Dr. Fastiggi’s “Exchange” with Correctio Signatory Chris Ferrara

Last updated on: October 12, 2017 at 11:52 am By Dave Armstrong

Anyone who boldly ventures out to attempt serious rational discussion with the inimitable Christopher Ferrara, inevitably ends up like this. (I’ve had some firsthand experience, myself). Thanks for the laughs, Chris! If he only knew that the pie was really on his face . . . *** Chris Ferrara did his usual mocking hit piece of the article by Dr. Fastiggi and Dr. Goldstein (which defended Pope Francis) at the radical Catholic reactionary Remnant site. Here are some pathetic highlights (his words in... Read more

Dr. Fastiggi Replies to Dr. Brugger Re: Amoris Laetitia

Last updated on: October 12, 2017 at 10:00 am By Dave Armstrong

Dr. Christian Brugger is Senior Fellow of Ethics at the Culture of Life Foundation in Washington D.C. He replied to an article by Dr. Robert Fastiggi and Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein, as noted in a LifeSiteNews article. Dr. Fastiggi then replied further in the combox and interacted with a “David” there. David’s words will be in blue. *** Fastiggi’s and Eden’s claim on 303 seems to have gone nowhere, and indeed really does not change the meaning of the text.... Read more

Melanchthon in 1530 Longed for Return of Catholic Bishops

Last updated on: October 12, 2017 at 10:00 am By Dave Armstrong

(11-30-07) *** [my blue highlighting throughout] *** Martin Luther’s successor Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) was (contrary to widespread Protestant antipathy to hierarchical Church government) willing to revive the jurisdiction of Catholic bishops in negotiations at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530. This is documented by many historians. For example, note his letter to Cardinal Campeggio, of 4 August, 1530: For this reason I have often shown that if a few things were kept in the background, these divisions could be healed. In my opinion... Read more

Dr. Joseph Shaw Apes “Reformers” (“Ambiguous” Catholic Documents)

Last updated on: October 12, 2017 at 10:15 am By Dave Armstrong

The Good Ol’ “Ambiguity” Card Utilized with Regard to Both Vatican II and Amoris laetitia [my own blue highlighting throughout] *** I’ve contended for over 20 years that radical Catholic reactionaries (see my carefully delineated definition and rationale for coining the term) think a lot like Protestants and like Catholic “progressive” dissidents / modernists: both of whom despise authoritative Catholic utterances and/or arbitrarily pick and choose which of them they will accept and which they will reject. The description of... Read more

Melanchthon’s Agonized Tears Over Early Protestant Divisions

Last updated on: October 11, 2017 at 3:32 pm By Dave Armstrong

(6-15-11; additions on 10-11-17) *** [my highlighting in blue] *** Today divisions and endless theological quarrels and divisions (institutionally or in spirit) are winked at and rationalized with drivel such as “primary vs. secondary doctrines” or supposed “agreement on essentials.” The first Protestants understood that schism and division was a huge scandal and cause for regret and misery. For example, Luther’s right-hand man and successor, Philip Melanchthon wrote: If my eyes were a fountain of tears, as rich as the... Read more

Medieval Catholic Corruption: Main Cause of Protestant Revolt?

Last updated on: October 11, 2017 at 3:36 pm By Dave Armstrong

(6-2-03; revised slightly: 1-20-04 and 10-10-17) *** What does medieval corruption have to do with the abolition of five of seven sacraments, the move to sola Scriptura as the rule of faith over against an authoritative Church and councils and apostolic succession and episcopacy (and including a papacy as well), or the ending of the sacrifice of the mass, or the move away from transubstantiation, or the ditching of purgatory or the end of baptismal regeneration among many Protestants and even infant baptism in... Read more

William of Ockham, Nominalism, Luther, & Early Protestant Thought

Last updated on: November 22, 2021 at 2:32 pm By Dave Armstrong

(10-3-02; abridged on 10-10-17) *** [ (P) = Protestant / (C) = Catholic / (O) = Orthodox / (U) = unknown religious persuasion / secular ] This paper consists entirely of citations. *** I. Introduction to Medieval Philosophical Nominalism and William of Ockham From: Frederick Copleston, S. J. (C), A History of Philosophy: Vol. 3: Late Mediaeval and Renaissance Philosophy, Part I: Ockham to the Speculative Mystics, Garden City, New York: Doubleday Image, 1953, 21, 26, 30, 59-60. . . . there arose and spread in... Read more

Dr. Fastiggi & Dr. Goldstein Debate Dr. Shaw Regarding Pope Francis

Last updated on: October 9, 2017 at 2:14 pm By Dave Armstrong

Previously, I have posted “Dr. Robert Fastiggi Defends Amoris Laetitia Against Critics” (10-3-17). Full disclosure: Dr. Fastiggi (a professor of systematic theology) is a good friend, and asked me to post material of his that was (initially) mistakenly believed to have been deliberately deleted. I happen to agree with his take on these issues, as well. He has asked again if I could post the present material, which is derived from all public postings, including an article by Dr. Joseph Shaw at... Read more

My Conversion: Apathy, Occult, Evangelicalism, & Catholicism (Pt. 8)

Last updated on: November 5, 2017 at 4:33 pm By Dave Armstrong

Part Eight: Bombshell and Paradigm Shift: Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman’s Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (1990) This is the ten-part story of my complete religious history, from nominal Methodism (1958-1967), to the occult and practical atheism (1968-1976), through evangelical Protestantism, counter-cult, pro-life, evangelistic, and apologetics work (1977-1990), and finally on to the fullness of the Catholic faith in 1991. It is found complete (75 pages) in my 2013 book, Catholic Converts and Conversion. See All Ten Parts: Part One: Nominal... Read more

My Conversion: Apathy, Occult, Evangelicalism, & Catholicism (Pt. 7)

Last updated on: November 5, 2017 at 4:33 pm By Dave Armstrong

Part Seven: Ecclesiology (the Church), the “Protestant Myth” of Church History, and My Vehement Opposition to Catholic Infallibility (1990) This is the ten-part story of my complete religious history, from nominal Methodism (1958-1967), to the occult and practical atheism (1968-1976), through evangelical Protestantism, counter-cult, pro-life, evangelistic, and apologetics work (1977-1990), and finally on to the fullness of the Catholic faith in 1991. It is found complete (75 pages) in my 2013 book, Catholic Converts and Conversion. See All Ten Parts: Part One: Nominal Methodism,... Read more

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