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December 2015

December 07, 2015

Carol of the Angels (Dave Armstrong’s 13th Christmas Poem)

The Annunciation (1898), by Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * *...

December 07, 2015

St. Nicholas Speaks (Dave Armstrong’s 11th Christmas Poem)

St. Nicholas Byzantine icon from the Chapel of the Holy Trinity at Theological School of Chalki,...

December 06, 2015

“Pope is God”? Similar Rhetoric from Luther & Bullinger

Anti-Catholics repeatedly fail to understand how language is used. *** 2 Peter 1:3-4 (RSV) His divine power...

December 06, 2015

Kneeling for Communion and Worship (Reverent Posture)

Original Title: Variant Postures for Worship & Reception of Holy Communion: the Biblical Data, & Cultural Factors Communion...

December 05, 2015

Biblical Evidences for the Perpetual Virginity of Mary

The Annunciation, by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * *...

December 05, 2015

Bible Teaching: God’s Glory Shared with His Creatures

Here are many biblical instances (both explicit and undeniable and likely, plausible, but not indisputable...

December 04, 2015

Posture During the “Our Father” Over Against the Rubrics

Original title: "Orans" Posture and Hand-Holding During the "Our Father" Are Against the Rubrics (Instructions) for...

December 04, 2015

Extraordinarily Excessive Use of Extraordinary Ministers

[Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] (11-20-08) This article has been re-uploaded, with revised...

December 03, 2015

Christmas Carols & Songs: A Comprehensive Catalogue

Part of our Dept. 56 "Dickens Village" (2013) * * * Compiled in December 2005....

December 03, 2015

John Calvin’s Citations of the “Apocrypha” (Deuterocanon)

Book of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus, first chapter, German translation: anonymous artist 1654 [public domain

December 02, 2015

“Live Chat” Debate: Mariology of the Church Fathers (vs. James White)

Madonna and Child, by Filippo Lippi (1406-1469) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * *...

December 02, 2015

Are Catholics Christians? Is Catholicism Christian? (vs. James White)

My book (2013, 395 pages; available for as low as $1.99). * * * *...

December 01, 2015

Biblical Evidence for Sunday Worship (Rather Than Saturday)

Ellen G. White (1827-1915) and James White (1821-1881): founders of Seventh-Day Adventism [public domain

December 01, 2015

Reply to a Lutheran on the Intercession & Invocation of Saints

Title Page of Book of Concord (Dresden: 1580) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * *...

December 01, 2015

John 3:5 and Titus 3:5: Proofs for Baptismal Regeneration?

Baptismal font from the 6th century (Tunisia); photo by Ad Meskens, 1 August 2012 [Wikimedia...

December 01, 2015

Grace Alone: A Biblical and Fully Catholic Teaching

[Flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0 license] * * * The Catholic Church teaches that...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

Real, Genuine Tolerance vs. PC Pseudo-“Tolerance”

Jesus knew all about being misunderstood, betrayed, forsaken by friends, hated, despised, slandered, lied about,...

November 25, 2015

My Apologetics Question & Answer You Tube Session

[selfie from January 2013] (3-31-15) I did an informal Q & A teaching session (1...

November 25, 2015

How Newman Convinced me to Become a Catholic

Original title: "How Cardinal Newman Convinced me of the Apostolicity of the Catholic Church" Blessed...

November 24, 2015

St. Paul on Sinners in the Church: the Notorious Galatians

1903 German map of the Galatian region (in present-day Turkey) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * *...

November 24, 2015

G. K. Chesterton on Atheism, Skepticism, Secularism, Etc.

Caricature of G.K. Chesterton by David Low (1928) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * *...

November 24, 2015

Dead Saints: Playing Harps on Clouds or Interceding?

NASA photo [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (12-29-06) [all passages RSV] * * * *...

November 24, 2015

Luke 1:28 (“Full of Grace”) and the Immaculate Conception

The Madonna of the Pinks (1506-1507), by Raphael (1483-1520) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] Linguistic...

November 23, 2015

My Books (#6): “Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths” (2009)

[see the information page for this book, for full details and all purchase options] (published in August...

November 23, 2015

My Books (#5): “The Catholic Answer Bible” (2002)

(published in September 2002 by Our Sunday Visitor) I wrote the 44 apologetics inserts on...

November 23, 2015

Fictional Dialogue on “Vain Repetition” and Liturgy

St. Joseph church, Detroit: my home parish since March 1991: German Gothic revival style (1870s)...

November 23, 2015

Fictional Dialogue on Grace, Justification, and Salvation

The Transfiguration (1594), by Lodovico Carracci (1555-1619) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (1995) * * *...

November 21, 2015

Re Refugee & Terrorist Crises (My $00.02)

Iraqi (Yazidi) refugee girl with her family at Newroz camp in the Al-Hassakah province, northeastern Syria...

November 21, 2015

REAL Back-and-Forth Discussion with an Ex-Catholic Gay Atheist

Image by "KAZ Vorpal" (9-15-15) [Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 license] * * * The...

November 21, 2015

The Perspicuity (Clarity / Clearness) of Holy Scripture

Photo by "Harsha K R" (26 Jan. 2010), in Thailand [Flickr / CC BY-SA...

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