{"id":7071,"date":"2016-04-20T19:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T23:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?p=7071"},"modified":"2017-02-27T14:47:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T18:47:22","slug":"debates-w-anti-catholic-james-swan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/04\/debates-w-anti-catholic-james-swan.html","title":{"rendered":"Debates w Anti-Catholic James Swan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

(aka John Q. \u201cDeadhead\u201d Doe)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"crybaby2\"<\/p>\n

[public domain \/ Pixabay<\/a>]<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Many of the papers below are archived versions from Internet Archive. Select from July 2015 or earlier, and allow a minute or two for them to upload.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Swan is of the Reformed Protestant persuasion, and does quite a bit of research on Martin Luther.<\/span><\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Counter-Reply: Martin Luther\u2019s Mariology (Particularly the Immaculate Conception): Has Present-Day Protestantism Maintained the \u201cReformational\u201d Heritage of Classical Protestant Mariology?<\/a>(+ Part II<\/a> | Part III<\/a>) [4-26-03]<\/span><\/p>\n

Second Reply Concerning Martin Luther\u2019s Mariology<\/a>\u00a0[6-28-03; massive rebuttal! After this, Swan personally despised me]<\/span><\/p>\n

Dialogues With James White (+ Questions About My Editing of Dialogues)<\/a>\u00a0[3-1-04]<\/span><\/p>\n

Dialogue on My Critique of James White\u2019s Book, Mary \u2014 Another Redeemer?<\/a> (+ Part II<\/a>) (particularly with regard to the differing views on early Mariology of Protestant Church historians J.N.D. Kelly and Philip Schaff) (vs. James Swan and \u201cBJ Bear\u201d) [3-15-04 and 9-7-05]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Lost Liguori\u201d: The Nefarious Protestant Conspiracy to Conceal St. Alphonsus\u2019 Christocentric Mariology<\/a>\u00a0[3-26-04]<\/span><\/p>\n

My Use of Luther Biographer Roland Bainton: Does it Exhibit an Undue, Unfair Bias?: Part I: Introduction and Questions About the Older Luther (Including His Nasty Language & Intemperance)<\/a>\u00a0[9-19-04]<\/span><\/p>\n

My Use of Luther Biographer Roland Bainton: Does it Exhibit an Undue, Unfair Bias?: Part II: Luther and the Artist Lucas Cranach<\/a>\u00a0[9-21-04]<\/span><\/p>\n

My Use of Citations From Luther Biographer Roland Bainton: Part III: Luther\u2019s Views on the Death Penalty and Persecution<\/a>\u00a0[9-22-04]<\/span><\/p>\n

My Use of Citations From Luther Biographer Roland Bainton: Part IV: Luther and the Bigamy of Philip of Hesse<\/a>\u00a0[9-23-04]<\/span><\/p>\n

James Swan\u2019s Opinion and Suggestions Concerning \u201cLengthy Papers\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[9-24-04]<\/span><\/p>\n

Anti-Catholic James Swan\u2019s Unique, Ambiguous Use of Religious \u201cAnti\u201d Language<\/a>\u00a0[12-29-05]<\/span><\/p>\n

Dispute Over the Word \u201cAss\u201d as a Supposed \u201cSwear Word\u201d (Even Though it is in Calvin, Shakespeare, & the Bible) <\/a>\u00a0(+ Part II<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part III<\/a>)\u00a0[April 2007]<\/span><\/p>\n

Swan vs. Historical Fact: Luther\u2019s Advocacy of the Death Penalty for Anabaptists & Mixed Record in the Peasants\u2019 Revolt of 1525<\/a>\u00a0[Nov. 2007]<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ghost of Martin Luther Interviews James Swan About Dastardly, Wascally Luther-Basher Dave Armstrong <\/a>(satire related to Swan\u2019s critiques of my use of Luther biographer Roland Bainton) [3-26-08]<\/span><\/p>\n

My Comments Deleted from the Boors All<\/em> Blog For No Reason \/ Doe\u2019s Ludicrous Double Standards Regarding \u201cBanning\u201d Documented<\/a>\u00a0[6-8-10]<\/span><\/p>\n

Four Open Letters to Doe, Proposing Mutual Removal of Posts (+ Documentation of His Avalanche of Insults)<\/a>\u00a0[6-30-10]<\/span><\/p>\n

How Anti-Catholic Apologists \u201cArgue\u201d (James Swan) <\/a>[6-30-10]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBook Reviews\u201d (Alleged) With No Book Title or Author\u2019s Name? More Eccentric and \u201cErratic\u201d Doe\u2019s Anti-Catholic Goofiness<\/a>\u00a0[6-30-10]<\/span><\/p>\n

Luther and the \u201cImmaculate Purification\u201d: Tao & John Q. Doe Score Some Points In-Between Attacks But Luther & Doe Adopt Blasphemous Semi-Nestorianism<\/a>\u00a0[10-2-10]<\/span><\/p>\n

