by Karlo Broussard | Jan 20, 2017 | Audio, Catholic Answers Live, Podcast
Audio Download Questions Covered: Practice of Indulgences, what are they, what do they do? Why do you have to go to confession? Why can’t I go right to God? What is ecumenism and why do some Catholics reject it? St. Louis de Monfort said that we are “predestined” but...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 19, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
HERE’S HOW TO RESPOND to two arguments that Protestants commonly turn to in order to disprove the Catholic understanding of John 6. They are: (1) the argument from “The flesh is of no avail” and “My words are spirit and life” and (2) the “door” and the “vine”...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 16, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
JESUS’ BREAD OF LIFE DISCOURSE in John 6 is to a Catholic what a hammer is to Thor. Pretty much every Catholic who has been pinned down by an objection in a debate with a Protestant has pulled out John 6 to gain the upper hand. “Oh, yeah?” the Catholic says...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 13, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that at the Last Judgment “the truth of each man’s relationship with God will be laid bare” (CCC 1039). This means the blessed in heaven will know which of their loved ones are in hell. But this seems to cause a problem. If...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 12, 2017 | Audio, Catholic Answers Live, Podcast
In this edition of Catholic Answers Live, I take calls concerning the bible and the Eucharist. Audio Download Questions Covered: It is my understanding that there’s no word for “is” in Aramaic. How does it change things? What is the nature of the Real Presence? We...