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July 20, 2026

Book: Martin Luther: Dissenter and Defender

[this is my 58th book: completed on 10 July 2026; published on 20 July 2026;...

May 2024

May 09, 2024

Catholic-Protestant Dialogue: Recommended Books

[abridged version of a post originally from 2 July 2008] “Please Hit ‘Subscribe’”! If you have...

November 2023

November 21, 2023

Ecumenism & Religious Liberty

Chapter 9 (pp. 65-85) of my book, Reflections on Radical Catholic Reactionaries (December 2002; revised...

October 2023

October 05, 2023

Vs. J. Oliveira #9: Salvation & the Church

[photo from Twitter] *** Brazilian Protestant Juan Roberto de Oliveira is the author of the book, Nenhum Caminho...

September 2020

September 22, 2020

Hilary White Wants to Trash & Bury Vatican II; I Defend It

Radical reactionary Catholic Hilary White wrote on 7-31-10 at The Remnant / cross-posted on Rorate...

June 2020

June 22, 2020

Reply to a Critic: Am I Un-Ecumenical & Anti-Protestant?

[see book and purchase information] *** These comments and my replies occurred underneath my article,...

April 2020

April 22, 2020

Apocalypse! Steve Skojec’s Pontifications vs. Vatican II

For those who think that radical Catholic reactionaries are simply traditionalists with a bit of...

March 2020

March 11, 2020

Dialogue w Anti-Catholic Orthodox Christian (ROCOR)

The following exchanges with an Orthodox apologist from ROCOR (Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia: a...

March 10, 2020

Attempted “Dialogue” with an Anti-Catholic Orthodox

This was from public debates on my old Internet discussion group, with a former Catholic...

March 10, 2020

Dialogue w Orthodox on Why Catholics Become Orthodox

This is an exchange with four people: from my old Internet discussion group (3-20-99). Words...

February 2020

February 28, 2020

Is Orthodoxy Immune from Modernism and Dissent?

An Orthodox Christian wrote: "The Roman Catholic Church has changed a great deal in the...

February 27, 2020

Caesaropapism in Orthodoxy & the Byzantine Empire

1) Encyclopædia Britannica, 1985, vol. 2, pp. 718-719, "Caesaropapism": Political system in which the head of...

February 21, 2020

Bible on Authority to Anathematize & Excommunicate

From my book, Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths (Aug. 2009) [aka "Dave's Topical Bible"] [all verses RSV,...

February 13, 2020

Faith and Optimism vs. Reactionary Gloomy Pessimism

This is a somewhat abridged version of chapter 2 of my 2002 book, Reflections on Radical...

January 2020

January 30, 2020

Discussion: Ecumenism vs. Radical Catholic Reactionaries

From a Facebook discussion on my page: 4 January 2014. Words of Dr. Edwin Woodruff...

January 30, 2020

Socratic Dialogue / Debate vs. Anti-Lutheran Catholic

[Words of Holly McWilliams will be in blue, those of Mark Wilson in green; Petros...

January 06, 2020

Pope Francis (and Others) and Analogies to Jesus

Explanation of a Widely Misunderstood Aspect of Analogical Arguments Someone responded underneath my paper, Dialogue:...

July 2019

July 15, 2019

Vs. Pasqualucci Re Vatican II #5: LG, UR & “Subsists”

[see the Master List of all twelve installments] Paolo Pasqualucci (signer of three of the endless...

July 12, 2019

Vs. Pasqualucci Re Vatican II #4: Lumen Gentium (Church & Salvation)

[see the Master List of all twelve installments] Paolo Pasqualucci (signer of three of the endless...

July 11, 2019

Vs. Pasqualucci Re Vatican II #2: Unitatis Redintegratio (Salvation)

[see the Master List of all twelve installments] Paolo Pasqualucci (signer of three of the...

July 10, 2019

Wickedness of Christian Division & Anti-Protestantism

I wrote the first part below on 8-11-03, disgusted, upon deciding to leave an anti-Catholic...

July 03, 2019

Reactionaries, “Filthy Lucre”, & Catholic Patheos Writers

Perhaps Father Longenecker can tell us all how much money he makes from blogging at...

June 2019

June 14, 2019

Dialogue: Vatican II & Other Religions (“Nostra Aetate”)

This is a discussion with a radical Catholic reactionary who thinks that Vatican II compromised...

June 09, 2019

My Respect for Protestants / Catholic Ecumenical Principles

Some people, after reading my apologetic writings, particularly in debate with Protestants, have concluded that...

June 07, 2019

Is VCII’s Nostra Aetate “Religiously Pluralistic” & Indifferentist?

Nostra aetate, or the Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions is a document of...

June 06, 2019

Various Thoughts on Salvation “Outside” the Church

Part of my job is to convince Protestants that the fullness of Christian faith and...

June 06, 2019

Dialogue: Do Vatican II & Ecumenism Discourage Converts?

[based on an actual dialogue that occurred in September 2009. My opponent’s words were accurately...

June 04, 2019

John Paul II Kissing the Koran: Dialogue with Traditionalists

From my 2012 book, Mass Movements: Radical Catholic Reactionaries, the New Mass, and Ecumenism , [follow the...

May 2019

May 31, 2019

Ecumenism, Catholic Social Teaching, Doctrine, & Apologetics

We can amiably discuss differences, but we also should come together where we have common...

March 2019

March 20, 2019

Ecumenical Dialogue: Protestant & Catholic Soteriology

C. Michael Patton (Th.M. Dallas Theological Seminary, 2001) started the Credo House (formally, Reclaiming the...

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