Political, Ethical, & Moral Issues (Index Page)

Last updated on: May 6, 2025 at 10:41 am By Dave Armstrong

30 years of Solidarity (Polish trade union) mural in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski (priest Jerzy Popiełuszko in foreground); photograph by “Krugerr” (8-15-10) [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license] * ***** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** I. AMERICAN POLITICAL ISSUES: GENERAL II. AMERICAN POLITICAL ISSUES: SPECIFIC ISSUES III. BIBLICAL DATA ON HONORING POLITICAL LEADERS (KINGS, EMPERORS, AND BY EXTENSION, PRESIDENTS) IV. 2016 AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN V. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS VOTERS... Read more

Sexuality, Gender, Feminism, & Divorce (Index Page)

Last updated on: May 1, 2025 at 1:06 pm By Dave Armstrong

Image by “OpenClipArtVectors” [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] ***** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** I. SEXUALITY (GENERAL) II. PREMARITAL / EXTRAMARITAL SEX / COHABITATION III. RADICAL FEMINISM AND FEMALE “PRIESTS” IV. DEACONESSES V. MEN, WOMEN, MASCULINITY, FEMININITY, SEXISM, GENDER, MARRIAGE, FAMILY, PARENTING VI. DIVORCE VII. ANNULMENT VIII. HOMOSEXUALITY: GENERAL IX. HOMOSEXUALITY: DEBATES X. HOMOSEXUALITY: TEACHING OF THE BIBLE XI. HOMOSEXUALITY: HEALTH RISKS XII. HOMOSEXUALITY: SAME-SEX “MARRIAGE” XIII. TRANS IDEOLOGY / BATHROOM CONTROVERSIES XIV. MASTURBATION XV. CHILD TRAFFICKING AND SEX SLAVERY ***... Read more

Life Issues: Abortion, Contraception, War, Etc. (Index Page)

Last updated on: May 1, 2025 at 12:58 pm By Dave Armstrong

Nine-week human embryo (or seven weeks post ovulation). Photograph by Ed Uthman, 1 December 1999 [Wikimedia Commons / Creative CommonsAttribution 2.0 Generic license] ***** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** I. ABORTION AND INFANTICIDE: GENERAL II. THE BIBLE AND ABORTION III. ABORTION: THE TERMINOLOGY DEBATE IV. ABORTION AND AMERICAN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT V. PRO-LIFERS WHO VOTE FOR PRO-ABORTIONISTS / “NEW [CENTER-LEFT] PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT” VI. EUTHANASIA VII. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT VIII. CONTRACEPTION AND NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING (NFP): ONAN IX. CONTRACEPTION, PROCREATION,... Read more

Hell and the Devil / Last Things (Index Page)

Last updated on: May 1, 2025 at 11:46 am By Dave Armstrong

Gila National Forest, New Mexico (May 2012). Photo by Kari Greer [Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 license] ***** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** I. Hell and Sheol (Hades) / Damnation & Reprobation / Heretical Annihilationism II. Universalism / “Hoping All Will be Saved” III. The Devil (Satan) and Demons IV. Judgment / Second Coming V. Last Things (Eschatology) / Prophecies VI. Heaven / Souls (Theological Anthropology) / “Soul Sleep” / Resurrection VII. Limbo *** *** I. Hell and Sheol (Hades) / Damnation... Read more

Saints, Purgatory, & Penance (Index Page)

Last updated on: June 26, 2025 at 9:41 am By Dave Armstrong

(November 2024, 124 pages) [see full book and purchase information] ***** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** Communion of Saints I. GENERAL II. INVOCATION AND INTERCESSION OF SAINTS AND ANGELS III. VENERATION OF SAINTS AND ANGELS IV. VENERATION OF ICONS AND IMAGES (INCLUDING OF GOD) / STATUES / HOLY OBJECTS / HOLY DAYS V. RELICS Purgatory and Penance VI. PURGATORY AND SHEOL (HADES) VII. PRAYER AND PENANCE FOR THE DEAD VIII. PRAYER FOR THE DEAD: ST. PAUL AND ONESIPHORUS IX. SACRAMENT OF... Read more

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: July 21, 2025 at 11:54 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: July 18, 2025 at 10:08 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: July 1, 2025 at 11:57 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: July 16, 2025 at 10:09 am 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 [321 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