by Karlo Broussard | May 18, 2018 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
In “A God-Bathed World” we saw that there exists at least one efficient cause of which essence and existence are identical. We called this ipsum esse subsistens—subsistent being itself. Such a being we also call God. But your atheist friend may counter that we still...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 30, 2018 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Catholics often appeal to 1 Corinthians 3:11-15 to support the Catholic dogma of purgatory: For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay,...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 17, 2018 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
In “Testing the Causal Chain” I responded to critics who deny the causal principle that whatever is composed of essence and existence —that is, for which existence is not part of essence—needs a cause. A variant of this principle that some atheists also challenge is...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 3, 2018 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
It’s recently been reported that in a meeting with his longtime atheist friend, the Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari, Pope Francis denied the reality of hell and asserted that condemned souls “disappear”—that’s to say, they’re annihilated. The Vatican responded by...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 28, 2018 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
In my article “The Moral Limits of Consent” I argued that the appeal to consent alone as a necessary condition for appropriate sexual behavior is not sufficient. The recent events involving accusations of sexual assault, harassment, and rape among Hollywood’s elite...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 7, 2018 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
“Where’s purgatory in the Bible?” Protestants ask this all the time. Any Catholic who is familiar with apologetics knows to answer with 1 Corinthians 3:11-15: For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds...
