See also: My Videos Page (Catholic Bible Highlights) I’ve been on the radio or on webcasts / podcasts 28 times since my first full interview, concerning Jehovah’s Witnesses, when I was still a Protestant, back in 1989, on the largest Protestant station in metro Detroit: WMUZ. A complete listing of all my interviews can be found in one section of my Literary Resume. Some of them are no longer available and likely never will be. But now 18 of them are... Read more
[Pixabay / public domain] (8-6-13) [as of 3 August 2013, I started using the self-coined term, radical Catholic reactionary instead of radtrad. I stopped using it because it was causing confusion of category and offending mainstream “traditionalists.”] * * * * * I know a little about use of terms for movements, having majored in sociology. The “radical Catholic reactionaries” are those who want to go too far: they want to “reform” the Church so much that it does become radical almost precisely... Read more
(8-7-13) [Kevin M. Tierney, often a critic of mine, who calls himself one, had written: “Dave Armstrong a Traditionalist? In what alternative universe? This isn’t a difference between ‘rad-trad’ and ‘sane traditionalist’, Dave isn’t a traditionalist period.”] * * * * * I’ve said all these things 4,387,190 times, but here goes again: 1. I am an orthodox Catholic, who accepts (and defends) all the infallible teachings, doctrines, and dogmas of the Church, and Sacred Tradition. 2. I’ve attended Latin Mass... Read more
[see the information page for this book, for full details and all purchase options] (published by Sophia Institute Press in August 2004; 235 pages) * * * * * This was my third “official” publication in as many years, back in 2004, and the first of several, working with editor Todd Aglialoro: whose initial idea it was. The purpose and structure of this book (one of the most unique of all my books) was not simply a presentation of Catholic prooftexts (my... Read more
Christ and the Rich Young Ruler (1889), by Heinrich Hofmann (1824-1911) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] John and Cindy Taylor are members of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. They are friends “in real life” and have been to our house several times. I also attended their wedding. This was an exchange about my post, Jesus vs. “Faith Alone” (Rich Young Ruler), on my Facebook page. John’s words will be in green; Cindy’s in blue. * * * * * The article mischaracterizes me. I’m not... Read more
[written in 1994 and published on pp. 233-238 of my book, A Biblical Defense of Catholicism] [see also translations of this paper into French and Portugese] *** See the following papers for a fuller explanation of exactly what I think these biblical evidences prove, and how I view them in terms of logical force (i.e., what I would claim for them), especially when considered individually: “Reply to Critique of “50 NT Proofs for the Papacy,” (vs. Jason Engwer) [3-14-02] Refutation of a Satirical... Read more
Original title: Final Judgment in Scripture is ALWAYS Associated with Works and NEVER with Faith Alone (50 Passages) The Last Judgment (1561) by Dirck Barendsz (1534-1592) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (2-10-08) I first thought of this line of thought as fitting for a paper, in debate with anti-Catholic Matt Slick (who oversees the CARM discussion board), in my first “debate” with him. I later made a capsule version of the argument on pp. 87-93 of my book, The Catholic Verses (2004). Matt’s words... Read more
Portrait of Monsieur de Lavoisier and his Wife, chemist Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze (1788) by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (8-13-10) This constitutes Chapter Fourteen (slightly modified) from my book, Science and Christianity: Close Partners or Mortal Enemies? (2010, 301 pages). * * * * * Why is it that we always hear, ad nauseum, about Galileo and how he was persecuted by the Catholic Church for saying that the earth went around the sun? Well, there are two reasons: it makes for great copy,... Read more
Is There a Sense in Which Catholics Can Accept “Faith Alone” and/or Imputed Justification (with Proper Biblical Qualifications)? Conversion of St. Paul (1767) by Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié (1735-1784) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (9-28-10) The following is an excerpt from my book, Biblical Catholic Salvation: “Faith Working Through Love” — Chapter One. * * * * * Many Protestants (and Catholics) are unaware that the Council of Trent does not absolutely rule out all notions whatever of justification by faith alone or even of imputation of... Read more
The choir of Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England. Photograph by David Iliff, 29 July 2014. [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] (1992; revised on 9-28-05) *****Featuring 300 Biblical Evidences Favoring Catholicism***** 1. Best One-Sentence Summary: I am convinced that the Catholic Church conforms much more closely to all of the biblical data, offers the only coherent view of the history of Christianity (i.e., Christian, apostolic Tradition), and possesses the most profound and sublime Christian morality, spirituality, social ethic, and philosophy. 2. Alternate: I am a Catholic because I sincerely believe, by... Read more
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