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\u2190 All Books by Dave Armstrong<\/a> \u00a0\/\u00a0 Catholic Theology and Apologetics: Various Single Topics<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201cThe Catholic Mary\u201d: Quite Contrary to the Bible?<\/div>\n

Dave Armstrong \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 Oct. 2010; 189 pages<\/div>\n

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Dave Armstrong\u2019s case that the \u201cCatholic\u201d Mary and the \u201cbiblical\u201d Mary are one and the same. Twenty-one chapters defending every Marian doctrine Protestants single out \u2014 the Immaculate Conception, the Assumption, perpetual virginity, the Rosary, Mary as Mediatrix, and the \u201cflowery\u201d devotional traditions like Louis de Montfort and Liguori.<\/p>\n