Part I and Part II of this series began the discussion of how God protects His revelation. Limitations on God’s Protection Earlier, I mentioned a
In my last article for Catholic Stand, I wrote about an important difference between the way we Catholics and many (but not all) Protestants understand
Part I of this series began the discussion of how God protects His revelation. The full context of any Scriptural passage is always important and
How God Protects His Revelation Even a little knowledge of conditions in the world today and throughout history, combined with prayerful thought, shows how the
“Why is all this complicated theology necessary? Doesn’t it just create things for people to argue about and separate churches from each other? Why isn’t
In response to a 2019 Pew Study that showed only 30 percent of Catholics believe in the Real Presence, the United States Conference of Catholic
A Parable, Two Questions, and the Need for Accuracy The material examined in Part I has important relevance to two other major errors of our
A Parable, Two Questions, and the Need for Accuracy A few days ago, as I initially began to write this material, my wife read aloud
Recent trends in college enrollment are telling a story. Conservative Christian and traditional Catholic colleges are experiencing growth in an industry that is otherwise withering.
It’s okay to question ordinary Church teaching on some issues. Questioning Divinely Revealed Truth, however, is another matter altogether. So when a Cardinal of the
Of all the differences between Catholicism and Protestantism, there is perhaps none as complicated as the issue of salvation. This has been a major sticking
President Trump halted funds to the World Health Organization (WHO) citing their poor performance regarding the coronavirus but let’s be clear: he also despised their
BY: Unknown Centurion Resistance of the Faithful Remnant The Bible provides us with the model of the “faithful remnant”. Through periods of infidelity, idolatry, and
And you,” he said to them, “who do you say that I am?” “You are the Messiah,” Simon Peter answered, “the Son of the living
Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude.
Have you ever heard someone object to the Catholic Church’s teaching on justification? In a nutshell, the Church believes that a working faith justifies, not
There is perhaps no more distinctively Catholic prayer than the Rosary. I have heard that other Christians pray it too, but these are few and
I recently began reading the New Testament again and noticed a verse that had not previously caught my attention. The verse is from the last
One form of modern relativism states that to understand, “You need to weigh out the probabilities.” (at minute 45:30) From this perspective, we can surmise,
Most Christians behave, think, and speak as if they are standing right in the middle of the universe with everything and everybody swirling around them.
Sometimes the debate between Catholics and Protestants is based on the issue of righteousness or justification. What is needed for a person to be justified
One of the major disagreements between Catholics and Protestants involves the nature of the Mass. We Catholics believe that the Mass makes Jesus’ sacrifice on
If you have ever discussed the faith with an atheist or an agnostic, you have almost certainly heard of the problem of evil, even if
In a recent essay in the National Catholic Register, author Joseph Pearce identified the atheism championed by Richard Dawkins in The God Delusion as easy
