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...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 1, 2021 | Articles, Sacraments
When it comes to the famous “Bread of Life” discourse in chapter six of the Gospel of John, Catholics often argue that Jesus meant his words “eat my flesh” and “drink my blood” literally. This is in large part because he didn’t backtrack when confronted with the...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 16, 2021 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
When life is tough, we all have our coping mechanisms. Some are be based in reality, like friendships, and some are not, like drowning our sorrows in alcohol. For some atheists, religion, and in particular belief in God, is one of those coping mechanisms that isn’t...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 4, 2021 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Protestants within the Reformed tradition are known for making a rigorous distinction between justification and sanctification. They argue that when a believer is “saved,” or justified, what makes him stand righteous before God is merely God declaring him to be so,...
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 12, 2021 | Articles, Sacraments
John 20:23 is a key passage for Catholics when it comes to biblical evidence for the Sacrament of Confession. It reads: “If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” It seems clear, so a Catholic might argue,...
