{"id":217,"date":"2013-04-08T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2013\/07\/books-by-dave-armstrong-the-quotable-eastern-church-fathers-distinctively-catholic-elements-in-their-theology.html"},"modified":"2025-12-05T11:32:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:32:00","slug":"books-by-dave-armstrong-quotable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2013\/04\/books-by-dave-armstrong-quotable.html","title":{"rendered":"Books by Dave Armstrong: The Quotable Eastern Church Fathers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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In<\/a>troductory Post <\/a>[Facebook]<\/div>\n
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Discussion and Justification of Some \u201cWestern\u201d Terminology Used in the Book (Particularly \u201cSacrifice of the Mass\u201d)<\/a> [Facebook]<\/div>\n
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Favorable Review by\u00a0 Matthew Celestis <\/a>(1-25-15)<\/div>\n
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Introduction and Sources<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This collection is devoted to documentation of examples of \u201cdistinctively Catholic\u201d theological beliefs or doctrines in the Eastern Church fathers; that is (very broadly speaking, or generalizing), ones in harmony with historic Catholic teaching but differing in some way from one or more strains of Protestant theology (including liberal theology) or Eastern Orthodox views.<\/div>\n
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Quotations will be drawn from the \u201cThree Holy Hierarchs\u201d of Eastern Christian Tradition: St. Basil the Great (c. 330-379, abbreviated as \u201cB\u201d), St. John Chrysostom (c. 345-407, \u201cJC\u201d), and St. Gregory Nazianzen (c. 330-c. 390, \u201cG\u201d). St. Athanasius (c. 297-373, \u201cA\u201d) is usually added to this list, and these are the Four Great Eastern Doctors of the Church.<\/div>\n
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Additionally, the following four fathers are included: St. Cyril of Alexandria (c. 376-444, \u201cCA\u201d), St. Ephraim [or, Ephrem] of Syria (c. 306-373, \u201cE\u201d), St. Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 315-387, \u201cCJ\u201d), and St. John Damascene [or, John of Damascus] (c. 676-749, \u201cJD\u201d). All eight men are designated as \u201cDoctors\u201d of the Catholic Church.<\/div>\n
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Quotations are drawn from the public domain works listed below; using the abbreviations in quotation marks, as a quick reference. All of these sources are found online at the magnificent Christian Classics Ethereal Library<\/em>\u00a0website. I am greatly indebted to it for making the compilation of this book\u00a0far\u00a0easier than it would have been, prior to the Internet.<\/div>\n
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Early Church Fathers: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Series 1<\/em>\u00a0[\u201cNPNF1-\u201d] (Philip Schaff, editor, Edinburgh, 1889, 14 volumes).<\/div>\n
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Early Church Fathers: Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers Series 2<\/em>\u00a0[\u201cNPNF2-\u201d] (Philip Schaff and Henry Wace, editors, Edinburgh, 1900, 14 volumes).<\/div>\n
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A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church, Anterior to the Division of the East and West<\/em>, Translated by Members of the English Church\u00a0[\u201cLFC43\u201d \/ \u201cLFC47\u201d \/ \u201cLFC48\u201d] (Oxford: James Parker & Co. \/ Rivingtons, 1881; Volumes 43, 47, and 48).<\/div>\n
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Commentary on Luke<\/em>\u00a0[\u201cCL\u201d] (St. Cyril of Alexandria, translated by R. Payne Smith, Oxford University Press, 1859).<\/p>\n

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S. Ephraim\u2019s Prose Refutations of Mani, Marcion and Bardaisan<\/em>, by C. W. Mitchell, Vol. 1 of 2 [\u201cEPR\u201d] (London: Williams and Norgate \/ William Clowes & Sons, Ltd., 1912).<\/p>\n

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St. John Damascene on Holy Images, Followed by Three Sermons on the Assumption<\/em>\u00a0[\u201cJDHI\u201d \/ \u201cJDA\u201d] (translated by Mary H. Allies, London: Thomas Baker, 1898).<\/div>\n

