![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2021\/02\/BiblicalDefense-Original.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
I. PREMISES, PRESUPPOSITIONS, AND PROTESTANTISM<\/span><\/p>\n
Introduction: The Unthinkable Inquiry\u00a0<\/span>[developed into the present Introduction (link<\/a>) ]<\/p>\n
1. Anti-Catholicism: The Curse of \u201cPapists\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[originally 25 January 1991, with three later slight revisions; now included in two papers: Classic Anti-Catholic Polemicists (Chick, Boettner, & Hislop)<\/a>\u00a0\/ Anti-Catholicism: Classic Catholic Replies and Retorts<\/a>] [see the original chapter<\/a>]<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Sola Scriptura<\/em>: Is Christian Tradition Irrelevant?\u00a0<\/span>[developed into the present Chapter One; 14 September 1992; now partially included in the papers: Classic Reflections on Tradition,\u00a0Sola Scriptura<\/em>, & the Canon<\/a> \/ The New Testament Canon & Historical Processes<\/a>\u00a0[rev. 1996] \/\u00a0\u201cApocrypha\u201d: Why It\u2019s Part of the Bible<\/a>\u00a0[rev. 1996]<\/span> ] [see complete chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]<\/p>\n
3. Protestantism: Conceptual and Developmental Errors<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[online paper<\/a>; originally 20 June 1991; now broken up into many papers:\u00a0The Dichotomous Nature of Protestant Thought<\/a>\u00a0[Facebook] \/\u00a0Protestantism as the Root Cause of Secularization<\/a>\u00a0[Facebook] \/\u00a0Protestantism: Compromising & Liberalizing Tendency<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Pragmatism: Protestant Self-Critique Number One<\/a>\u00a0 \/\u00a0Worldliness & Compromise: Protestant Self-Critique #2<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Materialism & Narcissism: Protestant Self-Critique #3<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Catholicism is the Ultimate Fulfillment of Protestantism (Bouyer and Chesterton)<\/a>\u00a0[Facebook] ] [see the original chapter<\/a>]<\/p>\n
4. Martin Luther: Beyond Mythology to Historical Fact<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[14 January 1991; was once posted as an online paper, but eventually taken down, as I learned more and more about Luther and honed or revised several of my opinions; portions of it in some form made it into various other later papers]<\/p>\n
5. The Protestant Revolt: Its Tragedy and Initial Impact<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[originally 11 June 1991; broken up into these present papers:\u00a0Protestant Revolt Was Largely Politically Motivated<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Early Protestant Antipathy Towards Art (+ Iconoclasm)<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Astonishing Hostility to Higher Education in Early Protestantism<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Early Protestant Hostility Towards Science<\/a>\u00a0[rev. 7-9-04] ] [see the original chapter<\/a>]<\/p>\n
6. Intolerance and Persecution: The \u201cReformation\u201d Record<\/span>\u00a0[originally 3 June 1991; now online as: Protestant Inquisitions: \u201cReformation\u201d Intolerance &\u00a0Persecution<\/a>\u00a0[rev. 10-31-03, 3-7-07, 9-14-17] ]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
II. MAJOR CATHOLIC \u201cCONTROVERSIAL\u201d DOCTRINES<\/span><\/p>\n
7. The Development of Doctrine: From Acorn to Oak Tree<\/span>\u00a0[present Chapter Three; originally 17 February 1991; see\u00a0\u201cReflections\u201d portion<\/a>]\u00a0[see complete chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]<\/p>\n
8. The Eucharist and Sacrifice of the Mass: \u201cThis is My Body\u201d<\/span>\u00a0[present Chapters Four and Five; originally 8 March 1992; see:\u00a0Reflections on the Holy Eucharist & Transubstantiation<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0The Eucharist, Incarnation, and Reason: Reflections<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0The Sacrifice of the Mass: Classic Catholic Reflections<\/a> \/\u00a0Transubstantiation: A Philosophical & Rational Defense<\/a>\u00a0[1996 revision] ]\u00a0[see complete Eucharist chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]\u00a0[see complete Sacrifice of the Mass chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Sola Fide<\/em>: Is Luther\u2019s Justification Justifiable?\u00a0<\/span>[present Chapter Two; 4 April 1994; see:\u00a0Justification: Classic Catholic & Protestant Reflections<\/a> \/\u00a0Luther and the Origin & Nature of \u201cInstant\u201d Salvation<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Salvation and Justification in the Gospels and Acts<\/a>\u00a0[1996 version] \/\u00a0St. Paul on Justification, Sanctification, & Salvation<\/a>\u00a0[1996 version] ] [see complete chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]<\/p>\n
10. Penance, Purgatory, and Indulgences: \u201cSaved As By Fire\u201d\u00a0<\/span>[present Chapters Seven and Eight; 21 April 1994; see:\u00a0Classic Catholic Reflections on Purgatory<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Classic Catholic Reflections on Penance<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Classic Catholic Reflections on Indulgences<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a025 Bible Passages on Purgatory<\/a>\u00a0[1996 version] \/\u00a0Biblical Evidence for Indulgences<\/a>\u00a0[1996 version] \/\u00a0Lenten Meditation: NT Teaching on Suffering with Christ<\/a>\u00a0[1996 version] ] [see complete Purgatory chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]\u00a0[see complete Penance chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]<\/p>\n
