Development of Doctrine (Index Page for Dave Armstrong)

Last updated on: May 1, 2025 at 12:35 pm By Dave Armstrong

[see full book and purchase information] ***** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** I. General, Introductory, & Miscellaneous II. Baptism III. Bible and Tradition / Canon of the Bible IV. Ecclesiology V. Ecumenism VI. Eschatology (Last Things and Afterlife) VII. Eucharist and Sacrifice of the Mass VIII. God, Theology and Doctrine of IX. Inquisition, Capital Punishment, and Religious Liberty X. Liturgy / The Mass XI. Mary: The Blessed Virgin XII. St. John Henry Cardinal Newman XIII. Orthodoxy, Eastern XIV. The Papacy XV.... Read more

Baptism and Sacramentalism (Index Page)

Last updated on: May 1, 2025 at 11:37 am By Dave Armstrong

The Baptism of Christ, by Joachim Patinir (c. 1480-1524) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS *** I. BAPTISM II. HOLY EUCHARIST III. RECONCILIATION / PENANCE / CONFESSION / ABSOLUTION IV. CONFIRMATION V. HOLY ORDERS / ORDINATION VI. MATRIMONY VII. ANOINTING / EXTREME UNCTION VIII. SACRAMENTS (GENERAL), SACRAMENTALISM, AND SACRAMENTALS *** I. BAPTISM Infant Baptism: A Fictional Dialogue [1995] * Baptismal Regeneration: Central Doctrine, According to Luther & Lutheranism [1996] * Baptism & the... Read more

Eucharist, Sacrifice of the Mass, & Liturgical Issues

Last updated on: May 1, 2025 at 11:44 am By Dave Armstrong

[published in February 2011, 222 pages] [see full book and purchase information] *** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** The Holy Eucharist I. GENERAL / TRANSUBSTANTIATION II. JOHN, CHAPTER 6 IN PARTICULAR III. WINE AND GRAPE JUICE IV. DIALOGUES WITH PROTESTANTS The Sacrifice of the Mass V. CHURCH FATHERS AND PROTESTANT SCHOLARS VI. GENERAL / EUCHARISTIC ADORATION VII. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION VIII. PRIESTHOOD AND PRIESTS IX. THE IDOLATRY CHARGE Liturgical Issues X. TRIDENTINE MASS / “NEW” / PAULINE MASS XI. COMMUNION IN THE... Read more

Mary: The Blessed Virgin (Index Page)

Last updated on: May 1, 2025 at 11:48 am By Dave Armstrong

(September 2010, 189 pages) [see full book content and purchase info.] “La Virgen de los católicos”: ¿Muy al contrario de la Biblia? (Spanish translation by Lizette Sellar Moon: June 2017, 220 pages) [see full book content and purchase info.] *** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** I. GENERAL II. SINLESSNESS, IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, NEW EVE, AND THE ANNUNCIATION III. A SUPPOSED “SINFUL MARY” AND ALLEGED INSTANCES OF JESUS “REBUKING” OR “DISRESPECTING” HER IV. BODILY ASSUMPTION V. MOTHER OF GOD (THEOTOKOS) / SPOUSE OF... Read more

The Papacy and Infallibility (Index Page)

Last updated on: May 10, 2025 at 5:03 pm By Dave Armstrong

[published in March 2012, 150 pages] [see full book and purchase information] *** [Papal Encyclicals Online: fabulous resource: includes Kindle / Nook / ePub capability] *** Replies to Critiques of Pope Francis (Dave Armstrong) [242 of my own articles] *** Pope Francis Defended: Resources for Confused Folks [342 articles or videos from others] *** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** I. PETRINE AND ROMAN PRIMACY / ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL II. GENERAL PAPAL ECCLESIOLOGY III. PAPAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESSION IV. PETER THE... Read more

Ecumenism & Christian Unity (Index Page)

