by Karlo Broussard | Aug 30, 2023 | Audio, Catholic Answers Live, Catholic Answers Live Video, Podcast, Video
HOUR 1: Audio Download Questions Covered: 08:57 – If someone has obstacles entering the church formally, can they just start going to Mass and start receiving Communion on their own? 17:18 – I don’t think praying to the saints makes sense. Wouldn’t...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 20, 2022 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Whenever we’re talking about whether it’s appropriate to ask the saints to intercede for us, an objection that’s inevitably made is, “The Bible never instructs us to pray to the saints, or make our request known them. Therefore, we shouldn’t do so.” The first thing we...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 28, 2021 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
We as Catholics often take great pride in what we believe—rightly so, since it is the truth. But that pride sometimes can be challenged when we dabble a bit in theology, reflecting further upon those beliefs only to discover that some of them seemingly conflict with...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 25, 2021 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
There’s no lack of gems to mine in the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas. And his teaching on the intercession of the saints is among the brightest of these. In the Supplement to his Summa Theologiae, Aquinas argues that the saints are aware of their role as intercessors...
by Karlo Broussard | Dec 22, 2020 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Discussions about the intercession of the saints often centers around the biblical evidence. But seldom does the conversation make it to the evidence from early Christian sources. So, let’s look at some of that evidence here. The earliest reference outside the New...