by Karlo Broussard | Nov 19, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
The Church teaches that anyone can baptize in extraordinary circumstances (CCC 1256). Thus, grandparents often find themselves wondering if they are permitted to baptize their grandchild when his parent doesn’t want him baptized. And not just grandparents, but also...
by Karlo Broussard | Nov 3, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Hebrews 10:14 says Christ’s sacrifice has “perfected” for all time those who are being sanctified. Yet when Catholics leave Mass, which they believe is the single sacrifice of Christ re-represented (CCC 1364), they aren’t completely perfect. Protestant apologist James...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 20, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
One of the most common objections Protestants raise against the Catholic doctrine of purgatory is that it seems to contradict what Jesus taught about the immediacy of heaven after death. In fact, well-known Protestant writers Norman Geisler and Ralph MacKenzie make...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 3, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Recently, CBS News reported on what it called “the world’s largest synchronized water baptism,” an event named Baptize America. Participants from some 650 churches nationwide gathered throughout the country for the occasion, with an estimated 30,000 people baptized in...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 26, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
John 3:5—Jesus’ words about being “born of water and Spirit”—is one of the strongest biblical proofs for baptismal regeneration. But not everyone agrees that he’s talking about baptism here. Some Christians push back with a familiar objection: if salvation is a free...
by Karlo Broussard | Jul 9, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
If I asked you, “What role does the epistle of James play in apologetics?”, you’d probably say something like, “Isn’t that the book people bring up when Catholics and Protestants debate faith and works?” And you’d be right—but there’s actually more to it than that....
