Can We Know God’s Truth Without The Church? St. John teaches in 1 John 2:27 that we have no need of a man to teach us since we have the Holy Spirit. Is John denying the Catholic belief that Jesus gave us a magisterium (a living, teaching authority)? In this...
Imagine that you finally get to meet your new neighbors. And at the get-to-know-each-other barbeque you discover that the husband Joe is a fallen away Catholic, and is now a staunch Protestant. As you’re having a few cold ones near the grill, Joe begins to share his...
Full Question My husband says onanism shouldn’t be sinful because Jesus did away with the laws of the Old Testament. Is this true? Answer To define our terms, onanism refers to a type of contraceptive act, coitus interruptus, often called the withdrawal method....
Full Question I’ve been told that we cannot do any good deed without grace. But I see non-baptized persons do good deeds all the time. How do we reconcile this? Answer It is not Catholic belief that grace is necessary to perform a good action. Pope Pius V condemned...
Full Question Does God know our future? Answer The short answer is yes. God’s knowledge of our future follows necessarily from his perfection. If God didn’t know our future, then he would lack knowledge. But God can’t lack knowledge because he is absolutely perfect,...
