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Infamous and Notorious Catholic-Bashers
John Ankerberg and John Weldon
Critique
of Ankerberg and Weldon's Protestants and Catholics: Do They Now Agree?
(Dave Armstrong) 79K
Reply
to John Ankerberg's and John Weldon's Protestants and Catholics: Do
They Now Agree? (Steve Ray)
Chris Bayack
Counter-Reply
to A Simple-Minded Response to Stephen Ray, by Pastor Chris Bayack
(Part II: "The Pertinent"): The Anti-Catholic Outlook Concerning
Sola Scriptura, Tradition, and the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
(Dave Armstrong vs. Chris Bayack) 217K
Response
to a Fundamentalist's Review of Crossing the Tiber (Pastor Chris
Bayack) (Steve Ray)
Richard Bennett
Refuting
Richard Bennett: True and False Worship: The Cross and the Mass (Brent
Arias)
Debate
on Sola Scriptura (Scott Sullivan vs. Richard Bennett)
Lorraine Boettner
The
Anti-Catholic Bible (Lorraine Boettner's Roman Catholicism;
by Catholic Answers)
Catholic
"Inventions" (Catholic Answers)
More
"Inventions" (Catholic Answers)
Bart Brewer
Bart Brewer's Initial "Reason" for Leaving the Catholic Church (Dave Armstrong) 12K
Jack T. Chick
Don't
Be Fooled By Jack T. Chick Tracts (website)
The
Real Alberto Rivera (edited, with commentary, by Dave Armstrong,
from articles by evangelical Protestant Gary Metz) 12K
Charles Chiniquy
CHINIQUY: FACTS VS. FALSEHOOD (website by Jim Goodluck)
JOHN WILKES BOOTH: A CATHOLIC?
Gary DeMar
Critique
of: Denying Sola Scriptura: The Attempt to Neutralize the Bible (by
Gary
DeMar)
(Dave Armstrong vs. Gary DeMar) 48K
Jason Engwer
Refutation
of Jason Engwer's Critique of the Doctrinal Development of the Papacy (With
Special Emphasis on the Determinative Significance of the Biblical Evidence
Regarding Peter as the Rock and Possessor of the Keys of the
Kingdom) (Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer)
122K
Dave
Hunt's Research on Catholicism (Phil Porvaznik vs. Jason Engwer)
A
Dialogue With an Evangelical Protestant on the Immaculate Conception
(Joseph Calandrino vs. Jason Engwer)
Dave Hunt
"Hunt-ing"
the Whore of Babylon (Catholic Answers)
A
Look at Dave Hunt, Leading Anti-Catholic Fundamentalist (W. Robert
Aufill)
Dave
Hunt and the Spanish Inquisition (Phil Porvaznik)
Dave
Hunt's Research on Catholicism (Phil Porvaznik vs. Jason Engwer)
Martin Luther and the "Reformation"
The Orthodox
vs. the Heterodox Luther (Dave Armstrong) 15K
Martin
Luther: Beyond Mythology to Historical Fact (Dave Armstrong)
81K
Did
Martin Luther Regard the (Roman) Catholic Church as a Non-Christian, Apostate
Institution?: Featuring dozens of citations from Luther's own writings;
particularly On the Councils and the Churches (1539) and Against
Hans Wurst (1541) (Dave Armstrong) 94K
Martin
Luther, Indulgences, and the Origins of the Protestant Revolt (Dave
Armstrong) 15K
Luther, Justification,
and the Premises of Protestant-Catholic Discussion (Dave Armstrong)
19K
Martin
Luther's Foul Language: How Sinful Was It? (and can it be justified on
the grounds of culture and time-period?) (Dave Armstrong vs. Edwin
Tait [Anglican] ) 52K
The Protestant
Revolt: Its Pernicious and Tragic Initial Impact (Dave Armstrong) 155K
Protestantism:
Conceptual and Developmental Errors (Dave Armstrong) 116K
The Protestant
Inquisition ("Reformation" Intolerance and Persecution) (Dave
Armstrong) 108K
Propaganda:
Past and Present: Luther and Hitler (Michael Kent)
John MacArthur
John MacArthur's Errors on Sola Scriptura ("Matt1618")
James McCarthy
Merit:
Catholic Doctrine vs. Caricature (James McCarthy's Distortions) (Dave
Armstrong) 12K
Exposing
Catholicism: Crisis of Faith (Jim McCarthy's Video; by Catholic
Answers)
Who
Will Defend James McCarthy's Book (The Gospel According to Rome)?