Last updated on: May 1, 2025 at 12:53 pm By Dave Armstrong

4th World Day of Prayer for Peace, Assisi (Italy), October 27, 2011 (photograph by Stephan Kölliker) [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] *** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** I. CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS II. EASTERN CATHOLICISM III. ANTI-PROTESTANTISM IV. INTER-RELIGIOUS / INTER-FAITH DIALOGUE V. SALVATION “OUTSIDE” THE CHURCH / RELIGIOUS LIBERTY VI. JEWS AND JUDAISM VII. ISLAM VIII. ATHEISM AND CHRISTIAN RELATIONS *** *** I. CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS * John Wesley’s Ecumenical Letter to Catholics in Dublin [Facebook, 1991]... Read more

Protestantism: Historic Persecution & Intolerance

Last updated on: May 1, 2025 at 1:19 pm By Dave Armstrong

Photograph by Hans [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] ***** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** I. INTRODUCTORY / OVERVIEW II. CATHOLIC MARTYRS OF THE ENGLISH “REFORMATION” III. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (ON THE CONTINENT) FOR HAVING DIFFERENT BELIEFS IV. PLUNDERING AND THEFT OF CATHOLIC CHURCH PROPERTIES V. OPPOSITION TO CO-EXISTENCE WITH CATHOLICS AND THE MASS (“ANTI-ECUMENISM”) VI. ANTI-CATHOLIC PENAL LAWS VII. ICONOCLASM (DESTRUCTION OF ART AS “IDOLATRY”) / EDUCATION VIII. PROTESTANT INTOLERANCE AND PERSECUTIONS IX. GERMAN PEASANTS’ REVOLT (1524-1525) *** *** I.... Read more

Anti-Catholicism (Index Page for Apologist Dave Armstrong)

Last updated on: May 1, 2025 at 1:08 pm By Dave Armstrong

TABLE OF CONTENTS *** I. JIM ANDERSON II. VICTOR ANDRADE III. DR. JOHN ANKERBERG AND DR. JOHN WELDON (BAPTIST) IV. DR. GREG BAHNSEN V. TODD BAKER VI. LUCAS BANZOLI VII. CHRIS BAYACK VIII. RICHARD BENNETT IX. BIBLE AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH X. GABRIEL BRASILEIRO XI. BART BREWER XII. JOHN BUGAY XIII. KEVIN CAULEY (CHURCH OF CHRIST) XIV. CHAT ROOM DEBATE CHALLENGE XV. JACK CHICK XVI. JASON ENGWER XVII. “EXCATHOLIC4CHRIST” (TOM)... Read more

Radical Catholic Reactionaries vs. Catholic Traditionalism

Last updated on: May 1, 2025 at 12:27 pm By Dave Armstrong

(December 2012, 205 pages) [see complete information and purchase options; this book will shortly be available for free online] *** Disclaimer I highly urge more mainstream “traditionalists” who read any of the papers listed below, to first read my paper: Definitions: Radical Catholic Reactionaries, Mainstream “Traditionalists,” and Supposed “Neo-Catholics” (Chapter One of my book, Mass Movements: Radical Catholic Reactionaries, the New Mass, and Ecumenism), and also my Introduction to this book, as well as my article, Radical Catholic Reactionaries: What... Read more

John Calvin: Catholic Appraisal (Index Page)

Last updated on: May 1, 2025 at 1:11 pm By Dave Armstrong

[book and purchase information] ***** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** I. CALVIN’S VIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HEADED BY THE POPE (AND OF LUTHERANISM) / ECCLESIOLOGY II. SECTARIANISM, CALVINISTS OF HIS DAY, TRADITION, RULE OF FAITH, AND SOLA SCRIPTURA III. PREDESTINATION / SUPRALAPSARIANISM / SOVEREIGNTY / ELECT / PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS / TOTAL DEPRAVITY IV. SOTERIOLOGY / SALVATION / GRACE / FAITH AND WORKS / SIN V. SACRAMENTS (ESP. BAPTISM AND THE EUCHARIST) AND SACRAMENTALS VI. MARIOLOGY VII. CHRISTOLOGY VIII.... Read more