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...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 19, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
HERE’S HOW TO RESPOND to two arguments that Protestants commonly turn to in order to disprove the Catholic understanding of John 6. They are: (1) the argument from “The flesh is of no avail” and “My words are spirit and life” and (2) the “door” and the “vine”...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 16, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
JESUS’ BREAD OF LIFE DISCOURSE in John 6 is to a Catholic what a hammer is to Thor. Pretty much every Catholic who has been pinned down by an objection in a debate with a Protestant has pulled out John 6 to gain the upper hand. “Oh, yeah?” the Catholic says...