by Karlo Broussard | Jul 4, 2019 | Articles, Catholic Answers Live, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
For Catholics, Matthew 16:18 is a key passage when establishing a biblical basis for the papacy: “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.” Catholics argue that because Jesus makes...
by Karlo Broussard | Jun 3, 2019 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Catholics believe that good works do not guarantee, but do play a role in, our final salvation. That so many Protestants disagree is unfortunate, but this disconnect is why we must be as clear as possible about the biblical foundations for the Church’s teaching....
by Karlo Broussard | May 21, 2019 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
The Catholic practice of invoking the intercession of the saints assumes that the souls in heaven can know our interior thoughts. But for some Protestants this is a problem because it attributes to the saints a power that the Bible says belongs to God alone. 2...
by Karlo Broussard | May 9, 2019 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Last week my fellow Catholic Answers Online Magazine contributor Luke Lancaster ably countered the use of Galatians 2 by our Protestant brothers and sisters who want to read St. Paul as arguing that works do not contribute to the justification and salvation of...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 19, 2019 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Previously, we considered two rebuttals that some Protestants make against Catholics’ use of Revelation 5:8 in support of the doctrine of the intercession of the saints. And we saw how both don’t work. But there are other counter-arguments that a Protestant may spring...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 4, 2019 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
The Catechism defines heaven as the “ultimate end and fulfillment of the deepest human longings, the state of supreme definitive happiness” (1024). But how? The textbook answer is the knowledge that we will have of the divine essence, which theologians call the...
