Matthew 16 & the Papacy (vs. Patrick O’Brien)

Last updated on: May 29, 2026 at 9:38 pm By Dave Armstrong

This is the initial transcript of the video, “Peter, The Rock and the Papacy – Why Patrick O’Brien is Wrong Again” (5-29-26, Catholic Bible Highlights, with Kenny Burchard). ***** Patrick O’Brien runs the YouTube channel, Philippians 1:9 Ministries. It has 10,000 subscribers and 304 videos. He grew up Catholic, was an altar boy, and even studied Catholic apologetics before he became a Protestant. We’re responding to his video, “The Pope in Matthew 16? The Truth Catholics Won’t Admit” (12-11-25).... Read more

Apostolic Succession: 40 Biblical Arguments

Last updated on: May 26, 2026 at 8:58 am By Dave Armstrong

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Catholics believe that bishops are – by the intention of our Lord Jesus Christ – the successors of the apostles (the concept of apostolic succession). This is the methodology whereby the Catholic Church traces itself back historically in an unbroken succession to the apostles and the early Church. Catholicism thus greatly emphasizes both doctrinal and historical continuity. St. Clement, bishop of Rome (d. c. 101), taught apostolic succession, around 80 AD. (Epistle to the Corinthians, 42:4-5; 44:1-3), and St. Irenaeus... Read more

Defense of 50 NT Passages Against “Faith Alone”, Pt. 5

Last updated on: May 21, 2026 at 11:35 am By Dave Armstrong

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I’m replying to a lengthy, multi-part critique of my article, 50 Unanswerable NT Passages Against “Faith Alone” (2-24-26) by a very nice Reformed / Calvinist woman who goes by “C Xa” online. We have corresponded off and on, and she promised to make this critique after I challenged her. I greatly appreciate the engagement, which is becoming increasingly rare these days. Her counter-responses can be read in their entirety in comments made underneath this article, and I reproduce virtually all of them,... Read more

Invocation of Dead Saints: 100 Biblical Arguments

Last updated on: May 20, 2026 at 10:45 am By Dave Armstrong

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[important preliminary note: Catholics don’t ultimately pray to anyone besides God, if this is construed as any creature being able to answer prayers by themselves, rather than (necessarily) as a helper or delegated representative of God (helping to get a petition to Him, for an answer). We ask departed saints and angels to intercede for us to God. Even when we say “pray to saints” this is what we mean: at least the properly catechized Catholics who understand their... Read more

Defense of 50 NT Passages Against “Faith Alone”, Pt. 4

Last updated on: May 21, 2026 at 11:40 am By Dave Armstrong

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Defense of 50 NT Passages Against “Faith Alone”, Pt. 3

Last updated on: May 18, 2026 at 4:45 pm By Dave Armstrong

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See Part One See Part Two I’m replying to a lengthy, multi-part critique of my article, 50 Unanswerable NT Passages Against “Faith Alone” (2-24-26) by a very nice Reformed / Calvinist woman who goes by “C Xa” online. We have corresponded off and on, and she promised to make this critique after I challenged her. I greatly appreciate the engagement, which is becoming increasingly rare these days. Her counter-responses can be read in their entirety in comments made underneath this article, and... Read more

Defense of 50 NT Passages Against “Faith Alone”, Pt. 2

Last updated on: May 15, 2026 at 10:10 am By Dave Armstrong

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See Part One I’m replying to a lengthy, multi-part critique of my article, 50 Unanswerable NT Passages Against “Faith Alone” (2-24-26) by a very nice Reformed / Calvinist woman who goes by “C Xa” online. We have corresponded off and on, and she promised to make this critique after I challenged her. I greatly appreciate the engagement, which is becoming increasingly rare these days. Her counter-responses can be read in their entirety in comments made underneath this article, and I... Read more

Defense of 50 NT Passages Against “Faith Alone”

Last updated on: May 14, 2026 at 10:28 am By Dave Armstrong

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Introducing “Faith Alone: The ‘Theological Novum’”

Last updated on: May 12, 2026 at 12:50 pm By Dave Armstrong

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→ Make a gift of $25 or more and quickly receive Faith Alone: The “Theological Novum” ***** ***** Go to my Blog Book Page with the Table of Contents, Introduction, and two sample chapters that can be read. ***** *** A Doctrine That Came From Nowhere: Announcing Faith Alone: The “Theological Novum” There’s a striking description in Alister McGrath’s Iustitia Dei, a scholarly history of the Christian doctrine of justification, that continues to astonish me. McGrath — an Anglican, not... Read more

Faith Alone: The “Theological Novum” (Dave Armstrong Book)

Last updated on: May 27, 2026 at 11:08 am By Dave Armstrong

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Subtitle: Disproofs from 525 Bible Passages & 30 Church Fathers This is my 57th book, completed on 11 May 2026: 30 years to the month after I finished my first book, A Biblical Defense of Catholicism. 345 pages. Every book of the New Testament is cited in support of Catholic soteriology. All biblical citations are from RSV. It’s available for absolutely free in the links to the chapters below, and also more conveniently in PDF / ePub, and Amazon... Read more

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