I.  GENERAL
II. "FAITH ALONE" ( SOLA FIDE) AND IMPUTED JUSTIFICATION: CRITIQUES
III. GRACE
IV. MERIT AND THE PELAGIAN CHARGE
V. PREDESTINATION, FOREKNOWLEDGE, FREE WILL, AND THE FALL

Justification: "Faith Apart From Works is Barren" (BIBLICAL TREATISE: now included only in my book A Biblical Defense of Catholicism) 67K
Biblical Overview of Justification and Salvation 28K
Catholic Teaching on Justification and Sanctification (David Palm) 69K
"How Do Catholics Hear The Gospel?" (Gary Michuta) 14K
The Lighthouse Gospel and Basic Christianity Page
Preliminary Replies to Atheists' Questions About Christianity (Particularly the Trinity and Salvation) (Dave Armstrong vs. Dr. Ted Drange) 41K
Clarification on Catholic Senses of Justification (David Palm) 12K
Council of Trent: Canons on Justification 11K
Luther, Justification, and the Premises of Protestant-Catholic Discussion 19K
Mortal vs. Venial Sin 3K
Dialogue on Salvation After Death (Dave Armstrong vs. Sogn Mill-Scout) 81K
"ECT II" Document, With Commentary ("The Gift of Salvation") 21K
The Age of Reason (Children) 2K

Who Will Be Saved? (Augustine Club Website)
Justification by Christ Alone (James Akin)
One Saving Action (Dwight Longenecker)
Justification in Catholic Teaching (James Akin)
Justification By Faith Working in Love (I. Shawn McElhinney)
Justification in Romans (John Hellman)
Dialogue With a Protestant on Justification ("Matt 1618")
Justification: Doctrine of the Council of Trent (William G. Most)
Infused Righteousness (Church Fathers; ed. Joe Gallegos)
What is the Gospel? (James Akin)
Wat is het Evangelie (my paper, What is the Gospel? translated into Dutch by Mac de Nie)
"Born Again" in the Fathers (Church Fathers; ed. Phil Povaznik)
"Born Again" in the Fathers (Church Fathers; ed. Joe Gallegos)
The Early Church Fathers on Salvation (Chris Erickson)
How the Redemption Operated (William G. Most)
Evangelizing Theology (Avery Dulles)
Faith and Revealed Truth (George D. Smith)
Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, 1995 (William G. Most)
Lutheran-Catholic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
Response of the Catholic Church to the Joint Declaration of Catholics and Lutherans
RESPONSE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION ON THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION
LWF Council Unanimously Approves Joint Declaration with Roman Catholics
The Lutheran/Catholic Joint Declaration on Justification, with Commentary by Robert Sungenis
Two Languanges of Salvation: The Lutheran-Catholic Joint Declaration (Avery Dulles)
The Conditions for Mortal Sin (James Akin)
The Unforgivable Sin (James Akin)
SALVATION PAGE ("Matt1618")
Law of Moses: Do Christians have to Obey It? (Steve Ray)
The Causes of Justification (Steve Ray)

Fictional Dialogue on Justification and Salvation 7K
Dialogue: Is Sola Fide (Faith Alone) a Legitimate Development of Patristic and Augustinian Soteriology? (With Emphasis Also on Augustine's Views on Predestination and "Calvinism," Apostolic Succession, and Orthodoxy as a "Disproof" of Rome's Claims to the Fullness of Christian Tradition) 78K
Dialogue: Lutheranism vs. Catholicism (Particularly Regarding Original Sin and Faith Alone, and Including Extensive Catholic Commentary on the Book of Concord) (Dave Armstrong vs. John Vrablic [LCMS] ) 117K
Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue on the Interpretation and Exegesis of Romans 2-4 (Justification and Works of the Law) (Includes Very Extensive Patristic Commentary and Definitional Citations from three Protestant Bible Dictionaries) (Dave Armstrong vs. John Vrablic [LCMS] ) 52K
Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue on 2 Corinthians 5:21: Was Jesus Christ Literally Made Sin on the Cross? (Includes Extensive Patristic Commentary) (Dave Armstrong vs. John Vrablic [LCMS] ) 32K
Commentary on Romans 1:1-3 and Dialogue on Related Issues of Justification 18K
Assurance of Instant Salvation / Salvation as a Process 4K
Dialogue on Common Anti-Catholic Objections to Catholic Beliefs Concerning Mary and Justification (Dave Armstrong vs. Brian Schwertley and Stephen Pribble) 54K

Faith (Peter Kreeft)
Hope (Peter Kreeft)
Justification by Faith  (Peter Kreeft)
Did Paul Teach Justification by Faith Alone? (Robert Sungenis)
Rebuttal to Dr. Michael Horton's Article, "Are We Justified by Faith Alone?" (Robert Sungenis)
Not By Faith Alone (James Akin)
How Once-Saved-Always-Saved Destroys the "Assurance of Salvation" (Gary Hoge)
Justification by Faith (William Marshner)
Faith Alone, Faith and Works, or is it Something Else? (Marcus Grodi)
Sola Fide (Justification by Faith Alone?) Debate (Steve Clifford vs. Christian Doscher)
Debate on Justification ("Matt 1618" vs. Ronnie Brown)
Luther on the Eve of His Revolt (Luther's Commentary on Romans) (M.J. LaGrange; 174K)
Of Justification by Faith and Works - A Dialogue Between A Methodist and a Churchman (William Law [Anglican] )
Lectures on Justification  (John Henry Newman 1838 [Anglican period] )
"Saved" in Scripture (William G. Most)
Does John 3:16 Teach Eternal Security Through Faith Alone? (Steve Ray)
Salvation is a Life-Long Process (Art Kelly)
Romans 4:4-8: Proof for Justification by Faith Alone? ("Matt1618")
Romans 4 - Justification, Abraham and David - One-Time Imputation or Process?
("Matt1618")
Justification by Faith Alone (James Akin)
Justification in James 2 (James Akin)
The Justifications of Abraham (James Akin)
Salvation Past, Present, and Future (James Akin)
Temporal and Eternal Salvation (James Akin)
"Asking Jesus Into Your Heart" (James Akin)
DID ANY CHURCH FATHERS TEACH SOLA FIDE? ("Matt1618")
FAITH, WORKS AND JUSTIFICATION  (Brian W. Harrison)
Is Faith Alone the Basis for the Final Judgement? (Steve Ray)

