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October 2019

October 30, 2019

Immaculate Conception of Mary (Classic Catholic Commentary)

St. John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890) Newman, while still an Anglican, thirteen years before his...

October 30, 2019

Great Catholic Mystics on the Blessed Virgin Mary

[book and purchase information] Mary and Joseph: Vision of This beauty, which I saw in...

October 29, 2019

St. Paul on Sinners in the Church (Notorious Galatians)

The example of the Galatian congregation proves that Christians can be tremendous hypocrites and sinners....

October 28, 2019

Intercession of the Saints in Heaven on Our Behalf

[Book and purchase information] Revelation 5:8 (RSV) And when he had taken the scroll, the four...

October 28, 2019

Masturbation: C. S. Lewis Explains Why it is Wrong

From: The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Vol. III: Narnia, Cambridge, and Joy 1950-1963, edited by...

October 24, 2019

Bible On God’s Special Presence Prior to the Incarnation

[see purchase information] Many Protestants (particularly Calvinists, following Calvin) make the argument that since Jesus...

October 24, 2019

Indefectibility of Holy Mother Church: Believe It Or Not

This is the five page-long chapter three of my book, Reflections on Radical Catholic Reactionaries (2002, slightly...

October 22, 2019

C. S. Lewis: Criticism of Theological & Political Liberalism

From: The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Vol. II: Books, Broadcasts, and the War,...

October 22, 2019

C. S. Lewis on Ubiquitous Media Bias & Incompetence

. . . Some Things Never Change . . . From: The Collected Letters of...

October 21, 2019

Biblical “Truth” (vs. “Primary & Secondary” Doctrines)

The following material is a remnant of my discontinued book, 501 Biblical Arguments Against Sola...

October 21, 2019

C. S. Lewis: A Life of Extraordinary Charity & Selflessness

I've been reading through the two volumes of Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis (running...

October 18, 2019

Oral Tradition According to Great Historic Apologists

Here I present biblical texts having to do with this topic (RSV), followed by commentary...

October 17, 2019

C. S. Lewis & Low-Key, Gentle, Subtle Evangelism

From: The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Vol. II: Books, Broadcasts, and the War, 1931-1949,...

October 17, 2019

C. S. Lewis Believed in Vicarious, Redemptive Suffering

It's a quite biblical theme: redemptive suffering, or joining our suffering with that of Christ...

October 16, 2019

“Solo” Scriptura vs. Sola Scriptura: Reply to Keith Mathison

Words of Keith A. Mathison will be in blue. ***** A fashionable Protestant comeback to...

October 15, 2019

Catholic Sexuality: Cordial Dialogue with an Agnostic

Dr. JD Eveland is a very thoughtful and congenial agnostic. He responded to my post, Catholic Sexuality:...

October 15, 2019

“New” / Ordinary Form / Pauline Mass: a Traditional Defense

. . . with Massive Historical Documentation, + Summary of Vatican II on Liturgical Reform Sacrosanctum...

October 14, 2019

C. S. Lewis: Either Hated or Loved by Readers / Hearers

I have long noted that apologists (including myself) are basically either loved or viewed with...

October 14, 2019

St. John Henry Newman: Photograph & Portrait Page

The following photographs and portraits (above the ten asterisks below) are from The National Portrait...

October 12, 2019

Son Matthew’s Miraculous Cure of Lyme & Related Maladies

Matthew, almost 23 (photo from April 2019 above) spontaneously wrote this testimony, this morning. I...

October 12, 2019

Anglican Newman on Oral & Written Apostolic Tradition

As to tradition, I should speak thus: – facts of whatever kind are only known...

October 12, 2019

Cardinal Newman on What Persuades People of Christianity

The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means...

October 11, 2019

Cardinal Newman Anticipated Vatican II & Lay Participation

Here Cardinal Newman refers to the fact that his thought on the role of the...

October 11, 2019

The Anglican Newman on Prayer for the Dead (1838)

It was as well-attested in the early Church as the Canon of Scripture This is...

October 10, 2019

C. S. Lewis Believed in the Sacrament of Confirmation

The following excerpts are from: The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Vol. II: Books, Broadcasts,...

October 10, 2019

Cardinal Newman’s Conversion Agonies: Jan. 1842 to Feb. 1844

The simple case then, much as I grieve to say it, is this: – about...

October 10, 2019

C. S. Lewis & the Invocation & Communion of Saints

The following excerpts are from: The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Vol. II: Books, Broadcasts,...

October 09, 2019

Dialogue with a Deconvert on Deconversion, Part II

See Part I for background. This is a continuation of that discussion, after Joe Omundson, who...

October 09, 2019

St. John Henry Cardinal Newman: Articles & Books About Him

St. John Henry Newman was canonized by Pope Francis on 13 October 2019 in Rome....

October 08, 2019

Is Sacred Tradition “Inspired”? No; Only Sacred Scripture Is

I received the following question from a friend, and replied to it: Your “dialogue” vs....

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