by Karlo Broussard | Sep 15, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Protestants argue that there is no ministerial priesthood. Instead, they say we’re all priests. As Martin Luther did, they use 1 Peter 2:9 to support this claim: “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people.” Catholics argue...
by Karlo Broussard | Jul 24, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
If someone asked you, “What does the New Atheism have in common with Protestantism?” you might say, “Nothing!” It would seem that devout Bible believing Christians such as Protestants would be as far away from atheists as possible. Yet there is more to this...
by Karlo Broussard | Jun 20, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Imagine that you finally get to meet your new neighbors. And at the get-to-know-each-other barbeque you discover that the husband Joe is a fallen away Catholic, and is now a staunch Protestant. As you’re having a few cold ones near the grill, Joe begins to share his...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 29, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
You’re at the park playing with your kids and two conservatively dressed young men are riding their bikes nearby, and you immediately recognize they are Mormon. Thoughts start whizzing through your mind: I hope they don’t come here. If they do, what will I say? Should...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 8, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Catholics believe the Eucharist is Jesus, literally. But does this belief have apostolic origins? St. Paul, an apostle, wrote vividly about the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, so I believe it does. Paul talks about the Eucharist in 1 Corinthians 10:16-21 and...
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 1, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Most Catholics are aware that Holy Thursday commemorates Jesus’ Last Supper as the first Mass. But what some miss is that Holy Thursday also celebrates Jesus’ institution of the ministerial priesthood. What’s interesting is that when you read the Last Supper...
