romans 3:28 (Also: Did “Early Erasmus” Agree with Luther?) [12-7-22]

Armstrong Fan Club #6: Reformed Protestant Polemicist James Swan [Revised version with partial replies to the emptyheaded insults, in brackets] [Facebook, 1-6-23]
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James Swan, the Immaculate Conception, Luther, & Lutherans: He Still Refuses to Admit that Many Eminent Lutheran Scholars Contend that Luther Believed in Mary’s Immaculate Conception for His Entire Life [6-22-23]

James Swan Also Played the James White Disappearing Act Regarding Yours Truly. Now I Don’t Exist [Facebook, 6-23-23]
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Luther Meme and James Swan’s “Clarifications” [Facebook, 8-21-23]
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Peter’s Wife, James Swan, Celibacy, & Catholicism (The Perfectly Sensible and Explicit Biblical Rationale for Priestly Celibacy) [3-15-24]

James Swan Continues His Ridiculous Caricatures of Catholicism (Exorcisms of Calvinists) [Facebook, 3-16-24]

Anti-Catholic Reformed Polemicist James Swan Attacks Most Professional Catholic Apologists as Pretentious Lazy Bums [Facebook, 4-27-24]
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Luther: I Was a Better Christian as a Catholic [6-5-24]

Did Grisar Characterize Luther as a “Psychopath”?: James Swan’s Utterly Unfounded, Outrageous Misrepresentations of the Great Catholic Historian [6-6-24]
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End of Mary’s Life & James Swan’s Ignorance of Catholicism [6-7-24]
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Luther Okayed Polygamy? No, But . . . [6-10-24]

Luther, Church Offices, + Swan’s & White’s Ignorance [6-11-24]

There are Bans & There are Bans (James Swan, Double Standards, & His Cowardly Refusal to Link to Opponents) [Facebook, 6-12-24]
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Grace-Caused Faith is Catholic Teaching, Too! (Please, Someone Tell James Swan and Get Him Up to Speed) [6-12-24]
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Luther’s Odd Take On Mary & Jesus in the Temple at 12 (And James Swan’s Unwarranted Conclusion from Luther’s Sermon, That He Was Accusing Her of Sin) [6-14-24]

James Swan & His Standard Anti-Catholic Erroneous and Unbiblical Definition of the “Gospel” [Facebook, 6-16-24]

James Swan’s Silly Double Standard Regarding “Self-Published” Books [Facebook, 6-16-24]

Luther: “As Many Sects And Creeds As Heads” (James Swan Misses the Forest for the Trees / Calvin & Melanchthon Embarrassed & Scandalized by Protestant Sectarianism) [6-17-24]

Luther & Mary’s Assumption + James Swan’s Silliness [6-19-24; expanded on 8-3-24]
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James Swan’s Double Standards Concerning Insults [6-19-24]
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James Swan: Loose Cannon Regarding NT Canon [6-20-24]

Luther Grasped “Faith Alone” on a Toilet: “Myth”? [6-20-24]

Luther’s Devotion to Mary (James Swan vs. History) + Luther’s Wonderful Commentary on the Magnificat (March 1521) [6-21-24]

St. Ambrose vs. Faith Alone & James Swan [Facebook, 6-27-24]

Did Luther’s Excommunication Misrepresent Him? [7-1-24]
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Pelagian Erasmus? (Fr. McSorley’s False Accusations) [7-2-24]

James Swan is Clueless Re Purgatory & Development [7-5-24]

Is the Onan Story About Contraception? [7-8-24]
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1 Esdras, Trent, the Canon, & James Swan [7-8-24]
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James Swan Futilely Tries to Pit Lay Catholic Apologists & Apologetics Against the Catholic Clergy & Magisterium [Facebook, 7-8-24]
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Martin Luther’s Early Radicalism and Later Traditionalism / Defense of the Book of James (Reply to James Swan) [Facebook, 10-24-24]

St. Augustine & Extrabiblical Infallibility [11-13-24]

James Swan Rationalizes Luther’s Intolerance Again [11-22-24]

Eric Svendsen Entertainingly Plays the “Dave Writes Too Much” Card in 2004 / He and James Swan Have Zero Interest in Substantive Dialogue [Facebook, 12-19-24]

