{"id":7058,"date":"2016-04-20T19:05:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T23:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?p=7058"},"modified":"2017-02-27T14:46:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T18:46:04","slug":"debates-w-anti-catholic-polemicists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/04\/debates-w-anti-catholic-polemicists.html","title":{"rendered":"Debates w Anti-Catholic Polemicists"},"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><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7060 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2016\/04\/ChurchSignAnti-Catholics.jpg\" alt=\"ChurchSignAnti-Catholics\" width=\"370\" height=\"370\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">These are old Blogspot papers of mine. Allow a minute or two for the Internet Archive versions to upload, and choose scans from July 2015 or earlier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/03\/jack-chicks-lies-real-alberto-rivera.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jack Chick\u2019s Lies: The Real Alberto Rivera<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/03\/jack-chicks-lies-real-alberto-rivera.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">(with a letter from an Alberto supporter and counter-reply)<\/a> [1-1-99]<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20011005222445\/http:\/\/ic.net\/~erasmus\/RAZ342.HTM\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Debate: The Anti-Catholic \u201cPope as God\u201d Argument<\/a>\u00a0 (vs. Paul Mansbacher) [1-1-99]<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/dialogue-double-standards-anti-catholic.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dialogue: Double Standards: The Anti-Catholic Definition of \u201cChristian\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 (vs. Matthew Bell) [1-11-99]<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/counter-reply-to-anti-catholic-baptist.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Counter-Reply to Anti-Catholic Baptist Pastor Chris Bayack\u2019s Critique of Catholic Apologist Steve Ray<\/a>\u00a0(+ <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/counter-reply-to-anti-catholic-baptist_19.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Part II<\/a>) [8-22-00]<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/dialogue-on-alleged-semi-pelagianism.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dialogue on the Alleged Semi-Pelagianism of the Catholic Catechism <\/a>(vs. Frank Turk) [5-8-02]<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/martin-luther-super-pope-and-de-facto.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Martin Luther the \u201cSuper-Pope\u201d and de facto Infallibility: Extensive Documentation From Luther\u2019s Own Words and a Discussion of Protestant Charges Concerning Alleged Widespread Dishonesty of Catholic Apologists in Dealing With Luther <\/a>(vs. \u201cBJ Bear\u201d) [11-13-02]<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2005\/09\/dialogue-on-my-critique-of-james.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dialogue on My Critique of James White\u2019s Book, Mary \u2014 Another Redeemer?<\/a>\u00a0(particularly with regard to the differing views on early Mariology of Protestant Church historians J. N. D. Kelly and Philip Schaff) (vs. \u201cBJ Bear\u201d) [2002]<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/03\/apostate-churches-deceptive-catholics.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cApostate\u201d Churches, Deceptive Catholics, and Desperate Judgment Day Pleas<\/a>\u00a0(vs. Matt Slick of CARM) [5-22-03]<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2004\/12\/catholic-refutation-of-catholicism_09.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Catholic Refutation of <i>Catholicism Refuted<\/i> (which critiqued my pamphlet, <i>Top Ten Questions Catholics Are Asked<\/i>) <\/a>(+ <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2004\/12\/catholic-refutation-of-catholicism_10.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Part II<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2004\/12\/catholic-refutation-of-catholicism.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Part III<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2004\/12\/catholic-refutation-of-catholicism_11.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Part IV<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2004\/12\/catholic-refutation-of-cat_110289722282410965.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Part V<\/a>) (vs. Kevin Cauley) [12-11-04]<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2005\/09\/does-term-anti-catholic-have-proper.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Does the Term <i>Anti-Catholic<\/i> Have a Proper Theological \/ Religious Application (as Opposed to Political \/ Social)? <\/a>(vs. Frank Turk) [9-22-05]<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2005\/09\/does-term-anti-catholic-have-proper_24.