“Catholic” Notion of “Fittingness”: Quite Biblical!

Last updated on: July 25, 2023 at 11:52 am By Dave Armstrong

Protestant anti-Catholic polemicist Eric Svendsen, who fancies himself an expert on Catholic Mariology, wrote in his doctoral dissertation from 2000: Who is My Mother?: The Role and Status of the Mother of Jesus in the New Testament and in Roman Catholicism: Post-Tridentine Catholic theology “went so far as to develop arguments from ‘fittingness,’ . . . This “fittingness” argument is usually traced to Duns Scotus [c. 1265-1308]. Excesses such as this lent credibility to the Protestant charge that Catholics “divinized”... Read more

“The Star Went Before Them” (“The Word Set in Stone”)

Last updated on: July 24, 2023 at 5:22 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Retrograde Motion and the Phenomenological Language of the Bible Excerpt from my book, The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Science, and History Back Up the Bible (Catholic Answers Press: March 15, 2023, 271 page), pp. 182-187. Follow the link for lots of information about the book, including many free samples. ***** Now let’s examine Matthew 2:9: “the star which they had seen in the East went before them.” This refers (in context)to the wise men being in Jerusalem and... Read more

Mary, Not Jesus, is the Catholic “Savior”?

Last updated on: July 21, 2023 at 7:34 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Response to More Misrepresentation of St. Alphonsus de Liguori’s Book, The Glories of Mary Timothy F. Kauffman was raised Catholic, converted to Protestantism in 1990, and is now a Presbyterian (PCA). He has written, “I was saved out of Roman Catholicism, and into Christianity, . . . Roman Catholicism was out of accord with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” Timothy is author of the books, Quite Contrary: Biblical Reconsiderations of the Apparitions of Mary (1994), Graven Bread: The Papacy, the Apparitions of Mary, and the Worship of the Bread of the... Read more

Invocation of Saints: Jason Engwer Still Out to Sea

Last updated on: July 19, 2023 at 1:48 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Jason Engwer is a Protestant apologist who runs the site, Triablogue. He used to interact with me from 2002-2010 or so and then promptly stopped. I continue to critique his material, if I think there is educational value in doing so. Maybe one day he’ll decide to start dialoguing again, but if not, no skin off my back. I’ll continue to do what I’ve done these past [nearly] 33 years as a Catholic apologist. ***** I am responding to Jason’s... Read more

Secularization & Tolerance: Heart 2 Heart w Atheist

Last updated on: July 19, 2023 at 10:46 am By Dave Armstrong

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“axelbeingcivil” is a cordial atheist who is a biologist. I’ve enjoyed many good dialogues with him. This dialogue occurred after he responded in the combox of my article, 12 Ways God-Rejecters Murder, Attack, & Abuse Children (The Devil, Those Who Have Rejected God & Christianity, & the Radical Secularists Always Attack, Abuse, or Murder Children) [7-12-23]. His words will be in blue; words of Catholic Jim Dailey in green. ***** … Seriously? One word ain’t much of a counter-argument, is it? This... Read more

Sinless(?) Joseph, John the Baptist, Anne, & the Incarnation

Last updated on: July 18, 2023 at 4:47 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Timothy F. Kauffman was raised Catholic, converted to Protestantism in 1990, and is now a Presbyterian (PCA). He has written, “I was saved out of Roman Catholicism, and into Christianity, . . . Roman Catholicism was out of accord with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” Timothy is author of the books, Quite Contrary: Biblical Reconsiderations of the Apparitions of Mary (1994), Graven Bread: The Papacy, the Apparitions of Mary, and the Worship of the Bread of the Altar (1995), and is co-author with Robert M. Zins, of A Gospel Contrary!: A Study of... Read more

Bible on Imitating Saints (vs. T.F. Kauffman)

Last updated on: September 26, 2023 at 9:08 am By Dave Armstrong

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Catholics Think Mary is “Co-Creator”? (vs. T.F. Kauffman)

Last updated on: September 26, 2023 at 9:09 am By Dave Armstrong

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Refuting a Distortion of What St. Alphonsus de Liguori Actually Teaches in The Glories of Mary Timothy F. Kauffman was raised Catholic, converted to Protestantism in 1990, and is now a Presbyterian (PCA). He has written, “I was saved out of Roman Catholicism, and into Christianity, . . . Roman Catholicism was out of accord with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” Timothy is author of the books, Quite Contrary: Biblical Reconsiderations of the Apparitions of Mary (1994), Graven Bread: The Papacy, the Apparitions of Mary, and the Worship of the Bread... Read more

Is All Bowing Before Images “Idolatry”? (vs. T.F. Kauffman)

Last updated on: September 26, 2023 at 9:10 am By Dave Armstrong

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St. Ignatius, Bishops, & the Rule of Faith (vs. T.F. Kauffman)

Last updated on: July 15, 2023 at 11:46 am By Dave Armstrong

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