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Books by Dave Armstrrong: “The ‘Catholic’ Luther”

Books by Dave Armstrrong: “The ‘Catholic’ Luther”

Last updated on: July 14, 2026 at 10:39 pm by Dave Armstrong

Books by Dave Armstrrong: “The ‘Catholic’ Luther” 2026-07-14T22:39:23-04:00 Dave Armstrong

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[completed on 28 December 2014 and published at Lulu (PDF) on the same day. 166 pages]

[cover design by Dave Armstrong]

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My goal in the present volume is to give “balance” and greater overall accuracy to the Catholic treatment of Luther. He obviously wrote a lot of things that Catholics vigorously disagree with. I have dealt at length with those, elsewhere. But if we are to fully understand him, we also need to discover the orthodox and traditional aspects of his teaching (from the Catholic point of view). We owe it to Luther, to present his views in their fullness and broadness; in their totality. I shall be citing the portions of Luther’s writings that Catholics would agree with. The ecumenical endeavor is devoted to finding things that Christians have in common. This book will do exactly that. If I can persuade a few people that Catholics and Lutherans have more in common than either side (for the most part) imagined, I’ll be more than happy and fulfilled, having accomplished my goal. The topics are divided into nine broad sections and 113 individual categories, and arranged chronologically within each category.

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MISC.

Introductory Facebook post [10-10-14 ]

“Why Bring Up the Marian Views of the Early Protestant Leaders At All? Of What Relevance is It?” [Facebook, 10-16-14]

Review by Matthew Celestis (2-17-15)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Dedication

Introduction [read online]

Sources and Abbreviations

I. Bible and Tradition (Authority)

1.The Bible

2. Tradition, Apostolic

3. Fathers of the Church

4. Deuterocanon / “Apocrypha”

5. The Bible: Complex and Difficult to Master

6. The Bible: Eisegesis

7. The Bible: Proof from / Harmony with

II. Doctrine of the Church (Ecclesiology)

1. Catholicism

2. Apostolic Succession

3. Binding, Dogmatic Authority

4. The Infallible Church

5. Indefectibility of the Church

6. Church Councils

7. Ordination / Clergy

8. Bishops

9. Celibacy

10. Denominationalism, Sectarianism, Fanaticism

11. Sinners in the Church

12. Papal Supremacy and Headship

13. Authority: Obedience to

14. Holy Mother Church / Wrongness of Schism

15. Excommunication

16. Pope, Reverence for

17. Heresy

18. Rome: The Apostolic See

19. Monks and Monastic Vows

20. No Salvation Outside the Church

**III.**Theology of Salvation (Soteriology)

1. Necessity of Good Works in the Christian Life

2. Faith and Works

3. Works and Salvation

4. Co-Workers with God / Synergy

5. Justification

6. Sanctification

7. Salvation as a Process

8. Denial of Absolute Instant Assurance of Salvation

9. Original Sin

10. Theosis / Deification

11. Antinomianism or “Cheap Grace”: Falsity of

12. Grace, Degrees and Increase of

13. Discipleship / Personal Relationship with Jesus

14. Atonement, Universal

IV. Penance and Mortification

1. Confession

2. Absolution / Sacrament of Penance / Power of the “Keys”

3. Merit

4. Suffering and Sanctification

5. Fasting and Abstinence

6. Bodily Mortification

7. Sharing the Sufferings of Christ

8. Indulgences

9. Indulgences, Abuse of

10. Contrition

11. Satisfaction / Penance

12. Sin, Mortal

13. Sin, Venial

14. Chastity, Marital

V. Holy Eucharist and the Mass

1. Real, Substantial Presence

2. Consubstantiation

3. Consecration: Proper Words of

4. Eucharistic Adoration

5. Jesus’ One Sacrifice, Memorialized at the Mass

6. Grace and Strength Received from Holy Communion

7. Eucharist and Salvation

8. Ex opere operato

9. Liturgy and Rites

10. Eucharist and Forgiveness of Sins

11. Transubstantiation

12. Elevation of the Consecrated Elements

13. Continued Use of Latin

14. Holy Days

15. Priest as the “Alter Christus”

16. Mass, Daily

17. Communion in One Kind

VI. Sacraments and Sacramentals

1. Baptismal Regeneration / Baptism in General

2. Infant Baptism

3. Baptism and Being “Born Again”

4. Baptism and Salvation

5. Confirmation, Sacrament of

6. Anointing / Extreme Unction

7. Wholehearted Formal Prayer and Worship

8. Holy Places

9. Holy and Sacred Items

10. Genuflection, Bowing, and Kneeling

11. Crucifixes

12. Sign of the Cross

13. Sacramentalism

14. “Believers’” (Adult) Baptism (Falsity of)

15. Baptism of Desire

VII. Communion of Saints / Angels / Last Things

1. Prayer and Penance for the Dead

2. Invocation of Saints

3. Imitation and Veneration of Saints

4. Intercession of Saints and Angels

5. Useful ChristianImages

6. Relics

7. Purgatory

8. Saints
9. Idolatry

10. Saints, Communion of

VIII. The Blessed Virgin Mary (Mariology)

1. Sinlessness

2. Perpetual Virginity

3. “Mother of God” (Theotokos)

4. Queen of Heaven

5. Spiritual Mother / Invocation and Intercession of

6. The Rosary / Hail Mary

7. Virginity “in Partu” (During Childbirth)

8. Immaculate Conception or Immaculate Purification

9. Humility and Christ-Centeredness

10. Called “Blessed”

11. Veneration

12. Images of Mary

13. Second Eve / New Eve

IX. Miscellaneous

1. Apologetics

2. Contraception

3. Divorce

EXCERPTS

Introduction (10-10-14)

On Sacramental Confession [Facebook, 10-14-14]

Invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary [Facebook, 10-16-14]

Casual Reference to Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) as Scripture [Facebook, 11-6-14]

On What is “Biblical” [Facebook, 11-10-14]

On Merit [Facebook, 11-10-14]

On Eucharistic Adoration [Facebook, 11-11-14]

On the Veneration of the Saints [Facebook, 11-11-14]

Acceptance of the Eucharistic Principle of Ex Opere Operato [Facebook, 11-12-14]

On Mary’s Virginity “in Partu” (During Childbirth) on Account of Her Sinlessness [Facebook, 11-13-14]

On Purgatory [Facebook, 11-17-14]

On Nestorius and the Bankruptcy of His Reasoning Against Mary as the “Mother of God” [Facebook, 11-17-14]

On Sharing the Sufferings of Christ [Facebook, 12-1-14]

Luther Accepts the Sacrifice of the Mass (and He Doesn’t) [Facebook, 12-3-14]

Luther Calls Wisdom of Solomon “Scripture” [Facebook, 12-4-14]

Luther’s Excellent Argument Against “Believers'” (Adult) Baptism [Facebook, 12-6-14]

Luther’s Solid Arguments in Favor of Infant Baptism [Facebook, 12-6-14]

On Contraception and Procreation [Facebook, 12-22-14]

On the Infallibility and Indefectibility of the Church [Facebook, 12-28-14]

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