{"id":7414,"date":"2016-05-11T10:37:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T14:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?p=7414"},"modified":"2017-04-19T11:50:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T15:50:43","slug":"debates-on-the-term-anti-catholicism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/05\/debates-on-the-term-anti-catholicism.html","title":{"rendered":"Debates on the  Controversial Term, &#8220;Anti-Catholic[ism]&#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><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7415 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2016\/05\/Romanism2.jpg\" alt=\"Romanism2\" width=\"416\" height=\"583\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Anti-Catholic cartoon depicting the Church and the Pope as a malevolent octopus. From\u00a0Jeremiah J. Crowley, \u00a0<i>The Pope: Chief of White Slavers High Priest of Intrigue\u00a0<\/i>(<time class=\"dtstart\" datetime=\"1913\">1913<\/time>)\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[public domain \/<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Anti-Catholic_octopus_cartoon.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150908012028\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/use-of-term-anti-catholic-in-protestant.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Use of the Term \u201cAnti-Catholic\u201d in Protestant and Secular Scholarly Works of History and Sociology<\/a>\u00a0(vs. \u201cRomans 45\u201d) [10-7-02; revised 5-17-03]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111016105148\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2004\/06\/eric-svendsens-other-anti-catholics.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eric Svendsen\u2019s &amp; Other Anti-Catholics\u2019 Inconsistent Use of Anti-Evangelical as a Description of Catholics<\/a> [6-4-04]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111016083320\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2004\/11\/ironies-of-anti-catholic-reformed.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ironies of Anti-Catholic Reformed \/ The Loaded Term \u201cPapalism\u201d (Revised)<\/a> [11-19-04]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150908193747\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2004\/11\/on-objectionable-use-of-terms-romanist.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">On the Objectionable Use of the Terms \u201cRomanist\u201d and \u201cPapist\u201d<\/a> [11-20-04]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111016231118\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2005\/05\/strange-saga-of-james-whites-on-again.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Strange Saga of James White\u2019s On-Again, Off-Again Use of the Pejorative Terms \u201cRomanism\u201d and \u201cRomanist\u201d<\/a> [5-19-05]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111016122644\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2005\/06\/i-love-word-popish-steve-hays-and.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">I Love the Word \u201cPopish\u201d: Steve Hays and Bigoted Anti-Catholic Titles<\/a> [6-10-05]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111016073505\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2005\/06\/james-whites-use-of-anti-terms-more.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James White\u2019s Use of \u201cAnti\u201d Terms &amp; More \u201cTired\u201d Rhetoric and Anti-Catholic Terminological and Ethical Double Standards <\/a>[6-15-05]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111016081142\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2005\/06\/more-examples-of-eric-svendsens.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">More Examples of Eric Svendsen\u2019s Hypocritical Double Standards for \u201cAnti\u201d Language<\/a> [6-27-05]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150908003620\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2005\/09\/does-term-anti-catholic-have-proper.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Does the Term \u201cAnti-Catholic\u201d Have a Proper Theological Application (as Opposed to Social)?<\/a>\u00a0(+ <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150910172049\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2005\/09\/does-term-anti-catholic-have-proper_24.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Part II<\/a>) (vs. Frank Turk) [9-22-05]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111015210220\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2005\/10\/james-white-outdoes-all-with-his-anti.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James White Outdoes All With His \u201cAnti\u201d Language<\/a> [10-10-05]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111012131250\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/reiterating-meaning-of-anti-catholic.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Reiterating the Meaning of \u201cAnti-Catholic\u201d With an Anti-Catholic and Getting Nowhere, As Usual<\/a> (vs. Peter Pike) [9-21-06]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111016083706\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/james-white-anti-intellectual-double.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James White: Anti-Intellectual? (Double Standards in \u201cAnti\u201d Language Yet Again!)<\/a> [7-12-07]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111016071849\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/james-whites-continued-idiotic.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James White\u2019s Continued Idiotic Opposition to Catholic Use of the Term <em>Anti-Catholic<\/em><\/a> [8-3-07]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111015185131\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/anti-catholic-turretinfan-joins-his.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anti-Catholic \u201cTurretinfan\u201d Joins His Cronies in Exhibiting \u201cAnti\u201d Language Hypocrisy and Double Standards<\/a> [9-23-07]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111012132957\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/our-friend-carrie-cant-tell-difference.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Our Friend \u201cCarrie\u201d and the Difference Between a \u201cProtestant\u201d and an \u201cAnti-Catholic (Protestant)\u201d<\/a> [5-7-08]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111012111458\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/steve-hays-and-his-band-of-merry.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steve Hays and His Band of Merry Mockers Join the \u201cAnti-Catholic\u201d \/ \u201cAnti-Calvinist\u201d Terminological Hypocrisy Bandwagon<\/a> [5-13-08]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150908011826\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/scholarly-use-of-term-anti-catholicism.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Scholarly Use of the Term \u201cAnti-Catholicism\u201d in Precisely the Way I Habitually Use It (the Theological Sense)<\/a> [7-8-08]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150908010502\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/legitimacy-of-term-anti-catholic-as.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Legitimacy of the Term \u201cAnti-Catholic\u201d as a Noun as Well as an Adjective<\/a> [8-4-08]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150906184031\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/fruitful-discussion-with-protestant.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dialogue on the Definition of \u201cAnti-Catholicism\u201d and Knowing Jesus Personally <\/a>(with Reformed Protestant \u201cPilgrimsarbour\u201d) [7-10-09]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150906190207\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/defense-of-scott-kimberly-hahns-use-of.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Defense of Scott and Kimberly Hahn\u2019s Use of \u201cAnti-Catholic\u201d in Their Testimony Book, <em>Rome Sweet Home<\/em><\/a>\u00a0[7-10-09]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111016062726\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/term-anti-catholic-is-used-widely-by.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Term <em>Anti-Catholic<\/em> is Widely Used by Scholars of Many Types \u2014 Including Non-Catholics (Will Anti-Catholics Ever Comprehend This?)<\/a> [1-14-10]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111016083748\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/anti-catholic-vs-anti-catholicism-is.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Anti-Catholic<\/em> vs <em>Anti-Catholicism<\/em>: Is There an Essential Difference? Turretinfan\u2019s and Steve Hays\u2019 Double Standards and Equivocation<\/a> [9-13-10]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111016083453\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/james-white-lies-about-his-supposed-non.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James White Lies About His Supposed Non-Use of \u201cAnti-\u201d Terminology, and in so Doing Commits Blatant Hypocrisy, Exhibits Serious Log-in-the-Eye Disease <\/a>[9-15-10]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150908234813\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/dialogue-with-baptist-ken-temple-about.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dialogue with Baptist Ken Temple About the Equivalence (in Intended Purpose) of the Terms \u201cAnti-Catholic\u201d and \u201cAnti-Calvinist\u201d <\/a>[9-2-11]<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Meta Description:\u00a0Those who deny that Catholics are Christians always (oddly) detest being described as \u201canti-Catholics.\u201d Includes scholarly support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Meta Keywords:\u00a0Anti-Catholic, Anti-Catholicism, Anti-Catholics, antichrist, Catholic Church, Catholicism, damned, idolaters, pagans, papists, Pelagians, reprobate, Roman Catholic Church, Romanism, totally depraved, unregenerate, unsaved, whore of babylon, Romanists, anti-evangelical, anti-Calvinist, anti-Protestant<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-Catholic cartoon depicting the Church and the Pope as a malevolent octopus. 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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. 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