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...
by Karlo Broussard | Dec 30, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
I recently gave talk on salvation in which I cited James 2:24 (“You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone”) to substantiate the Catholic claim that works are necessary for the ongoing and future dimensions of salvation. During the...
