by Karlo Broussard | Nov 29, 2018 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches in paragraph 1240 that a proper form for administering baptism is “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” But for some Protestants, such as Oneness Pentecostals, this Trinitarian...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 29, 2018 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Protestant apologists Norman Geisler and Ralph MacKenzie argue that the Catholic dogma of purgatory “in effect denies the all-sufficiency of Christ’s atoning death.” They quote biblical passages that speak of the sufficient nature of Christ’s work on the cross (John...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 1, 2018 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
In the Bible, Jesus is said to have cast out demons, raised people from the dead, and healed the blind and deaf. But to many skeptics, such things sound like the stuff of legend, too fantastic to believe. There are two ways to talk to skeptics about Jesus’ miracles: a...
by Karlo Broussard | Aug 7, 2018 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
The Council of Trent taught that through baptism believers “are made innocent, immaculate, pure, harmless, and beloved of God.” The Catechism of the Catholic Church concurs: “Justification is not only the remission of sins, but also the sanctification and renewal of...
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 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...