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Index of Topics<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Abortion 9<\/span><\/div>\n
Absolution 9<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Almsgiving 10<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Angels, Guardian 11
\nAngels, Veneration of 11<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Apostasy (Falling Away from the Faith or Salvation) <\/span>13<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Apostolic Deposit 15<\/div>\n
Apostolic Succession <\/span>15<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Atonement, Universal 18<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Baptism and Being \u201cBorn Again\u201d <\/span>22<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Baptism and Grace 23<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Baptism and Justification <\/span>\/ Sanctification 24<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Baptism and Salvation 25<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Baptism, Infant 28<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Baptism, Method or Mode of 29<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Baptism of Blood 29<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Baptism of Desire <\/span>30<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Baptism, Schismatic or Heretical 31<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Baptismal Regeneration 31<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Bishops and Church Government 35<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Caesaropapism, Falsity of 37<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Celibacy and Consecrated Virginity 38<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Children, Salvation of 40<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Church and Salvation 41<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Church: Authority of <\/span>41<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Church, Catholic 41<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Church, Holy Mother 43<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Church, Indefectibility of 43<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Church, Infallibility of 43<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Church: One \u201cTrue\u201d 44<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Church, Sinners in <\/span>45<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Concupiscence 45<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Confirmation, Sacrament of <\/span>45<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Conscience, Examination of 46<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Contraception; Contralife Will 46<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Councils, Ecumenical 47<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Creeds <\/span>49<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Cross, Sign of the <\/span>49<\/span><\/div>\n
Crucifixes 51<\/span><\/div>\n
Dead: Almsgiving for 52<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Dead: Masses for <\/span>54<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Dead: Prayer for 56<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Demons 57<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Denominationalism; Sectarianism 58<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Development (of Doctrine) 60<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Dissent (from Catholicism) <\/span>61<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Eucharist and Grace 61<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Eucharist and Salvation 62<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Eucharist: Closed Communion 65<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Eucharist: Real Substantial Presence 66<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Eucharist: Transubstantiation 74<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Eucharistic Adoration <\/span>76<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Evangelical Counsels 76<\/div>\n
Evil 78<\/div>\n
Excommunication 79<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Exorcism 80<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Faith Alone (Falsity of) \/ Antinomianism 81<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Faith and Reason 86<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Faith and Works 87<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Fasting and Abstinence 94 <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Free Will 94<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Free Will and God\u2019s Foreknowledge 98<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God: Anthropomorphism 100<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God: Anthropopathism 101<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God: Circumincession \/ Coinherence \/ <\/span>Perichoresis <\/i><\/span>102<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God: Creation <\/span>Ex Nihilo <\/i><\/span>105<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God: Goodness of 106<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God: Holy Spirit \/ <\/span>Filioque\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Issue 106<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God: Immutability, Simplicity, and Self-Sufficiency 113<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God: Omnipotence of 117<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God: Omnipresence of 118<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God: Omniscience of 120<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God: Outside of Time 120<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God, Providence of 121<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God: Sustainer of Creation 123<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God the Father: Invisible in His Essence 125<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
God the Father: <\/span>Monarchia<\/i><\/span> \/ <\/span>Principatus\u00a0<\/i><\/span>of <\/span>127<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Gospel, The 131<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Grace: Degrees or Greater Measure of 131<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Grace, Irresistible (Falsity of) 131<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Hardening of the Heart 132<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Healing 133<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Hell (Eternal Punishment) 134<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Heresy; Heretics <\/span>134<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Hermits 138<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Holy Days\u00a0<\/span>138<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Holy Items\u00a0<\/span>138<\/span><\/div>\n
Holy Places; Shrines 139<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Images, Icons, and Statues: Use and Veneration of 140<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Indulgences 144<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Jesus Christ: Supposed \u201cIgnorance\u201d of Certain Matters <\/span>145<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Justification, Infused (Sanctification) 149<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Justification, Ongoing \/ Multiple 153<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Lent 154<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Marriage: Sacrament <\/span>155<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Mary: Bodily Assumption of 155<\/div>\n
Mary: Mother of God (<\/span>Theotokos<\/i><\/span>) 157<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Mary: New Eve; Second Eve <\/span>163<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Mary: Perpetual Virginity of 163<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Mary: Sinlessness 165<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Mary: Veneration of 167<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Mary: Virginity <\/span>In Partu\u00a0<\/i><\/span>(During Childbirth) 168<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Mass, Daily 169<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Mass, Sacrifice of 170<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Mass, Sacrifice of (and the Crucifixion) <\/span>172<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Merit 173<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Monks and Nuns 176<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Mortification and Self-Denial <\/span>176<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Original Sin<\/span>; Fall of Man\u00a0<\/span>178<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Orthodoxy (Correct Beliefs) 179<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Paganism and Christianity <\/span>181<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Papacy; Popes; Papal Primacy 182<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Paul <\/span>and Peter 185<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Penance \/ <\/span><\/span>Temporal Punishment of Sins 185<\/div>\n
Peter: Primacy of <\/span>191<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Peter: Successors of (as Popes) 195<\/div>\n
Prayer (of the Righteous) <\/span>196<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Priests: <\/span>Alter Christus<\/em> <\/span>196<\/span><\/div>\n
Priests; Sacrament of Holy Orders <\/span>196<\/span><\/div>\n
Priests and \u201cCall No Man \u2018Father\u2019\u201d 199<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Procreation 200<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Purgatory; Preparation for Heaven in the Afterlife (and This Life) 200 <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Rationalism (in Opposition to Faith) 201<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Relics 201<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Reprobation; Causes of Damnation <\/span>206<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Roman Primacy 208<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Rule of Faith \/ \u201cThree-Legged Stool\u201d (Bible-Church-Tradition) <\/span>214<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Sacraments 218<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Sacraments and Salvation 219<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Sacraments: <\/span>Ex Opere Operato <\/i><\/span>219<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Saints: Awareness of and Contact with This World <\/span>220<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Saints, Communion of 220<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Saints, Imitation of 222<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Saints, Invocation and Intercession of 224<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Saints, Veneration of <\/span>225<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Salvation and Works 233<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Salvation, Instant (Falsity of) 237<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Salvation, Moral Assurance of 240<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Satan 241<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Schism; Separation 244<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Scripture: Canon of 246<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Scripture: Deuterocanon 246<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Scripture: Hermeneutics (Interpretation) 254<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Scripture: Inerrancy and Infallibility 255<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Scripture: Inspiration of <\/span>256<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Scripture: Old Testament 258<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Scripture: Perspicuity (Clearness of) 260<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Scripture: Septuagint (Ancient Greek Translation) 265<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Sin: Mortal and Venial 265<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Suffering, Redemptive (Participation in Christ\u2019s Suffering) 266<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Synergy: Cooperation with God\u2019s Grace as \u201cCo-Laborers\u201d 269<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Theophanies 274<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Theosis; Deification; Divinization <\/span>274<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Total Depravity (Falsity of); Human Nature 280<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Tradition, Apostolic 281<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Tradition, Oral 286<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Traditions of Men <\/span>294<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
War, Just <\/span>295<\/span><\/div>\n
Works, Good (in Grace) <\/span>295<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Works of the Law \/ \u201cNew Perspective on Paul\u201d 296<\/div>\n
Worship (Latria<\/em>) 297<\/div>\n


