Debate: The Marian Doctrines, Gerry Matatics, Long Island, New York, 5/23/1996

Dave Armstrong lists four verses that “confound Protestants” under the subtitle of “The Binding Authority of Tradition, According to St. Paul,” beginning on page 37 of The Catholic Verses. They are: 1 Corinthians 11:2 Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you. 1 Thessalonians 2:13

Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong has been attempting to justify his recent blunder in his new book, The One Minute Apologist. Recall, Dave presented Protestants as holding “…bishops, elders, and deacons are all synonymous terms for the same office.” If this were simply one of his blog entries or web pages, it wouldn’t be that big of deal for him. He

Recently-across-the-Tiber Jason Reed says:”And then, as I started reading the reformers, they’re Catholic! Luther believed in the devotion to Mary.” While Luther said nice things about Mary, his mature Mariology is not modern-day Roman Catholic Mariology. Saying nice things about Mary is not the same thing as Roman Catholic Marian devotion, both then and now. Young Luther, Saints, and the