Doe Still Obsessed With My Work (98 Posts!): Pretense of a \u201cDA-Free\u201d Blog, Removal of My Name, &\u00a0Anonymous Book Reviews<\/a>\u00a0[11-18-10]<\/span><\/p>\n

Doe Insults Catholic Apologist Scott Windsor, Then (When It Suits His Polemical Purposes) Sez He is a \u201cMan of Integrity\u201d (Esp. Compared to Me)<\/a>\u00a0[11-23-10]<\/span><\/p>\n

Doe Thinks His Cronies \u201cTurretinfan\u201d, Phil Johnson, &\u00a0Frank Turk \u201cCrave Popularity\u201d Due to Their Blogger \u201cFollowers\u201d Widgets<\/a>\u00a0[12-16-10]<\/span><\/p>\n

Blistering Anti-Catholic Attack on Lay Catholic Apologetics (Matthew D. Schultz & all the Usual Suspects at Boors All<\/i>)<\/a> [1-22-11]<\/span><\/p>\n

Humorous Interlude at the Anti-Catholic Boors All<\/i> Blog<\/a>\u00a0[4-11-11]<\/span><\/p>\n

Luther\u2019s Lie About the Supposed Utter Obscurity of the Bible Before His Translation and Luther \u201cExpert\u201d John Q. Doe\u2019s Usual Erroneous, Revisionist Opinions<\/a>\u00a0[6-15-11]<\/span><\/p>\n

Doe\u2019s Tired Intellectually Dishonest Sophistry (His Anti-Catholic Luther Research and its Nefarious Methodological Tactics)<\/a>\u00a0[6-15-11]<\/span><\/p>\n

Swan\u2019s Glaring Double Standards Regarding \u201cSelf-Published\u201d Books (Such as Those by Cronies William Webster &\u00a0David T. King)<\/a>\u00a0[7-18-11]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLuther \/ Esther \/ Canon\u201d Polemics and Swan\u2019s Attempts to Solely Blame Catholics for a Questionable Luther Citation Passed Down by Three Protestants: an Editor, Major Compiler of Luther Works, and Admiring Biographer<\/a>\u00a0[8-20-11]<\/span><\/p>\n

Swan Continues His Ridiculous Blaming of Catholic Apologists for Protestant Mistakes or Honest Scholarship, With Regard to Luther\u2019s View of the Canon<\/a>\u00a0[8-27-11]<\/span><\/p>\n

Am I a Psychotic Madman? (James Swan Sez Yes)<\/a> [2-8-13]<\/span><\/p>\n

Viral Anti-Catholic Cluelessness: A Classic Example<\/a> [Facebook, 4-14-13]<\/span><\/p>\n

John Calvin\u2019s Flimsy and Unbiblical Objection to the Term, Mother of God<\/i> and Swan\u2019s Vapid Swipes at Catholic Apologists<\/a>\u00a0[5-19-13]<\/span><\/p>\n

Did the Older Luther\u2019s Illness and Frustration Significantly Impact His Negative Rhetoric? Four Major Luther Historians, Calvin, Bullinger, and I Say Yes; Swan Says No\u00a0 <\/a>[6-12-13]<\/span><\/p>\n

Reply to James Swan\u2019s Request for Documentation of Executions of Anabaptists Sanctioned by Luther, in the 1530s<\/a> [8-17-14]<\/span><\/p>\n

James Swan\u2019s Swipes at Paul Hoffer, Ethical Hypocrisy, and the Catholic Answers Forum <\/i>Suspension Controversy<\/a> [Facebook, 9-9-14]<\/span><\/p>\n

Satire on Swan\u2019s Banning Policies: A Must to Avoid<\/i><\/a> [9-10-14]<\/span><\/p>\n

Martin Luther\u2019s Acceptance of the Perpetual Virginity of Mary, Including \u201cIn Partu\u201d Virginity (\u201cat the birth of Christ\u201d): Documentation (+ James Swan\u2019s Belittling Contempt of Luther)<\/a>\u00a0[Facebook, 9-23-14]<\/span><\/p>\n

Did John Calvin Believe in Mary\u2019s Perpetual Virginity? (Debate with Tim Staples + Swan\u2019s Usual Unsavory Tactics and Nonsense)<\/a> [10-12-14]<\/span><\/p>\n

James Swan Bolsters His Reputation as a Dense Amateur Church Historian and Hypocritical Nitpicker Yet Again<\/a> [Re: Melanchthon and the Bishops and Princes \/ Facebook, 2-4-15]<\/span><\/p>\n

The James Swan Insultapalooza Post<\/a> [Facebook, 2-17-15; the massive hypocrisy of his condemning insults: many of which are actually, rather, true statements about his own inveterate lying about Catholics and Catholicism]<\/span><\/p>\n

Luther & Veneration of Mary: James Swan\u2019s Revisionism: His Anti-Catholic Nonsense with Regard to Martin Luther\u2019s Mariology & Also My Related Research<\/a> [4-22-16]<\/span><\/p>\n

*****<\/span><\/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. 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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