The St. Clement of Rome School of Theology's DMin in Pastoral Reformed Apologetics

“For the Honor of Christ in Excellence of God’s Glory”

Name of Doctorate Student:

M. Andrew Petillo

Degree Pursuit and Accomplishment:

Doctor of Ministry (DMin)

In Pastoral Reformed Apologetics

At St. Peter’s Reformed Augustinian Seminary

Under the St. Clement of Rome School of Theology

Ocean Township, NJ, USA

(January 2011—December 2013)

The St. Clement of Rome School of Theology

Doctorate Courses (81 credits):

1.      Jehovah’s Witnesses (9 credits) To defend the Christian faith against the essential false doctrines of the Watchtower organization in light of the God-breathed Scriptures.

Demonstration Evidence of Course 1:

The Jehovah’s Witness Controversy: Discerning the Differences between the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society and Christianity

95-Disputations on Jehovah’s Witness Theology for Christian Unity

2.      The Holy Spirit Controversy (9 credits) To defend the Christian faith against the essential doctrine of the personality and deity of the Holy Ghost against various non-Christian cults.

 Demonstration Evidence of Course 2:

O, Come Divine Comforter: A Rational and Scriptural Study of the Person and Deity of the Holy Spirit 

95-Scriptural Points on God the Holy Ghost: A Biblically-grounded Sermon on the Personality and Deity of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity in the Infallible Word Alone

 The Holy Spirit Controversy: Discerning if the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person

3.      Scientology (9 credits)  To defend the Christian faith against the essential false teaching of the Church of Scientology.

Demonstration Evidence of Course 3:

Is the Scientologist* My Brother? Discerning the Difference between the Church of Scientology* and Christianity

4.      Resurrection (9 credits)  To defend the resurrection against atheism, reincarnation and various non-Christian teachings.

  Demonstration Evidence of Course 4:

That Very Foundation: The Reformed Doctrine of the Bodily Resurrection of the Incarnate Son of Man

The Resurrection of Christ Controversy: Discerning the Gospel of the Resurrection

5.      Freemasonry (9 credits)  To defend the Christian faith against the teaching of the Masonic Lodge in light of the God-breathed Scriptures.

 

 Demonstration Evidence of Course 5:

 The Freemason Controversy Discerning the Differences between the Masonic Lodge and Christianity

6.      Roman Catholicism (9 credits)  To defend the Christian faith against the teachings of the Church of Rome in light of the perpetuity of the divine and written Word and the irreconcilable orthodox view of history in light of Romanism.

  Demonstration Evidence of Course 6:

 95-Disputations Regarding Grace, Faith, Christ, Scripture, and the Church: Statements on Systematic Theology and the Church History in Refutation of Romanism in Light of the Scriptures and Church History

7.      Greek Orthodoxy (9 credits)  To defend the Christian faith in light of the written Word of God against Greek Orthodoxy.

 

 Demonstration Evidence of Course 7:

Fides Actualis: A Point-by-Point Sermon on a Call to Unity with the Orthodox Churches in Correction of their Teachings in Light of the Written Scriptures

8.      Islam (9 credits)  To defend the Christian faith in light of Scripture opposed to the Quran regarding Islam.

 

 Demonstration Evidence of Course 8:

50-Disputations on the False Religion of Islam, Section 1