Luther’s “Table Talk”: How Historically Accurate Is It? [4-7-25]
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Luther: Execute Frigid Wives; Torture & Burn Witches: Including Two Examples of Luther’s Espousal of Capital Punishment for Wrong or Aberrant Behavior Prior to 1530 [4-7-25]

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A Deeper Dive Response to James Swan’s “ Luther Believed in Mary’s Perpetual Virginity?” [Paul Hoffer, 5-11-20]

XLI. KEN TEMPLE (REFORMED BAPTIST)

Dialogue: Luke 1:28 & Immaculate Conception (vs. Ken Temple) [7-11-06]

“Working Out” Salvation & Protestant Soteriology (vs. Ken Temple) [4-9-08]

Anti-Catholics & Alleged Catholic Idol-Worship at Mass [4-11-11]

Reply to Ken Temple’s Extensive (Anti-Catholic) “Review” of Rod Bennett’s Book, Four Witnesses: Part I: The Amazon Review (+ Part II / Part III) [4-27-14]

Venerating & Bowing Before Angels & Men: Biblical? [11-10-14]

Did I Take St. Irenaeus Out of Context (Rule of Faith)? [11-29-17]
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XLII. EDGAR TREVIÑO

Treviño Misrepresents My “Peter the Rock” Argument (Why I Cited Protestant Scholars Who Believe that Jesus Thought Peter Himself was the “Rock”) [9-13-24]
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XLIII. FRANK TURK (AKA “CENTURION”) (BAPTIST)

Salvation by Works in the Catholic Catechism? [5-8-02]

Proper Theological Application of the Term “Anti-Catholic” [9-24-05]

Frank Turk and Phil Johnson Reply to My Critique With Christlike Examples of Charity and Reason / James White’s January 2001 Resolution to Avoid All Interaction With Me (!!) [7-21-11, at Internet Archive]

XLIV. FRANCOIS TURRETIN (1623-1687)

For many counter-replies, see the section, “Replies to Francois Turretin” on my Calvinism & General Protestantism: Catholic Critique web page.

XLV. “TURRETINFAN” (AKA “THE ANONYMOUS ONE” OR “TAO”) (REFORMED)

Six Anti-Catholics Challenged: “Is Catholicism Christian?” Wouldn’t a real debate be nice for a change? (All Declined) [Tao Declined to debate as proposed on 10-27-07, after lengthy ruminations and maneuverings (Link One / Link Two); see additional related puerile inanities] [10-8-07]

Final Exchange with TAO on the Silliness of His Debate Refusal and Also James White’s Refusal [1-31-08]

Anti-Catholics & Alleged Catholic Idol-Worship at Mass [4-11-11]

Does God “Want” Men to Sin? Does He “Ordain” Sin? [2-17-10 and 3-16-17]

Did Jesus Commission the New Testament (or the Disciples?) [5-31-18]

Armstrong Fan Club #5: Reformed Protestant Fanatic “Turretinfan” [Facebook, 3-5-19]

Rome, the Biblical Canon, & Tradition (vs. Turretinfan & James White) . . . Observed in the Views of John of Damascus (aka John Damascene: c. 676-749) [11-7-19]

Chalice or Host Only Contain the Body & Blood of Christ (Reply to Two Direct Challenges from the Calvinist Anti-Catholic Sophist and Polemicist, “Turretinfan”) [11-21-19]

Jerusalem Council (Acts 15) Decrees: Universally Binding? [11-21-19]

“Turretinfan” Calls a Statue of Jesus Christ an “Idol” (While His Buddy Bishop James White Praises the Statues of “Reformers” Calvin, Farel, Beza, and Knox) [6-8-10; rev. 6-24-20]

Origen & the Rule of Faith (vs. “Turretinfan”) [12-2-21]

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A Discourse on The Discourse on the Holy Theotokos (Anti-Catholic Distortion of St. Athanasius) (Paul Hoffer) [4-10-09]

TAO’s Continued Use of the Pejorative Papist (+ Part Two) (Paul Hoffer) [6-23-09]

