[see the info-page for this book] *** I came across this piece today in a Google search: the same day it was posted (2 March 2012). The article is entitled, Re: Dave Armstrong, The Catholic Verses – Introduction, and is from the blog, Design of Providence, headed by a former Eastern Orthodox, currently Reformed Protestant (Calvinist), whose full name is unknown. His words will be in blue. * * * * * A few weekends ago, I was spending time... Read more
[completed and published at Lulu on 11 February 2012: 152 pages] *** [cover design by Dave and Judy Armstrong; photograph by Alenka Rebernik; used with permission] *** — to purchase go to the bottom of the page — *** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** [linked excerpts are not absolutely identical with the final product] Dedication (p. 3) Introduction (p. 5) The Communion of Saints and Invocation and Intercession of the Saints *** 1. Reply to Objections to the Catholic Conception of... Read more
Photograph by Chris Sloan, 28 Nov. 2009 [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] *** (1-27-12) * * * I came across the preliminary basis for this argument (quite new to me), by perusing the work, Lectures on the Doctrines and Practices of the Roman Catholic Church, by Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman (London: J. S. Hodson, 1836), in preparation for my upcoming book (a collection of excerpts), Classic Catholic Biblical Apologetics: 1525-1925. First, here is the Bible passage under consideration (RSV): 2... Read more
. . . in the Eucharist, the Elevation, and Adoration All Saints’ Church, Wittenberg, Germany (built bet. 1490-1511), where Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] *** (1-27-12) *** From Bishop Bossuet, The History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches, Vol. 1 (New York: John Doyle, 1842), pp. 193-197; further primary source information can be found by following the link for the book. A few minor variations of proper names were... Read more
Anonymous Portrait of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (12-29-11) *** From: “Thoughts on the Pope and the Church,” included in Miscellaneous Writings (translated by M. P. Faugère; London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849), pp. 376 ff. * * * * * There is then a great number of truths, both in faith and morals, which seem antagonistic, and yet harmonize in admirable order. * — The source of all heresies is the exclusion of... Read more
. . . Sanctioned by God; Many Biblical Examples Provided Death mask of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662): the great French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic apologist [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 France license] *** (12-29-11) *** From Provincial Letters, Letter XI (18 August 1656), pp. 167 ff. Bracketed, blue-colored additions are my own: biblical passages from RSV. Everything else is from Pascal. * * * Indeed, reverend sirs, there is a vast difference between laughing at religion, and laughing at those who profane it by... Read more
+ Biblical Evidence for the Indefectibility of the Church (from the Psalms) Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622), statue de l’église Saint-Germain de Paris, Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac, Dordogne, France. Photo by Père Igor (9-19-10) [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 1.0 Generic license] (11-24-11) *** Psalm 14:2-3 (RSV) The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any that act wisely, that seek after God. [3] They have all gone astray, they are all alike corrupt; there is none that does good,... Read more
[Picserver / Creative Commons 3 – CC BY-SA 3.0 license] *** (11-14-11) ***** [see a vigorous discussion on the relative virtue of sweeteners, etc. on one of my Facebook threads] * * * * * BANANA QUICK BREAD DRY 2 C tapioca starch / flour [both are the same] 1 1/2 C chestnut flour (may substitute 1/2 C walnut meal or finely chopped peanuts for 1/2 cup of flour) 1 TBS + 1 tsp xanthan gum 1 TBS baking powder 2 tsp... Read more
World War II “Rosie the Riveter” poster. Uploaded by DonkeyHotey [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] *** (11-14-11) *** Like it or not, the word “feminism” as used today has been pretty much co-opted by radical unisex-type feminists. That is the big concern terminologically. “New feminism” might work if it is orthodox, because it contains within it the rejection of, or going further than feminism (i.e., the fashionable radical feminism). I like the phrase “feminine theology” because it bypasses all the... Read more
Portrait of Martin Luther (1528), by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (11-10-11) *** I confess, that I am much more negligent, than I was under the Pope, and there is now nowhere such an amount of earnestness under the Gospel, as was formerly seen among Monks and Priests. [Walch. IX. 1311] [from: Henry O’Connor, S. J.: Luther’s Own Statements Concerning His Teaching and Its Results (New York: Benzinger Brothers, 1884, second edition] Another translation comes from Catholic... Read more
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