by Karlo Broussard | Mar 19, 2019 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Previously, we considered two rebuttals that some Protestants make against Catholics’ use of Revelation 5:8 in support of the doctrine of the intercession of the saints. And we saw how both don’t work. But there are other counter-arguments that a Protestant may spring...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 4, 2019 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
The Catechism defines heaven as the “ultimate end and fulfillment of the deepest human longings, the state of supreme definitive happiness” (1024). But how? The textbook answer is the knowledge that we will have of the divine essence, which theologians call the...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 4, 2019 | Audio, Misc. Radio Broadcasts, Podcast
Audio Download Questions Covered: 05:19 – I am not Catholic, I am Baptist. What are the reasons I should convert? 17:04 – The scandals in the clergy have made me wonder why I should be Catholic. 22:01 – What does the fullness of the truth mean? I...
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 21, 2019 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Critics of the doctrine of hell often argue that it’s unjust, because eternal punishment exceeds the temporal nature of a mortal sin. Why should any sin we commit on earth, in time, require everlasting punishment in hell? It’s not proportional. St. Thomas Aquinas...
by Karlo Broussard | Jul 2, 2018 | Audio, Catholic Answers Live, Podcast
Audio Download Questions Covered: 17:27 – Does purgatory really exist? 24:24 – I am a widow. A priest told me that my marriage has ended and that there is no obligation left for me to my husband. Is that true? 38:33 – How can we even know that there...