by Karlo Broussard | Jun 22, 2021 | Articles, Sacraments
Jesus’ Bread of Life discourse in John 6 is at the heart of the Catholic Church’s biblical justification for the Eucharist. Jesus identifies the “bread which comes down from heaven” (v. 50) as his “flesh” (v. 51) and commands both the Jews and his disciples present to...
by Karlo Broussard | Jun 14, 2021 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
Earlier this year, the Vatican said Catholics are not going to bless same-sex unions. And “surprise, surprise!”—some celebrities took their shots at the Vatican for it. CNN host Don Lemon is one of them. In a conversation with the women of The View, Lemon explained...
by Karlo Broussard | May 25, 2021 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Some Protestants believe that once a Christian is saved, he has eternal security—that is, he can’t lose his salvation, whether the cause be sin, apostasy, or anything else. A passage that’s often used to support eternal security is Romans 8:38-39. Paul writes: For I...
by Karlo Broussard | May 12, 2021 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Recently, there was a Twitter thread of atheists and theists going back and forth that gained a bit of attention. An atheist asked, “Dear theists: What is the mass of God?” A priest responded, “What is the circumference of red?” To put it another way, to demand...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 26, 2021 | Articles, Sacraments
The Church teaches that marriage is indissoluble. Thus, the Catechismteaches that while spouses are living, a new marital union “cannot be recognized as valid, if the first marriage was” (1650). Those who attempt civil remarriage after divorce, therefore, “find...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 15, 2021 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Classical theists like St. Thomas Aquinas say God loves himself above all things. In other words, the primary target object of God’s love is himself. He loves himself above all things because his act of love can be fulfilled only in loving himself. This is not to say...