(Phil Porvaznik)
Miscellaneous
"No
Rapture For Rome": The Anti-Catholics Behind the Best-Selling Left
Behind Books (Carl E. Olson)
Catholic
Encyclopedia: FOXE'S BOOK OF MARTYRS
Inquisitions
and the "Noble Souls": A Rebuttal of Chapter 14 of Ralph Woodrow's
Book Babylon Mystery Religion (Andrew P. Holt)
Truth
for Catholics: Replying to Disinformation in Evangelical Outreach's Information
for Catholics (Lane Core Jr.)
Four
Hundred Million "Infallible" Protestant Popes (Lane Core
Jr.)
Critique
of Joseph Girzone's Joshua (Fr. Joseph Jenkins; in the style
of Lewis' Screwtape Letters)
Response
to David McAllister: Is the Roman Church a Cult? (Dave Keene)
Maria Monk
The
Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk (Ruth Hughes)
The
True History of Maria Monk (Catholic Truth Society: 1895)
Affidavit
of Maria Monk's Mother: Isabella Mills
Affidavit
Establishing Maria Monk's Insanity and Questionable Character
George Salmon
The Church and Infallibility: A Reply to George Salmon's The Infallibility of the Church (B.C. Butler)
Mike Scheifler
Refuting
Mike Scheifler'Attack on Mary's Part in Salvation (Mario Derksen)
Exegeting
Matthew 18:18: Contra Mike Scheifler and the SDA (Mario Derksen)
Brian Schwertley and Stephen Pribble
Dialogue
on Common Anti-Catholic Objections to Catholic Beliefs Concerning Mary
and
Justification
(Dave Armstrong vs.Brian Schwertley and Stephen Pribble) 54K
Refutation
of A Biblical Analysis of Roman Catholicism, by Brian Schwertley
and Stephen Pribble (Scott Rogge and Mario Derksen)
Secular and Cultural Anti-Catholicism (particularly Media and Entertainment)
Movie Review: Ivanhoe (1997): Anti-Catholicism in the Entertainment Industry (Dave Armstrong) 20K
Anti-Catholicism and the Know-Nothings (St. Joseph Messenger: Background of 19th-century movements)
Catholic Encyclopedia: KNOW-NOTHINGISM
American Anti-Catholicism and its Literature (Joseph G. Mannard)
The Bigotry of Progressive Thinkers (Richard Bastien)
The Media's War on the Catholic Church (William E. Simon)
The Pernicious Bias That Few Recognize: Anti-Catholicism (J. Fraser Field)
Anti-Catholicism and the History of Catholic School Funding
Anti-Catholic Prejudice (Martin J. Scott)
Dr. Eric Svendsen
The
Spiritual Malpractice of Dr. Eric Svendsen (I. Shawn McElhinney)
Is
Mary is the Mother of God? Answers to Recent Challenges by Eric Svendsen
(Mario Derksen)
Responses
to Eric Svendsen's Evangelical Answers (Mario Derksen)
On
Eric Svendsen and the New Testament Restoration Ministries (Mario Derksen)
$100,000
Answer to Eric Svendsen (Phil Porvaznik)
The
New Helvidius: Rebutting Eric Svendsen on Mary's Perpetual Virginity
(John Pacheco)
Jimmy Swaggart
A Response to Jimmy Swaggart's Letter to my Catholic Friends (Fr. Joseph Jenkins)
William Webster
Refutation
of William Webster's Fundamental Misunderstanding of Development of
Doctrine
(with particular reference to the papacy, Vatican I, Pope Leo XIII,
St. Vincent of Lerins, and Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman) (Dave
Armstrong) 76K
Material
Sufficiency and Sola Scriptura in the Fathers (Contra William Webster)
(Joe Gallegos)
Dialogue
on Development of Doctrine and the Papacy (Phil Porvaznik vs. William
Webster)
Response
to William Webster's Critique of My Book Upon This Rock (On the
Papacy) (Steve Ray)
St.
