{"id":293,"date":"2012-03-30T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2012\/03\/books-by-dave-armstrong-biblical-proofs-for-an-infallible-church-and-papacy.html"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:00:47","slug":"books-by-dave-armstrong-biblical-proofs-for-an-infallible-church-and-papacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2012\/03\/books-by-dave-armstrong-biblical-proofs-for-an-infallible-church-and-papacy.html","title":{"rendered":"Book: Biblical Proofs for an Infallible Church and Papacy"},"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;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; color: red; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2012\/03\/Cover-432x653.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4788 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2012\/03\/Cover-432x653.jpg\" alt=\"Cover (432x653)\" width=\"432\" height=\"653\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0 [completed on 21 March 2012; 150 pages; published by Lulu on the same day]<\/span><\/div>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: red; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">PURCHASE INFORMATION<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/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\/3XAXzHu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PAPERBACK: $19.95<\/a>]\u00a0[<a class=\" decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3MgLDZ3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">KINDLE: 2.99<\/a>]<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/div>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: red; text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p>Dedication (p. 3)<\/p>\n<p>Introduction (p. 5)<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>THE CHURCH<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/div>\n<p>1. Biblical Evidence for Submission to the Church and Apostolic Tradition (p. 9)<\/p>\n<p>2. Various Biblical Indications of Apostolic Succession (p. 17) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2009\/09\/apostolic-succession-various-biblical.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">read similar version online<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>3. The Futile Attempt to Pit St. Paul\u2019s Apostolic Authority Over Against Church Authority (p. 25)<\/p>\n<p>4. Biblical Evidence for a Conscience Formed in Harmony with Church Teachings (p. 33) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2008\/07\/biblical-pauline-evidence-for-the-catholic-examination-of-conscience.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">read online<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>5. Biblical Support for Excommunication and Anathemas (p. 43)<\/p>\n<p>6. Biblical Proofs for an Infallible Church (Featuring 1 Timothy 3:15) (p. 47)<\/p>\n<p>7. Biblical Evidence for the Indefectibility of the Church (p. 59)<\/p>\n<p>8. The Indefectibility of the Old Testament Religious System as Analogous to the Church (p. 65)<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>THE PAPACY<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/div>\n<p>9. Replies to a Protestant Critic of the Primacy of St. Peter in Scripture (p. 77)<\/p>\n<p>10. St. Paul\u2019s Rebuke of St. Peter and the Relative Position of the Two Great Apostles (p. 89)<\/p>\n<p>11. Biblical Evidence for the Terms <i>Holy Father<\/i> and <i>Vicar of Christ <\/i>(p. 99)<i> <\/i>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2015\/09\/biblical-evidence-for-holy-father-vicar-of-christ.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">read very similar post<\/a>]<i><br>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>12. Pope St. Peter the \u201cRock\u201d: Protestant Scholarly Support (p. 103)<\/p>\n<p>13. Peter the \u201cRock\u201d: Protestant Historical Exegesis and its Polemical Overreaction to Catholic Claims (p. 117)<\/p>\n<p>14. Pope St. Peter, the Possessor of the \u201cKeys of the Kingdom of Heaven\u201d: Protestant Scholarly Commentary (p. 125)<\/p>\n<p>15. Inspired Prophets as an Analogy to Papal Infallibility (p. 137)<\/p>\n<p>16. The Biblical and Logical Argument for Papal Succession (p. 143)<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: red; text-align: center;\">\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br>\n<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">INTRODUCTION<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: red; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>As is the case with several of my more recent books, this volume consists entirely of materials posted on my website \/ blog: <i>Biblical Evidence for Catholicism<\/i>: written between 1997 and 2011: several in direct response to Protestant queries or challenges. I\u2019ve revised them in order to clarify the thoughts and to \u201ctighten\u201d up the arguments.<\/p>\n<p>My goal is to defend and clarify <i>what <\/i>Catholics believe with regard to ecclesiology, or the doctrine of the Church (including the papacy),<i> why<\/i> we do, and to demonstrate that Catholic beliefs are in harmony with Holy Scripture and the doctrines held by the early Church.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve written extensively on the biblical basis of the Catholic understanding of ecclesiology in my books published by Sophia Institute Press: <i>A Biblical Defense of Catholicism<\/i> (pp. 211-238, 247-257), <i>The Catholic Verses<\/i> (pp. 3-19, 55-61), <i>The One-Minute Apologist <\/i>(pp. 16-53), and <i>Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths<\/i> (pp. 59-158).<\/p>\n<p>These essays will expand upon earlier arguments and introduce some \u201cnew\u201d ones (though it is doubtful that any apologetics arguments are completely original).<\/p>\n<p>The relationship of the Bible and Catholic doctrine is of obvious interest to Protestants, who deny the infallibility of the Church, and hold that Scripture alone is the only final, infallible authority (denying that characteristic to the Church and apostolic tradition and the papacy).<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, if Catholics can show that an infallible Church and papacy are squarely based on Scripture, Protestants would be bound to those beliefs, by their own rule of faith (<i>sola Scriptura<\/i>). 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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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