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Catholicism is an online journal edited by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Richmond N.H. Apologetics is a Greek word compounded from apo and logos, meaning "to give a reason for." St. Peter uses it in his first epistle. You will see in the articles filed in this section the authors have a certain art and logic in the way they present their sound arguments in defense of the..
Catholicism » Apologetics
1w ago
The following is a brief excerpt from my book, The Roman Catholic Church: A Divine Institution or a Human Invention? GOD has revealed that, once the Jews in general rejected the Messiah/New Covenant, which was then embraced by the gentile …
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Catholicism » Apologetics
1y ago
The purpose of this article is not to show that Carmelite saints believed in the dogma outside the Church there is no salvation in the same sense that Father Leonard Feeney believed it. That would be too easy, and this …
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Catholicism » Apologetics
1y ago
Some weeks ago, a group of Protestant apologists landed on this site — and other Catholic sites, from what I gather — to attack the doctrine of Our Lady’s perpetual virginity. They did this in the comment sections of various …
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Catholicism » Apologetics
1y ago
A Lutheran from New Jersey called me last week. His question for me, which is of no consequence to these lines, led us to a discussion of the problem of evil in the Church of Jesus Christ. You see, this …
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Catholicism » Apologetics
1y ago
The following comes from the Matins lessons in the traditional Roman-rite office for the Monday of the First week of Quadragesima. Twelve-hundred years in advance, Saint Augustine here condemns most emphatically the unbiblical notion of sola fides propagated by the …
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Catholicism » Apologetics
1y ago
First, a word from me. Saint Anselm was a great theologian and doctor of the Church who was a light in the eleventh century. Let us not forget that.The argument he espoused is simple. He said it came to him as …
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Catholicism » Apologetics
1y ago
Taking our minds for a time off the grim immediacy of the present, we would do well to look ahead to a goal we have in mind, a new Christendom. Such a society would not be a carbon copy of …
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Catholicism » Apologetics
1y ago
For some strange reason, in numerous conversations I have had with Protestants, the same statement has been made over and over by the other party while discussing the nature of the Church: “The Church is not a building!” The observation …
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Catholicism » Apologetics
1y ago
When God created all things in the beginning, He did so for a purpose worthy of Himself: His own glory. It may surprise readers to learn that this is actually a dogma of the faith and that anyone who denies …
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Catholicism » Apologetics
1y ago
What do the definition of life and the philosophical concept of “secondary causality” have to do with hot-button issues that separate Catholics and Protestants? A lot, I believe, and what follows here is an introduction to a concept that can …
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