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August 2017

August 18, 2017

St. Augustine’s Eucharistic Doctrine and Protestant “Co-Opting”

The Consecration of St Augustine, by Jaume Huguet (1412-1492) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***...

August 08, 2017

St. Augustine (d. 430) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

St. Augustine, by Antonio Rodríguez (1636-1691) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03) *** For preliminaries...

August 08, 2017

St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

St. John Chrysostom (early 11th century Byzantine), from Hosios Loukas Monastery, Boeotia, Greece [public domain

August 02, 2017

Basil the Great (d. 379) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

Fresco of St. Basil the Great in the Church of the Theotokos Peribleptos in Ohrid,...

August 01, 2017

Theodoret (d. c. 458) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

Russian icon of the Church fathers (11th century) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03)...

August 01, 2017

Dionysius (d. c. 264) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

Pope St. Dionysius of Alexandria (anonymous icon) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03) ***...

June 2017

June 09, 2017

William Webster’s Misunderstanding of Development of Doctrine

(with particular reference to the papacy, Vatican I, Pope Leo XIII, St. Vincent of Lerins,...

May 2017

May 01, 2017

Cyril of Jerusalem (d. 386) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

St. Cyril of Jerusalem, by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03)...

May 01, 2017

Hippolytus (d. c. 236) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

Church Fathers: 11th century mosaic; lower portions: oil painting of the 18th c. St. Sophia...

April 2017

April 20, 2017

Gregory of Nyssa (d. c. 395) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

St. Gregory of Nyssa: Hosios Loukas Monastery, Boeotia, Greece (early 11th century Byzantine) [public domain...

April 06, 2017

Clement of Alexandria (d. c. 215) vs. Sola Scriptura

St. Clement of Alexandria: icon from before 1800 [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03)...

April 06, 2017

Irenaeus (d. c. 200) vs. Sola Scriptura

Bishop Irenaeus (1923), by Uroš Predić (1857-1953) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03) *** The...

April 05, 2017

Justin Martyr (d. c. 165) vs. Sola Scriptura

St. Justin Martyr (c. 1546), by Theophanes the Cretan (1490-1559) and his son Symeon [public...

March 2017

March 20, 2017

Development of Doctrine: Patristic & Historical Development

Featuring Much Documentation from St. Augustine, St. Vincent of Lerins, St. Thomas Aquinas. Vatican I,...

January 2017

January 12, 2017

Dialogue: “Perspicuous Apostolic Teaching” (vs. “Dr.”[?] James White)

[May-June 1996. James White is the most well-known and influential anti-Catholic apologist. He is a...

January 06, 2017

Apostolic Succession: More Biblical Arguments

Moses Appoints Joshua: illustration from Henry Davenport Northrop’s 1894 Treasures of the Bible [public domain...

January 06, 2017

Dialogues on Various Biblical Arguments for Apostolic Succession

+ The Catholic Role in Canonizing the Bible Christ Handing the Keys to St. Peter (1481-1482),...

August 2016

August 11, 2016

John Calvin: Ignatian Epistles (c. 110) Not Authentic

Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1828-1889): Anglican biblical scholar, translator of the early Church fathers and Bishop...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

Church Fathers: Were They “Protestant” or Catholic?

Four doctors of the Church: left to right: St. Augustine, Pope St. Gregory the Great,...

April 2016

April 22, 2016

St. John Chrysostom & St. Irenaeus: Sola Scripturists?

Refutation of Anti-Catholic Polemicist and Reformed Protestant Pastor David T. King St. John Chrysostom: Fresco in...

April 12, 2016

St. Augustine Was CATHOLIC, Not Proto-Protestant!

Portrait of St. Augustine (c. 1480) by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

January 2016

January 09, 2016

St. Augustine’s Eucharistic Doctrine

Simultaneous Assertion of Realism and Symbolism [ [public domain] (2-17-11) The great Church father (who...

January 09, 2016

St. Augustine Accepted All Seven Catholic Sacraments

Seven Sacraments (Detail), by Rogier van der Weyden (c. 1400-1464) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (9-25-10)...

November 2015

November 10, 2015

St. Augustine Was Thoroughly CATHOLIC: 135 Proofs

St. Augustine in His Study (bet. 1490 and 1494), by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) [public domain...

August 2015

August 22, 2015

John Calvin: All Fathers But One Wrong Regarding Free Will

Portrait of Jean Calvin, by Titian (1490-1576) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] [A]lthough the Greek...

April 2013

April 08, 2013

Books by Dave Armstrong: The Quotable Eastern Church Fathers

[completed on 8 July 2013, 303 pages, and published at Lulu on the same day]...

August 2012

August 29, 2012

Introduction to “The Quotable Augustine” (edited by Dave Armstrong)

[see book info-page] *** (8-9-12) *** This book will be roughly along the sames lines...

July 2012

July 01, 2012

Books by Dave Armstrong: “The Quotable Augustine”

[245 pages. Completed on 1 September 2012 and published by Lulu on the same day]...

November 2007

November 04, 2007

Catholic Church Fathers: Patristic and Scholarly Proofs

(284 pages; completed in November 2007; published by Lulu in November 2007; revised with new...

October 2007

October 07, 2007

Introduction to Dave Armstrong’s Book, “Catholic Church Fathers”

(revised on 28 August 2013) *** Protestants and Catholics both claim that the early Church...

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