312 Catholic Martyrs & Confessors Under “Good Queen Bess”

Last updated on: October 24, 2017 at 12:53 pm By Dave Armstrong

Queen Elizabeth (r. 1558-1603) (2-8-08) *** [biographical information was obtained in most cases from Wikipedia or the Catholic Encyclopedia. The martyrs are listed chronologically by date of execution. All are English except where noted] *** [See the Wikipedia article for a gruesome description of the English punishment of being hanged, drawn, and quartered] *** Queen Elizabeth is often regarded as a tolerant queen, but she was arguably even more intolerant and bloodthirsty (towards Catholics) than her father, the Butcher-Tyrant Henry VIII. During her reign (17 November... Read more

Odd Trio: Jerry Walls, Ken Collins, & Anti-Catholic John Bugay

Last updated on: October 24, 2017 at 1:17 pm By Dave Armstrong

Walls and Collins Hurt Their Pro-Protestant Cause and Ecumenical Effort by Enlisting John Bugay as a Comrade-in-Arms I have written twelve critiques of the book entitled, Roman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformation, by evangelical Protestant (Wesleyan) theologian and historian Kenneth J. Collins and Anglican philosopher Jerry L. Walls (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2017). The complete list can be found on my Calvinism and General Protestantism web page (scroll about halfway down). They repeatedly claim... Read more

“Roman But Not Catholic”: Defense of My Amazon Review

Last updated on: October 24, 2017 at 1:18 pm By Dave Armstrong

I wrote twelve critiques of the book entitled, Roman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformation, by evangelical Protestant (Wesleyan) theologian and historian Kenneth J. Collins and Anglican philosopher Jerry L. Walls (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2017). The complete list can be found on my Calvinism and General Protestantism web page (scroll about halfway down). Then I wrote a review of the book on its Amazon page. Geoffrey S. Robinson wrote a fairly lengthy critique of my... Read more

Causes of the Protestant “Reformation” (vs. a Lutheran Pastor)

Last updated on: October 23, 2017 at 2:21 pm By Dave Armstrong

(11-20-07; abridged somewhat on 10-23-17) *** Pastor Larry A. Nichols is the author of several books, including Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions, and the Occult (Zondervan Publishing House, 1993, with George A. Mather & Alvin J. Schmidt), Masonic Lodge (Zondervan, 1995; with George A. Mather & Alan W. Gomes), Discovering the Plain Truth: How the Worldwide Church of God Encountered the Gospel of Grace (Intervarsity Press, 1997; co-author George A. Mather), and Encyclopedic Dictionary of World Religions (2006; with George A. Mather & Alvin J. Schmidt). He has also written many journal... Read more

Armstrong vs. Collins & Walls #12: Salvation (Soteriology)

Last updated on: October 22, 2017 at 11:11 am By Dave Armstrong

This is one of my many critiques of the book entitled, Roman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformation, by evangelical Protestant theologian Kenneth J. Collins and Anglican philosopher Jerry L. Walls (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2017). ***** Kenneth Collins, in his chapter 17: “Justification Roman Style” writes: What’s so remarkable about the treatments in both Vatican II documents and the Catechism is that the exact phrase “free grace” . . . is not mentioned at... Read more

Armstrong vs. Collins & Walls #11: Good & Bad Monothelite Heretics

Last updated on: April 5, 2018 at 1:21 pm By Dave Armstrong

This is one of my many critiques of the book entitled, Roman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformation, by evangelical Protestant theologian Kenneth J. Collins and Anglican philosopher Jerry L. Walls (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2017). ***** Kenneth Collins, in chapter 12 (“Machiavellian Machinations and More: The Later History of the Papacy“), opined: [T]he Sixth Ecumenical Council, held in 680, had to set the theological record straight by posthumously condemning the likes of Pope Honorius... Read more

Armstrong vs. Collins & Walls #10: St. Peter & the Papacy

Last updated on: October 21, 2017 at 2:51 pm By Dave Armstrong

This is one of my many critiques of the book entitled, Roman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformation, by evangelical Protestant theologian Kenneth J. Collins and Anglican philosopher Jerry L. Walls (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2017). ***** Kenneth Collins, in his chapter 11: “The Papacy”, states: Indeed, the notion that Peter was somehow over the universal church is unfounded. . . . . . . Matthew 16:18 cannot mean that Peter had authority in... Read more

Armstrong vs. Collins & Walls #9: “Apocrypha” (Jerome, Athanasius, Etc.)

Last updated on: October 21, 2017 at 10:51 am By Dave Armstrong

This is one of my many critiques of the book entitled, Roman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformation, by evangelical Protestant theologian Kenneth J. Collins and Anglican philosopher Jerry L. Walls (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2017). ***** Kenneth Collins, in his chapter 3: “Scripture: No Greater Authority?” states: Though Jerome had incorporated the Apocrypha into his translation [The Latin Vulgate], nevertheless he specifically cautioned against receiving this literature as sacred Scripture. Collins cites... Read more

Armstrong vs. Collins & Walls #8: Heretical Tobit? (Alms & Salvation)

Last updated on: October 20, 2017 at 6:05 pm By Dave Armstrong

This is one of my many critiques of the book entitled, Roman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformation, by evangelical Protestant theologian Kenneth J. Collins and Anglican philosopher Jerry L. Walls (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2017). ***** Kenneth Collins, in his chapter 3: “Scripture: No Greater Authority?” states: Take the book of Tobit, for example. Its observation found in 12:9: “For almsgiving saves from death, and purges all sin,” is no doubt theologically confused, for... Read more

On the Use of the Titles “Catholic” & “Roman Catholic”

Last updated on: October 23, 2017 at 1:23 pm By Dave Armstrong

This was from public exchanges on the Facebook page of Anglican philosopher and author Jerry Walls. *** Dave Armstrong Nor do I call myself “Roman Catholic.” Eastern Catholics are just as much Catholics as “Roman” ones, and they would never call themselves “Roman Catholic” (I co-wrote a book with one). That’s one reason why I don’t; another is that the term started as Anglican polemics in the 16th century. Peter Sean Bradley I’ve explained that to Jerry, but he insists on calling... Read more