Chalice or Host Only Contain the Body & Blood of Christ

Last updated on: November 21, 2019 at 5:20 pm By Dave Armstrong

Reply to Two Direct Challenges from the Calvinist Anti-Catholic Sophist and Polemicist, “Turretinfan” Turretinfan: the anonymous Calvinist anti-Catholic apologist, set out two specific challenges in his article, posted on James White’s blog: “Built on the Wrong Foundation” (1-21-11). His words will be in blue: I openly challenge the Roman apologists to bring forth any example of a church father who says that after the consecration the bread is the blood of Christ, . . . (bolding his own) Many thanks to Facebook friends Robert Brown and... Read more

Can Communion in the Hand be Equally Reverent?

Last updated on: June 5, 2026 at 11:55 pm By Dave Armstrong

The following was compiled from my comments in a recent Facebook thread. I started it off with this quotation: That, in the early Church, the faithful stood when receiving into their hands the consecrated particle can hardly be questioned. . . . St. Dionysius of Alexandria, writing to one of the popes of his time, speaks emphatically of “one who has stood by the table and has extended his hand to receive the Holy Food” (Eusebius, Hist. Eccl., VII, ix). (Catholic Encyclopedia,... Read more

Q & A: Catholic Sexual Morality and Contraception

Last updated on: December 24, 2019 at 1:14 pm By Dave Armstrong

I’m not simply giving my opinions, but seeking to always represent the Catholic Church’s teachings. Paraphrases of actual questions asked are in blue. * * * * * Why would Onan be killed for the sin of contraception, and why was this such a rare occurrence? The problem of the contraception advocate (and believer in biblical inspiration, and one who assumes that God is not an arbitrary, capricious, cosmic tyrant) lies in explaining why Onan was killed at all, if contraception is so innocent of... Read more

Did Jesus Deny That Mary Was “Blessed” (Lk 11:27-28)?

Last updated on: November 19, 2019 at 7:51 pm By Dave Armstrong

I ran across an article by evangelical writer Adrian Warnock, entitled, “The root of Catholicism’s error and a lesson for us” (3-30-06). He wrote: David Anthony says : “Just been reading Luke 11v27-28. This along with 8v21 are Jesus prophetically speaking into where Catholicism will go wrong centuries later. A woman declares ‘blessed be the mother who gave birth to you’ and look at Jesus’ reaction. Rather than agree that Mary ought to be revered he says ‘blessed rather are those who... Read more

Vs. James White #16: St. Basil Held to Sola Scriptura?

Last updated on: June 5, 2026 at 11:55 pm By Dave Armstrong

Reformed Baptist anti-Catholic apologist Bishop “Dr.” [???] James White wrote a book in 1996, entitled The Roman Catholic Controversy (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers). His words below will be in blue. ***** As his opening of his chapter 5: “Sola Scriptura: God Speaks Clearly,” on page 55, Bishop White cites St. Basil the Great (c. 330-379): If custom is to be taken in proof of what is right, then it is certainly competent for me to put forward on my side the custom which obtains here. If... Read more

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

Last updated on: June 5, 2026 at 11:55 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: June 6, 2026 at 12:40 am 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

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