[completed on 22 March 2013: 236 pages; published by Lulu on the same day] [cover design by Dave and Judy Armstrong] *** — for information on purchasing a paperback or e-book, go to the bottom of the page — INTRODUCTION *** As anyone who has followed my apologetics work through the years knows (I’ve been published in print since 1993 and online since 1996), I have a great number of posts on my blog (2,483, as of writing). Periodically,... Read more
[photo source] *** (2-8-13) *** This is a shortened version of a formerly removed post, dated 30 June 2010. It has now (mostly) been restored, for reasons that I discussed at the beginning of my other “archive” post today, entitled, “Am I a Psychotic Madman? Diagnoses from Reformed Protestant Anti-Catholic Polemicist James Swan.” Many of the links are probably now defunct, because Swan is in the habit of deleting incriminating statements that he has made on his own site in... Read more
The Maniac (1806), by Charles Bell [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (2-8-13) * * * * * Lately, anti-Catholic Reformed Protestant luminary James Swan has been complaining, drone-like, about condemnations of Catholics over an outrageous remark made by his buddy Alan Maricle (aka “Rhology”): . . . Leaving aside the question of whether the Rosary has any effect on abortion (other than making demons laugh uproariously), . . . An entire discussion developed regarding that, on Swan’s blog (Boors... Read more
. . . Re: The Quotable Newman and The Catholic Verses (January 2013) *** I was interviewed for about 45 minutes on 1-17-13. We talked about two of my books, published by Sophia Institute Press: The Quotable Newman (Oct. 2012) and The Catholic Verses (2004). Past guest authors on this show include: David B. Currie, Amy Welborn, Marcus Grodi, Dr. Diane Moczar, Teresa Tomeo, Dr. Paul Thigpen, Kevin Lowry, Rod Bennett, Brandon Vogt, Bruce Sullivan, and many others. *** You... Read more
Painting: Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1476, by Carlo Crivelli (c. 1435 – c. 1495) *** [200 pages; completed on 29 January 2013 and published at Lulu on 30 January 2013] [cover design by Dave Armstrong]— for info. on purchasing (paperback / e-book), go to the bottom of the page — *** Introduction *** St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was without question the greatest theologian in the history of the Catholic Church, and the Summa Theologica (1271-1274) was his masterpiece and one... Read more
[205 pages; completed on 20 December 2012 and published at Lulu on the same day; slightly revised on 19 August 2013 (including a new subtitle and some new chapter titles) in order to reflect self-imposed changes in terminology and classification] [cover design by Dave Armstrong] — for purchase information, go to the bottom of the page — TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication (p. 3) [read online] Introduction (p. 5) [read online] *** RADICAL CATHOLIC REACTIONARIES vs. MAINSTREAM “TRADITIONALISM” *** 1.... Read more
[public domain / Pixabay] *** (12-3-12) *** This is Chapter One of my book, Mass Movements: Radical Catholic Reactionaries, the New Mass, and Ecumenism. * * * 1) I have much in common with “traditionalists”. I admire several things about them: their zeal and concern for orthodoxy, desire to see liturgical and architectural excellence and propriety and traditionalism, observance of traditional Catholic piety and morality, willingness to take on theological liberals and modernists and dissidents, desire to see people come... Read more
(12-3-12) *** DEDICATION To those Catholics – in God’s foreknowledge – that are currently sliding down the slippery slope to eventual schism and separation from Holy Mother Church. May it never be! May God in His grace help you to not do so! May this book be used for that purpose. St. Paul wrote to the Galatians, whom he dearly loved: “Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?” (4:16). Proverbs 27:5-6 concurs: “Better is open rebuke... Read more
(11-27-12) *** The following all came about in the combox for Brandon Vogt’s excellent article, “How Cardinal Newman Handled the Haters” (11-26-12). A fellow Catholic writer, Paul Priest, made some very critical observations about Newman’s famous sarcastic retorts to the charges of fundamental dishonesty leveled at him by the Anglican priest and polemicist, Charles Kingsley. Brandon himself asked me my thoughts in response, and I gave them, complete with several Newman quotations, culled from my research for my Quotable Newman... Read more
Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916), founder of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, an Arian cult, c. 1915 [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (11-8-12) *** This came about as a result of a person reading the dedication (posted online) from my book, Theology of God: Biblical, Chalcedonian Trinitarianism and Christology. Here it is: To the evangelical Protestant “cult watchers” and “cult researchers” (especially the late Dr. Walter Martin): among whom I first began utilizing the Bible in order to refute non-trinitarian heresies such as... Read more
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