Reply to Hays’ “Catholicism” #5

Last updated on: May 16, 2023 at 6:45 pm By Dave Armstrong

Our Lady of Fatima The late Steve Hays (1959-2020) was a Calvinist (and anti-Catholic) apologist, who was very active on his blog, called Triablogue (now continued by Jason Engwer). His 695-page self-published book, Catholicism — a collection of articles from his site — has graciously been made available for free. On 9 September 2006, knowing full well my history of being condemned and vilified by other anti-Catholics (and his buddies) like James White, Eric Svendsen, and James Swan, Hays was quite — almost... Read more

Reply to Hays’ “Catholicism” #4

Last updated on: May 16, 2023 at 9:46 am By Dave Armstrong

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Miracle of the Sun at Fatima The late Steve Hays (1959-2020) was a Calvinist (and anti-Catholic) apologist, who was very active on his blog, called Triablogue (now continued by Jason Engwer). His 695-page self-published book, Catholicism — a collection of articles from his site — has graciously been made available for free. On 9 September 2006, knowing full well my history of being condemned and vilified by other anti-Catholics (and his buddies) like James White, Eric Svendsen, and James Swan, Hays was quite... Read more

Reply to Hays’ “Catholicism” #3

Last updated on: May 15, 2023 at 10:25 am By Dave Armstrong

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Catholic Miracles Unfairly Criticized & Biblically Defended; St. Padre Pio; St. Joseph Cupertino The late Steve Hays (1959-2020) was a Calvinist (and anti-Catholic) apologist, who was very active on his blog, called Triablogue (now continued by Jason Engwer). His 695-page self-published book, Catholicism — a collection of articles from his site — has graciously been made available for free. On 9 September 2006, knowing full well my history of being condemned and vilified by other anti-Catholics (and his buddies) like James White, Eric... Read more

Reply to Hays’ “Catholicism” #2

Last updated on: May 14, 2023 at 3:51 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Asking Patron Saints to Intercede; Miracles Among Catholics & Protestants The late Steve Hays (1959-2020) was a Calvinist (and anti-Catholic) writer, who was very active on his blog, called Triablogue (now continued by Jason Engwer). His 695-page self-published book, Catholicism — which appears to simply be a collection of his articles on his site — has graciously been made available there for free. This is one of many planned critiques of that book. Rather than list them all in individual sections, interested readers are directed to the “Steve... Read more

Reply to Hays’ “Catholicism” #1

Last updated on: May 14, 2023 at 3:52 pm By Dave Armstrong

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6-10,000-Year-Old Universe (?); “Myths” in Genesis; Straw Men; Protestant Scholarly “Authorities”; Exorcism; Symbolic Interpretation of Scripture The late Steve Hays (1959-2020) was a Calvinist (and anti-Catholic) writer, who was very active on his blog, called Triablogue (now continued by Jason Engwer). His 695-page self-published book, Catholicism — which appears to simply be a collection of his articles on his site — has graciously been made available there for free. This is one of many planned critiques of that book. Rather than... Read more

Bp. Butler’s Refutation of Anti-Catholic George Salmon, Pt. 3

Last updated on: May 12, 2023 at 10:27 am By Dave Armstrong

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Gallicanism, Ultramontanism, and Petrine Primacy in the New Testament The book, The Infallibility of the Church (1888) by Anglican anti-Catholic polemicist George Salmon (1819-1904), may be one of the most extensive and detailed — as well as influential — critiques of the Catholic Church ever written. But, as usual with these sorts of works, it’s abominably argued and relentlessly ignorant and/or dishonest, as the critiques listed below amply demonstrate and document. * The most influential and effective anti-Catholic Protestant polemicist today, “Dr” [???] James White, cites Salmon... Read more

Ten New Testament Archaeological Confirmations

Last updated on: May 11, 2023 at 2:52 pm By Dave Armstrong

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1) Romans 16:23 (RSV) . . . Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you. (cf. Acts 19:22; 2 Tim. 4:20) In 1929, a gray slab of limestone was found in Corinth, near the theater. Separate pieces of the same inscription were discovered in 1928 and 1947 in other areas of the theater. The inscription reads: “Erastus in return for his aedileship laid (the pavement) at his own expense.” Related evidences in the same excavation revealed that this... Read more

Biblical Hebrew Names with an Egyptian Etymology

Last updated on: May 9, 2023 at 12:29 pm By Dave Armstrong

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This is a counter-argument to those who believe that the Hebrews / nation of Israel never spent time in Egypt in bondage. The presence of so many Egyptian names among prominent figures in the Bible (among many other demonstrable parallels) suggests quite the contrary. Eleven such names in the Torah (first five books of the Bible) and six outside of it in the Hebrew Bible can be identified as definitely or likely, plausibly Egyptian. In the Torah Aaron The origin... Read more

Did the Hebrews Cross the Red Sea or the “Reed Sea”?

Last updated on: May 9, 2023 at 9:25 am By Dave Armstrong

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And Which Specific Body of Water Did They Cross, According to the Combined Deductions and Determinations of the Bible and Archaeology? Egyptologist James K. Hoffmeier sets the background for the discussion: Some passages call the sea in question simply “the sea” (hayyam) (Exod. 14:2, 9, 16, 21, 23; 15:1-4; Num. 33:8; Ps. 78:13). In other texts, yam sup is used in the Hebrew (MT) [Masoretic Text] of Exodus 13:18; 15:4b, 22; Joshua 2:10; 4:23; Psalm 136:13, 15. Sup clearly means... Read more

Manna: Possibly a Natural Phenomenon?

Last updated on: May 5, 2023 at 6:24 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Exodus 16:14-15, 21, 31 (RSV) And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as hoarfrost on the ground. When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat. . . . when the sun grew hot, it melted.... Read more