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Does the Term <i>Anti-Catholic<\/i> Have a Proper Theological \/ Religious Application? Counter-Reply to Frank Turk<\/a> [9-24-05]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/my-biblical-passages-supporting.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">My Biblical Passages Supporting Communion of Saints: Anti-Catholics Again Show a Dense Inability to Grasp Elementary Logic as Applied to Exegesis<\/a> [6-23-07]<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/samuel-prophet-appearing-to-saul-as.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br>\nSamuel the Prophet Appearing to Saul as an Argument for the Communion of Saints: Clarification For Protestant Critic Douglas Mabry<\/a> [7-1-07]<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/communion-of-saints-douglas-mabrys-self.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Communion of Saints: Douglas Mabry\u2019s Self-Destructing <em>Reductio ad Absurdum<\/em><\/a>\u00a0[7-8-07]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/saint-sinners-critique-of-catholic.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cSaint and Sinner\u2019s\u201d Critique of The Catholic Verses, Part I: 1 Timothy 3:15 (Church Authority and Sola Scriptura)<\/a> [10-2-07]<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/gene-bridges-steve-hays-display.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gene Bridges\u2019 and Steve Hays\u2019 Errors Regarding the History of Papal Infallibility (Including Details on Luther\u2019s Dissent at the Leipzig Disputation in 1519)<\/a> [10-8-07]<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/myth-of-multiple-millions-supposedly.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Myth of Multiple \u201cMillions\u201d Supposedly Killed in the Catholic Inquisitions, Revisited (Anti-Catholic John Bugay\u2019s Historically Groundless Claims)<\/a> [6-4-10]<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/john-bugay-and-pope-benedict-xvis.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Bugay and Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s Alleged \u201cPantheism\u201d: Even Fellow Anti-Catholics Know This is a Stupid, Groundless Charge<\/a>\u00a0[4-15-11]<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150607114657\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/classic-anti-catholic-lies-george.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Classic Anti-Catholic Lies: George Salmon\u2019s Whoppers About Cardinal Newman\u2019s Alleged Disbelief in Papal Infallibility Prior to the 1870 Conciliar Definition, and Supposed Dishonesty and Intellectual Suicide Afterwards<\/a> [8-11-11]<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dave.armstrong.798\/posts\/780813645286956\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ridiculous Exchange with Bigoted, Ultra-Vitriolic Anti-Catholic John Malone on the Assumption of Mary and 14 Other Irrelevant Things That he Introduced After Being Refuted Again and Again<\/a> [Facebook, 5-13-14]<\/div>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Meta Description: Debates (i.e., attempted ones) with zealous\u00a0anti-Catholic polemicists trying to tear down Holy Mother Church.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Meta Keywords:\u00a0Anti-Catholic, Anti-Catholicism, Anti-Catholics,\u00a0antichrist, Catholic Church,\u00a0Catholicism, damned,\u00a0idolaters, pagans, papists,\u00a0Pelagians, reprobate, Roman Catholic Church, Romanism,\u00a0totally depraved,\u00a0unregenerate, unsaved,\u00a0whore of babylon<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are old Blogspot papers of mine. Allow a minute or two for the Internet Archive versions to upload, and choose scans from July 2015 or earlier. ***** Jack Chick\u2019s Lies: The Real Alberto Rivera (with a letter from an Alberto supporter and counter-reply) [1-1-99] * Debate: The Anti-Catholic \u201cPope as God\u201d Argument\u00a0 (vs. Paul [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2331,"featured_media":7060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[855,2361,341,2573,1119,8,227,2601,2564,2607,2600,1647,2605,2606,2603,2608,2604,2599],"class_list":["post-7058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anti-catholicism","tag-anti-catholic","tag-anti-catholicism","tag-anti-catholics","tag-antichrist","tag-catholic-church","tag-catholicism","tag-damned","tag-idolaters","tag-pagans","tag-papists","tag-pelagians","tag-reprobate","tag-roman-catholic-church","tag-romanism","tag-totally-depraved","tag-unregenerate","tag-unsaved","tag-whore-of-babylon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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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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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. They have three sons and a daughter, and reside in southeast Michigan (metro Detroit).","sameAs":["https:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dave.armstrong.798","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@LuxVeritatisApologetics"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/author\/davearmstrong"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}