by Karlo Broussard | Dec 8, 2016 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
The Catholic Church has always looked to the good thief as an example par excellence of conversion (see Luke 23:39-43). This is why he is called good. But for some Protestants, the good thief, traditionally named St. Dismas, is good for a different reason than his...
by Karlo Broussard | Nov 28, 2016 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
The Magna Carta for all Christian evangelists is Christ’s great commission: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations . . . teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Matt. 28:19-20). Notice Christ’s command restricts the Christian evangelist to...
by Karlo Broussard | Nov 15, 2016 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
For many people, the Catholic doctrine of hell serves as an obstacle to belief in God. They think an all-good God wouldn’t allow someone he loves to experience everlasting torment. And they think the permanent nature of hell’s punishment is incompatible with a just...
by Karlo Broussard | Nov 14, 2016 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Theists and atheists wield many weapons in the battle over the truth of God’s existence. One such weapon for theists is the moral argument, which asserts moral obligation is impossible without God. But since moral obligation is real, so the argument goes, it follows...
by Karlo Broussard | Nov 7, 2016 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
“For the living know that they will die,” says the author of Ecclesiastes (Eccles. 9:5). This is a reality we all face. But the question of what to do with the body after death remains. May we cremate it? If so, may we scatter the ashes or must we preserve them? May...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 26, 2016 | Articles, Sacraments
It is an infallible teaching of the Catholic Church that the Eucharist is a sacrifice—in particular, the one sacrifice of Christ. The Council of Trent declared: If any one saith, that, by the sacrifice of the mass, a blasphemy is cast upon the most holy sacrifice of...