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St. John Chrysostom<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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On Relics <\/a><\/div>\n
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On Oral Tradition<\/a><\/div>\n
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On Merit <\/a><\/div>\n
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On Faith and Works <\/a><\/div>\n
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On the Contralife Will (and by Logical Extension, Contraception) <\/a><\/div>\n
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On Salvation and Works <\/a><\/div>\n
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On Infused Justification (Sanctification) <\/a><\/div>\n
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On Jesus\u2019 Real and Substantial Presence in the Eucharist<\/a><\/div>\n
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\u00a0On Synergy: Cooperation with God\u2019s Grace as \u201cCo-Laborers\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Citation of Ecclesiasticus [Sirach] as Scripture <\/a><\/p>\n

On the Spiritual Benefits of Baptism <\/a><\/p>\n

On the Falsity of \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Moral Assurance of Salvation<\/a><\/p>\n

On Free Will and God\u2019s Foreknowledge (Romans 9) <\/a><\/p>\n

On Masses for the Dead<\/a><\/p>\n

On Crucifixes <\/a><\/p>\n

On the Veneration of the Saints <\/a><\/p>\n

On the Sacrifice of the Mass <\/a><\/p>\n

On Purgatory <\/a><\/p>\n

On the Definition of the \u201cGospel\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n

On Free Will <\/a><\/p>\n

On Closed Communion <\/a><\/p>\n

St. Athanasius<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On God as the Sustainer of Creation<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Omnipresence of Jesus<\/a><\/p>\n

On Apostolic Succession <\/a><\/p>\n

On the Power of the Sign of the Cross <\/a><\/p>\n

On Satan<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Falsity of Caesaropapism<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Deuterocanon <\/a><\/p>\n

On Theosis; Deification; Divinization<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Holy Spirit<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Rule of Faith (\u201cThree-Legged Stool\u201d of Bible | Tradition | Church)<\/a><\/p>\n

On Mary, Mother of God (Theotokos<\/i>)<\/a><\/p>\n

St. Basil the Great<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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On the Falsity of Instant Salvation<\/a><\/p>\n

To St. Athanasius, Suggesting That the Pope Should Suppress Heresies and Schism in the Eastern Church <\/a><\/p>\n

On Faith and Reason <\/a>
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On Faith and Works <\/a><\/p>\n

On Mary, Mother of God (Theotokos<\/i>)<\/a><\/p>\n

St. Gregory Nazianzen<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On the Perspicuity of Scripture and the \u201cMe, My Bible, and the Holy Spirit\u201d Mentality<\/a><\/p>\n

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On the Development of Doctrine <\/a><\/p>\n

On Baptism and Salvation<\/a><\/p>\n

On Mary, Mother of God (Theotokos<\/i>) <\/a><\/p>\n

References to the Deuterocanon<\/a><\/p>\n

St. Cyril of Jerusalem<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

References to the Deuterocanon<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Falsehood of the Calvinist \u201cTULIP\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

On Faith and Works <\/a><\/p>\n

On the Complete Harmony of the Old Testament with the New <\/a><\/p>\n

On Transubstantiation\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

St. Cyril of Alexandria\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fabulous Defense of Mother of God<\/i> and Searing Critique of Nestorian \/ Protestant Denigrations of It<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Procession of the Holy Spirit <\/a><\/p>\n

On Transubstantiation <\/a><\/p>\n

St. John Damascene<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On the Monarchia<\/i> \/ Principatus<\/i> of God the Father <\/a><\/p>\n

On Crucifixes <\/a><\/p>\n

On the Catholic Rule of Faith<\/a><\/p>\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. 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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. 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