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August 11, 2026

17 Church Fathers on Purgatory (Esp. 1 Cor 3:10-15)

[source] [source 2] [source 3] [source 4] [source 5] [source 6] St. John Henry...

August 05, 2026

Deuterocanon & Javier Perdomo’s Straw Men

+ The Fathers on Susanna as Part of Daniel & St. Basil on the Deuterocanon...

August 02, 2026

St. Athanasius & the Deuterocanon (vs. Javier Perdomo)

Lutheran apologist and YouTuber Javier Perdomo, on his Substack, posted an article with the ambitious...

July 2026

July 14, 2026

Chrysostom vs. Faith Alone (vs. Lutheran Will Weedon)

It's pretty much standard Protestant methodology with the Church fathers: pick a topic (in this...

April 2026

April 25, 2026

St. Augustine (No “Proto-Protestant”) vs. “Faith Alone”

Our esteemed Protestant brethren (especially Reformed Protestants, or Calvinists) often assert that the views...

April 24, 2026

“Faith Alone” Disproven by 30 Church Fathers

“Faith Alone” (sola fide in Latin) is, as Protestants say -- one of the...

April 17, 2026

“Reformation” Debate (vs. Lutheran Nathan Rinne)

Featuring Massively Unbiblical "Faith Alone" & St. Augustine's Opposition to Imputed Justification: Just One Part...

April 04, 2026

Proof That Calvin Affirmed Mary’s Perpetual Virginity

. . . Contrary to the Claims of Protestant Apologist Steve Christie & Catholic Apologist...

March 2026

March 17, 2026

Mary’s Assumption: Biblical & Patristic Data

Mary’s bodily Assumption is not directly addressed in the Bible. But (as always with...

March 16, 2026

Anglican Sean Luke & Apologetical Canon Discussion

Including a Summary of the "Historical Case" for the Deuterocanon (aka, "Apocrypha"), and Particularly, Athanasius'...

January 2026

January 22, 2026

Early Church Baptismal Regeneration (vs. Mike Gendron)

This is the transcript for the video, Ex-Catholic Claims Baptism Doesn't Save - Here's...

November 2025

November 15, 2025

No Sacraments in the Early Church? Think Again!

Summary: We disabuse Allie Beth Stuckey and anti-Catholic idol Mike Gendron of the myth...

October 2025

October 08, 2025

Icons: Gavin Ortlund’s 500-Year Absence Claim Refuted

Transcript of the main presentation (minus our discussion) for the video, Gavin Ortlund’s “No Evidence”...

August 2025

August 30, 2025

Vs. Gavin Ortlund: St. Augustine Rejected Sola Scriptura

Summary: I take issue with Baptist apologist Gavin Ortlund who claims that St. Augustine...

August 15, 2025

Vs. Ortlund: Widespread Image Veneration Before 500 AD

Contra Reformed Baptist Apologist Gavin Ortlund; Including the Opinions of Protestant Historians Philip Schaff and...

August 11, 2025

Icons: Gavin Ortlund’s 500-Year Absence Claim Refuted

Summary: Reformed Baptist apologist Gavin Ortlund claimed that there is zero evidence of any...

July 2025

July 19, 2025

Vs. Geisler on Catholicism #11: Seven Sacraments

Norman L. Geisler (1932 – 2019) was an American evangelical Protestant theologian, philosopher, and apologist....

July 15, 2025

Vs. Geisler on Catholicism #7: Sola Scriptura 2 (Fathers)

Norman L. Geisler (1932 – 2019) was an American evangelical Protestant theologian, philosopher, and apologist....

July 09, 2025

Vs. Geisler on Catholicism #5: “Apocrypha” 5: Fathers

Also Including Analysis of Josephus' and Philo's Views, Jewish Scholars at Jamnia (c. AD 90),...

July 08, 2025

Vs. Geisler on Catholicism #4: “Apocrypha” 4: Early Church

Norman L. Geisler (1932 – 2019) was an American evangelical Protestant theologian, philosopher, and...

July 07, 2025

Vs. Geisler on Catholicism #3: “Apocrypha” 3: Septuagint

Norman L. Geisler (1932 – 2019) was an American evangelical Protestant theologian, philosopher, and...

March 2025

March 06, 2025

The James White St. Ignatius of Antioch Controversy

"Yes, Virginia, There Was a St. Ignatius of Antioch" This came about after his recent...

February 2025

February 27, 2025

Reply to François Turretin #13: Transubstantiation, Pt. 2

Language of "bread" & "wine" after consecration; transubstantiation and transformation: compendium from the Church fathers ...

February 12, 2025

Newman, Sinless Mary, & Development (vs. Javier Perdomo)

. . . Concentrating on the New Eve Analogy in the Church Fathers and its...

February 06, 2025

Patristic Development of a Sinless Mary (Cdl. Newman)

See the related article, Mary’s Sinlessness & the Fathers (vs. Javier Perdomo) . ....

February 05, 2025

Mary’s Sinlessness & the Fathers (vs. Javier Perdomo)

Including a Turn the Tables Argument Regarding Protestant Doctrines Virtually Nonexistent in the Fathers (Sola...

November 2024

November 13, 2024

St. Augustine & Extrabiblical Infallibility

vs. James Swan Anti-Catholic reformed polemicist James Swan holds the usual erroneous Protestant view about...

November 11, 2024

Response to a Lutheran Apologetic (Pr. Will Weedon)

Featuring Liturgy and the Sacrifice of the Mass in the Church Fathers I am replying...

November 10, 2024

Faith Alone & Earliest Fathers (vs. Scholastic Lutherans)

Including Clement of Rome (d. c. 101), Ignatius of Antioch (50-c. 110), and the Epistle...

October 2024

October 09, 2024

Reply to a Protestant on “Faith Alone”

This is my reply to a lengthy comment by "ThornyCrown" underneath the video by my...

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