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...
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...
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 6, 2018 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
It’s not uncommon for Catholics and Protestants to debate certain passages from James’s epistle. James 2:24 is the verse that many are familiar with: “You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.” A passage that’s not as well known, however, is...
