Lutheranism: Catholic Critique (Index Page)

Lutheranism: Catholic Critique (Index Page) October 29, 2011

Melanchthon7Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560): leader of Lutheranism after Lutherโ€™s death; 1532 portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]

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Am I โ€œAnti-Lutherโ€ or โ€œAnti-Lutheranโ€?ย (Clarifications) [9-30-08 / 5-28-09 / 1-6-15]

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LUTHERANISM AND THE FATHERSย 

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Dialogue: Is Lutheranism or Catholicism Closer to the Fathers? (vs. Kristo Miettinen) [6-3-05]

Development of Sacrifice of the Mass: Dialogue w Lutheran [9-22-05]

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Lutherโ€™s Views of Augustine & the Church Fathers
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Dialogue with a Lutheran: Church Fathers & Sola Scripturaย (vs. Nathan Rinne) [10-13-11]

Dialogue with a Lutheran: Rule of Faith / Fathers / Ecclesiology (vs. Nathan Rinne) [10-17-11]

Dialogue w Lutheran Pastor on the Protestant Revolt (. . . with special emphasis on the beliefs of the Church Fathers: were they were more โ€œCatholicโ€ or โ€œProtestantโ€?) [3-27-12; edited with links added on 1-8-20]

Dialogue w Lutheran Pastor on Bible & Sola Scriptura (including St. Irenaeusโ€™ View on the Rule of Faith) [10-19-18]

Ecumenical Councils: Catholic vs. Lutheran Perspective (vs. Pastor Ken Howes [LCMS]) [6-16-20]

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SOTERIOLOGY (SALVATION, JUSTIFICATION, & SANCTIFICATION) / โ€œFAITH ALONEโ€

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Baptismal Regeneration: Central Doctrine, According to Luther & Lutheranism [1996]

Faith Alone & Original Sin: Reply to Smalcald Articles [1-30-01]

Dialogue w Three Lutherans on Justification & Salvation [2-1-07]

Church Fathers & Justification: Martin Chemnitz vs. Catholicismย [9-9-07]

Dialogue with a Lutheran: Salvation & Miscellany (vs. Nathan Rinne) [10-14-11]

ย โ€œLeavenโ€ of the Pharisees: Hypocrisy or False Doctrine?ย (vs. Nathan Rinne) [11-3-11]

Is God Alone Holy, According to Scripture? Or Can We Be Too? ย (vs. Rev. Ken Howes) [5-3-17]

Debate with a Lutheran Pastor on Faith and Works [5-4-17]

Martin Luther and Lutherans on Mortal & Venial Sinsย [10-30-17]

โ€œFaith Aloneโ€ & Salvation: Dialogue w Lutheran Pastor (vs. Rev. Ken Howes) [2-18-19]

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LUTHERANISM AND MARY

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THE DEATH PENALTY FOR HERETICS / THEFT OF CATHOLIC CHURCH PROPERTY
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ECCLESIOLOGY / THE โ€œREFORMATIONโ€ / RULE OF FAITH / SECTARIANISM
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Melanchthon in 1530 Longed for Return of Catholic Bishops [11-30-07]

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

Erasmus vs. Luther Disputes Documented [Feb. 2009]

Dialogue with a Lutheran Inquirer [WELS], on Lutheran-Catholic Differences [4-6-09]

Unbridled Sectarianism, Sola Scriptura, Luther, & Calvin [6-24-09]

John Calvin Rebukes Lutheran โ€œBeastsโ€ and โ€œEvilโ€, Calls Luther an Idolaterย [3-23-10; Facebook]

Melanchthonโ€™s Agonized Tears Over Early Protestant Divisions [6-15-11; additions on 10-11-17]

Bible on Submission to Church & Apostolic Tradition + Biblical Condemnation of the Rebellious & Schismatic Aspects of the Protestant Revolt [8-27-11]

Dialogue with a Lutheran: Church Fathers & Sola Scripturaย (vs. Nathan Rinne) [10-13-11]

Dialogue with a Lutheran: Rule of Faith / Fathers / Ecclesiology (vs. Nathan Rinne) [10-17-11]

Early Protestant โ€œUnityโ€: Calvin vs. Westphal vs. Lutherย / Calvin Denies Baptismal Regeneration [11-6-11]

Luther: Monks & Priests More โ€œEarnestโ€ Than Lutherans [11-10-11]

