. . . with Dr. Stanley Williams Christ with the Eucharist, late 16th century, by Joan de Joanes (1510-1579) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (7-18-07) **** This is an extended excerpt from my DVD Study Guide for the EWTN television series What Catholics Really Believe. The questions (in blue) were written by my friend, Dr. Stanley Williams. * * * * * Episode 4 EUCHARIST I Logical and Early Church Evidence Objection to Catholicism A – Catholics cannot really... Read more
Image by “Nicola”: 20 August 2015 [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] *** See my first post on Amoris Laetitia and a follow-up one. These off-the-cuff reflections come from a good discussion where two people were critical of Amoris Laetitia (in part) and myself and two others defended it, and the Holy Father. It is a private thread, so I can’t cite the others, but I will paraphrase a few portions (in brackets). ***** The “observer” is left with some... Read more
Dialogue with a Calvinist Michael Servetus (1511-1553): non-trinitarian heretic whom John Calvin had burned at the stake [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (6-5-10) *** This discussion occurred in a combox on the Reformed Protestant-dominated Green Baggins website. See Jeff Cagle’s entire comment #268 regarding Luther’s excommunication. His words below will be in blue.* * * * * I threw #33 in as an aside: we note that even the pope errs here in his judgment that “burning heretics is... Read more
Alleged Catholic Magisterial Contradictions & St. Thomas Aquinas’ Views St. Thomas Aquinas: detail from Valle Romita Polyptych (c. 1400), by Gentile da Fabriano (1370-1427) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (31 July 2003) *** The following is based on an exchange with an Anglican, which took place on the Catholic Online forum. He has complained about posting his words, and my editing, and stated that the forum policy forbade such use. I obliged by removing his words (which were formerly posted... Read more
[PublicDomainPictures.net] (9-12-13) *** To defeat darkness, you turn on the light and pray against it; you don’t just endlessly proclaim or warn or preach about it, as if that alone is sufficient. Those of us in the apologetics movement are teaching and defending as much truth as we can, as far and wide as we can (resources permitting), and in my opinion, that is the long-term solution, along with prayer for revival. But some folks want to attack the ones... Read more
The Miraculous Draught, by Henri-Pierre Picou (1824-1895) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***** (10-4-14) **** Is this a refusal to “meet people where they are at”? If we think that something Jesus said is “spiteful” we clearly have taken a wrong turn in our exegesis. This isn’t consigning folks to hell. It’s a typically Jewish figurative-but-concrete expression of protest against rebelliousness, hardheartedness, and stubbornness (perhaps the leading theme of the entire Old Testament). Hence Jesus says: Luke 9:5 (RSV) And... Read more
Steps leading down to the Holy Family’s house, in Nazareth. Photograph by wife Judy Armstrong: 20 October 2014. ***** [excerpt from my book, Footsteps That Echo Forever: My Holy Land Pilgrimage] ***** This is the account of the 3rd full day of my pilgrimage in Israel in 2014. I wrote this the same night in our lovely rustic chalet near the Sea of Galilee, after “interviewing” my wife Judy and fellow pilgrim Margie Prox Sindelar. They “stole the show” on... Read more
Holy Places, Relics, and the Sacramental Principle Steps leading up to the temple; on the south side of the temple mount: where Jesus could quite likely could have walked. Photograph by my wife Judy Armstrong: 31 October 2014 ***** [excerpt from my book, Footsteps That Echo Forever: My Holy Land Pilgrimage, written in our hotel room, on a rainy day in Jerusalem: 2:30 PM local time, 31 October 2014] ***** On the south side of the temple mount nearby is a spectacular... Read more
Refutation of Anti-Catholic Polemicist and Reformed Protestant Pastor David T. King St. John Chrysostom: Fresco in the Church of the Theotokos Peribleptos in Ohrid, Macedonia (13th century) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***** (4-20-07) ***** This is the same old same old: historical revisionism and anachronism galore: a tired attempt to make the Church fathers into something they were not, simply so the distinctives of Protestantism can be shored up and given a sophistical semblance of historical continuity that they (quite... Read more
Pope St. Pius X vs. Anti-Catholic Polemicist David T. King (Development, not Evolution of Doctrine) Pope St. Pius X; Library of Congress photograph [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***** (uploaded on 6 March 2002. Revised on 4 December 2002 and 20 January 2004. Edited very slightly on 20 November 2006) The following dispute over a factual matter took place on the NTRMin Discussion Board, on Protestant anti-Catholic polemicist Dr. Eric Svendsen’s website, in late February and early March 2002. The... Read more
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