John Chrysostom, Peter, and the Primacy of Rome: Response to William Webster
(Steve Ray and Joe Gallegos)
Misunderstandings
About St. John Chrysostom & the Papacy: Response to William Webster
(Steve Ray)
St.
Augustine, St. Peter, and the Papacy (Steve Ray and Joe Gallegos,
contra William Webster)
The
Early Fathers and the Papacy An Answer to William Webster vs. Stephen Ray
(Scott Windsor)
A
Response to William Webster Concerning the False Decretals and Donation
of Constantine Accusation (Scott Windsor)
His Eminence, the Right Reverend Bishop (Dr.) "King" James White, Th.D.
[Dr. White, Th.D., informed me that he was a bishop in our dialogue on that subject: "I am an elder in the church: hence, I am a bishop, overseer, pastor, of a local body of believers" - so, not wishing to be disrespectful . . . He also mentions his academic credentials quite often, so again I follow his own standard practice (I don't care where he got his doctorate). One must give credit where it is due. "King James" is my own affectionate moniker. I rather admire Bishop White's work against the KJV-Only nuts]
Is
Catholicism Christian?: My Debate With Dr. James White (Dave
Armstrong vs. Dr. James White) 291K
Case
Study in Anti-Catholic Intransigence: Dr. James White
Rejects Personal Reconciliation, Yet Simultaneously Pushes for an Oral
Debate (Dave
Armstrong vs. Dr. James White) 147K
Bishops
in the New Testament and the Early Church (Do Baptists Believe in Bishops?)
(Dave Armstrong vs. His Eminence, the Rt. Rev. Bishop [Dr.] James White)
47K
"Live
Chat" Question and Answer Dialogue: Theological Presuppositions, Patristic
Consensus, Development of Doctrine, & Private Judgment (Dave Armstrong
vs. Tim Enloe and Dr. James White) 178K
Dialogue
on Whether the Assumption and Immaculate Conception of Mary are Legitimately
Part of Apostolic Tradition (Dave Armstrong vs. Dr. James White) 12K
Dialogue
on the Importance of Predestination in Catholic Dogma (Dave Armstrong
vs. Dr. James White) 11K
Pope
Silvester and the Council of Nicaea (Dave
Armstrong, with extensive quotation from Dr. Warren Carroll; decisively
refutes a bogus Dr. James White historical claim) 12K
Debate:
Catholicism vs. Anti-Catholicism (with particular emphasis on Petrine Primacy)
(Mark McNeil vs. Dr. James White) 89K
Refutation
of James White's Mary: Another Redeemer? (William Possidento)
A
Catholic Response to James White (Mario Derksen - web page)
A
Catholic Response to James White (Mario Derksen -mirror site)
Response
to James White's "Catholic Legends" and Personal Attacks
(Steve Ray)
I
Must Have Gotten Under the Man's Skin: 2nd Response to James White
(Steve Ray)
The
Bereans vs. Sola Scriptura: Comments on James White's Critique of
Steve Ray's article, "Why the Bereans Rejected Sola Scriptura"
(William Putnam)
Refuting
James White With Regard to the Bereans (Mario Derksen; another analysis
of Steve Ray's article, cited above)
James
White's Misrepresentations and Errors on Sola Scriptura ("Matt1618")
A
Response to James White (On Salvation) ("Matt1618")
Debate:
