Three Simple Ways to Show Contradictions in the Mormon Belief of God

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...

Here’s Why You Can Be Sure that Paul Believed in the Eucharist

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...

Did Jesus Make the Apostles Priests at the Last Supper?

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...

Are Catholics Wrong About John 6? (Part II)

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”...

Are Catholics Wrong about John 6? (Part I)

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...

Can We Be Happy in Heaven Knowing a Loved One Is in Hell?

by Karlo Broussard | Jan 13, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics

The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that at the Last Judgment “the truth of each man’s relationship with God will be laid bare” (CCC 1039). This means the blessed in heaven will know which of their loved ones are in hell. But this seems to cause a problem. If...