{"id":519,"date":"2010-10-18T23:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2010\/11\/books-by-dave-armstrong-the-catholic-mary-quite-contrary-to-the-bible.html"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:25:38","slug":"books-by-dave-armstrong-catholic-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2010\/10\/books-by-dave-armstrong-catholic-mary.html","title":{"rendered":"Books by Dave Armstrong: &#8220;&#8216;The Catholic Mary'&#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 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2010\/10\/Cover-555-x-828.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4754 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2010\/10\/Cover-555-x-828.jpg\" alt=\"Cover (555 x 828)\" width=\"555\" height=\"828\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';\">(October 2010; 189 pages; many typos removed on 20 May 2014; cover redesigned on 18 July 2014)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 180%;\">Purchase Options<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">***<b style=\"color: blue;\"><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">[<a class=\" decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pgQB6z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PAPERBACK: $18.36<\/a>] [<a class=\" decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3MhWeD0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">KINDLE: 2.99<\/a>]<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\"><span style=\"color: #660000; font-family: verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\"><span style=\"color: #660000; font-family: verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\"><span style=\"color: red; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;\">TABLE OF CONTENTS <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">Dedication (p. 3)<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">1. Mary\u2019s Carol (A Christmas Poem) (p. 7)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">2. Mary\u2019s Knowledge of Jesus\u2019 Divinity (p.9)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">3. The Imitation of Mary (p. 13) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2015\/09\/the-imitation-of-mary.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">read online<\/a> (slightly different)]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">4. Was Mary\u2019s Immaculate Conception Absolutely Necessary? (p. 19)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">5. Biblical Argument (From Analogy and Plausibility) for the Immaculate Conception of Mary (p. 21)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">6. Is the Material Sufficiency of Scripture Inconsistent With Belief in the Assumption of Mary? (p. 29)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">7. Mary as \u201cSpouse of the Holy Spirit\u201d: Biblical Analogies and Evidences (p. 33) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2009\/09\/dialogue-with-calvinist-about-mary-as.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">read excerpt<\/a>]<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">8. Why Catholics Believe in the Perpetual Virginity of Mary and Make it a Dogma (p. 41) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2008\/11\/why-are-catholics-so-dogmatic-about.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">read excerpts<\/a>]<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">9. Replies to Alleged Biblical Disproofs of the Perpetual Virginity of Mary (p. 47)\u00a0<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">10. Traditional Protestant Belief in the Perpetual Virginity of Mary (p. 67) [excerpts:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2004\/02\/luther-calvin-and-other-early.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"> one<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2010\/06\/early-protestant-leader-heinrich.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">two<\/a> \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2010\/01\/perpetual-virginity-of-mary-acceptance.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">three<\/a>]<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">11. Why Do Catholics Ask Mary to Pray for Them, Rather Than Praying Directly to God? (p. 83)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">12. Reflections on the Rosary (p. 87) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2007\/01\/reply-to-questions-about-catholic.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">read excerpt<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">13. Mary as a Guide and Model of Holiness (p. 95) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2009\/10\/mary-as-a-guide-and-model-of-holiness-mutual-monologues-with-several-anti-catholics-one-real-dialogue.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">read excerpts<\/a>]<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">14. Biblical Evidence Regarding Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (p. 103)<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">15. St. Louis de Montfort\u2019s <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">True Devotion to Mary<\/span>: Is Mary Placed Too High and Jesus Too Low? (p. 109)<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">16. Does St. Alphonsus de Liguori, in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Glories of Mary<\/span>, Teach That Mary is \u201cAbove\u201d God and Can \u201cManipulate\u201d Him? (p. 121) [read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2004\/02\/does-st-alphonsus-de-liguori-in-glories.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">original dialogue<\/a>]<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">17. St. Maximilian Kolbe\u2019s \u201cFlowery\u201d Marian Veneration Explained and Defended (p. 141)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">18. Biblical Evidence for God Using Creatures to Distribute His Grace and Salvation (p. 153)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">19. Biblical Evidence for Creatures Extending the Comfort, Peace, and Strength of God: Implications for Mariology (p. 157)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">20. Mary as Part of the Holy Trinity?: Case Study of a Botched, Out-of-Context \u201cQuotation\u201d from Pope Pius XII (p. 167)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\">21. Is Mary\u2019s Anxiety in Looking for Young Jesus a Sin?: Reply to a Misguided \u201cExegetical\u201d Argument (p. 185)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 180%;\">Purchase Options<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">***<b style=\"color: blue;\"><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">[<a class=\" decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pgQB6z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PAPERBACK: $18.36<\/a>] [<a class=\" decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3MhWeD0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">KINDLE: 2.99<\/a>]<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"color: magenta; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: magenta; text-align: center;\">Last updated on 5 December 2025<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(October 2010; 189 pages; many typos removed on 20 May 2014; cover redesigned on 18 July 2014) *** Purchase Options *** [PAPERBACK: $18.36] [KINDLE: 2.99] *** \u00a0 \u00a0 TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication (p. 3) 1. 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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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