Dialogue with a Lutheran on Ecclesiology & OT Indefectibility Analogies (vs. Nathan Rinne) [11-22-11]

Dialogue on the Term, โ€œProtestant Reformationโ€ and Alternatives (โ€œEra of Reformationsโ€ and โ€œProtestant Revoltโ€) (vs. Dr. Edwin W. Tait) [1-7-14]

Dialogue with a Lutheran on Christian Authority [5-6-16]

Socratic Dialogue / Debate vs. Anti-Lutheran Catholic [3-20-07 and 10-24-17]

Critique of Ten Exaggerated Claims of the โ€œReformationโ€ย [10-31-17; its 500th anniversary date]

Dialogue w Lutheran Pastor on Bible & Sola Scriptura (including St. Irenaeusโ€™ View on the Rule of Faith) [10-19-18]

Debate w Lutheran: Church Infallibility & Death Penalty [11-10-18]

Ecumenical Councils: Catholic vs. Lutheran Perspective (vs. Pastor Ken Howes [LCMS]) [6-16-20]

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THE EUCHARIST, SACRIFICE OF THE MASS, AND THE SACRAMENTS
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Baptismal Regeneration: Central Doctrine, According to Luther & Lutheranism [1996]

Sacramentarian Controversies (Calvin vs. Luther vs. Zwingli)ย [3-29-04]

Transubstantiation & Church History: Dialogue w Lutheran [2-12-05; abridged on 10-23-18]

Development of Sacrifice of the Mass: Dialogue w Lutheran [9-22-05]

Philip Melanchthon: Death for Denying the Real Presence (He Later Denied the Real Presence Himself) [5-23-06]

Lutherans, Corpus Christi, & Eucharistic Adorationย [6-18-07]

Lutheran View of the Mass / Catholics & Lutheran Worship [11-19-07]

Quiz on Early Protestant / โ€œReformationโ€ Eucharistic Harmonyย [8-23-09]

Eucharist: Ubiquity, Signs, Lutheranism, Etc. (vs. Calvin #43) [11-27-09]

John Calvin Rebukes Lutheran โ€œBeastsโ€ and โ€œEvilโ€, Calls Luther an Idolaterย [3-23-10; Facebook]

Quibble About Lutheran Dislike of the Term โ€œConsubstantiationโ€ย [4-20-11]

Early Protestant โ€œUnityโ€: Calvin vs. Westphal vs. Lutherย / Calvin Denies Baptismal Regeneration [11-6-11]

Mass: Re-Sacrifice? (vs. Lutheran Pastor Ken Howes) [4-2-12]
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COMMUNION OF SAINTS /ย  INVOCATION AND INTERCESSION OF THE SAINTS

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Reply to Lutheran on Invocation of Saints (vs. Jordan Cooper) [12-1-15]
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GENERAL

Dialogue with a Lutheran: Introductory Matters [10-12-11]

Dialogue with a Lutheran: Salvation & Miscellanyย [10-14-11]

Reply to an Anti-Catholic Lutheran Personal Attack (Regarding My Alleged Lack of Knowledge About What Lutherans Are Theologically Bound to Accept) [Facebook, 5-25-19]

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EARLY LUTHERAN โ€œECUMENISMโ€ AND TOLERANCE (?)
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Protestant Inquisitions: โ€œReformationโ€ Intolerance &ย Persecutionย [June 1991; rev. 10-31-03, 3-7-07.ย Greatly abridged and re-typeset on 9-14-17]
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โ€œAbsurdโ€ Protestant Divisions: Calvinโ€™s Revealing Lament to Melanchthonย [2-6-06]

Word โ€œProtestantโ€ Stemmed from Intolerance of Catholic Worship [2-8-06]

Dialogue w Lutheran Historian on 16th-Century Intolerance [2-15-06]

Melanchthon in 1530 Longed for Return of Catholic Bishopsย [11-30-07]

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

John Calvin Rebukes Lutheran โ€œBeastsโ€ and โ€œEvilโ€, Calls Luther an Idolaterย [3-23-10; Facebook]

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PHILIP MELANCHTHONย 

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Luther & Melanchthon: Bigamy of Philip of Hesseย is Biblicalย (Hartmann Grisar)ย [2-14-07; abridged on 11-2-17]

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PRAYER AND PENANCE FOR THE DEAD / PURGATORY / HADES

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Last Updated: 10 August 2022


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