{"id":99620,"date":"2026-06-05T11:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?page_id=99620"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:53:23","slug":"the-bible-tells-me-so-a-catholic-apologist-challenges-protestants-with-scripture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/books-by-dave-armstrong\/the-bible-tells-me-so-a-catholic-apologist-challenges-protestants-with-scripture","title":{"rendered":"The Bible Tells Me So: A Catholic Apologist Challenges Protestants with Scripture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
\u2190 All Books by Dave Armstrong<\/a> \u00a0\/\u00a0 Sola Scriptura, the Bible, and the Authority of the Catholic Church<\/span><\/div>\n
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The Bible Tells Me So: A Catholic Apologist Challenges Protestants with Scripture<\/div>\n
Dave Armstrong \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 Jan. 2019, 161 pages<\/div>\n
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ABOUT THIS BOOK<\/div>\n
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[originally a pamphlet, published by Chorabooks: 5 August 2016; greatly expanded to thirty chapters and published in a revised 161-page edition on 10 January 2019]<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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INTRODUCTION<\/div>\n
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Veteran Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong (author of 49 books, including the bestsellers, A Biblical Defense of Catholicism<\/em><\/a>, The One-Minute Apologist<\/em><\/a>, The New Catholic Answer Bible<\/em><\/a>, and The Catholic Verses<\/em><\/a>) tackles the hottest issue in Catholic-Protestant apologetics discussion: the relationship of the Bible to sacred tradition and the Church. Indeed, Dave\u2019s specialty in his 25 years of Catholic apologetics, has been \u201cbiblical evidence for Catholicism\u201d (the name of his popular blog).<\/p>\n

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In thirty succinct, right-to-the-point chapters, he addresses questions such as the Catholic Church\u2019s approach to the Bible through the centuries, the Bible\u2019s \u201cperspicuity\u201d (i.e., alleged self-evident clearness in the main), the seven deuterocanonical or so-called \u201capocryphal\u201d books, Catholics and Bible-reading, the alleged necessity of explicit biblical \u201cproof texts\u201d, aspects of the interpretation of Scripture, the question of whether the Catholic Church views itself as \u201cabove\u201d the Bible, and the Protestant rule of faith, known as sola Scriptura<\/em> or \u201cScripture Alone\u201d (as the final infallible authority in theology), along with many more Bible-related topics.<\/p>\n

The book serves as a helpful and handy clarification for Catholics who need to better learn their own Church\u2019s teaching, in order to confidently reply to Protestant challenges, and for Protestants who may be misinformed regarding the Catholic Church\u2019s true opinions about Holy Scripture. In the final analysis, it is happily demonstrated that the two sides have far more in common in this regard, than disagreement.<\/p>\n

Chapters <\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Fictional Dialogue on Scripture Alone<\/p>\n

2. Tradition is Not a \u201cDirty Word\u201d; it\u2019s a Great Gift!<\/p>\n

3. Must Every Doctrine Have Explicit<\/em> Proof in the Bible?<\/p>\n

4. The Perspicuity (Clarity) of Holy Scripture<\/p>\n

5. Ten-Point Biblical Refutation of Sola Scriptura<\/em><\/p>\n

6. Does the Catholic Church Claim to be \u201cAbove\u201d the Bible and Its \u201cCreator\u201d?<\/p>\n

7. \u201cWhy Don\u2019t Catholics Read Their Bibles?\u201d<\/p>\n

8. Did Luther Rescue the Bible in German from Utter Obscurity?<\/p>\n

9. Has the Catholic Church Historically Been an \u201cEnemy\u201d of the Bible?<\/p>\n

10. Are All the Books in the Bible Self-Evidently Inspired?<\/p>\n

11. Sola Scriptura<\/em>, the Old Testament, and Ancient Jewish Practice<\/p>\n

12. St. Paul\u2019s Word Selection vs. Sola Scriptura<\/em><\/p>\n

13. Sola Scriptura<\/em>, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, and \u201cMan of God\u201d<\/p>\n

14. 1 Timothy 3:15: Sola Scriptura<\/em> or Visible Church Authority?<\/p>\n

15. Reply to William Whitaker\u2019s Sola Scriptura<\/em> Arguments<\/p>\n

16. Catholic Bible Interpretation: Debunking the Myths<\/p>\n

17. Why Do Catholic Bibles Have Seven More Books?<\/p>\n

18. Scripture Alone Cannot Establish the Biblical Canon<\/p>\n

19. New Testament Canon as a \u201cLate\u201d Doctrine (Protestant Difficulties)<\/p>\n

20. St. Augustine\u2019s Position on Bible and Tradition Documented<\/p>\n

21. Did St. Athanasius Believe in Sola Scriptura<\/i>?<\/p>\n

22. Martin Luther\u2019s Remarkably \u201cPro-Tradition\u201d Strain of Thought<\/p>\n

23. Arbitrary Bias in the NIV Bible Translation Against \u201cTradition\u201d<\/p>\n

24. Sola Scriptura<\/em> is Logically Circular<\/p>\n

25. Apostolic Succession as Seen in the Jerusalem Council<\/p>\n

26. C. S. Lewis vs. St. Paul Regarding Future Binding Church Authority<\/p>\n

27. Mass Baptisms in Acts and Infallible, Binding Church Doctrine<\/p>\n

28. The Analogy of an Infallible Bible to an Infallible Church<\/p>\n

29. Catholic Binding Authority and Old Testament Analogies<\/p>\n

30. Biblical Arguments for Apostolic Succession<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n

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