by Karlo Broussard | Feb 16, 2024 | Articles, General
In 1 Timothy 4:1-3, St. Paul speaks of a time when some will turn away from the faith and “give heed to…doctrines of demons,” which he identifies as the forbidding of marriage and the consumption of meat. Some Protestants see this passage as a condemnation of the...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 29, 2022 | Articles, General
I recently attended the debate between Jimmy Akin and Bart Ehrman on the reliability of the Gospels. What jumped out to me—and what I wish had gotten more play in the debate—was Ehrman’s claim that Matthew and Luke disagree as to where Joseph and Mary began their...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 24, 2018 | Articles, General
Last week we looked at six Catholic beliefs that blogger Lea Rose Emery called “weird” in a shallow misrepresentation of Catholicism that nonetheless has been read by over 70,000 people. Let’s once more follow her advice and “take a harder look” at the remaining six...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 17, 2018 | Articles, General
An American comedienne named Lea Rose Emery recently shared with the world an online article entitled, “The 12 Most Absurd Things Catholics Actually Believe In.” In it she advises Catholics to wake up from their trance of going along with “weird Catholic beliefs they...
by Karlo Broussard | Aug 19, 2016 | Articles, General
Catholics claim Christ constituted his church as a visible society with a hierarchical structure. And as Dominus Iesusteaches, this society “subsists in the Catholic Church, governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him” (16). Catholics...
