Four doctors of the Church: left to right: St. Augustine, Pope St. Gregory the Great, St. Jerome, and St. Ambrose (1516), by Pier Francesco Sacchi (c. 1485–1528) [pubic domain / Wikimedia Commons]
I. MY THREE BOOKS ON THE CHURCH FATHERS
II. GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
III. PROTESTANTISM AND THE FATHERS
IV. ST. ATHANASIUS
V. ST. AUGUSTINE
VI. BAPTISM AND BAPTISMAL REGENERATION
XVI. IMAGES, RELIGIOUS: USE AND VENERATION OF
XVII. LITURGY
I. MY THREE BOOKS ON THE CHURCH FATHERS
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Lutheran Chemnitz Wrong Re Fathers & Sola Scriptura (mostly dealing with St. Irenaeus and Tertullian) [8-29-07]
Dialogue w Lutheran Pastor on the Protestant Revolt (. . . with special emphasis on the beliefs of the Church Fathers: were they were more “Catholic” or “Protestant”?) [3-27-12; edited with links added on 1-8-20]
Reply to Ken Temple’s Extensive (Anti-Catholic) “Review” of Rod Bennett’s Book, Four Witnesses: Part I: The Amazon Review (+ Part II / Part III) [4-27-14]
Salesian Apologetics #5: Authority of Church Fathers [2-6-20]
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IV. ST. ATHANASIUS
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Dialogue with a Lutheran: Church Fathers & Sola Scriptura (vs. Nathan Rinne) [10-13-11]
Dialogue with a Lutheran: Rule of Faith / Fathers / Ecclesiology (vs. Nathan Rinne) [10-17-11]
Reply to a Lutheran on Tradition & the Patristic Rule of Faith [1-10-12; additions on 2-20-18]
Vs. James White #16: St. Basil Held to Sola Scriptura? [11-19-19]
Gregory Nazianzen (d. 389) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [2-25-21]
Hilary of Poitiers (d. 367) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [2-26-21]
Gregory the Great vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [3-1-21]
Cyril of Alexandria (d. 444) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [3-1-21]
Rufinus (d. 411) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith [3-2-21]
John Cassian (d. 435) vs. Sola Scriptura [3-3-21]
Origen & the Rule of Faith (vs. “Turretinfan”) [12-2-21]
St. Ambrose (c. 340-397) vs. Sola Scriptura [12-18-21]
Papias (c. 60-c. 130) vs. Sola Scriptura [12-19-21]
Clement of Rome (d. 99) vs. Sola Scriptura [12-20-21]
Ignatius of Antioch (d. c. 117) vs. Sola Scriptura [12-21-21]
Polycarp (69-155) vs. Sola Scriptura [12-21-21]
Tertullian (c. 155-c. 220) vs. Sola Scriptura [12-23-21]
Cyprian (c. 210-258) vs. Sola Scriptura [12-23-21]
Church Fathers vs. Sola Scriptura (Compendium) [12-26-21]
Augustine & Sola Scriptura (vs. Gavin Ortlund) [4-28-22]
Augustine & Sola Scriptura, Pt. 2 (vs. Gavin Ortlund) [4-29-22]
Banzoli Sez Origen & Tertullian are Sola Scripturists [5-31-22]
Justin Martyr & Sola Scriptura (vs. Lucas Banzoli) [6-1-22]
A Lot of Patristic Problems with Sola Scriptura [Facebook, 8-17-22]
Self-Interpreting Bible & Protestant Chaos (vs. Turretin): Including Documentation that St. Basil the Great — Contrary to Turretin’s Claim — Did Not Believe in Sola Scriptura [8-29-22]
Did Athanasius Accept Sola Scriptura? (vs. Bruno Lima) [10-14-22]
St. Athanasius Was Catholic — He Knew Sola Scriptura Was False [National Catholic Register, 10-20-22]
St. Ignatius, Bishops, & the Rule of Faith (vs. T.F. Kauffman) [7-14-23]
Bible / Faith “Alone” Vs. The Fathers (Vs. Gavin Ortlund) [2-13-24]
Epistle to Diognetus (c. 130-180) vs. Sola Scriptura [4-12-24]
David T. King: No Father Believed in an Infallible Church [6-18-24]
St. Augustine & Extrabiblical Infallibility [11-13-24]
VIII. CANON OF SCRIPTURE / DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS
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St. Augustine’s Belief in the Substantial Real Presence [1996]
Patristic Eucharistic Doctrine: Nine Protestant Scholars [12-1-96]
John Calvin and St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Comparative Eucharistic Theology [6-14-04]
Transubstantiation & Church History: Dialogue w Lutheran [2-12-05; abridged on 10-23-18]
Eucharistic Sacrifice: The Witness of the Church Fathers [9-12-05]
Sacrifice of the Mass: Reflections on Theology & Patristics [9-22-05]
Development of Sacrifice of the Mass: Dialogue w Lutheran [9-22-05]
Sacrifice of the Mass / Cyprian’s Ecclesiology (vs. Calvin #11) [5-19-09]
Sacramentalism & Ex Opere Operato (vs. Calvin #37) [10-21-09]
Transubstantiation: Bible & the Fathers (vs. Calvin #42) [24-25 November 2009]
Eucharist: Rationalism, Nestorianism, & Docetism (vs. Calvin #44) [11-30-09]
Bizarre “Eucharistic Christology” vs. Tertullian (vs. Calvin #45) [12-1-09]
Church Fathers and the Sacrifice of the Mass (Thoroughly Catholic!) [12-11-09]
St. Augustine’s Eucharistic Doctrine and Protestant “Co-Opting” [9-25-10]
St. Augustine’s Eucharistic Doctrine: Simultaneous Assertion of Realism and Symbolism [2-17-11]
“Re-Presentation” vs. “Re-Sacrifice” in the Mass: Doctrinal History [4-4-18]
Did Pope Gelasius (r. 492-496) Deny Transubstantiation? [3-24-21]
St. Ignatius & Eucharistic Real Presence (vs. Lucas Banzoli) [9-12-22]
Justin Martyr, Real Presence, & Eucharistic Sacrifice (vs. Lucas Banzoli) [9-13-22]
Tertullian’s Eucharistic Theology: Lucas Banzoli vs. J.N.D. Kelly [9-15-22]
Martin Luther Was Extraordinarily Ignorant Regarding the Church Fathers’ Espousal of Transubstantiation [Facebook, 8-20-24]
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What Saint Augustine, Bishop, Saint and Doctor of the Catholic Church Actually Held Pertaining to Transubstantiation: A Response to Turretinfan (+ Part Two) [Paul Hoffer, 8-20-11]
XVI. IMAGES, RELIGIOUS: USE AND VENERATION OF
Church Fathers & Images: No Evidence? (vs. Gavin Ortlund) [3-18-24]
XVII. LITURGY
Holy Communion in the Hand (Norm till 500-900 AD) (+ vigorous Facebook discussion) [9-3-15; some additions on 3-13-20]
St. Augustine’s Communion (Standing, in the Hand) [10-4-15]
Communion in the Hand: Reactionaries vs. St. Cyril [3-15-20]
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St. Thomas Aquinas and the Origins of the Doctrine of Papal Infallibility (Emmett O’Regan, Nova et Vetera, Winter 2025, Vol. 23, No. 1)
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