What Saint Augustine, Bishop, Saint and Doctor of the Catholic Church Actually Held Pertaining to Transubstantiation: A Response to Turretinfan (+ Part Two) (Paul Hoffer) [8-20-11]
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XLVI. JERRY WALLS (+ KENNETH COLLINS)
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Series of Critiques of Kenneth Collins’ and Jerry Walls’ Book, Roman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformation (Oct. 2017):

My Amazon Review (good overview of #1-#10 below) [10-21-17]

Defense of My Amazon Review [10-23-17]

Odd Trio: Jerry Walls, Ken Collins, & Anti-Catholic John Bugay [10-24-17]

#1: Newman’s Mariology [10-17-17]

#2: Queen of Heaven [10-18-17]

#3: Necessity of Immaculate Mary? [10-18-17]

#4: Mary “Not a Genuine Human Being”? [10-19-17]

#5: The Church “Gave” the Bible? [10-19-17]

#6: Assumption, Queen Redux [10-19-17]

#7: Unbiblical / Non-Patristic Purgatory? [10-19-17]

#8: Heretical Tobit? (Alms & Salvation) [10-20-17]

#9: “Apocrypha” (Jerome, Athanasius, Etc.) [10-21-17]

#10: St. Peter & the Papacy [10-21-17]

#11: Good & Bad Monothelite Heretics [10-22-17]

#12: Salvation (Soteriology) [10-22-17]

#13: “Reformed” Censorship & Intolerance [10-26-17]

XLVII. WILLIAM WEBSTER

William Webster’s Misunderstanding of Development of Doctrine [2000]

William Webster vs. Tradition, Development, & Truth [4-10-03]

“Podunk” & Self-Publishing Efforts of Leading Anti-Catholics: David T. King, William Webster, and Eric Svendsen [4-17-09]

Anti-Catholic Double Standards on Self-Published Books (James Swan and His Love of the Ridiculous Self-Published Books of David T. King and William Webster) [8-1-11]

David T. King and William Webster: Out-of-Context or Hyper-Selective Quotations from the Church Fathers on Christian Authority: Introduction to the Series [11-8-13]

David T. King and William Webster: Out-of-Context or Hyper-Selective Quotations from the Church Fathers on Christian Authority: Part I: St. Cyril of Jerusalem [11-9-13]

David T. King and William Webster: Out-of-Context or Hyper-Selective Quotations from the Church Fathers on Christian Authority: Part II: St. Basil the Great [11-11-13]

XLVIII. WILLIAM WHITAKER

Refutation of William Whitaker’s Disputation on Holy Scripture on Sola Scriptura [in a book]

XLIX. BISHOP JAMES WHITE (REFORMED BAPTIST)

The material formerly listed here has been moved to a new page: Bishop “Dr.” [???] James White: Anti-Catholic Extraordinaire

L. MIKE WINGER

Reply to Mike Winger on Sola Scriptura [4-30-22]

Symbolic Adult Baptism? (vs. Mike Winger) [5-2-22]

Papal Authority In The NT And The Fathers (Vs. Mike Winger): Incl. “Papal” & Patristic Exegesis of Matthew 16 and John 21; Relationship of the Bible & the Church [3-9-24]

LI. CATHOLIC INQUISITION

“Romanists” Killed 100 Million? David T. King & Other Geniuses [6-29-00]

The Inquisition Killed 4.9 Million? (John Bugay’s Whoppers) [6-4-10]

Catholic Inquisition Murdered “50-68 Million”? [April 2014]

Were “50-68 Million” People Killed in the Inquisition? [8-21-15]

Were 50 Million People Really Killed in the Inquisition? [National Catholic Register, 5-30-18]

The Inquisition, as Medieval Catholics Would View It [National Catholic Register, 7-31-19]

LII. MISCELLANEOUS REFUTATIONS AND OBSERVATIONS

Classic Anti-Catholic Polemicists (Chick, Boettner, & Hislop) [1-25-91]

Anti-Catholicism: Classic Catholic Replies and Retorts [1-25-91]

Are Catholics Christians? (vs. James White) [May 1995]

Dialogue on Grace (vs. Anti-Catholic Phil Johnson) [1996]

“Xmas” & the Christian “Fish”: Etymology & History (vs. Matthew Bell) [12-22-98]

Sophistry: Reflections on “Debating” Anti-Catholic Polemicists [11-27-00]

Oral vs. Written Debates About Theology: Which is Better? [Jan. 2001; rev. 9-30-04]

