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October 2017

October 12, 2017

Dr. Fastiggi Replies to Dr. Brugger Re: Amoris Laetitia

Dr. Christian Brugger is Senior Fellow of Ethics at the Culture of Life Foundation in...

October 11, 2017

Melanchthon in 1530 Longed for Return of Catholic Bishops

(11-30-07) *** [my blue highlighting throughout] *** Martin Luther's successor Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) was (contrary to widespread...

October 11, 2017

Dr. Joseph Shaw Apes “Reformers” (“Ambiguous” Catholic Documents)

The Good Ol' "Ambiguity" Card Utilized with Regard to Both Vatican II and Amoris laetitia [my...

October 11, 2017

Melanchthon’s Agonized Tears Over Early Protestant Divisions

(6-15-11; additions on 10-11-17) *** [my highlighting in blue] *** Today divisions and endless theological...

October 10, 2017

Medieval Catholic Corruption: Main Cause of Protestant Revolt?

(6-2-03; revised slightly: 1-20-04 and 10-10-17) *** What does medieval corruption have to do with the abolition...

October 10, 2017

William of Ockham, Nominalism, Luther, & Early Protestant Thought

(10-3-02; abridged on 10-10-17) *** [ (P) = Protestant / (C) = Catholic / (O)...

October 09, 2017

Dr. Fastiggi & Dr. Goldstein Debate Dr. Shaw Regarding Pope Francis

Previously, I have posted "Dr. Robert Fastiggi Defends Amoris Laetitia Against Critics" (10-3-17). Full disclosure: Dr....

October 06, 2017

My Conversion: Apathy, Occult, Evangelicalism, & Catholicism (Pt. 8)

Part Eight: Bombshell and Paradigm Shift: Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman's Essay on the Development of...

October 05, 2017

My Conversion: Apathy, Occult, Evangelicalism, & Catholicism (Pt. 7)

Part Seven: Ecclesiology (the Church), the "Protestant Myth" of Church History, and My Vehement Opposition to...

October 05, 2017

Gun Control and Deep-Rooted Societal Causes of Massacres

If guns are the primary cause of these massacres (which appears to be how many...

October 04, 2017

My Conversion: Apathy, Occult, Evangelicalism, & Catholicism (Pt. 6)

Part Six: Pro-Life Rescue Movement, Letter to Karl Keating, My Ecumenical Gatherings, & the First...

October 04, 2017

Eucharistic Sacrifice: The Witness of the Church Fathers

(9-12-05) *** A Lutheran historian whom I debated, submitted the odd scenario of having to...

October 03, 2017

My Conversion: Apathy, Occult, Evangelicalism, & Catholicism (Pt. 5)

Part Five: Collapse of My Protestant Ministry: Disillusionment and the End of One Chapter of...

October 03, 2017

Dr. Robert Fastiggi Defends “Amoris Laetitia” Against Critics

Dr. Robert Fastiggi and Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein wrote an article for La Stampa, entitled “Does...

October 02, 2017

Apologists, Like Umpires, Can Never Be TOO Popular!

(3-5-17) ***** I envision in my head how various people and groups will react to...

October 02, 2017

Passionate Defense of Religious Truths: The Biblical Data

(6-4-07) *** Dialogue or rational argumentation involving defense of one's own positions and respectful critique...

October 01, 2017

Who’s Defending Pope Benedict’s “Summorum Pontificum” Now?

(2-26-14) ***** Summorum Pontificum is the 2007 apostolic letter from Pope Benedict XVI that allowed...

September 2017

September 30, 2017

The REAL Diet of Augsburg (1530) vs. the Protestant Myth

(3-3-04; additions from 10-9-07) *** From my review of the movie Luther: The movie ended with the...

September 29, 2017

Indefectibility: Does God Protect His Church from Doctrinal Error?

(11-1-05; abridged and reformulated a bit on 2-14-17) ***** Critics of Catholic claimed infallibility and...

September 28, 2017

Radical Reactionary Affinities in “Filial Correction” Signatories

I've been studying and critiquing radical Catholic reactionaries (my own coined term in 2013) for over...

September 28, 2017

Philip Melanchthon’s Agony Over Protestant Sectarianism

*** (2-8-06) *** [Melanchthon's words will be in blue] ***** Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) was Protestant...

September 26, 2017

Papal Answers Would Only Help Resolve the Growing Crisis

People have questions. There are divisions. He's the shepherd.

September 26, 2017

Why Write “Bad” Stuff About Protestant “Reformers”?

*** (5-22-06) *** This little controversy of sorts came up again after I posted my...

September 25, 2017

Word “Protestant” Stemmed from Intolerance of Catholic Worship

(2-8-06; expanded on 9-26-17) *** Philip Melanchthon's words will be in blue. ***** Concerning the...

September 25, 2017

My Conversion: Apathy, Occult, Evangelicalism, & Catholicism (Pt. 4)

Part Four: Apologetics, Abundant Evangelical Blessings, and Protestant Evangelistic Campus Ministry (1983-1989) This is the...

September 25, 2017

Astonishing Hostility to Higher Education in Early Protestantism

*** (1991) *** Martin Luther In 1522 Luther poured out his ire on the "asinine...

September 25, 2017

Early Protestant Antipathy Towards Art (+ Iconoclasm)

*** (1991) *** Summary Since the middle of the 16th century religious art had come...

September 24, 2017

Sacramentarian Controversies (Calvin vs. Luther vs. Zwingli)

(3-29-04) *** This is an "outtake" from my 2004 book: The Catholic Verses. It was too historical,...

September 24, 2017

Is Pope Francis Wrong? Thoughts on the “Filial Correction”

Is Pope Francis a heretic?

September 23, 2017

Intense Immigration Dialogue (w John Cavanaugh-O’Keefe)

See the previous installment. We had a little blow-up, but we reconciled (which was a...

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