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Dedication<\/span>
\nIntroduction<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\n<\/span>I <\/span> Sola Scriptura<\/i>: The Bible as Ultimate Authority<\/span>
\nII <\/span> Doctrinal Diversity and the Invisible Church<\/span>
\nIII<\/span> The \u201cPure\u201d Church, Devoid of Sinners<\/span>
\nIV<\/span> Private Judgment<\/span>
\nV <\/span> Church History<\/span>
\nVI<\/span> The Perspicuity (Clearness) of Scripture<\/span>
\nVII<\/span> Predestination, Calvinism, and Arminianism<\/span>
\nVIII<\/span> \u201cDead\u201d Catholics and Rituals, Etc.<\/span>
\nIX<\/span> Martin Luther and Protestant Origins<\/span>
\nX<\/span> Faith and Works <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Appendix 1<\/span> John Calvin on Protestant Divisions<\/span>
\nAppendix 2<\/span> The Agony of Luther, Melanchthon, and<\/span>
\nBucer Over the State of Early Protestantism<\/span>
\nAppendix 3 <\/span>Luther\u2019s Assertions of His Own Authority<\/span>
\nAppendix 4<\/span> Erasmus on Luther and Protestantism, and<\/span>
\nLuther on Erasmus<\/span>
\nAppendix 5<\/span> John Henry Newman on Protestantism <\/span><\/p>\n

Apostolical Tradition<\/i>, 1836<\/span>
\nOn the Abuse of Private Judgment<\/i>, 1837<\/span>
\nPrivate Judgment<\/i>, 1841<\/span>
\nSt. Athanasius\u2019 Rule of Faith<\/i>, 1844<\/span>
\nFaith and Private Judgment<\/i>, 1849<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The numbered structural format of this book is modeled after the classic work by the French mathematician, physicist, and Catholic apologist Blaise Pascal, Pensees <\/i>(\u201cthoughts\u201d \u2013 1662). My intention is to critique various aspects of Protestantism, in the manner of \u201csayings\u201d (272 total) \u2013 a literary technique used to great effect by our Lord Jesus Christ, St. Francis of Assisi, Confucius, Martin Luther, and Socrates, among many others. The generalizations used in this method are not meant to imply that there are no\u201dexceptions to the rule.\u201d They are simply broad observations of Protestant ideas and tendencies.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

My intention is not to insult or to excite needless quarreling. This material is not meant to be an attack on the merit and personal character of present-day Protestants, but rather a very straightforward and critical examination of various aspects of Protestant theology and the formal principles of Protestantism, as well as some of its negative tendencies in practice.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wish to emphasize that I have much respect for many, many Protestants, and the great deal of truth and noble, praiseworthy goals and aspects of their beliefs. This is a loving (if vigorous) \u201cin-house\u201d critique from a brother in the Lord, not a \u201chit piece\u201d by an \u201cenemy.\u201d I was, after all, a Protestant for the first thirty-two years of my life, and I fondly remember that time.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Deep feelings of partisanship and allegiance are, of course, present in all seriously committed Christians. I only ask the Protestant reader to accept my good faith and to believe that I bear no ill will towards non-Catholics in general. I simply \u2013 as a Catholic \u2013 disagree with some things. I hope that I can be received as an honestly critical \u201cfriend\u201d and fellow Christian, albeit across a rather large and unfortunate chasm.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

True ecumenism, to which I am passionately committed, does not \u201cpaper over\u201d profound disagreements in a delirious, \u201cwarm fuzzy\u201d atmosphere of self-deluded bliss. Rather, the profundity of authentic ecumenism is fellowship <\/span>despite<\/i> major differences, in a special and delightful environment of mutual respect. I maintain a deep love and respect for my \u201cseparated\u201d Christian brethren. And I offer these reflections in that spirit.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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13. The Bible doesn\u2019t teach that it is the final authority in Christianity, in terms of it being in opposition<\/i> to apostolic Tradition and the Church. All the teachings of the Bible are true, and Catholics (and Orthodox) affirm them. It is the unnecessary, unscriptural, and illogical step from these affirmations to the proposition of sola Scriptura<\/i> with which we disagree, since the Bible itself speaks explicitly of both a true divine, \u201creceived\u201d Tradition and of the binding authority of the universal, institutional Church, and the very canon (the \u201cstuff\u201d) of the Bible was authoritatively determined by the Church. Therefore, the three interrelated concepts cannot be separated, any more than can the three dimensions of a cube, even in a hypothetical scenario in which all we had for \u201cdata\u201d was the Bible.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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51. I think God cares enough about doctrinal truth to guarantee its continued existence in some incarnated Body of Christ, through history. I don\u2019t think God is a doctrinal relativist, enthralled with doctrinal \u201cdiversity.\u201d That is pure liberalism. It\u2019s one thing to have honest differences that we work through as Christians; quite another to start saying that such differences are normative, to be expected, and actually condoned by both Scripture and the early Church.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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102. To entirely blot out sin, God would have had to prevent the fall itself, and start the human race all over. Once sin is allowed into human existence, then there will be corrupt popes, just as there were corrupt Bible-writers (Peter, Paul, David, Moses: a betrayer, three murderers and an adulterer).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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113. It is said that those who convert to Catholicism based on historical considerations interpret Church history for themselves as they go through the process of conversion. To an extent this is true, but no more (in essence) than the Fathers when they said \u201cthe Church has always taught thus-and-so, and if you deny that you are a heretic.\u201d It is an acceptance of a certain set of teachings that has been passed down through history (and can be verified), as opposed to determining what one will believe about doctrines x,y,z, as if that were permissible, given the history of doctrine. The convert is accepting what has been passed to the Church and them, not making up their own mind at every turn. We don\u2019t reinvent the wheel every generation in the Church.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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150. One can readily accept the distinctions among early Protestants (Anabaptist vs. Reformed\/Lutheran), and acknowledge that the former were much more anarchical from the start, whereas the latter maintained some semblance of Tradition and apostolic continuity (albeit \u201cskeletal\u201d from our vantage-point). On the other hand, we can also maintain (as I strongly do) that the principles which made rampant sectarianism historically inevitable (perspicuity, private judgment, absolute supremacy of the conscience, sola Scriptura<\/i>, a certain anti-sacerdotal and anti-episcopal bent, iconoclasm, philosophical nominalism, etc.), were indeed consciously present from the beginning and can be regarded as initial causes for the later history.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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158. By and large, Catholics think the Scriptures are clear, yet need a binding interpreter in the end, and that the Fathers are largely clear, but need a Church and councils to determine where they are wrong in particulars. Many Protestants, on the other hand, seem to think that the Fathers are very unclear, and the Scriptures very clear, without a need for a binding Church authority. Yet they can\u2019t come to an agreement.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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184. Calvinists say it is the human\u2019s fault that he is damned by God from all eternity, and it is grace and mercy for God to save any from such a horrible fate, since they are all in the same boat. So which is worse (or more plausible): a human\u2019s fault that he is damned, while his friend can go to heaven, neither having any choice in the matter at all, or a human\u2019s fault that he doesn\u2019t choose (by God\u2019s grace) to accept the grace God freely offers to all? God cannot cause evil, and fallen man cannot save himself.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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