Debates with Anti-Catholic Polemicist Eric Svendsen

Last updated on: April 19, 2017 at 11:49 am By Dave Armstrong

[Up until 2010, when he suddenly departed the Internet, Svendsen was a leading online anti-Catholic polemicist] Mighty Mouse [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] *** These are old Blogspot papers of exchanges with Eric Svendsen: drawn from Internet Archive. Be sure to allow a minute or two for them to load, and select versions from July 2015 or earlier. *** Dialogue on the Alleged “Perspicuous Apostolic Message” as a Proof of the Quasi-Protestantism of the Early Church [May-June 1996] Debate... Read more

Debates on the Controversial Term, “Anti-Catholic[ism]”

Last updated on: April 19, 2017 at 11:50 am By Dave Armstrong

Anti-Catholic cartoon depicting the Church and the Pope as a malevolent octopus. From Jeremiah J. Crowley, The Pope: Chief of White Slavers High Priest of Intrigue (1913) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***** Use of the Term “Anti-Catholic” in Protestant and Secular Scholarly Works of History and Sociology (vs. “Romans 45”) [10-7-02; revised 5-17-03] Eric Svendsen’s & Other Anti-Catholics’ Inconsistent Use of Anti-Evangelical as a Description of Catholics [6-4-04] Ironies of Anti-Catholic Reformed / The Loaded Term “Papalism” (Revised) [11-19-04] On the Objectionable Use... Read more

Relics: Debate with a Baptist Pastor

Last updated on: February 27, 2017 at 12:47 pm By Dave Armstrong

(vs. Ken Temple) Relic of the True Cross, Decani Monastery, Serbia [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] ***** (6-3-08) Ken’s words will be in blue. * * * * * Paul Hoffer noted: The Martyrdom of Saint Polycarp, written in 155-157 AD clearly shows that the Church practiced the veneration of relics very early in Church history: Accordingly, we afterwards took up his [St. Polycarp’s] bones, as being more precious than the most exquisite jewels, and... Read more

Dialogues with Lutheran Professor “CPA” (Series)

Last updated on: November 23, 2018 at 3:29 pm By Dave Armstrong

Image by “Geralt” [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] ***** I have linked to Internet Archive versions of my old Blogspot papers. Be sure to allow a minute or two for the posts to load, and make selections from July 2015 or earlier. “CPA” is a very friendly Lutheran professor of history, with whom I’ve enjoyed many fun dialogues. He stated in unsolicited remarks (7-12-05), that I was “blessedly free of the kind of ‘any enemy of Protestantism is a friend of... Read more

Trump’s High Negatives / Polls (Dialogue)

Last updated on: February 27, 2017 at 12:49 pm By Dave Armstrong

Image by “tswedensky” [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] ***** This is an exchange from my Facebook page today. Brent Robbins‘ words will be in green; Steven D. Greydanus‘ words will be in blue. They are both Catholics. ***** Wow…you are voting for Trump, Dave? Such a wide variety of opinion. You are proactively voting Trump while many Catholics are voting 3rd party. Mark Shea basically considers Trump the worst ever as does Steven D. Greydanus. Of course. I vote for... Read more

Merit: Clarification of the Catholic Doctrine

Last updated on: February 27, 2017 at 12:50 pm By Dave Armstrong

Condign and Congruous Merit, Prevenient Grace, Etc. Pixabay image [CC0 public domain] ***** (2-2-09) ***** Someone wrote on the Coming Home Network Internet forum (where I was moderator from 2007-2010): Apologist John Martignoni recently wrote: “The Catholic Church teaches that one’s works are of absolutely no avail, unless one is already in a state of justification.” Apologetics for the Masses, #107 Apologist Jimmy Akin recently wrote: “. . . Catholic theology holds, it is impossible for man to do anything... Read more

Martin Luther: Fascinating Facts (Series of Articles)

Last updated on: March 25, 2017 at 2:49 pm By Dave Armstrong

Martin Luther (1532), by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** 21 papers about Martin Luther: the founder of Protestantism and key early figure, from Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong, dating from 2004-2011. *** These are old Blogspot papers of mine, retrieved from Internet Archive. Be sure to allow a minute or two for them to load, and select archived versions from July 2015 or earlier. ***** On “Controversial” Issues Concerning Martin Luther (My Motivations and Opinions)... Read more

Is Lutheranism Officially Anti-Catholic?

Last updated on: March 8, 2024 at 6:08 pm By Dave Armstrong

The Book of Concord and the Catholic Mass Colored version of the Whore of Babylon illustration from Martin Luther’s 1534 translation of the Bible, from the Workshop of Lucas Cranach [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]. (4-26-05) The following dialogue with Lutheran “BWL” occurred in comments below. Since I did a little work in my reply, I thought it would be appropriate to make it a new paper of its own. His words will be in blue. Citations from the Book... Read more

Divine Healing: Is It God’s Will to Heal in Every Case?

Last updated on: March 25, 2020 at 10:27 am By Dave Armstrong

Biblical Refutation of “Hyperfaith” / “Name-It-Claim-It” Teaching God the Father: woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***** This article has been re-uploaded, under the title: God Wills to Heal Everyone Through Faith or By Request? (Biblical Refutation of “Hyperfaith” / “Name-It-Claim-It” Teaching). ***** Read more

George Washington’s Religious Outlook Scrutinized

Last updated on: April 19, 2017 at 11:56 am By Dave Armstrong

Wax figure from Madame Tussaud’s in Las Vegas; photograph by Cliff (4-28-09) [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] *** (5-23-08) ***** This is based on extensive research (with new material added presently) that I undertook in 1985, when I was an evangelical campus missionary. It’s one of the last major “projects” from my evangelical days (prior to October 1990) that needed to be uploaded to my blog. As there remains a lot of mythology on this topic: both from those... Read more