Vs. James White #15: Canon & “Catholic” Traditions

Last updated on: November 18, 2019 at 6:25 pm By Dave Armstrong

Reformed Baptist anti-Catholic apologist Bishop “Dr.” [???] James White wrote a book in 1990, entitled, Answers to Catholic Claims (Southbridge, Massachusetts: Crowne Publications). He was kind enough to give me a free copy in 1995 at the time of our lengthy postal debate. Bishop White’s words will be in blue. ***** On page 51 he wrote: Until the teaching magisterium of the Catholic church officially and formally dogmatizes a particular teaching, claiming it comes from “tradition,” it is not known whether those “beliefs” that are held... Read more

Vs. James White #14: Word of God / the Lord Usually Oral

Last updated on: November 18, 2019 at 6:37 pm By Dave Armstrong

+ White’s Own Erroneous Definition of Sola Scriptura in 1990 (at the same time I got it right) Reformed Baptist anti-Catholic apologist Bishop “Dr.” [???] James White wrote a book in 1990, entitled, Answers to Catholic Claims (Southbridge, Massachusetts: Crowne Publications). He was kind enough to give me a free copy in 1995 at the time of our lengthy postal debate. Bishop White’s words will be in blue. ***** I’ll be going through this book in order to offer refutations... Read more

Vs. James White #13: Jesus Taught Invocation of Saints

Last updated on: November 16, 2019 at 5:41 pm By Dave Armstrong

And by James White’s “Reasoning,” Jesus Couldn’t be God and was a Blaspheming False Teacher In a post dated 26 March 2013, entitled, “Talking to Dead People: Tim Staples Refuted,” Reformed Baptist anti-Catholic apologist, Bishop “Dr.” [???] James White noted that Catholic apologist Tim Staples cited a passage from an older book of his: Answers to Catholic Claims (Crowne Publications, 1990). It was cut off in this version (some glitch on White’s blog), but I have the fuller citation since... Read more

Mary’s “In Partu” Virginity: Reply to False Charges

Last updated on: November 16, 2019 at 2:56 pm By Dave Armstrong

My article, “Biblical and Patristic Evidence for Mary’s ‘In Partu’ Virginity” was published in National Catholic Register (11-14-19). I received the following feedback, and responded to it. ***** “cowalker”: Good grief. It seems compeletely insane to this elderly woman to even worry about the condition of Mary’s thin piece of mucosal tissue that surrounded or partially covered her external vaginal opening before she became pregnant. This tissue could have been destroyed by various activities before she became pregnant. But who... Read more

Vs. James White #11: Biblical Evidence for Indulgences

Last updated on: November 15, 2019 at 4:40 pm By Dave Armstrong

Reformed Baptist anti-Catholic apologist Bishop “Dr.” [???] James White wrote a post entitled, “The Dizzying Effect of the Tiber on the Mind” (7-24-12). It was the usual potpourri (“popery”?) of 101 things where “Rome” is (so he is absolutely “sure”) mistaken and anti-biblical and blasphemous, etc., but at the end after his dizzying survey, he concentrated on one issue: indulgences. And that allows me to respond, since he actual produced some semblance (though, alas, not much) of a rational argument against... Read more

Vatican II –> Alleged “Pachamama” Idolatry, Sez Fanatics

Last updated on: November 15, 2019 at 2:04 pm By Dave Armstrong

See my past treatments of this topic: “Pachamama” [?] Statues: Marian Veneration or Blasphemous Idolatry? [11-5-19] “Pachamama” Fiasco: Hysterical Reactionaryism, as Usual [11-8-19] “Pachamama” Confusion: Fault of Vatican or Catholic Media? [11-12-19] Anti-“Pachamama” Doc: “Usual Suspect” Reactionaries Sign [11-14-19] ***** Presently, I simply want to document (like the four articles above, this is another sociological — not theological — treatment) how many reactionaries directly tie an existing antipathy to Vatican II into what they perceive (assume / dogmatically assert, without sufficient evidence) was... Read more

Vs. James White #10: Arbitrary Tradition Re the Canon

Last updated on: November 14, 2019 at 8:44 pm By Dave Armstrong

Reformed Baptist anti-Catholic apologist Bishop “Dr.” [???] James White pontificated in a post of his entitled, “T4G, Sole Authority, and Church Tradition” (4-12-12): I must disagree with Mr. [C. Michael] Patton at a very important point in his discussion. He wrote in his article, Without tradition being an authority we would not even have the Scriptures themselves, as it is only through tradition that we know what Scripture is actually Scripture. The Scriptures have no place where there is an... Read more

Anti-“Pachamama” Doc: “Usual Suspect” Reactionaries Sign

Last updated on: November 15, 2019 at 11:49 am By Dave Armstrong

The latest document in the endless parade of such “protesting” tomes is, of course, “Protest against Pope Francis’s sacrilegious acts” (or, Contra Recentia Sacrilegia), having to do with the events regarding alleged idol-worship at the Amazon synod (“Pachamama” etc.). I have dealt with this controversy three times: “Pachamama” [?] Statues: Marian Veneration or Blasphemous Idolatry? [11-5-19] “Pachamama” Fiasco: Hysterical Reactionaryism, as Usual [11-8-19] “Pachamama” Confusion: Fault of Vatican or Catholic Media? [11-12-19] And I have exposed the extreme reactionary leanings (being against Vatican II... Read more

Vs. James White #9: White’s Self-Title of “Bishop” (I Use It!)

Last updated on: June 5, 2020 at 4:50 pm By Dave Armstrong

+ Why He Called Himself a Bishop, According to His Reformed Baptist Beliefs / White Responds, Arguing that Calling Him His Own Title is “Slander” Reformed Baptist anti-Catholic apologist Bishop “Dr.” [???] James White informed me in a letter dated 10 January 2001 (see the whole thing) that he was a bishop: “I am an elder in the church: hence, I am a bishop, overseer, pastor, of a local body of believers”. Hence (in any case anyone is wondering), that’s why... Read more

Vs. James White #8: St. Basil on Mortal & Venial Sin

Last updated on: November 14, 2019 at 7:18 pm By Dave Armstrong

Reformed Baptist anti-Catholic apologist Bishop “Dr.” [???] James White put up a post entitled, Mortal and Venial Sins? (3-4-10). He implied that St. Basil the Great denied the Catholic notion of mortal and venial sins: Pastor David King, co-author of the three-volume set titled Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of our Faith, has been spending a great deal of time in the years since the publication of that work continuing his work of cataloging patristic citations that are relevant to Rome’s... Read more