St. Athanasius, the Scriptures, Tradition, and the Church (Joe Gallegos
vs. Dr. James White)
Debate:
Does the Bible Teach Sola Scriptura? (Gerry Matatics vs. Dr. James
White: Nov. 1992)
Debate:
Sola Scriptura and the Rule of Faith in the Ancient Catholic Church
(Joe Gallegos vs. Dr. James White)
A
Thorough Critique of James White's The Roman Catholic Controversy
(Joel Kalvesmaki - Orthodox)
Discussion
on Sola Scriptura, Tradition, & Infallibility (& James White) (Phil
Porvaznik)
Rebuttal
of Sola Scriptura as Understood by James White (Scott Windsor)
The
‘Tinkling Cymbal’ of ‘Mr. Critic’ (I. Shawn McElhinney)
General Analysis and Counter-Responses
Anti-Catholicism:
The Curse of "Papists" (Dave Armstrong) 55K
An
Open Letter to Anti-Catholics (Dave Armstrong) 78K
Interacting
With Sophists: Reflections on "Debates" With Anti-Catholic Polemicists
(Dave Armstrong) 63K
Oral
vs. Written Apologetic Debates: Which Format is More Substantive?
(Dave Armstrong) 16K
"Good
Discussion": The Preferability of Socratic Back-and-Forth Dialogue
Over "Mutual Monologue" (Dave Armstrong) 17K
Dialogue:
Does the Term Anti-Catholic Employ an Unreasonable Double Standard?
(Dave Armstrong vs. Matt Perman) 63K
Dialogue:
Definitions of Christian and Christianity (Dave
Armstrong vs. Sogn Mill-Scout) 30K
Calvinist
Confusion and Contradictions Concerning Election, Valid Baptism, and Whether
Catholics are "Brothers in Christ" or Slaves to Satan (Dave
Armstrong) 56K
On
the Delicate Question of Vigorous, "Combative" Apologetics Against
Aggressive Anti-Catholic Critics (Particularly With Regard to Women's
Perceptions and Tastes) (Dave Armstrong) 51K
A
Typical Example (in Live Chat) of Absurd Anti-Catholic Exaggerations and
Prejudice
(100
Million Inquisition Victims?) (Dave Armstrong) 26K
Were the
Albigensians Primitive "Protestants"? (Dave
Armstrong) 13K
Were the
Waldenses Primitive "Protestants"? (Dave
Armstrong) 12K
Is
The Church of Rome A Part of the Visible Church? (Charles Hodge; prominent
19th-century Presbyterian theologian)
Gehenna
Page (Fr. Joseph Jenkins; includes much material on anti-Catholicism)
Anti-Catholicism
on the Net (overview website)
Is
the Roman Catholic Church Christian? (Joseph Jenkins)
To
Ex-Catholics: Did You Leave for the True Gospel? ("Matt1618")
Peter
and the Papacy: Answering an Anti-Catholic (Dave Keene)
Was
Peter the First Pope?: Answering Dr. Shelton Smith (Art
Kelly)
What
Did The Early Church Fathers Really Teach?: Answering an Anti-Catholic
(Dave Keene)
There
is a "Purgatory": Answering an Anti-Catholic" (Dave
Keene)
A
Response to Catholic "Inventions" (Phil Porvaznik)
Sola
Scriptura?: Responding to Anti-Catholics (Joseph Jenkins)
Anti-Catholic
Whoppers (Catholic Answers)
The
Whore of Babylon (Catholic Answers)
On
Anti-Catholicism (Excerpts from Lectures
on the Present Position of Catholics in England, by John Henry Newman;
Compiled by Lane Core Jr.) 16K
Letter
To A Fundamentalist (Steve Ray)
Response
To A Baptist (Steve Ray)
Baptist
in a Bookstore (Steve Ray)
Come
Home to the Church: Open Letter to a Former Catholic (Joseph Jenkins)
