Luther, Calvin, & Melanchthon Wax Geocentric, Oppose Copernicus

Last updated on: June 2, 2017 at 4:24 pm By Dave Armstrong

NASA photograph of the earth from 22,000 miles away (10-17-00) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (2-5-09) ***** Martin Luther [From Conversations With Luther: Selections From Recently Published Sources of the Table Talk, translated and edited by Preserved Smith and Herbert Percival Gallinger, New York: The Pilgrim Press, 1915 (link to Google Reader)] Then Luther spoke concerning the threefold movement of the heavens: “The first is the primary motion, of great swiftness, which is perhaps caused by an angel; in... Read more

Sola Scriptura Debate (vs. Evangelical Pastor C. Michael Patton)

Last updated on: June 2, 2017 at 4:27 pm By Dave Armstrong

Image from a You Tube presentation on Sola Scriptura and the Five Solas (10-5-14), by Pastor Andrew Coleman of Sheridan Hills Baptist Church [Creative Commons license for reuse] *** This series of replies will respond to a lengthy, multiple-post defense of sola Scriptura, written by C. Michael Patton, on the blog Parchment and Pen. He describes himself as an “historic evangelical.” He is not an anti-Catholic (which is one major reason why I am taking a considerable amount of time... Read more

Books by Dave Armstrong: “The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton”

Last updated on: November 30, 2023 at 3:21 pm By Dave Armstrong

” . . . The Very Best Quotes, Quips, & Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton“ (completed on 10 October 2008; published in December 2009 by Saint Benedict Press) *** [cover art by Christopher J. Pelicano] *** — To purchase, go to the bottom of the page — *** TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication [p. v] Introduction [p. ix] Chesterton Aphorisms (By Alphabetical Topic) [p. 1] Bibliography of Sources By Abbreviations [p. 361] Bibliography of Sources in Chronological Order... Read more

Mary’s Perpetual Virginity “In Partu” (a Miraculous, Non-Natural Childbirth)

Last updated on: June 2, 2017 at 4:38 pm By Dave Armstrong

It’s a Binding Catholic Dogma The Adoration of the Shepherds (1622), by Gerard van Honthorst (1590-1656) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (9-24-08; expanded — after the asterisks — on 9-21-15; very slightly revised with top note added, on 3-9-17) * * * * * [Note of 3-9-17: My friend Ryan Grant has argued that this opinion is properly classified as sententia certa: defined by Dr. Ludwig Ott as follows: “A Teaching Pertaining to Faith, i.e., theologically certain (sententia ad... Read more

Books by Dave Armstrong: “Martin Luther: Catholic Critical Analysis & Praise”

Last updated on: November 30, 2023 at 3:48 pm By Dave Armstrong

[completed on 17 April 2008; published by Lulu on the same day] *** — To purchase, go to the bottom of the page — *** [Lulu cover designed by Dave Armstrong] *** TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication (p. 3) Introduction (p. 5) [available online] PART ONE: CRITICISM *** 1. Was Martin Luther a “Revolutionary” Who Had Many Fundamental Disagreements With the Catholic Church? (p. 11) 2. Martin Luther’s Extraordinary (and Arbitrary) Claims Regarding His Own Authority (p. 39) 3. Martin... Read more

Intro. to “Martin Luther: Catholic Critical Analysis and Praise”

Last updated on: June 2, 2017 at 4:43 pm By Dave Armstrong

*** (4-17-08) *** The question always arises with regard to a work such as this, written from a Catholic perspective: why write about Martin Luther at all? Such an endeavor is viewed in many quarters as “stirring up a hornet’s nest” or as an unnecessary provoking of undesirable tension between Christians. Life is tough enough without further quarreling, we are told. We are supposed to be beyond all that, seeing that this is an “enlightened” age of tolerance and ecumenism.... Read more

Richard Dawkins and the “Religion vs. Science” Mentality

Last updated on: June 2, 2017 at 4:54 pm By Dave Armstrong

+ Galileo Redux British atheist biologist Richard Dawkins (b. 1941) at the 35th American Atheists Convention (4-10-09). Photo by Marty Stone [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license] *** (3-20-08) *** A Catholic commented in a thread devoted to a post of mine regarding Galileo: I think the Church would not get into these types of situations or be the cause for such questions if she would stick to religion and religious topics and leave science to scientists. I replied: But you... Read more

Adam and Eve, Cain, Abel, and Noah: Historical Figures

Last updated on: June 2, 2017 at 4:56 pm By Dave Armstrong

Noah’s Sacrifice (1847-1853), by Daniel Maclise (1811-1870) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (2-20-08) *** On the Coming Home Network board where I moderate, one of the members told of a horror story where a person who was leading a Bible study taught that Abraham was “the first character in the Bible that we [Catholics] believe actually existed” and that “Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Noah, etc. may simply have been literary devices.” Here is my reply: * * * *... Read more

Primary Sources: Not Always Necessary in Historiography

Last updated on: June 2, 2017 at 5:07 pm By Dave Armstrong

Photo by Camilo Rueda López (1-28-08) [Flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0 license] *** (1-8-08) ***** Dr. Warren Carroll (Ph.D., Columbia University; founder of Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia), is author of the four-volume History of Christendom (Front Royal, Virginia: Christendom Press, 1985 –), among many other titles. In the first volume, The Founding of Christendom, he states, in the Introduction (p. 11): The majority of citations in these notes refer to secondary sources — that is, to the work... Read more

Jews, Judaism, and the Old Testament (Index Page)

Last updated on: June 20, 2025 at 11:15 am By Dave Armstrong

Footsteps that Echo Forever: My Holy Land Pilgrimage(Nov. 2014, 165 pages) [click on the book title for book and purchase info.] [cover photograph taken by Margie Prox Sindelar in Caesarea Philippi (Mt 16), on 23 October 2014] ***** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** I. DIALOGUES WITH JEWISH APOLOGIST MICHAEL J. ALTER ON JESUS’ RESURRECTION AND ALLEGED NEW TESTAMENT “CONTRADICTIONS” II. THE MESSIAH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT III. RELATIONSHIP OF OLD AND NEW COVENANTS / JEWS AND CHRISTIANS / DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINE: JUDAISM TO... Read more