The Bible and Baptism: The Foundations of Salvation. By Isaac Augustine Morales, O.P. Reviewed by Randall Woodard. (skip to review) The Obscurity of Scripture: Disputing Sola Scriptura and the Protestant Notion of Biblical … [Read more...]
The Simple Rule of Faith When Seeking the True Church of Jesus Christ
August 30, 2021 by James Likoudis
I have often been approached by simple ordinary folk who believe from even a surface reading of the New Testament that Christ did found a Church but are troubled and baffled by the obvious divisions among Christians — all claiming to know w … [Read more...]
John 21 and the Papacy
March 26, 2021 by Luke Lancaster
In 1870, the first Vatican Council declared that papal primacy was found in John 21:15, saying, “Upon Simon Peter alone Jesus after His resurrection conferred the jurisdiction of the highest pastor and rector over his entire fold” when He to … [Read more...]
Questions Answered
September 29, 2015 by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP
Question: At the Easter Vigil, it is sometimes the practice that protestants are received into full ecclesiastical communion, and then receive Communion. Now, neophytes are baptized at the Vigil, with all their sins forgiven, but converts … [Read more...]
Sticks, Stones, and Broken Bones: The History of Anti-Catholic Violence in the U.S.
August 11, 2014 by Fr. David J. Endres
We do not recall these instances of anti-Catholicism to foster more animosity or violence, but recall them as part of our history, a history that, like so many others, included the targeting of ethnic and religious groups for … [Read more...]
Home and School in American Catholic Life
July 10, 2014 by Joseph T. Stuart
This essay argues that understanding the historical reasons why Catholic schools and homeschooling arose can help one to see how both may contribute to the revitalization of a Catholic subculture and American society in complementary w … [Read more...]
Faith, Hope, and Charity
August 11, 2013 by Fr. Edward O'Connor, CSC
I would like to propose what I believe is the solution to a major source of misunderstanding between Catholics and Protestants on the one hand, and theologians and exegetes on the other. Christ Sleeping Through the Storm at Sea by … [Read more...]
On Thinking the Actual World Out of Existence
July 20, 2013 by Fr. James V. Schall, SJ
The scanty conceptions to which we can attain of celestial things give us, from their excellence, more pleasure than all the knowledge of the world in which we live; just as a half-glimpse of persons that we love is more delightful than a … [Read more...]
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