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October 2017

October 25, 2017

Condemnation of the Anti-Protestant Spirit (A Sad Dialogue)

This took place on my Facebook page, with a Catholic woman, under a post called,...

October 23, 2017

Causes of the Protestant “Reformation” (vs. a Lutheran Pastor)

(11-20-07; abridged somewhat on 10-23-17) *** Pastor Larry A. Nichols is the author of several books,...

October 14, 2017

Why Luther Was Excommunicated: Debate with a Lutheran

(8-14-14) *** Earlier today I noted that the Orthodox were having a field day misrepresenting...

October 12, 2017

Luther on Early Lutherans: “Ingrates” Who Deserve God’s “Wrath”

(2-28-10) *** [The blue highlighting is my own] *** So what is my own "take" on all...

October 12, 2017

Was Luther in His Old Age in Agony & Bitter About Lutheranism?

(3-3-10) *** In my 2003 book, Protestantism: Critical Reflections of an Ecumenical Catholic, I described a...

October 10, 2017

Medieval Catholic Corruption: Main Cause of Protestant Revolt?

(6-2-03; revised slightly: 1-20-04 and 10-10-17) *** What does medieval corruption have to do with the abolition...

October 10, 2017

William of Ockham, Nominalism, Luther, & Early Protestant Thought

(10-3-02; abridged on 10-10-17) *** [ (P) = Protestant / (C) = Catholic / (O)...

September 2017

September 30, 2017

The REAL Diet of Augsburg (1530) vs. the Protestant Myth

(3-3-04; additions from 10-9-07) *** From my review of the movie Luther: The movie ended with the...

September 26, 2017

Why Write “Bad” Stuff About Protestant “Reformers”?

*** (5-22-06) *** This little controversy of sorts came up again after I posted my...

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

16th Century Theft of Church Properties (vs. Lutheran Historian)

* * * (2-22-06) * * * "CPA"'s words will be in blue. Martin Luther's...

September 10, 2017

John Calvin: Ludicrous Anti-Protestant Sodomy Charge

Portrait of John Calvin (1509–1564); anonymous, 1854 [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * * *...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

Was Luther “Bloodthirsty” & Violent? (James Swan & I Agree!)

Just Reward for the Most Satanic Pope and His Cardinals: "hanging" woodcut by Lucas Cranach...

August 23, 2017

Martin Luther: “Our manner of life as evil as that of the papists”

Martin Luther, 31 December 1525 (age 42), by Lucas Cranach the Elder [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

August 14, 2017

Luther’s 1522 Blast Against Henry VIII: Extreme Anti-Traditionalism

Luther posting his 95 theses in 1517 (1872), by Ferdinand Pauwels (1830-1904) [public domain

August 12, 2017

Classic Anti-Catholic Polemicists (Chick, Boettner, & Hislop)

Cover of a 1919 edition of Hislop's The Two Babylons [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

August 11, 2017

Anti-Catholicism: Classic Catholic Replies and Retorts

G. K. Chesterton in 1919 [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (1-25-91) How does a...

May 2017

May 12, 2017

TV Interview: On Catholicism, Over Against Protestantism

Cologne Cathedral, Germany. Photograph by Vasil Kunchev (7-27-09) [Pexels.com / CC0 license] *** (5-1-99) ***...

March 2017

March 11, 2017

“Podunk” & Self-Publishing Efforts of Leading Anti-Catholics

David T. King, William Webster, and Eric Svendsen [Max Pixel / CC0 public domain] ***...

March 06, 2017

“Luther” Film (2003): Detailed Catholic Critique

Luther at the Diet of Worms (1877), by Anton von Werner (1843-1915) [public domain

March 03, 2017

“Reply to Calvin” #2: Infallible Church Authority

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

March 03, 2017

“Reply to Calvin” #1: The Elect

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