{"id":185,"date":"2013-10-29T15:09:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2013\/10\/books-by-dave-armstrong-debating-james-white-shocking-failures-of-the-undefeatable-anti-catholic-champion.html"},"modified":"2025-12-05T14:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:41:26","slug":"introduction-to-my-book-debating-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2013\/10\/introduction-to-my-book-debating-james.html","title":{"rendered":"Books by Dave Armstrong: &#8220;Debating James White&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2013\/10\/Cover-555-x-838.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3848 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2013\/10\/Cover-555-x-838.jpg\" alt=\"Cover (555 x 838)\" width=\"555\" height=\"838\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 100%;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 100%;\">(395 pages; completed on 1 November 2013 and published at Lulu on the same day)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 100%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0*<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 100%;\">Cover photographs:\u00a0<\/span>Raphael, <em>The School of Athens<\/em> (1510), and detail from lower left<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Purchase Options<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">[<a class=\" decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pOaW35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PAPERBACK: $21.95<\/a>] [<a class=\" decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Y6a0v4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">KINDLE: 2.99<\/a>]<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\"><span style=\"color: red;\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dedication <span style=\"color: blue;\">(p. 3)<\/span>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<div class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: left;\">To all who have ever read one of James White\u2019s books or articles on Catholicism, or listened to his oral debates or webcasts on the same topic: especially those who are open to following the truth wherever it leads them.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Introduction <span style=\"color: blue;\">(p. 5)<\/span> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2013\/10\/introduction-to-dave-armstrongs-book-debating-james-white-shocking-failures-of-the-undefeatable-anti-catholic-champion.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">read online<\/a>]<\/div>\n<div class=\"western\">*<\/div>\n<div class=\"western\">1. Is Catholicism Christian? [\u201cpostal\u201d debate of March-May 1995] (letters begin on pp. 16, 19, 31, 52, 76, and 117) <span style=\"color: blue;\">(p. 15)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"western\">*<\/div>\n<div class=\"western\">2. Dialogue on the Alleged \u201cPerspicuous Apostolic Message\u201d as a Proof of the Quasi-Protestantism of the Early Church [May-June 1996] <span style=\"color: blue;\">(p. 119)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\">*<\/div>\n<div class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\">3. \u201cLive Chat\u201d Dialogue on Patristic Consensus (Particularly, Mariology) + Analysis of Mr. White\u2019s Applied Techniques of Sophistry [29 December 2000-January 2001 \/ 2 December 2007] <span style=\"color: blue;\">(p. 135) <span style=\"color: black;\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2006\/11\/live-chat-dialogue-on-patristic.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">read online<\/a> + <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2007\/12\/examination-of-james-whites-techniques-of-sophistry-in-our-live-encounter-in-his-chat-room.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">analysis of sophistry<\/a>]<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\">*<\/div>\n<div class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\">4. A Refutation of the Fallacies and Circular Reasoning of James White Regarding Authentic Tradition and <i>Sola Scriptura<\/i> [27 December 2003] <span style=\"color: blue;\">(p. 159)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\">*<\/div>\n<div class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\">5. Rebuttal of James White\u2019s Critique of My Book, <i>The Catholic Verses\u00a0<\/i>[December 2004-January 2005]<span style=\"color: blue;\"> (p. 177)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\">*<\/div>\n<div class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\">6. Refutation of James White Regarding <i>Moses\u2019 Seat<\/i>, the Bible, and Tradition [May 2005]<span style=\"color: blue;\"> (p. 205)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\">*<\/div>\n<div class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\">7. Critique of James White\u2019s Arguments on 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 and Purgatory [3 March 2007]<span style=\"color: blue;\"> (p. 267)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\">*<\/div>\n<div align=\"LEFT\">8. Reply to James White on the Council of Nicaea and Its Relationship to Pope Sylvester, St. Athanasius\u2019 Views, and the Unique Preeminence of Catholic Authority [2 April 2007] (p. 287)<\/div>\n<div class=\"western\">*<\/div>\n<div class=\"western\">9. Reply to Mr. White\u2019s Critique of My Book, <i>The One-Minute Apologist<\/i>: Regarding Deacons as the Equivalent of Pastors and Elders in Some Denominations [16 June 2007]<span style=\"color: blue;\"> (p. 323) <span style=\"color: black;\">[read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dave.armstrong.798\/posts\/676641502370838\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">excerpts on Facebook<\/a>]<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"CENTER\">*<\/div>\n<div align=\"LEFT\">10. Rebuttal of James White\u2019s Review of <em>The One-Minute Apologist<\/em>: On the Communion of Saints [20 June 2007] (p. 335)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"CENTER\">*<\/div>\n<div align=\"LEFT\">11. Answers to James White\u2019s Top Ten Questions for \u201cRomanist\u201d Converts [4 September 2007] (p. 353)<\/div>\n<div align=\"LEFT\">*<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight: normal;\" align=\"LEFT\">12. Critique of James White\u2019s Exegesis of James 2 in Chapter 20 of His Book, <em>The God Who Justifies<\/em> [9 October 2013] <span style=\"color: blue;\">(p. 369) <\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2013\/10\/reply-to-james-whites-exegesis-of-james.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">read online<\/a>]<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"font-family: georgia;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\"><span style=\"color: red;\">Miscellaneous<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2013\/10\/bishop-james-white-on-book-of-james-his.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Bishop James White on the Book of James: His Juvenile \u201cChallenge\u201d Will be Met <\/a>[10-7-13]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dave.armstrong.798\/posts\/672354752799513\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Announcement of the Book and Discussion on Facebook<\/a> [10-26-13]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=675568929144762&amp;set=a.507997555901901.117841.100000749848938&amp;type=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Further discussion about the book and James White on my Facebook post showing the book cover <\/a>[11-2-13]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-family: georgia;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: red; font-size: 130%;\">Purchase Options<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">[<a class=\" decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pOaW35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PAPERBACK: $21.95<\/a>] [<a class=\" decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Y6a0v4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">KINDLE: 2.99<\/a>]<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">***<b style=\"color: #38761d;\"><\/b><b><\/b><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #cc33cc;\">Last updated on 5 December 2025<\/span><span style=\"color: #cc33cc;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #cc33cc;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #cc33cc;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-weight: normal;\" align=\"LEFT\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0(395 pages; completed on 1 November 2013 and published at Lulu on the same day)\u00a0 \u00a0* Cover photographs:\u00a0Raphael, The School of Athens (1510), and detail from lower left *** Purchase Options *** [PAPERBACK: $21.95] [KINDLE: 2.99] *** \u00a0 Table of Contents Dedication (p. 3): To all who have ever read one of James White\u2019s books [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2331,"featured_media":3848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[231,160,1068],"tags":[2361,341,2360,2332,1069,2366],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anti-catholicism","category-books-by-dave-armstrong","category-james-white","tag-anti-catholicism","tag-anti-catholics","tag-books-by-dave-armstrong","tag-catholic-apologetics","tag-debating-james-white","tag-james-white"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Books by Dave Armstrong: &quot;Debating James White&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"James White (Reformed Baptist) is the leading and most influential anti-Catholic apologist today. 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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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