"How
My Parish Fought Off an Invasion" (Fr. Edward C. Petty)
The
Curmudgeon's Anti-Catholicism Page
Anti-Catholicism
on the Internet (Robert P. Lockwood)
"Objectionable" Catholic Doctrines and Practices
The Bible and the Church
Disproving
Sola Scriptura: Explaining Away 2 Thessalonians 2:15 (Mario
Derksen)
Catholic
Reverence for the Bible (Dave Armstrong)
8K
Was
the Catholic Church an Avowed Enemy of Scripture in the Middle Ages
(or
at any other time)? (Dave Armstrong) 41K
The
Catholic Church on Reading the Bible (John Hellman)
Bible
Reading Prohibited? (John Hellman)
Did
the Catholic Church Forbid Bible Reading? (Joseph Jenkins)
The
"Apocrypha": Why It's Part of the Bible (Dave
Armstrong) 13K
Dialogue
on Objections to the "Apocrypha" (Dave
Armstrong) 10K
Translations
Before the King James: The KJV Translators Speak! (James Akin)
The Communion of Saints
Saint
Worship? (Catholic Answers)
Do
Catholics Worship Statues? (Catholic Answers)
The Communion
of Saints: Biblical Overview (Dave Armstrong)
19K
Dialogue
on Objections to the Communion of Saints (Dave
Armstrong) 22K
Cloud of Witnesses:
A Biblical Primer on the Communion of Saints (Dave
Armstrong) 7K
"Witnesses"
of Hebrews 12:1 (Dave Armstrong) 4K
Development of Doctrine
Dialogue on Cardinal Newman's Development of Doctrine: is it "Evolution" or an Increasing Complexity of Understanding of Essential Unchanging Elements? (And How is the Concept Used and/or Abused by Protestant and Catholic Apologists?) (Dave Armstrong vs. Tim Enloe) 63K
The Eucharist and the Mass
"Is
This God?" (Treatise on the Blessed Eucharist, including Critique
by Anti-Catholic Jason Vanezia, and Counter-Reply) (Dave Armstrong)
52K {Cover Story for Envoy Magazine, Jan/Feb 2000}
Dialogue
on Objections to the Real Presence (Dave
Armstrong) 14K
The
Eucharist [and anti-Catholic Critics] (Karl Keating)
Response
to an Anti-Catholic on John 6 & More (Joseph Jenkins)
Is
the Mass a Re-Crucifixion of Christ Every Day? (Steve Ray)
Is
Transubstantiation Idolatry? (Dave Armstrong)
7K
Fictional
Dialogue on "Vain Repetition," the Mass, and Liturgy (Dave
Armstrong) 8K
Reply
to Evangelical Protestant Critics on the Eucharist and the Fathers (Phil
Porvaznik)
The Gospel, Merit, the Charge of Pelagianism, Faith & Works
"How
Do Catholics Hear The Gospel?" (Gary
Michuta) 14K
The
Conditions for Mortal Sin (James Akin)
Galatians
and the Gospel (Dave Armstrong)
13K
Merit: Catholic
Doctrine vs. Caricature (Dave Armstrong) 12K
Earning
Salvation? (William G. Most)
The Blessed Virgin Mary
Catholic Mariology vs. the Caricatured "Mary" (by David J. Palm)
Mary and Tradition: Offensive to God? (Joseph Jenkins)
Did Jesus Renounce His Mother? (Joseph Jenkins)
The Imitation of Mary (Dave Armstrong) 12K
Is Mary Worshiped by Catholics? (The Latria / Dulia Distinction) (Dave Armstrong) 5K
"All Have Sinned . . . " (Mary?) (Dave Armstrong) 11K
Did Jesus Renounce Marian Veneration? (Luke 11:27-28) (Dave Armstrong) 4K
Mary as Mediatrix: Dialogues and Explanations (Dave Armstrong) 74K
