Lutheranism: a Catholic Critique (Index Page for Dave Armstrong)

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Philip Melanchthon, Luther's successor and principal author of the Augsburg Confession, painted in 1532 by Lucas Cranach.

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LUTHERANISM AND THE FATHERS

Martin Luther and Other Protestant "Reformers" On the Assumption of Mary (+ Historic Lutheran Liturgical Celebration of the Assumption)

The Ambiguous Relationship of Luther and the Early Protestants to St. Augustine (with Dr. Edwin Tait)

Martin Luther's Views on St. Augustine and Other Church Fathers: Contradictions, Falsehoods, and Dishonesty (+ Does Lutheranism = the Early Church?)

Honor Thy Denominations Rather Than Thy Church Fathers? (Lutherans, Sola Scriptura, and the Fathers) (vs. "CPA" and Steve Parks)

Dialogue With a Lutheran on Whether Lutheranism or Catholicism is More Consistent With Patristic and Early Church Beliefs (+ Part II) (vs. Kristo Miettinen)

Dialogue on Lutheranism and the Church Fathers, Part III (vs. Kristo Miettinen)

Dialogue on Lutheranism and Catholicism, Part Two: Church Fathers + Sola Scriptura (vs. Nathan Rinne)

Dialogue on Lutheranism and Catholicism, Part Four: Rule of Faith, the Fathers, and Ecclesiology (vs. Nathan Rinne)

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SOTERIOLOGY (THEOLOGY OF SALVATION AND JUSTIFICATION)

Dialogue With Four Lutherans on Practical Common Ground With Regard to Justification and Salvation

Dialogue on Lutheranism and Catholicism, Part Three: Soteriology and Miscellany (vs. Nathan Rinne)

Reply to Lutheran Nathan Rinne: Exegetical Exposition on Whether the "Leaven" of the Pharisees is Hypocrisy or Doctrinal Falsehood

Dialogue With Four Lutherans Concerning Certain "Nestorianizing" Tendencies in the Lutheran Conception of Jesus' Descent Into Hell

2 Corinthians 5:21: Was Jesus Christ Literally Made Sin on the Cross? Did He Suffer the Horrors of Damnation? Luther and Calvin vs. the Church Fathers

Lutheranism vs. Catholicism (Particularly Regarding Original Sin and Faith Alone, and Including Extensive Catholic Commentary on the Book of Concord)

STICKING UP FOR LUTHERANS

ReformedCatholicism Revisits 16th c. "Sacramentarian" Controversies: Lutheran Pastor Paul McCain Lasts Eight Days as "Contributor"

Confessional Lutheran, Arminian, and Melanchthonian Soteriology Compared (Are Philip Melanchthon and Arminians Semi-Pelagians?)

ReformedCatholicism.com Once Again Displays its Profound "Ecumenism" by Bashing Lutheranism

LUTHERANISM'S VIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HEADED BY THE POPE

Is Lutheranism Officially Anti-Catholic (The Book of Concord and the Catholic Mass)? (vs. "BWL")

Lutheran Pastor Paul T. McCain's Extreme Insults of Pope Benedict XVI and Catholics and Concealment of What St. Augustine Actually Taught About Salvation

LUTHERANISM AND MARY

"Why Are Catholics So Dogmatic About the Perpetual Virginity of Mary?" / Confessional Lutheran Agreement

The Annunciation: Does it Indicate that the Blessed Virgin Mary is an Extraordinary Human Being, Chosen by God, and Already in a Sublime State of Grace? (Dialogue with a Lutheran, + Ridiculous and Groundless Personal Attacks Documented)

THE DEATH PENALTY FOR HERETICS / THEFT OF CATHOLIC CHURCH PROPERTY

Lord Acton on Melanchthon and Persecution of Heretics for Denial of the Real Presence and Various Other Crimes

Quick Survey of Luther's and Lutheranism's Historic Scandals and "Skeletons in the Closet"

Philip Melanchthon's Advocacy of the Death Penalty For Denial of the Eucharistic Real Presence and His Later "Crypto-Calvinist" Eucharistic Position[s]