Love's Pure Light, Burning Bright  (evangelical/catechetical poem)
Dialogue on Catholic Soteriology (Specifically Grace) (Dave Armstrong vs. Phillip Johnson) 13K
The "Ransom Theory" of Atonement in the Fathers: Development in the Doctrine of the Work of Christ 20K

Grace Alone (Deal Hudson)
Justification by Grace Alone (James Akin)
Aquinas and Actual Grace (William G. Most)
Catholic Encyclopedia: GRACE, CONTROVERSIES ON
Human Interaction With Actual Grace (William G. Most)
Extraordinary Grace (William G. Most)
Jesus Paid For All (William G. Most)
Augustine Debate (Universal Atonement) (William G. Most)
Saint Augustine’s Theology of Grace (Stephen N. Filippo)
God's Salvific Will (William G. Most)
He Wants Intensely to Make Us Happy (William G. Most)
Why Fundamentalist Protestants Are Wrong on Dispensationalism & the OT Law (Steve Ray)

"Live Chat" Question and Answer Dialogue: Theological Presuppositions, Patristic Consensus, Development of Doctrine, & Private Judgment (Dave Armstrong vs. Tim Enloe and Dr. James White; includes extensive notes on semi-Pelagianism) 178K
Galatians and the Gospel 13K
Dialogue: Definitions of Christian and Christianity (Dave Armstrong vs. Sogn Mill-Scout) 30K
Merit: Catholic Doctrine vs. Caricature (James McCarthy's Distortions) 12K
Socratic Dialogue With Two Calvinists Concerning Regeneration, Sanctification, Original Sin, and Pelagianism 61K

What is Merit? (William G. Most)
What the Church Means by "Merit"  (Mark P. Shea)
Repayment For Works? (William G. Most)
Orange, Second Council of (529): Canons
Earning Salvation? (William G. Most)
Resisting and Cooperating with God (James Akin)
Salvation is Both Faith and Works (Art Kelly)
Must Forgiveness be Accepted? (William G. Most)
James 2:14-26...Christian Merit in Salvation ("Matt1618")
The Truth About the Sheep and the Goats ("Matt1618")
The Final Judgment and Salvation ("Matt1618")
Paul and the Law (James Akin)
The Works of the Law (James Akin)
Jewish and Christian Boasting in Romans (James Akin)
Righteousness and Merit (James Akin)
On Faith and Works (Church Fathers; ed. Joe Gallegos)
"Rome has Spoken; the Case is Closed": St. Augustine, Pelagianism, and the Holy See (Dom John Chapman)
Catholic Encyclopedia: PELAGIANISM
Catholic Encyclopedia: SEMI-PELAGIANISM

Catholic Predestination (Ludwig Ott) 31K
St. Augustine: Which Christian Body is Closer Theologically to His Teaching?: Reformed Protestants or Present-Day Catholics? 149K
Dialogue on Grace and Predestination 31K
Dialogue on Free Will and Determinism (Deacon John Whiteford) 41K
Calvin, Supralapsarianism, and God's Sovereignty 105K
Total Depravity and the Fall 9K
Dialogue: Lutheranism vs. Catholicism (Particularly Regarding Original Sin and Faith Alone, and Including Extensive Catholic Commentary on the Book of Concord) (Dave Armstrong vs. John Vrablic) 117K
Dialogue on the Nature of God's Foreknowledge and Sovereignty (Molinism) (Dave Armstrong vs. Alexander Pruss) 36K
Dialogue on the Importance of Predestination in Catholic Dogma (Dave Armstrong vs. Dr. James White) 11K
Dialogue: God's Sovereignty in Calvinist and Catholic Theology (Robert Sungenis) 14K
God's Causality and Our Free Will 6K
Dialogue With an Atheist:  Questions and "Difficulties" Regarding the Effectiveness of Evangelism for the Salvation of Souls 20K
Observations on Arminianism 16K
Calvinist Confusion and Contradictions Concerning Election, Valid Baptism, and Whether Catholics are "Brothers in Christ" or Slaves to Satan 25K
Reply to Jonathan Edwards' Treatise on the Will (Deacon John Whiteford) 9K
Dialogue on God's Relation to Evil 9K
"All Have Sinned . . ." (Mary?) 11K

A Tiptoe Through TULIP (James Akin)
Original Sin (William G. Most)
Predestination (William G. Most)
Predestination, Catholicism, and Calvinism (Jim Burnham)
Are All True Christians Predestined To Persevere? (James Akin)
Two Biblical Passages that Disprove the Error of Eternal Security ("Matt1618")
Aquinas and Predestination (William G. Most)
The Number of Those Saved (William G. Most)
Luther on Free Will (William G. Most)
Leibniz, Divine Foreknowledge, and Human Freedom (Alfred J. Freddoso)
Catholic Encyclopedia: FREE WILL
Catholic Encyclopedia: ORIGINAL SIN
Catholic Encyclopedia: SIN
Original Sin and its Transmission  (Peter A. Kwasniewski)
ETERNAL SECURITY: Critiquing a Sermon by Pastor Charles Stanley (Steve Ray)