
Four doctors of the Church: left to right: St. Augustine, Pope St. Gregory the Great, St. Jerome, and St. Ambrose (1516), by Pier Francesco Sacchi (c. 1485–1528) [pubic domain / Wikimedia Commons]
MY THREE BOOKS ON THE CHURCH FATHERS
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St. Augustine’s Eucharistic Doctrine and Protestant “Co-Opting” [9-25-10]
Dialogue w Lutheran Pastor on the Protestant Revolt (. . . with special emphasis on the beliefs of the Church Fathers: were they were more “Catholic” or “Protestant”?) [3-27-12; edited with links added on 1-8-20]
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]
Salesian Apologetics #5: Authority of Church Fathers [2-6-20]
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St. Augustine’s Eucharistic Doctrine and Protestant “Co-Opting” [9-25-10]
St. Augustine Accepted All Seven Catholic Sacraments [9-25-10]
St. Augustine’s Eucharistic Doctrine: Simultaneous Assertion of Realism and Symbolism [2-17-11]
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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Lutheran Chemnitz Wrong Re Fathers & Sola Scriptura (mostly dealing with St. Irenaeus and Tertullian) [8-29-07]
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Catholic Development of Doctrine: A Defense (vs. Jason Engwer; Emphasis on the Canon of the Bible & Church Infallibility) (+ Pt. II / Pt. III / Pt. IV) [1-15-10]
Papias (c. 60-c. 130) & the Rule of Faith [1-18-10]
Dialogue with a Lutheran: Church Fathers & Sola Scriptura (vs. Nathan Rinne) [10-13-11]
Dialogue with a Lutheran: Rule of Faith / Fathers / Ecclesiology (vs. Nathan Rinne) [10-17-11]
Reply to a Lutheran on Tradition & the Patristic Rule of Faith [1-10-12; additions on 2-20-18]
Sola Scriptura, Cyril of Jerusalem, Logic, & Anti-Catholics [11-9-17]
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Did I Take St. Irenaeus Out of Context (Rule of Faith)? [11-29-17]
“Unanimous Consent” of Church Fathers: Not Literally All (Does the Phrase “Unanimous Consent of the Fathers” Allow Any Exceptions?) [4-29-08; revised on 10-22-18]
Vs. James White #16: St. Basil Held to Sola Scriptura? [11-19-19]
Gregory Nazianzen (d. 389) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [2-25-21]
Hilary of Poitiers (d. 367) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [2-26-21]
Gregory the Great vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [3-1-21]
Cyril of Alexandria (d. 444) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [3-1-21]
Rufinus (d. 411) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [3-2-21]
John Cassian (d. 435) vs. Sola Scriptura [3-3-21]
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CANON OF SCRIPTURE / DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS
Papal Participation in the First Seven Ecumenical Councils [4-22-09]
Sacrifice of the Mass / Cyprian’s Ecclesiology (vs. Calvin #11) [5-19-09]
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Dialogue with a Lutheran: Rule of Faith / Fathers / Ecclesiology (vs. Nathan Rinne) [10-17-11]
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St. Augustine’s Belief in the Substantial Real Presence [1996]
Patristic Eucharistic Doctrine: Nine Protestant Scholars [12-1-96]
John Calvin and St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Comparative Eucharistic Theology [6-14-04]
Transubstantiation & Church History: Dialogue w Lutheran [2-12-05; abridged on 10-23-18]
Eucharistic Sacrifice: The Witness of the Church Fathers [9-12-05]
Sacrifice of the Mass: Reflections on Theology & Patristics [9-22-05]
Development of Sacrifice of the Mass: Dialogue w Lutheran [9-22-05]
Sacrifice of the Mass / Cyprian’s Ecclesiology (vs. Calvin #11) [5-19-09]
Sacramentalism & Ex Opere Operato (vs. Calvin #37) [10-21-09]
Transubstantiation: Bible & the Fathers (vs. Calvin #42) [24-25 November 2009]
Eucharist: Rationalism, Nestorianism, & Docetism (vs. Calvin #44) [11-30-09]
Bizarre “Eucharistic Christology” vs. Tertullian (vs. Calvin #45) [12-1-09]
Church Fathers and the Sacrifice of the Mass (Thoroughly Catholic!) [12-11-09]
St. Augustine’s Eucharistic Doctrine and Protestant “Co-Opting” [9-25-10]
St. Augustine’s Eucharistic Doctrine: Simultaneous Assertion of Realism and Symbolism [2-17-11]
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]
“Re-Presentation” vs. “Re-Sacrifice” in the Mass: Doctrinal History [4-4-18]
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LITURGY
Holy Communion in the Hand (Norm till 500-900 AD) (+ vigorous Facebook discussion) [9-3-15; some additions on 3-13-20]
St. Augustine’s Communion (Standing, in the Hand) [10-4-15]
Communion in the Hand: Reactionaries vs. St. Cyril [3-15-20]
Dialogue on Annulment & Divorce: Essentially Different? [1997-1999]
Sacrament of Matrimony: Bible & Fathers (vs. Calvin #55) [12-23-09]
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