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2026-08-21T14:53:45-04:00

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Can You Be Saved by Faith Alone? (The Biblical Truth)

Last updated on: August 21, 2026 at 2:53 pm By Dave Armstrong

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This is the initial transcript for the video, “Can You Be Saved by Faith Alone? (The Biblical Truth)” (Catholic Bible Highlights, with Kenny Burchard, 8-21-26). Kenny’s words will be in blue. Today we’re gonna address the central conflict between Catholics and the new movement called Protestantism in the 16th century, who claimed that salvation had to come by faith alone, denied that works played any causal role in justification and salvation whatsoever, and rejected any idea of meritorious works.... Read more

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2026-08-21T09:05:24-04:00

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A Few “Worst” & “Best” Arguments vs. Protestantism

Last updated on: August 21, 2026 at 9:05 am By Dave Armstrong

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I am responding to Reformed Baptist pastor, apologist, and YouTuber Dr. Gavin Ortlund’s video, “The 10 Worst Arguments Against Protestantism (And the 3 Best)” (8-20-26). This is my 37th critique of Gavin in writing, and there are several more in videos: all listed at the top of my Calvinism & General Protestantism web page. He has counter-responded exactly once. When pressed about his non-replies, he has inevitably appealed to a lack of time. Yet he manages to find time... Read more

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2026-08-17T23:33:19-04:00

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Mary Wife of Clopas (Jn 19:25): Mary’s Sister-in-Law?

Last updated on: August 17, 2026 at 11:33 pm By Dave Armstrong

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+ Discussion on the Range of Meaning of Adelphē (“Sister”) in the Septuagint I was in a little discussion with anti-Catholic Baptist apologist Steve Christie on my YouTube channel with Kenny Burchard, Catholic Bible Highlights, underneath our video, “Did Jesus REALLY have Four Brothers? The Bible Has the Answer!” (8-14-26). His words will be in blue, and those of another Catholic (@TruthIsLoveConquersEvil / Michelle A.) in green, and of a second Catholic, J. L. Olar, in purple. ***** Are you... Read more

Perpetual Virginity of Mary

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2026-08-14T15:26:18-04:00

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Jesus Had Four Brothers? The Bible Sez No!

Last updated on: August 14, 2026 at 3:26 pm By Dave Armstrong

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This is my initial transcript for the video, “Did Jesus REALLY have Four Brothers? The Bible Has the Answer!” (Catholic Bible Highlights with Kenny Burchard, 8-14-26; linked below). We modified it for the video format and added additional spontaneous discussion. Protestant anti-Catholic apologist Steve Christie runs the BornAgainRN YouTube channel, where he produced the video, “Response to Joe Heschmeyer on Biblical ‘PROOF’ for the Perpetual Virginity of Mary” (3-25-25). I’d like to respond to one part of it. Here is an... Read more

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2026-08-11T12:07:35-04:00

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

Last updated on: August 11, 2026 at 12:07 pm By Dave Armstrong

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[source] [source 2] [source 3] [source 4] [source 5] [source 6] St. John Henry Cardinal Newman noted that the doctrine of purgatory was more attested to by the fathers than was the doctrine of original sin: Some notion of suffering, or disadvantage, or punishment after this life, in the case of the faithful departed, or other vague forms of the doctrine of Purgatory, has in its favour almost a consensus of the four first ages of the Church, though some Fathers... Read more

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2026-08-11T11:59:29-04:00

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Exchanges on 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 & Purgatory

Last updated on: August 11, 2026 at 11:59 am By Dave Armstrong

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From the combox of the video, “The ONE Purgatory Verse Protestant Scholars Can’t Explain Away” (Catholic Bible Highlights, 8-7-26), which has been a very popular one (about 14,000 views in the first three days): @scase1023: (Shawn Case): No, there is a difference on how we are justified. While a Protestant believes that sanctification is a process and work by the Holy Spirit, but our righteousness and justification before God was achieved completely by Christ. We are now, here and now,... Read more

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2026-08-11T12:00:14-04:00

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Does Catholic Purgatory Require Literal Fire?

Last updated on: August 11, 2026 at 12:00 pm By Dave Armstrong

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+ Protestant Commentators on 1 Corinthians 3:15: “Saved . . . Through Fire” 1 Corinthians 3:15 (RSV) If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. Following up on our recent video on 1 Corinthians 3 and my initial transcript, I’d like to clarify some things further: especially in response to several Protestant comments under our video. First of all, it needs to be noted that... Read more

Saints & Purgatory & Penance

2026-08-07T14:31:53-04:00

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One Purgatory Passage Protestants Can’t Explain Away

Last updated on: August 7, 2026 at 2:31 pm By Dave Armstrong

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1 Corinthians 3:11-15 (RSV) For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw — each man’s work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on... Read more

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2026-08-07T12:04:25-04:00

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“Baptism” & Romans 10 (Engwer’s Silly Word Games)

Last updated on: August 7, 2026 at 12:04 pm By Dave Armstrong

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[originally posted on 5-14-24 on my Facebook page] *** Evangelical Protestant anti-Catholic polemicist Jason Engwer, wrote an article entitled, “The Problems for Baptismal Regeneration in Romans 10” [5-12-24 on Tribalblog]. Here’s a quote from it: I want to expand on what I’ve said about the subject in other posts (like here and here). Notice that baptism is absent across multiple contexts addressed in Romans 10: the activities of the justified person and others involved (no getting baptized, no baptizing, no... Read more

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2026-08-05T11:21:49-04:00

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Deuterocanon & Javier Perdomo’s Straw Men

Last updated on: August 5, 2026 at 11:21 am By Dave Armstrong

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+ The Fathers on Susanna as Part of Daniel & St. Basil on the Deuterocanon Lutheran apologist and YouTuber Javier Perdomo, on his Substack, posted an article with the ambitious title, “Church Fathers & Medievals on the Biblical Canon: An EXTENSIVE list of 90+ Patristic & Medieval quotes undermining the Roman Catholic position on the Biblical canon” (4-18-25). Here is his stated purpose: The focus of this article is simply to try to figure out if church history is... Read more

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