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March 2020

March 12, 2020

Holy Communion in the Hand (Norm till 500-900 AD)

As I’ve stated many times; I receive kneeling, on the tongue, but I don’t believe...

March 12, 2020

Dialogue: Relation of Mystery & Reason in Christianity

From one of my blog comboxes: underneath my article, Dialogue w Orthodox on Why Catholics Become...

March 11, 2020

Dialogue w Anti-Catholic Orthodox Christian (ROCOR)

The following exchanges with an Orthodox apologist from ROCOR (Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia: a...

March 11, 2020

Is Catholicism Unbiblically “Rationalistic”? (Orthodox Criticisms)

From my book, Orthodoxy and Catholicism: A Comparison : 3rd revised edition, 2015; co-author: Fr. Deacon Daniel...

March 10, 2020

Attempted “Dialogue” with an Anti-Catholic Orthodox

This was from public debates on my old Internet discussion group, with a former Catholic...

March 10, 2020

Dialogue w Orthodox on Why Catholics Become Orthodox

This is an exchange with four people: from my old Internet discussion group (3-20-99). Words...

March 09, 2020

Sinners in the Church (by St. John Henry Newman)

From: Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England (London: Longmans, Green and Co.,...

March 09, 2020

Defining “Church”: “Exchange” w Anti-Catholic Zealot

An anti-Catholic Protestant who goes by the delightfully charitable nickname, pearlsb4swine, roused himself out of inactivity...

March 06, 2020

John Bugay a Bitter Anti-Catholic? Who Woulda Thunk It?!

Mary May be Promoted to Godhood? / Pope Benedict XVI was a Pantheist?, Etc., Ad Nauseam...

March 06, 2020

Anti-Catholic “Humor”: St. Thérèse of Lisieux as Hitler

John Bugay Tries to Justify it Based on Historic Anti-Semitism [see a larger version of...

March 05, 2020

Blessed Virgin Mary Will Soon be Promoted to Godhood?

vs. Douglas Wilson Lately, with the much-ballyhooed debate between two Reformed Protestants: Douglas Wilson and...

March 05, 2020

Dialogue: Orthodox Compromises on Contraception

This was a public response to a public critique of a paper on my site...

March 04, 2020

Schisms & Heresies in Eastern Christianity Before 1054

In my paper, Roman See as Historic Standard-Bearer of Orthodoxy (+ the Ecclesiological Absurdity of...

March 04, 2020

Reasons for Opposing Medical Marijuana (Dr. Robert Fastiggi)

Introduction: the present state of legal marijuana in the USA and the world As of...

March 03, 2020

Dr. Fastiggi Defends Pope Francis Re “Pachamama Idolatry”

The following exchanges took place on a public discussion combox for The Catholic World Report,...

March 03, 2020

Dialogue on Mary Mediatrix & Spouse of the Holy Spirit

I was challenged on this point by an Orthodox Christian in my discussion group. His...

March 02, 2020

Mary Mediatrix: Patristic, Medieval, & Early Orthodox Evidence

Sources Used St. Alphonsus de Liguori, The Glories of Mary, Brooklyn: Redemptorist Fathers, 1931 edition. C....

March 02, 2020

Marijuana & Ill Health: Scientific / Medical Evidence

1) Weighing the dangers of cannabis (Emily Sohn, Nature, 8-28-19) Excerpts: Clement and her colleagues analysed the...

February 2020

February 29, 2020

Sociology: Devout Married Christians Have Best Sex

As for studies on relatively more sexual fulfillment among Christians, I have a paper about...

February 28, 2020

Is Orthodoxy Immune from Modernism and Dissent?

An Orthodox Christian wrote: "The Roman Catholic Church has changed a great deal in the...

February 28, 2020

Clarification on Heretical Eastern Patriarchs (260-715)

It was reported to me that someone (presumably Orthodox) caught wind of my chart of...

February 27, 2020

Lenten Meditation: NT Teaching on Suffering with Christ

[From my book, A Biblical Defense of Catholicism (1996; published by Sophia Institute Press in 2003), pp....

February 27, 2020

Caesaropapism in Orthodoxy & the Byzantine Empire

1) Encyclopædia Britannica, 1985, vol. 2, pp. 718-719, "Caesaropapism": Political system in which the head of...

February 26, 2020

Biblical Evidence for Lent & Practices of Asceticism

Someone asked me on my Facebook page: "How come we celebrate Lent...and the word...

February 26, 2020

Anti-Catholic Orthodox Claims of Exclusive Apostolic Succession

An Orthodox Christian whom I encountered on the Internet objected to my comparison of the...

February 25, 2020

Roman See as Historic Standard-Bearer of Orthodoxy

+ the Ecclesiological Absurdity of Anti-Catholic-Type Eastern Orthodox Arguments Against Roman Primacy & Apostolicity [this...

February 25, 2020

Dialogue w Timothy Flanders #2: State of Emergency?

Timothy S. Flanders is the author of Introduction to the Holy Bible for Traditional Catholics. In 2019 he...

February 22, 2020

Dialogue: Paul, Bible, & Catholicism R Anti-Sex? (Pt. 2)

This is my reply to comments on my blog, underneath the article, Dialogue: Are Paul, the...

February 22, 2020

Dr. Fastiggi: Open Letter Re Abp. Viganò, Pope Francis, & Mary

[Letter to Inside the Vatican: February 11, 2020; published here with the express permission of...

February 21, 2020

Bible on Authority to Anathematize & Excommunicate

From my book, Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths (Aug. 2009) [aka "Dave's Topical Bible"] [all verses RSV,...

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