by Karlo Broussard | Mar 8, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Catholics believe the Eucharist is Jesus, literally. But does this belief have apostolic origins? St. Paul, an apostle, wrote vividly about the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, so I believe it does. Paul talks about the Eucharist in 1 Corinthians 10:16-21 and...
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 24, 2017 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
In my previous article, we saw that there is such a thing as sexual sanity, an objective reality with which we need to live in accord in order to be sexually sane. Regardless of someone’s personal motive for engaging in sexual activity, procreation is its natural end....
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 9, 2017 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
Sanity is to see what is (reality) and live in accord with it. If your grandfather thinks leprechauns are jumping in his butter dish and he gives them his butter knife to use as a springboard, then his sanity is defective. He mistakes a hallucination for what is real...
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 1, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Most Catholics are aware that Holy Thursday commemorates Jesus’ Last Supper as the first Mass. But what some miss is that Holy Thursday also celebrates Jesus’ institution of the ministerial priesthood. What’s interesting is that when you read the Last Supper...
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...