11. The Communion of Saints: \u201c. . . All Who Are in Christ\u201d<\/span>\u00a0[present Chapter Six; originally 17 February 1991; revised and expanded in Dec. 1993; see\u00a0Classic Reflections on the Communion of Saints<\/a>]\u00a0[see complete chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]<\/p>\n
12. The Blessed Virgin Mary: \u201cHail Mary, Full of Grace\u201d<\/span>\u00a0[present Chapter Nine; 10 April 1993, after the first version was\u00a0completely\u00a0<\/em>wiped out on my computer; see:\u00a0Reflections on Mary: Preliminaries & Devotional Excesses<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Immaculate Conception of Mary (Classic Catholic Commentary)<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Reflections on the Spiritual Motherhood & Mediation of Mary<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Blessed Virgin Mary & God\u2019s Special Presence in Scripture<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Bodily Assumption of Mary<\/a>\u00a0(John Saward: Protestant) [Facebook] \/\u00a0Cardinal Newman on the Bodily Assumption of Mary<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Ven. Fulton Sheen on the Bodily Assumption of Mary<\/a> \/\u00a0Mary Mediatrix\u00a0<\/a>(Fr. William G. Most) [Facebook] ]\u00a0[see complete chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]<\/p>\n
13. The Papacy and Infallibility: \u201cThe Keys of the Kingdom\u201d<\/span>\u00a0[present Chapter Ten; 16 September 1993; see:\u00a050 New Testament Proofs for Petrine Primacy & the Papacy<\/a> \/\u00a0Papacy & Papal Infallibility: Classic Catholic Reflections<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Primacy of St. Peter Verified by Protestant Scholars<\/a> ]\u00a0[see complete chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]<\/p>\n
APPENDIX ONE: My Conversion: Confessions of a 1980s \u201cJesus Freak\u201d<\/span>\u00a0[published in\u00a0Surprised by Truth<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in 1994 in similar form (see\u00a0my original manuscript<\/a>) and removed from the book: originally 9 December 1990; revised and expanded in 1992 and 1993]<\/p>\n
APPENDIX TWO: Catholic Converts: The Many Roads to Rome<\/span>\u00a0[(11 February 1991; revised 1993); see my general observations<\/a> and:\u00a0Catholic Conversion: Classic Analyses (Chesterton, Belloc, Pelikan)<\/a> and the brief conversion stories of\u00a0St. John Henry Cardinal Newman<\/a>,\u00a0G. K. Chesterton<\/a>, Fr. Ronald Knox<\/a>, and\u00a0Malcolm Muggeridge<\/a>: all from 1991]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/div>\nThe original book was about two-and-a-half times larger than the currently published one, with much more historical documentation and citations from great Catholic apologists. The historical background behind each doctrine was eventually compiled into one huge Internet paper:\u00a0The Witness of the Church Fathers With Regard to Catholic Distinctives (With Examples of Protestant Corroboration of Catholic Doctrines or Clear Contradiction of Patristic Consensus)<\/a>. Many quotes from others were compiled in various \u201cReflections on . . .\u201d papers (noted above).<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSee the outline of the book as it is now, and was after the 1996 revision at the<\/span>\u00a0book info-page<\/a>.<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nChronology of Early Apologetic Papers (and Later Book Chapters)<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span><\/div>\n[everything below was completed before I ever went online (March 1996) or began a website (February 1997). Several were published in Catholic magazines, as noted, or eventually in my first book, A Biblical Defense of Catholicism<\/em> (first edition, 1994; revised in May 1996; self-published in 2001; published mostly intact by Sophia Institute Press in 2003]
\n
\n<\/span><\/div>\n***<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u201cMy Conversion: Confessions of a 1980s \u2018Jesus Freak'\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[9 December 1990; published in different versions in\u00a0This Rock<\/em>\u00a0(September 1993<\/a>: sadly \u201cedited\u201d beyond recognition) and the book\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Surprised by Truth<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>(slightly edited by Patrick Madrid) in 1994. I include the link to my original manuscript\u00a0]<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cMartin Luther: Beyond Mythology to Historical Fact\u201d\u00a0[14 January 1991; in the first 1994 version of my book but withdrawn from online due to some errors and my revised opinions and presentation of Luther]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cAnti-Catholicism: The Curse of \u2018Papists'\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[from the book above, 25 January 1991]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cCatholic Converts: The Many Roads to Rome\u201d\u00a0[from the book above,\u00a011 February 1991] [see partial links above]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cThe Communion of Saints: \u2018. . . All Who Are in Christ'\u201d\u00a0[17 February 1991; book chapter]\u00a0[see complete chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cThe Development of Doctrine: From Acorn to Oak Tree\u201d\u00a0[17 February 1991; book chapter]\u00a0[see complete chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]
