[178 pages. Completed on 23 October 2012; published at Lulu on the same day] [cover: Calvinist iconoclastic riot in Lyons in 1562] [cover design by Dave and Judy Armstrong] — For purchase, go to the bottom of the page — Subtitle: Replies to Exegetical Arguments in John Calvin’s Institutes, Books I-III TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication Introduction [read in its entirety] I. Salvation, Justification, Sanctification, and Predestination 1. Is God the Author of Evil? [read lengthy excerpt on... Read more
(10-18-12) *** [portion of my book, A Biblical Critique of Calvinism] *** They endeavor, indeed, to disentangle themselves, but it is impossible. They pretend a distinction between penalty and guilt, holding that the guilt is forgiven by the mercy of God; but that though the guilt is remitted, the punishment which divine justice requires to be paid remains. Satisfactions then properly relate to the remission of the penalty. How ridiculous this levity! They now confess that the remission of guilt... Read more
[156 pages; completed on 14 November 2012 and published at Lulu on 15 November 2012] [cover design by Dave Armstrong] — For purchase, go to the bottom of the page — Dedication *** 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 Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormonism, Unitarianism, Christian Science, and the United Pentecostal Church, way back in 1981.... Read more
(10-1-12) *** The present volume [link to book-page] is a follow-up or “Volume II” to my previous book, Biblical Catholic Answers for John Calvin (Lulu, 2010). That work, for the most part, was devoted to comprehensive (often literally line-by-line) replies to Book IV of Calvin’s magnum opus, Institutes of the Christian Religion: the portion devoted largely to ecclesiology, or the doctrine of the Church. A little less ambitious and more specifically focused this time, I’ll be replying only to biblical... Read more
Public domain image on Pixabay by “geralt.” *** (9-29-12) *** — from a Facebook thread — * * * * * The Church has long since decreed divine simplicity to be a matter of faith (Denzinger 389, 428, 993, and 1782; cf. Ott, Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, pp. 31-32: de fide dogma).But William Lane Craig (prominent evangelical philosopher and apologist), not being bound by mere ecumenical and papal declarations, or the non-binding nuisance of purely optional sacred tradition, picks and... Read more
G. K. Chesterton *** (9-29-12) *** This occurred on a non-public Facebook thread in September 2012. It was originally a dispute with an Orthodox gentleman (who shall remain anonymous) about divine simplicity and the somewhat related issue of “Divine Energies” (a mostly Orthodox interpretation having to do with God’s Nature). His words are in blue. * * * . . . you are an untrained popular Catholic apologist. . . . As far as I know you hold no graduate... Read more
. . . and Severely Mocked Plato for Believing that the Earth is a Globe Public domain photo at Pexels.com *** (9-24-12) *** This comes from Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion (Book I, 5:11): . . . every one appropriates to himself some peculiar error; but we are all alike in this, that we substitute monstrous fictions for the one living and true God—a disease not confined to obtuse and vulgar minds, but affecting the noblest, and those who, in... Read more
(9-5-12) *** [link to book info-page] *** Joseph Pearce (b. 1961) is a noted Catholic biographer (arguably the most eminent one writing today). He has written books about Chesterton, Belloc, Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Solzhenitsyn, Shakespeare, and Wilde, as well as the volumes, Literary Converts and Literary Giants, Literary Catholics. * * * * * In 2010, I was honored to be among the official press commentators for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Britain. It was indeed a joy and... Read more
[310 pages; completed on 7-7-12; published by Lulu on 9-2-12] [cover design by Dave Armstrong] * — for instant purchase information, go to the bottom of the page — * INTRODUCTION * Sola Scriptura (literally, “Scripture Alone”) is the Protestant rule of faith; that is, the only supreme, final, and infallible authority for all matters related to the Christian faith. It follows logically that both an infallible Church and an infallible apostolic tradition are thus rejected and ruled out. The... Read more
[see book info-page] *** (8-9-12) *** This book will be roughly along the sames lines as my previous quotations books: The Quotable Newman (Sophia Institute Press, 2012) and The Quotable Wesley (Lulu, 2012): with an overwhelming emphasis on theology and exegesis, and much less (if any at all) on spirituality, philosophy, ethics, liturgy, politics, aesthetics or other areas. That narrows down the already quite daunting task of selection and collection. I’m interested in St. Augustine’s theological views and passing these... Read more
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