by Karlo Broussard | May 22, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Some claim that certain passages in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, such as paragraphs 1821 and 1058, seem to support the thesis that it’s possible to believe that humans will not end up in hell. For example, paragraph 1821 reads, We can . . . hope in the glory...
by Karlo Broussard | May 19, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Romans 6:3-4 is a go-to passage for many Christians when they want to show from the Bible that baptism actually does something—that it saves. Paul tells us that through baptism, we’re “buried therefore with [Christ] . . . into death . . . [so that] we might walk in...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 12, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
ome Christians object to the claim that our good works play a causal role in our salvation. They also reject the idea and that it’s possible to lose our salvation, subscribing instead to a doctrine called eternal security. They’re concerned that on the Catholic view,...
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 19, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Protestants often criticize Catholics for relying on Sacred Tradition for certain beliefs, like Mary’s bodily assumption. But Protestants rely on Sacred Tradition for some of their beliefs as well, even though they do so unknowingly. Take, for example, the belief that...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 29, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Did God the Father punish Jesus on the cross? Some Christians say, “Yes.” For example, the late Reformed theologian R.C. Sproul, in his 1985 book The Holiness of God, writes, “[Jesus] was the only innocent man ever to be punished by God” (emphasis added). Sproul isn’t...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 16, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
The belief that Mary is the mother of God is not unique to Catholicism. The vast majority of Christians (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Lutherans, and Anglicans) accept this dogma, with only a minority in the Protestant community objecting. One text appealed to...