Dialogue on Melanchthon and the Death Penalty for Denial of the Real Presence (+ Part II) (vs. Dr. Edwin Tait)

Dialogue on 16th-Century Christians and Religious Tolerance (With Attempted Analogies to Communists, Muslims, and Pagan Romans) (vs. "CPA")

"Reformation" Theft of Catholic Church Properties and Supposed Catholic Apologetic "Blind Spots"

Dialogue on 16th Century Religious Toleration and Theft of Church Properties (vs. "CPA")

Lutheran Josh S. Attempts to Rationalize and Justify the Wholesale Plunder, Theft, and Confiscation of the Protestant "Reformation"

ECCLESIOLOGY / CATHOLIC-LUTHERAN DISCUSSION

On the Title Lutheran / My Respect For Lutherans

On the Curious Scarcity (Online) of Distinctively Lutheran Apologetics

Philip Melanchthon in 1530 Longs For the Return of the Jurisdiction of Catholic Bishops / His Agonized Tears Over Protestant Divisions and Dissensions

Reply to Two Lutheran Pastors on Fundamental Misconceptions Regarding the Catholic Position on the Death Penalty (Including an Examination of the Lutheran "Two Kingdoms" Model of Church and State)

Dialogue on Lutheranism and Catholicism, Part Four: Rule of Faith, the Fathers, and Ecclesiology (vs. Nathan Rinne)

Reply to Lutheran Nathan Rinne: Comparative Ecclesiology, "Lutheran" Church Fathers? / The Old Testament Religious System Was Ultimately Indefectible Like the Church, But With Less Divinely-Provided Power and Promises

Reply to Lutheran Nathan Rinne: Exegetical Exposition on Whether the "Leaven" of the Pharisees is Hypocrisy or Doctrinal Falsehood

Reply to Lutheran Scholar Gene Edward Veith on Catholic Mariology and its Biblical Basis

Exchange with a Lutheran on a Lutheran Blog Controversy and Lutheranism

Biblical Evidence for Submission to Church Authority and Apostolic Tradition / Biblical Condemnation of the Rebellion of the Protestant Revolt

Protestantism Was Not a Revolt?

How Much of the Bible do Lutheran Pastors Preach About?

Catholic-Lutheran Dialogue on Corpus Christi (Eucharistic Processions and Adoration)

Zwingli, Bucer, and Oecolampadius Said Martin Luther and Lutherans Weren't Christians

Did Pastor Paul T. McCain (LCMS) Compare Lutheran Pastors Who Become Catholic or Orthodox, to Judas Iscariot?

Why I am a Catholic / Why I am a Lutheran / The Protestant Myth of Origins (vs. Eric Phillips)

Dialogue With a Lutheran Inquirer, on Lutheran-Catholic Differences

Philip Melanchthon's Agony Over the Sectarianism of Early Protestantism / Little-Known Derivation of the Term "Protestant"

Lutheran (LCMS) Contra-Catholic Rev. Paul T. McCain Greatly Admired the Late Fr. Richard John Neuhaus (Hope for Ecumenism Springs Eternal!)

THE EUCHARIST AND THE SACRAMENTS

Martin Luther and His Lutheran Followers on the Duration of the Real Presence in the Eucharist, the Elevation, and Adoration; Various Internal Absurdities of Arbitrariness (Bishop Bossuet)

The Verbal Wars of Calvin vs. Westphal (and by Extension, Luther) on the Eucharist: The Wonderful Early Protestant Unity Based on the Bible / Calvin Flatly Denies Baptismal Regeneration

Philip Melanchthon's Advocacy of the Death Penalty For Denial of the Eucharistic Real Presence and His Later "Crypto-Calvinist" Eucharistic Position[s]

Catholic-Lutheran Dialogue on Corpus Christi (Eucharistic Processions and Adoration)

LUTHERAN-CATHOLIC DIALOGUE

(WITH PASTORS LARRY NICHOLS AND BEN MATON [LCMS] )
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