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Catholic Church Fathers: Patristic and Scholarly Proofs<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe historical case for Catholicism becomes stronger as the accumulation of patristic evidence piles up.\u201d Dave Armstrong\u2019s 284-page patristic case across seven doctrines \u2014 Bible and Tradition, justification, the Eucharist, Purgatory, the saints, Mary, and the papacy \u2014 with the Protestant scholarly works that corroborate every reading.<\/p>\n

(284 pages; completed in November 2007; published by Lulu in November 2007; revised with new title, typesetting, slight rearrangement of the chapters, new front and back covers, and a dollar off the list price, on 28 August 2013)<\/p>\n

[Old title: The Church Fathers Were Catholic: Patristic Evidences for Catholicism<\/i>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n