A Biblical and Theological Primer on Mary as Co-Redemptrix (Dave Armstrong) 15K
The Genealogy of the Lord's "Brethren" (Bob Stanley)
"Brethren of the Lord" (Catholic Answers)
Martin Luther's Devotion to Mary (Dave Armstrong) 12K
Orthodox Objections
A Response
to Orthodox Critiques of Catholic Apostolicity (Dave
Armstrong) 47K
Dialogues
on Orthodox Anti-Catholicism, Fr. Seraphim Rose, and Ecumenism (Dave
Armstrong) 63K
Reflections
on the Sack of Constantinople in 1204 and Lesser-Known Byzantine Atrocities
(Dave Armstrong) 26K
"Paganism"
Is
Catholicism Half-Pagan? (Dave Armstrong)
Is
Catholicism Pagan? (Catholic Answers)
A
Catholic Response to the Seventh-Day Adventist (Mike Scheifler's) Misuse
of "You Shall Not Make a Graven Image" (Mario Derksen)
The Papacy
Refutation
of William Webster's Fundamental Misunderstanding of Development of
Doctrine
(with particular reference to the papacy, Vatican I, Pope Leo XIII,
St. Vincent of Lerins, and Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman) (Dave
Armstrong) 76K
Refutation
of Jason Engwer's Critique of the Doctrinal Development of the Papacy (With
Special Emphasis on the Determinative Significance of the Biblical Evidence
Regarding Peter as the Rock and Possessor of the Keys of the
Kingdom) (Dave Armstrong vs. Jason Engwer) 122K
Teaching
Authority: Is the Pope a Holy Father? (Joseph Jenkins)
Was
Peter the First Pope? (Art Kelly)
Was
Peter the First Pope?, Part II (Art Kelly)
Pope
Gregory the Great and the "Universal Bishop" Controversy(Phil
Porvaznik)
Dialogue
on Development of Doctrine and the Papacy (Phil Porvaznik vs. William
Webster)
Response
to William Webster's Critique of My Book Upon This Rock (On the
Papacy) (Steve Ray)
St.
John Chrysostom, Peter, and the Primacy of Rome: Response to William Webster
(Steve Ray)
Misunderstandings
About St. John Chrysostom & the Papacy: Response to William Webster
(Steve Ray)
Penance, Purgatory, & Indulgences
A Fictional
Dialogue on Purgatory (Dave Armstrong)
7K
A Fictional
Dialogue on Penance (Dave Armstrong) 7K
How
to Explain Purgatory to Protestants (James Akin)
Priests and Priesthood
Clerical
Celibacy: The Biblical Rationale (Dave Armstrong)
11K
Calling
Priests "Father" (Catholic Answers)
Sacramentalism
Sacramentalism
(Dave Armstrong) 8K
Sacramentalism
& Inner Disposition (Dave Armstrong) 6K
The
Thief on the Cross (Are Sacraments Unnecessary?) (Dave Armstrong) 5K
Salvation Outside the Church
"No
Salvation Outside the Church" (An Explanation) (David Palm)
The Catholic
Church's View of Non-Catholic Christians (Karl Adam)
"Anathema"
and Excommunication ( Dave Armstrong)
2K
Explanation
of "No Salvation Outside the Church" (William G. Most)
The
Unam Sanctam "Problem" Resolved (Phil Porvaznik)
Main Index & Search | Church | Papacy | Saints | Tradition | Purgatory | Justification | Sacramentalism | Mary | Penance | Eucharist | Development | Trinity | Creation | Misc. Theology | Book & Search Links | Eastern Orthodoxy | Ecumenism
Compiled by Dave Armstrong. Thorough URL Revision: 4 March 2001. Updated: 8 October 2001.