Anti-Catholics Are Catholics’ Brothers in Christ [4-18-02; reposted on 4-22-24]

Books by Dave Armstrong: Twin Scourges: Thoughts on Anti-Catholicism and Theological Liberalism [June 2003]

Latest Anti-Catholic Theory on Catholic Converts: Filthy Lucre (Scott Hahn and Steve Ray Supposedly Were Motivated Primarily or Solely by Financial Gain, to Become Catholics?) [7-15-04; rev. 1-27-17]

Absurd Anti-Newman Rhetoric in Anti-Catholic Polemics [3-19-02 and 9-27-05]

“Moderate” Heinrich Bullinger: “Reformation” Anti-Catholicism [1-16-07]

Old website editions of the Anti-Catholicism Page preserved at the Internet Archive (much material later deleted or modified: choose from between the dates of 6-11-04 and 2-11-07)

Prayer For Our Non-Catholic Brothers and Sisters (Especially Those Who Do Not Regard Us As Their Brothers and Sisters in Christ) [6-2-07, at Internet Archive]

The “Adolescent Theory” of Pervasive Anti-Catholic Mindsets and Behavior [Facebook, 10-4-07]

Zwingli, Bucer, Oecolampadius: Luther & Lutherans Not Christians [1-10-08]

Anti-Catholics: Sincere & Ignorant or Malicious? [10-7-08]

Why Folks Like the New Catholic Answer Bible (+ Clueless Anti-Catholic Attacks On It) [4-5-09; slightly revised on 8-5-21]

“Podunk” & Self-Publishing Efforts of Leading Anti-Catholics: David T. King, William Webster, and Eric Svendsen [4-17-09]

Clarification of Why I No Longer Attempt Debate With Anti-Catholic Protestants [7-4-09, at Internet Archive]

Mary as a Guide & Model of Holiness: Mutual Monologues with Several Anti-Catholics + One Real Dialogue [10-14-09]

Is the Anti-Catholic Myth of Total Catholic Apostasy Analogous to the Jewish-Christian Split in the 1st Century? [12-8-09]

Judaizers: “Proto-Catholics”? (Alleged Works-Salvation) [12-14-09]

Amazing Grace: “Anti-Catholic” Hymn? [11-1-10]

How Anti-Catholics Often Argue (Massive Use of Ad Hominem, Personal Insult, Smear Tactics) / My Humorous, Satirical Retorts [2-24-10, at Internet Archive]

Young Earth Creationism of Notable Anti-Catholic Protestants [9-18-10]

High Praise from a Protestant Critic of Mine [sarcastic title: Facebook comment on an anonymous critic who claims that no Protestant apologist takes me “seriously” at all; 12-22-11]

C. S. Lewis’ Belfast Childhood & Contra-Catholicism [6-26-12]

Pitting Paul Against Peter (Pathetic, Pitiful Pedantry): Reply to Failed Anti-Catholic Protestant Attempts to Tear Down St. Peter and His Papal Authority [8-10-12]

Dialogue on Newman’s Kingsley / “Apologia” Controversy [11-27-12]

Multiple Meanings of “Paradise” in Scripture and Anti-Catholic Cluelessness About Literary Genre [see also the accompanying Facebook discussion] [12-1-14]

Bizarre Anti-Catholic Junk Refuted (Series) [compiled on 4-7-16]

Debates with Anti-Catholic Polemicists [compiled 4-20-16]

Brief Exchange with an Anti-Catholic Regarding Whether Catholicism Teaches a False Gospel [Facebook, 3-18-17]

A Friend of 34 Years (Who is Anti-Catholic) Would Rather End Our Friendship Than Read and Discuss One of My Papers [Facebook, 8-11-17]

“Church Sign” Regarding Anti-Catholic Willful Ignorance [Facebook, 3-22-19]

St. Cardinal Newman on English Anti-Catholic Prejudice [2-17-20]

Defining “Church”: “Exchange” w Anti-Catholic Zealot [3-9-20]

More of that Profound Anti-Catholic Calvinist Love (Gene “Troll” Bridges) [Facebook, 8-15-20]

Is it Wrong to Celebrate and “Make Merry” About the Birth of Jesus and God Becoming Man? No! Clear Biblical Models [Facebook, 12-15-20]

