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...
by Karlo Broussard | Dec 31, 2024 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Catholics believe we will be judged based on our works. And there’s no better argument for this belief than one that appeals to Jesus’ teaching about judgment in Matthew 25:31-46, the parable of the sheep and the goats. The difference between the sheep and the goats...
by Karlo Broussard | Dec 16, 2024 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
When it comes to biblical evidence for Purgatory, Catholics know to turn to 1 Corinthians 3:11-15. There, Paul writes, For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold, silver,...
