John Calvin: Catholic Appraisal (Index Page)

John Calvin: Catholic Appraisal (Index Page) November 8, 2006
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CALVIN’S VIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HEADED BY THE POPE (AND OF LUTHERANISM) / ECCLESIOLOGY
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What Year Did Popes Become Antichrist? (vs. John Calvin) [3-11-10]
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John Calvin’s 15 Surprisingly Catholic Views [National Catholic Register, 10-10-17]
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SECTARIANISM, CALVINISTS OF HIS DAY, TRADITION, RULE OF FAITH, AND SOLA SCRIPTURA
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PREDESTINATION / SUPRALAPSARIANISM / SOVEREIGNTY / ELECT / PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS / TOTAL DEPRAVITY
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Good Works and Men, God’s Grace, and Regeneration [National Catholic Register, 8-6-20]
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Is True Faith Always Permanent? (vs. Calvin #62) [3-7-23]
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SOTERIOLOGY / SALVATION /  GRACE / FAITH AND WORKS / SIN
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SACRAMENTS (ESP. BAPTISM AND THE EUCHARIST) AND SACRAMENTALS

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MARIOLOGY
 
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Calvin & Mary Ever Virgin (expanded version, with Tim Staples vs. James Swan) [6-5-14]
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CHRISTOLOGY
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Calvin’s Fawning Over a 13-Year-Old Head of the Church of England [5-26-09; revised for a National Catholic Register article, 9-3-17]
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CELIBACY 

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CONTRACEPTION
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Luther and Calvin Opposed Contraception and “Fewer Children is Better” Thinking [2-21-04; published at National Catholic Register, 9-13-17]

Publishers Omit Calvin’s Anti-Contraception View?! [9-14-13]

 

ICONOCLASM, ART, AND MUSIC

Veneration of Saints and Angels (vs. John Calvin) [Oct. 2012]

Intercession & Invocation of Saints & Angels (vs. Calvin) [Oct. 2012]

Temporal Punishment After Forgiveness: Catholicism vs. John Calvin [10-18-12]

John Calvin Did Not Pray to Philip Melanchthon [9-19-09; revised, with retraction, on 5-3-16]

Absolution, Sanctification, & Forgiveness: Reply to Calvin #7 [12-19-18]

John Calvin vs. the Bible and John the Baptist, with Regard to Abstinence from Wine [Facebook, 1-26-19]

John Calvin in Effect Regards Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer to Abraham as “Novel and Impure” [Facebook, 3-8-23] 

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PURGATORY AND PRAYER FOR THE DEAD

Prayer for the Dead (vs. Calvin #57) [2012]

Purgatory in the Bible (vs. Calvin #60) [1-15-21]

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ORDINATION / PRIESTS / MONKS AND NUNS / MONASTICISM

Unbiblical Opposition to Priest’s Vows (vs. Calvin #32) [9-21-09]

Evangelical Counsels & Monasticism (vs. Calvin #33) [9-22-09]

Calvin’s Self-Contradictory Trashing of Monasticism [1-26-19]

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MIRACLES / EXORCISM

Unbiblical Antipathy to Miracles & Exorcism (vs. Calvin #53) [12-22-09]

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FALSE ACCUSATIONS 
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MISCELLANEOUS
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