The “Apocrypha”: Reply to Dr. Ankerberg & Dr. Weldon

Last updated on: March 27, 2017 at 6:38 pm By Dave Armstrong

Portrait of Jean Miélot (after 1456), by Jean Le Tavernier (d. 1462) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * (8 December 2004) * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS * * * I. Standard Protestant Church History Sources: the Early Church and the “Apocrypha” II. Did Any Jews Accept the Canonicity of the “Apocrypha”? Are Ancient Jewish Beliefs on the Canon Certain? III. F.F. Bruce: New Testament Allusions to the “Apocrypha” and Pseudepigrapha IV. Miscellany and Some Good-Natured Bantering Back and Forth... Read more

Does Catholicism Equate Allah and Yahweh?

Last updated on: March 27, 2017 at 6:40 pm By Dave Armstrong

The Holy Trinity (c. 1370), by Niccolò Semitecolo [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * * * (11-18-07) * * * I think the concern reflected in my title is based on a misunderstanding. When the Church has referred to Muslims worshiping the one God, it is meant in the sense of both Christians and Muslims being monotheists. Monotheism includes Christians, Jews, Muslims, and more vague “philosophical theists” (also cults like Jehovah’s Witnesses with their Arian God).Thus, Vatican II, Nostra Aetate, states:... Read more

Critique of Ankerberg and Weldon’s Anti-Catholicism

Last updated on: March 27, 2017 at 6:43 pm By Dave Armstrong

. . . in their book, Protestants and Catholics: Do They Now Agree? Yours Truly in April 1995, with my first two sons. It was Paul’s fourth birthday ,and Michael was almost two. * * * (May 1995) * * * * * Co-Author John Weldon wrote to me in a letter dated 19 May 1995: I would be most interested in your analysis of our new book . . . If at all possible, . . . respond to me... Read more

Debate with Hilary White: Masonic “Bergoglianism” or Catholicism?

Last updated on: March 27, 2017 at 6:45 pm By Dave Armstrong

The Masonic world conspiracy raises its ugly head again: soon to take over the Catholic Church (so we are told), in league with the dreaded “Bergoglianism” (Image: “The Freemasonry Barnstar”) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * A new round of discussions have occurred as a result of my post, Hilary White: Radical Catholic Reactionary Extraordinaire: in its combox and also on my Facebook page, where I cross-posted it. Amidst (or despite) the cacophony of various Hilary cheerleaders and detractors... Read more

Sola Scriptura: Unbiblical!: Refutation of Dr. Richard Bennett

Last updated on: March 27, 2017 at 7:17 pm By Dave Armstrong

[You Tube / Creative Commons license] *** (15 September 2003) *** Former Catholic priest Fr. Richard Bennett is a prominent anti-Catholic apologist, and editor (with Martin Buckingham) of Far from Rome, Near to God: The Testimonies of 50 Converted Catholic Priests (Lafayette, Indiana: Associated Publishers & Authors, Inc., 1994). Fr. Bennett’s paper, which will be refuted below, is entitled “It is Written: Sola Scriptura,” and is available online. * * * Fr. Richard Bennett’s words will be in blue. The sub-titles are his, from the... Read more

Critique of “The Remnant” (Radical Catholic Reactionary)

Last updated on: April 19, 2017 at 12:36 pm By Dave Armstrong

The Catholic Church today, according to “The Remnant” (Hiroshima in 1945) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * (written in 2000) * * * What Does This Radical Group Believe About Vatican II, the New Mass, the Pontificate of Pope John Paul II, and the Indefectibility of the Church?* * * * * This paper consists of critical commentary on particularly objectionable, questionable, and revealing portions of the following articles. All are connected with The Remnant organization. * * * *... Read more

Hilary White: Radical Catholic Reactionary Extraordinaire

Last updated on: March 27, 2017 at 7:21 pm By Dave Armstrong

Sad case of a pathetic Novusordist Neo-Catholic undergoing re-education therapy under the loving attention of super-Catholic Popess Hilary White [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license] * * * * * I’ve been warning my readers to avoid the columns of Hilary White for some time now. Not a few folks scoffed and were skeptical of that. Why would I urge this? It’s because radical Catholic reactionaryism [see the definition] is a poison, a cancer. We are what we eat. The more we get exposed... Read more

Condoms as a Solution to AIDS and Other STDs?

Last updated on: March 27, 2017 at 7:23 pm By Dave Armstrong

. . . The Fallacies and Lack of Sense Inherent in Such an Approach Would you trust your life to a crapshoot? [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * (6-1-09) * * * We orthodox Catholics all know the mantra: the Catholic Church has no compassion on suffering people; we’re anti-sex; we’re anti-science. We like to control people and take away their fun and freedom. We arbitrarily impose our will on poor unsuspecting folks who just want to have a... Read more

Reply to Misguided Radical Catholic Reactionary Criticisms

Last updated on: March 27, 2017 at 7:25 pm By Dave Armstrong

+ Obligatory Digs at Patheos Some folks love that mud! Photo by “skeeze” [public domain / Pixabay] * * * * * My recent post, “Neo-Catholic” (Silly Radical Catholic Reactionary Term), has drawn some criticism which was quite misguided as to basic aspects of my own position. One “Thetimman” (anonymous, as usual), who has a blog called Saint Louis Catholic, took umbrage with the post and my behavior. His words will be in blue. * * * * * …if only... Read more

Gratefulness for My Evangelical Protestant Background

Last updated on: March 27, 2017 at 7:27 pm By Dave Armstrong

. . . and its Wonderful Teachings and Blessings Yours Truly, in July 1988 (age 30 but looking more like 20!), during my evangelical “campus missionary” days. (3-18-08) * * * Interviewer [Al Kresta]: What was your experience like as an evangelical? Well, I loved it . . . most conversion stories I hear from Catholics, they don’t run down their evangelical experience. . . . I have great memories and fond memories. I learned all about the Bible when I was... Read more