Christmas: Theological (Reformed / Calvinist) Opposition . . . With My Biblical and Historical Refutations [12-16-20]

Discussion with Brazilian Catholics About the Leading Brazilian Anti-Catholic Protestant Apologists [Facebook, 5-24-22]

Does Lucas Banzoli Intend to Ignore My Critiques [So Far, Ten] of His Writing? [Facebook, 6-7-22]

Just a Coincidence (Five Influential Anti-Catholics Who — After Years of Debates With Me — Suddenly Pretended That I No Longer Existed) [Facebook, 9-19-23]

My 29-Year Experience with Anti-Catholic Protestant Debate Opponents: Notice Any Pattern Here? [Facebook, 4-3-24]

LIII. “ANTI-CATHOLIC” / “ROMANISM”: DEFINITIONAL AND TERMINOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES

Dialogue on the Anti-Catholic Definition of “Christian” (vs. Matthew Bell) [1-11-99; new introduction added on 3-16-11]

Use of “Anti-Catholic” in Non-Catholic Scholarly Works [10-7-02; revised 5-17-03]

Proper Theological Application of the Term “Anti-Catholic” (vs. Frank Turk) [9-24-05]

Futility: Explaining Anti-Catholicism to an Anti-Catholic (Peter Pike) [9-21-06]
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Theological / Doctrinal “Anti-Catholicism”: Scholarly Use [7-8-08]

“Anti-Catholic”: Scholars Use it Both as a Noun & Adjective [8-4-08]

Dialogue: Definition of “Christian” (vs. Reformed Pastor) (+ Did Trent Anathematize all Protestants?) [6-5-10]

Debates on the Controversial Term, “Anti-Catholic[ism]” [compilation of old archived discussions, from 5-11-16]

Anti-Catholic Hypocrisy Re the Term “Anti-Catholic” (Jason Engwer Sez Catholicism is Not Christian & Teaches a False Gospel) [10-14-20]

Quick and Handy Definition of “Anti-Catholic” [Facebook, 7-29-24]

“Romanist”: Dialogue with a Protestant [12-3-24]

LIV. IDOLATRY CHARGE (THE MASS, IMAGES, AND MISC.)

Is the Mass Equivalent to OT Golden Calf Worship? [1996]

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Why Transubstantiation Isn’t Idolatry At All [11-22-96]

Dialogue: Is the Mass Similar to Jeroboam’s Idolatry? [8-7-04]

Ten Commandments: Changed by Catholics to Uphold Idolatry? [9-4-04]

Is Lutheranism Officially Anti-Catholic?: The Book of Concord and the Catholic Mass [4-26-05]

Catholic Mass: Can’t Possibly be Idolatrous [12-15-08]

Anti-Catholics & Alleged Catholic Idol-Worship at Mass [4-11-11]

Dialogue on Jihadist & 16th Century Calvinist Iconoclasm (vs. David Scott) [9-27-13]

Biblical Idolatry: Authentic & Counterfeit Conceptions [2015]

Newsflash!: Catholicism Utterly Opposes Idolatry, Too [1-18-17]

The Absurdity of Claiming That the Mass is Idolatrous [National Catholic Register, 6-17-19]

St. Newman vs. Inconsistent Protestant Iconoclasts [3-21-20]

LV. IDOLATRY CHARGE (MARIAN VENERATION)

Mariolatry?: Is Mary Actually Worshiped by Catholics? (The Latria / Dulia Distinction) [3-8-99]

St. Alphonsus de Liguori: Mary-Worshiper & Idolater? [8-9-02]
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Blessed Virgin Mary Will Soon be Promoted to Godhood? (vs. Douglas Wilson) [11-7-04]

Was St. Louis de Montfort a Blasphemous Mariolater? (cf. abridged National Catholic Register version) [2009]

Maximilian Kolbe’s “Flowery” Marian Veneration & the Bible [2010]

Defense of Allegedly “Idolatrous” Marian Devotions [1-11-13]

Honoring Jesus Thru Mary: 50 Biblical Reasons [4-21-15]

Marian “Idolatry”, “Busy God”, Straw Men… (vs. Lucas Banzoli) [9-22-22]

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