Books by Dave Armstrong: “Mere Christian Apologetics”

Last updated on: November 30, 2023 at 3:57 pm By Dave Armstrong

[completed in September 2002; published by Lulu in August 2007] —– To purchase, go to the bottom of the page —– [Cover design by Chad Toney] Intended as “general Christian reading” — no Catholic distinctives presented Table of Contents [chapters 6, 7, and 10 are hyper-linked and can be read online. Some differences exist in the final book edit] * Dedication Introduction [below] Chapter One: Why Believe in Christianity? Chapter Two: Why Believe the Bible?: Archaeological, Prophetic, and Manuscript... Read more

Books by Dave Armstrong: “Development of Catholic Doctrine”

Last updated on: November 30, 2023 at 3:41 pm By Dave Armstrong

“. . . Evolution, Revolution, or an Organic Process?“ (completed in June 2002; published by Lulu in May 2007) *** —– To purchase, go to the bottom of the page —– [Cover design by Chad Toney] Table of Contents [Chapter Four is hyper-linked and can be read online. Some differences exist in the final edit of the book] Dedication Chapter One: An Overview of Development of Doctrine: Is it a Corruption of Biblical Teaching? Chapter Two: Vatican II and the... Read more

Books by Dave Armstrong: “Bible Conversations”

Last updated on: November 30, 2023 at 3:28 pm By Dave Armstrong

“. . . Catholic-Protestant Dialogues on the Bible, Tradition, and Salvation“ (completed in June 2002; published by Lulu in May 2007) —– To purchase, go to the bottom of the page —– [Cover design by Chad Toney] Table of Contents Dedication Introduction [read below] The Bible Chapter 1: The Premises of Sola Scriptura Chapter 2: Is the Bible the Ultimate Rule of Faith? Chapter 3: Does the Bible Clearly Teach That it is Clear? Chapter 4: The Perspicuity (Clarity)... Read more

Books by Dave Armstrong: “More Biblical Evidence for Catholicism”

Last updated on: November 30, 2023 at 3:37 pm By Dave Armstrong

[published in February 2002 by AuthorHouse and in May 2007 by Lulu] —– To purchase, go to the bottom of the page —– [Cover design by Chad Toney] Table of Contents [two chapters (or portions) are hyper-linked (blue or brown) and can be read online. Some differences in the final book edit exist. ] Dedication Foreword: Dr. Scott Hahn [below] Introduction [below] Chapter One: Biblical Indications as to the Definition of the Gospel and the Nature of Sacramentalism Chapter Two: Fictional... Read more

Books by Dave Armstrong: “A Biblical Defense of Catholicism”

Last updated on: November 30, 2023 at 2:59 pm By Dave Armstrong

[297 pages; completed in May 1996. Published in October 2001 by AuthorHouse and in June 2003 by Sophia Institute Press; cover illustration and design by Theodore Schluenderfritz] —– To purchase, go to the bottom of the page —– Table of Contents [you can read the hyper-linked portions below online, as sample material. The Sophia Institute edition is slightly different] Dedication Acknowledgements Foreword: Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J [read below] Introduction [read below] 1. Bible and Tradition: Maintain the Traditions... Read more

Dave Armstrong: “Reflections on Radical Catholic Reactionaries”

Last updated on: November 30, 2023 at 3:47 pm By Dave Armstrong

(145 pages; first edition completed in December 2002; published by Lulu in April 2007; revised second edition with a new title and new front and back covers completed on 17 August 2013, and published at Lulu on the same day) *** [slightly revised again in November 2023 (mostly terminology) in order to prepare the totally FREE online version; follow the links below to read each portion] *** [former title: Pensées on Catholic Traditionalism] *** Front cover photograph: Newcastle Upon Tyne:... Read more

Books by Dave Armstrong: “Orthodoxy and Catholicism: A Comparison”

Last updated on: November 30, 2023 at 3:40 pm By Dave Armstrong

(Third Edition, 2015) [First Edition completed in July 2004; published by Lulu in August 2007; Third Edition (heavily revised), with additional contributions from Eastern Catholic Fr. Daniel Dozier, was completed in July 2015; 335 pages] —– To purchase, go to the bottom of the page —– Front cover design by Fr. Daniel Dozier Back cover design by Chad Toney My Book, Orthodoxy and Catholicism: A Comparison, to be Read by Bishops and Priests in the Czech Republic *** Descriptive Blurb... Read more

Martin Luther’s Mariology (Particularly the Immaculate Conception)

Last updated on: June 3, 2017 at 12:18 pm By Dave Armstrong

The Madonna in Sorrow, by Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato (1609-1685) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** [originally uploaded on 24 April 2003. Re-edited, with numerous additions and subject headings added: 26 April 2003; major revision: 7 April 2008] ** Martin Luther’s words will be in green. *** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** I. Overview of Catholic and Protestant Treatment of Luther’s Mariology II. Have Catholic Apologists Exaggerated the Mariology of Luther and Other Early Protestant Leaders? III. Lutheran Scholar Arthur... Read more

Did St. Thomas Aquinas Accept Astrology?

Last updated on: June 3, 2017 at 12:20 pm By Dave Armstrong

Portrait (c. 1400) by Gentile da Fabriano (1370-1427) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (5-30-06) *** A link to a portion of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica, called, Whether divination by the stars is unlawful?, was posted on this blog, in comments. This troubled “Paul D.C.” and he wrote: I was unsettled by what I found there. I am a Catholic convert and mathematician, who has been “hung up” about my past obsessive interest in astrology. I do know about... Read more

Science vs. Religion? 16th-17th Century Astronomers Loved Astrology

Last updated on: April 15, 2019 at 10:52 am By Dave Armstrong

Tycho Brahe (1546-1601): brilliant astronomer and also a geocentrist and astrologer [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (5-25-06) *** [See Part Two, where I document this acceptance] * * * * * I love this particular subject matter (beyond my keen interest in the whole science and religion discussion) because I especially enjoy (as an apologist) doing the following two things: 1) demolishing historical or philosophical or theological or exegetical myths and errors, and: 2) documenting that the actual truth of... Read more