\n\u00a0*<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u201cThe Protestant Inquisition (\u201cReformation\u201d Intolerance and Persecution)\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[book chapter above,\u00a03 June 1991]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cThe Protestant Revolt: Its Tragedy and Initial Impact\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[book chapter above,\u00a011 June 1991]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cProtestantism: Conceptual and Developmental Errors\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>[book chapter above,\u00a020 June 1991]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cThe Sarxon Fallacy, Refuted<\/span>\u00a0(Counter-Satire of an Evangelical Spoof of Catholic Eucharistic Beliefs)\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[6 September 1991: commentary added on ]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cSt. Thomas More: Noble Heroism Amidst Treachery\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[1991]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cHenry VIII\u2019s Revolt and Suppression of the Bishops\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[1991]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cHenry VIII\u2019s Wholesale Plunder of Catholic Church Properties\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[1991]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cThe Popular Uprising Against Henry VIII\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[1991]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cThe Early Protestant Attitude Towards Art and Strong Iconoclastic Tendency\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[1991]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cEarly Protestant Hostility Towards Science\u201d\u00a0<\/a>[1991; rev. 7-9-04]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\nSt. John Henry Cardinal Newman\u00a0conversion story<\/a> [1991; published in\u00a0The Coming Home Newsletter<\/i>, Nov\/Dec 1996, 4-5; from book above]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cCardinal Newman\u2019s Importance and Influence\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[1991]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\nG. K. Chesterton\u00a0conversion story<\/a> [1991; published in\u00a0The Coming Home Newsletter<\/i>, Sep\/Oct 1996, 5-7; from book above]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\nRonald Knox\u00a0conversion story<\/a> [1991; published in\u00a0The Coming Home Newsletter<\/i>, Jan\/Feb 1997, 9; from book above]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\nMalcolm Muggeridge\u00a0conversion story<\/a> [1991; published in\u00a0The Coming Home Newsletter<\/i>, March\/April 1997, 6-7; from book above]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cJohn Wesley\u2019s Ecumenical Letter to Catholics in Dublin\u201d\u00a0<\/a>[1991]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cThe Origin and Historical Development of\u00a0Sola Scriptura<\/span>\u201c<\/a>\u00a0[1991]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cThe Eucharist and Sacrifice of the Mass: \u2018This is My Body'\u201d\u00a0[8 March 1992; two book chapters]\u00a0[see complete Eucharist chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]\u00a0[see complete Sacrifice of the Mass chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cThe Orthodox vs. the Heterodox Luther\u201d [July 1992; published as\u00a0\u201cThe Real Martin Luther,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0The Catholic Answer<\/em>, Jan\/Feb 1993, 32-37]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cSola Scriptura<\/em>: Is Christian Tradition Irrelevant?\u201d\u00a0[14 September 1992; book chapter]\u00a0[see complete chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cThe Blessed Virgin Mary: \u2018Hail Mary, Full of Grace'\u201d\u00a0[10 April 1993; book chapter]\u00a0[see complete chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cThe Papacy and Infallibility: \u2018The Keys of the Kingdom'\u201d\u00a0[16 September 1993; book chapter]\u00a0[see complete chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]
\n* <\/span><\/div>\n\u201cSola Fide<\/em>: Is Luther\u2019s Justification Justifiable?\u201d\u00a0[4 April 1994; book chapter]\u00a0[see complete chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cPenance, Purgatory, and Indulgences: \u2018Saved As By Fire'\u201d\u00a0[21 April 1994; originally one, now two book chapters]\u00a0[see complete Purgatory chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]\u00a0[see complete Penance chapter<\/a>: 1996 version]
\n* <\/span><\/div>\n\u201cMartin Luther\u2019s Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[26 April 1994; published in\u00a0The Coming Home Journal<\/i>, January-March 1998, 12-13]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cThe Ecclesiological Credentials of Orthodoxy and Catholicism\u201d [6 August 1994; later developed into two papers:<\/span>\u00a0Catholicism and Orthodoxy: A Comparison<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0A Response to Orthodox Critiques of Catholic Apostolicity<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0and published in similar form as\u00a0\u201cTo Orthodox Critics of Catholic Apostolicity: Unity Still Sought,\u201d\u00a0The Catholic Answer<\/i>, Nov\/Dec 1997, 32-35, 38-39, 62]<\/span><\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201c150 Reasons Why I Am a Catholic\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[6 August 1994; revised 9-28-05]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201cTradition is Not a Dirty Word,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[Dec. 1994; published in\u00a0Hands On Apologetics<\/i>, Mar\/April 1995, 30-32, 34; slightly revised on 8-16-16<\/a>]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n\u201c50 New Testament Proofs for Petrine Primacy and the Papacy\u201d<\/a> [in book above; 1994; published as\u00a0\u201cThe Pre-Eminence of St. Peter: 50 New Testament Proofs,\u201d\u00a0The Catholic Answer<\/i>, Jan\/Feb 1997, 32-35]<\/div>\n