Reply to Anglican E. B. Pusey #3

Last updated on: January 29, 2025 at 8:33 pm By Dave Armstrong

Admirable Ecumenical Sentiments; Mary as Our “Hope” & “Refuge” & “Comfort”; Must We Always Know of Mary’s Co-Mediation? Edward Bouverie (E. B.) Pusey (1800-1882) was an English Anglican cleric, professor of Hebrew at Oxford University for more than fifty years, and author of many books. He was a leading figure in the Oxford Movement, along with St. John Henry Cardinal Newman and John Keble, an expert on patristics, and was involved in many theological and academic controversies. Pusey helped revive the doctrine of the Real Presence... Read more

Reputed Biblical Moral Difficulties & Internal Confusion

Last updated on: January 29, 2025 at 8:34 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Chapter 10 of my book (available for free online), Inspired!: 198 Supposed Biblical Contradictions Resolved. See the Introduction and ch. 1: How Do Atheists Define a “Biblical Contradiction”? All Bible passages RSV unless otherwise noted. ***** “Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being” (Gen. 2:7). Breath is central to the Genesis idea of life. In the verse above, “the... Read more

Reply to Anglican E. B. Pusey #2

Last updated on: January 29, 2025 at 8:34 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Mary’s Intercession Analogous to “The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects” (James 5:16) Edward Bouverie (E. B.) Pusey (1800-1882) was an English Anglican cleric, professor of Hebrew at Oxford University for more than fifty years, and author of many books. He was a leading figure in the Oxford Movement, along with St. John Henry Cardinal Newman and John Keble, an expert on patristics, and was involved in many theological and academic controversies. Pusey helped revive the doctrine of the Real Presence... Read more

Jason Engwer’s War Against Baptismal Regeneration in Acts

Last updated on: January 29, 2025 at 8:35 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Jason Engwer is a Protestant anti-Catholic apologist who runs the Tribalblogue site. I’ve critiqued his articles many many times (see his name on my Anti-Catholicism page), but he has refused to counter-reply since 2010 (having done so for the previous eight years). What else is new? So here goes “nothing” again . . . ***** I’m replying to Jason’s article, “The Prominence Of Sola Fide In Acts” (1-19-25). His words will be in blue. I use RSV for biblical citations.... Read more

Reply to Anglican E. B. Pusey #1

Last updated on: January 29, 2025 at 8:35 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Agreement on Ecumenism and Various Doctrines; Sola Scriptura Edward Bouverie (E. B.) Pusey (1800-1882) was an English Anglican cleric, professor of Hebrew at Oxford University for more than fifty years, and author of many books. He was a leading figure in the Oxford Movement, along with St. John Henry Cardinal Newman and John Keble, an expert on patristics, and was involved in many theological and academic controversies. Pusey helped revive the doctrine of the Real Presence in the Church... Read more

Vs. Lutheran Johann Hülsemann: Sanctification

Last updated on: January 18, 2025 at 6:49 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Johann Hülsemann (1602-1661) was a German Lutheran theologian and one of the most eminent Lutheran scholastics. In 1646 he became professor of theology at Leipzig, and served as pastor of St. Nicholas Church in town. He excelled in the field of systematic theology and during his lifetime many regarded him as the leader of German Lutheranism. I will be critiquing his book, Extensio brevarii theologiae [Extension of the Brevarium of Theology, 555 pages, Leipzig, 1655], which is available online in Latin. For translation I use Google Translate,... Read more

Vs. Lutheran Johann Hülsemann: Sola Scriptura

Last updated on: January 18, 2025 at 6:49 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Johann Hülsemann (1602-1661) was a German Lutheran theologian and one of the most eminent Lutheran scholastics. In 1646 he became professor of theology at Leipzig, and served as pastor of St. Nicholas Church in town. He was excellent in the field of systematic theology, and during his lifetime many regarded him as the leader of German Lutheranism. I will be critiquing many parts of his book, Extensio brevarii theologiae [Extension of the Brevarium of Theology, 555 pages, Leipzig, 1655], which is available... Read more

Reply to Lutheran Johann Gerhard (1582-1637) #2

Last updated on: January 9, 2025 at 5:18 pm By Dave Armstrong

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De Fide Dogma on Communion in One Species Only; Theological Discord; Sola Scriptura Many Lutheran scholars and apologists consider Johann Gerhard (1582-1637), a Protestant scholastic, to be the most knowledgeable Lutheran apologist in history. What’s particularly notable about him is that he actually directly interacted with the best Catholic apologetics and theological sources (such as St. Robert Bellarmine: 1542-1621). According to the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article on Gerhard, he was “regarded as the greatest living theologian of Protestant Germany.” And it described his multi-volume book,... Read more

Reply to Lutheran Johann Gerhard (1582-1637) #1

Last updated on: January 9, 2025 at 12:53 am By Dave Armstrong

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Ecclesial Infallibility; Trent: Protestants Are Regenerated Christians By Virtue of Baptism; Total Clearness of Scripture?; St. Bernard & the Catholic Church on Meritorious Works Lutheran scholars and apologists widely consider Johann Gerhard (1582-1637), a Protestant scholastic, to be the most knowledgeable Lutheran apologist in history. What’s particularly notable about him is that he actually directly interacted with the best Catholic apologetics and theological sources (such as St. Robert Bellarmine: 1542-1621). According to the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article on Gerhard, he... Read more

601+ Bible Passages Disprove Sola Scriptura

Last updated on: January 13, 2025 at 6:11 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Featuring an Emphasis on the Scriptural Data Regarding the Strong Influence of Jewish Tradition in Early Christianity The material below was partially derived from a withdrawn book of mine, entitled 501 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura: Is the Bible the Only Infallible Authority? (2009). I wrote it as a direct result of a Protestant claiming that there were no arguments against sola Scriptura in the Bible (!). It was condensed and modified into my book, 100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura... Read more