Books by Dave Armstrong: “The Quotable Newman, Vol. II”

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:09 am By Dave Armstrong

[290 pages; completed on 26 August 2013 and published at Lulu on 27 August 2013] Purchase Information *** [PAPERBACK: $20.95] [KINDLE: 2.99] ** * Introduction * [see also the Introduction and Book Page for Vol. I] * While this volume continues the “work” of The Quotable Newman (Sophia Institute Press, 2012), it should be noted that most of the topics are different, though there is some overlap, too. Thus, “supplement” would more accurately describe the contents herein. * The first volume... Read more

“The Quotable Newman” (Vol. I, II): Complete Index of Correspondents

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 12:26 am By Dave Armstrong

Painting of Cardinal Newman (c. 1876), by Jane Fortescue Seymour, Lady Coleridge [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-20-13) *** The portion in regular black color below was part of my original 691-page manuscript, The Quotable Newman. That was trimmed down to 415 pages for the Sophia edition (Sophia decided not to include the Index, for space’ sake), leaving many of the citations for the second volume. I didn’t want all this work to go to waste, and decided to... Read more

Dave Armstrong’s Opinion on Michael Voris’ Outlook

Last updated on: May 27, 2017 at 4:16 pm By Dave Armstrong

Archangel Michael Hurls the Rebellious Angels into the Abyss (c. 1666), by Luca Giordano (1632-1705) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-12-13) *** Being an apologist is a lot like being an umpire: you always have folks disagreeing with you. I seem to be caught a bit in the middle here, so I’m-a-gonna splain a bit, if I could . . . A big stir was made a little while back about my softening somewhat with regard to my criticisms... Read more

Michael Voris & Historic Communion in the Hand (Standing)

Last updated on: May 27, 2017 at 4:17 pm By Dave Armstrong

St. Hripsime Church, Armenia; built in 618. Photograph by Travis K. Witt. [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] *** (8-8-13) *** You Tube video: “Thunder on the Right” (1 August 2013) *** Voris argues that communion in the hand, standing, has no historical basis whatever. What is so difficult about looking up a few things? Voris has formal theological education! There is no excuse for this sort of sloppy presentation. Full disclosure: I receive the Holy Eucharist on the tongue... Read more

Michael Voris’ Inexcusable Anti-Protestant Rhetoric

Last updated on: June 5, 2026 at 11:38 pm By Dave Armstrong

New England Protestant church. Photo by “donwhite84”. [public domain / Pixabay] *** (8-8-13) *** You Tube Video: “Phony Pat Robertson” (6 August 2013) *** I am as Catholic as any Catholic is. I wholeheartedly accept all that the Church teaches, and have devoted my life to defending Holy Mother Church (full-time for the last eleven years). No one can tar me as some sort of “liberal” in objecting to this video, or claim that I have “Protestant leftovers” in my... Read more

Traditionalist Concerns Over Labeling & Classifications

Last updated on: April 16, 2020 at 10:35 am By Dave Armstrong

. . . (Karl Keating’s Word Usage as a “Test Case”) [Pixabay / public domain] *** (8-8-13) *** On 3 August 2013, I changed my own use of terms of a certain category of Catholic on the “far right” from radtrad to the self-coined radical Catholic reactionary (“reactionary” for short). No label or descriptive title is perfect, including this one, and without question, in due course I’ll get a lot of criticism for it, just as I would for any other... Read more

Thoughts on the Discarded Term, “Radtrad”

Last updated on: April 16, 2020 at 10:25 am By Dave Armstrong

. . . (and on the Discussion About Ditching It, and Attacks on My Sincerity) The radical axis of two intersecting circles connects their two points of intersection. Image by “WillowW”. [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] Radical Catholic reactionaries intersect with the group of traditionalists a little, but are fundamentally a different group. *** (8-6-13) *** [As of 3 August 2013, I started using the self-coined term, radical Catholic reactionary instead of radtrad. But my reasoning (for the... Read more

Pope Francis & Pope Benedict XVI Refer to “Extreme Traditionalism”

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

Pope Benedict XVI during a visit to São Paulo, Brazil. Photo by Fabio Pozzebom, 10 May 2007. [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Brazil license] *** (8-5-13) *** I have recently decided to cease using the term radtrad in deference to the expressed wishes of mainstream “traditionalists” who are (in large numbers, we are told) offended by it, since they contend that it implicates all “traditionalists” and that radtrad implies a spectrum upon which both the radtrad and “traditionalist” sit. *** After thought and reflection... Read more

On the Use of “Traditionalist” Preceding the Name of “Catholic”

Last updated on: May 27, 2017 at 4:29 pm By Dave Armstrong

[public domain / Pixabay] *** (7-3-13) *** This took place on my Facebook page. “Boniface’s” words will be in blue. ***** I have stopped referring to myself as a traditionalist after being directed to a statement by Benedict XV saying that Catholics ought not to use those such labels. Excellent. Where did he say that? I’d like to see it. It is, moreover, Our will that Catholics should abstain from certain appellations which have recently been brought into use to... Read more

Critique of Three Michael Voris Statements on the State of the Church

Last updated on: May 27, 2017 at 4:31 pm By Dave Armstrong

Hiroshima after the nuclear bombing of August 1945 [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (7-3-13) *** Note: all italicized emphases in the original (verbal emphasis). Voris’ words, transcribed from the videos, will be in blue. My comments and critiques will be in black. *** The Whole Rotten Mess (21 June 2013) *** 4:20 The Catholic Church in the West: the establishment Catholic Church, no longer operates with the same set of first principles that we once did [sic]. The entire... Read more

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