Armstrong’s Refutations of Alleged Biblical “Contradictions”

Last updated on: March 18, 2023 at 5:04 pm By Dave Armstrong

I’ve done quite a few of these. I thought it would be good, then (for reference purposes) to collect them together all in one place: alphabetically categorized by topic. If people would buy self-published books of Catholic and general Christian apologetics, I’d collect them in a book, but since they don’t (unless the book is massively advertised, which I can’t afford), I won’t. In any event, you have my rebuttals here for your use, for free. Please prayerfully consider financially supporting... Read more

Phil Lawler: No Proof Pope Francis is a Heretic

Last updated on: March 5, 2021 at 12:57 pm By Dave Armstrong

Phil Lawler is the author of Lost Shepherd: How Pope Francis is Misleading His Flock (2018). One can tell from the title that Phil was making some pretty serious accusations. In my many critiques of it (perhaps more than from any other Catholic), he seemed to be declaring that Pope Francis was a heretic: at least in a vague, broad way. For example, in the Introduction, he stated that Pope Francis is: . . . leading the Church away from the... Read more

Title: “Radical Catholic Reactionaries”: Exchange w Karl Keating

Last updated on: March 4, 2021 at 2:00 pm By Dave Armstrong

[see book and purchase information] *** This back-and-forth occurred on my [always public] Facebook page on 3-4 December 2020. Karl Keating was initially responding to my article, Kwasniewski vs. Cdl. Newman Re Pope- & Council-Bashing (12-3-20). His words will be in blue. *** I only glanced at Dave’s article–which, I see, is a response to something written as long ago as March 2019! I don’t intend to read the article thoroughly: not enough interest in the topic . . . But,... Read more

Marshall, Keating, & Lawler: Exchanges Re Pope Francis

Last updated on: March 4, 2021 at 12:59 pm By Dave Armstrong

Setting the Record Straight: My Supposedly “Personal” & Unsavory Exchanges with Karl Keating, Phil & Leila Lawler, & Taylor Marshall I ran across this curiosity piece today, in an Amazon review of Karl Keating’s book, The Francis Feud: Why and How Conservative Catholics Squabble about Pope Francis (2018). Reviewer “Pseudo D” stated: * Keating’s book seems to be prompted by his disputes with fellow apologist Dave Armstrong and others over the appropriate way to criticize the pope. Armstrong reacted to Lawler’s... Read more

Seidensticker Folly #72: Why an Eight-Week Fetus IS a Baby

Last updated on: March 3, 2021 at 6:45 pm By Dave Armstrong

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts here attacking your worldview. You just going to let that stand? Or could you present a helpful new perspective that I’ve ignored on one or two of those posts?” He added in June 2017 in a combox: “If I’ve misunderstood the Christian position or Christian arguments, point that out. Show me where I’ve mischaracterized them.” Delighted to oblige his wishes . . . Bob (for the record) virtually begged and pleaded with me... Read more

John Cassian (d. 435) vs. Sola Scriptura

Last updated on: March 3, 2021 at 12:36 pm By Dave Armstrong

Protestant anti-Catholic polemicists David T. King and William Webster are the editors of a three-volume series, entitled, Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of Our Faith (self-published by Webster’s outfit, Christian Resources Inc. [Battle Ground, Washington] in 2001). I’m most interested in Volume III: subtitled, “The Writings of the Church Fathers Affirming the Reformation Principle of Sola Scriptura” (edited by both Webster and King). In the Introduction to Vol. III (p. 9) they make the fantastically absurd, demonstrably false assertion: [T]he Church fathers . . . universally taught sola Scriptura in the... Read more

Rufinus (d. 411) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

Last updated on: March 2, 2021 at 9:52 am By Dave Armstrong

Cyril of Alexandria (d. 444) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

Last updated on: March 1, 2021 at 2:59 pm By Dave Armstrong

Gregory the Great vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

Last updated on: March 1, 2021 at 10:24 am By Dave Armstrong

Oral Tradition: More Biblical (Pauline) Evidence

Last updated on: March 1, 2021 at 4:18 pm By Dave Armstrong

. . . and an Examination of the False and Unbiblical Protestant Supposed Refutation of “Inscripturation” [see book and purchase information] I have addressed this topic several times, in papers that will be listed at the end. But — to my great delight — I’ve discovered some additional insights from Scripture, which were found in searches, after happening upon a passage in 2nd Thessalonians, while critiquing the false and unbiblical doctrine and tradition of sola Scriptura. I enjoy almost nothing... Read more