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January 2019

January 04, 2019

Biblical & Patristic Basis for the Papacy (vs. Calvin #13)

This is an installment of a series of replies (see the Introduction and Master List) to...

December 2018

December 19, 2018

Sectarianism & Denominationalism: Reply to Calvin #6

This is an installment of a series of replies (see the Introduction and Master List) to...

August 2018

August 22, 2018

Conciliarism: “Orthodox” Option in Medieval Catholicism?

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Pope Gregory VII's (Hildebrand's) Papacy (1073-1085): Radical Novelty or...

August 21, 2018

Was Medieval Ecclesiology “Fallibilist Conciliarism”?

Conciliar infallibility is just as firmly entrenched in Christian and "Roman" (also Orthodox) Tradition as...

August 07, 2018

“Catholic Christian” Implies a Non-Catholic Ecclesiology?

Background: the claim was made in a previous discussion on the validity of the apostolate...

April 2018

April 21, 2018

Primacy of St. Peter Verified by Protestant Scholars

[From the 1994 early manuscript (750 page) version of my first book, A Biblical Defense of...

April 06, 2018

Council of Constance (1414-18): Triumph or Death of Conciliarism?

Did the popes in fact ratify, confirm, accept, approve the conciliarist decrees of the council...

January 2018

January 15, 2018

Dialogue w Protestant: “One True Church” vs. Ecumenism?

Catholics believe their Church is the one true one (i.e., contains the "fullness"). The Congregation for...

January 07, 2018

Dialogue on (Supposedly Fallible) Pope Honorius

Pope Honorius possibly was personally a heretic, but infallibility isn't involved. My evangelical Protestant friend's words...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

Did St. Paul Seek St. Peter’s Approval for His Ministry?

+ Does The Word Order in Galatians 2:9 Suggest a Lowering of Peter’s Primacy? The answer...

October 2017

October 25, 2017

John Calvin: Authoritative Council Needed to Unite Protestants

(1-18-08) *** John Calvin figured out that only a council would unite Protestants doctrinally at war...

October 21, 2017

Armstrong vs. Collins & Walls #10: St. Peter & the Papacy

This is one of my many critiques of the book entitled, Roman but Not Catholic: What...

September 2017

September 21, 2017

“Absurd” Protestant Divisions: Calvin’s Revealing Lament to Melanchthon

*** (2-6-06) *** Letter of John Calvin (1509-1564): the second most important leader of the...

September 12, 2017

Zwingli, Bucer, Oecolampadius: Luther & Lutherans Not Christians

* * * (1-10-08) * * * I've noted in the past, Martin Luther's utter...

September 07, 2017

Debate on the Nature of the Church & Catholicism (vs. Eric Svendsen)

Strasbourg Cathedral, Germany. Photograph by Matthias Zirngibl (11-3-08). [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license] * *...

September 01, 2017

Refutation of a Satirical “Pauline Papacy” Argument (vs. Jason Engwer)

Christ Handing the Keys to St. Peter (c. 1482) by Pietro Perugino (1448-1523) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***...

September 01, 2017

Reply to Critique of “50 NT Proofs for the Papacy” (vs. Jason Engwer)

Christ Handing the Keys to St. Peter (c. 1482) by Pietro Perugino (1448-1523) [public domain

July 2017

July 31, 2017

Catholic Questions Regarding Protestant Ecclesiologies

Photograph by "skeeze" (11-17-14) [Pixabay / Pixabay license] *****(6-5-03) *** These questions and comments of...

June 2017

June 07, 2017

Catholic Rule of Faith & Binding Authority: Old Testament Analogies

Prophet Isaiah, by Antonio Balestra (1666-1740) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (4-9-06) ***** Doctrine...

May 2017

May 24, 2017

Why Do Protestants Reject the Notion of “One True Church”?

Leipzig New Town Hall. The tower is a remnant of the old Pleissenburg building: where...

May 22, 2017

Belief in One True Church: Is it “Breathtakingly Arrogant”?

Something called "my church" was built by Jesus upon St. Peter (meaning, "Rock"), who was...

May 12, 2017

Denominationalism and Sectarianism: An Anti-Biblical Scandal

[Max Pixel / CC0 public domain] *** (1996) *** [The words in blue are paraphrases of...

May 02, 2017

Catholic Converts’ Qualms: Mariology, Formal Worship, Etc.

St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague. Photo by "kirkandmimi" (9-29-16) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** (2-11-04;...

April 2017

April 03, 2017

“Reply to Calvin” #4: “Primary” & “Secondary” Doctrines

Historical mixed media figure of John Calvin produced by artist/historian George S. Stuart and photographed...

January 2017

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),...

October 2016

October 20, 2016

Peter the Rock: Protestant Contra-Catholic Exegetical Bias

St. Peter (1326), by Simone Martini (1285-1344) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (7-7-09) ***...

September 2016

September 22, 2016

Bible vs. Denominationalism

. . . and Against "Primary / Secondary" Doctrines How much more does Protestantism have...

September 18, 2016

Bishops in the Apostolic Church

The Fathers of the Church: St. Basil of Caesarea, St. John Chrysostom, St. Gregorius of...

June 2016

June 21, 2016

50 preuves de la primauté de Pierre dans le NT

[50 New Testament Proofs for Petrine Primacy & the Papacy: in French] Detail of Christ...

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