775 results for 'made this way'

Why Saint Peter Is So Important(Post)

“Why should I be Catholic?” is a question we hear all the time at Catholic Answers. No doubt, people have asked you this very same question.But how should you answer?• “Because it’s the truth” is ce ...

Just What Is a Gospel?(Post)

The four Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—are our principal sources of information about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. For two thousand years, they have nourished the faith of Chris ...

Are Gospel Accounts Of The Nativity At Odds With Each Other?(Post)

In this excerpt from his book, Hard Sayings: A Catholic Approach to Answering Bible Difficulties, Trent Horn looks at how we can make sense of what seem to be inconsistencies with the Gospel ...

What's Right, and What's Wrong—Salvation Hangs In the Balance(Post)

The Catholic Church teaches us what actions are gravely sinful and must be avoided so we do not forsake our salvation.Once, I was talking with a poised young Protestant woman who was adept at citing ...

The Bible’s Table of Contents (Post)

The Canon of Scripture and Its Origin The clearest example of a sacred Tradition that both Catholics and Protestants accept is the canon of Scripture. The word canon comes from a Greek word that m ...

The Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel(Post)

Just as the Church has official ritual books for Mass and the sacraments, for blessings and for exorcism, so there is also an official book called the Handbook of Indulgences. We will not take time ...

Historical Reality Versus Mythical Fantasies(Post)

The Gospel vs. Myths and Fiction Unlike myths, the gospel is based on historical facts. It is not “Jesus and the Seven Dwarves.” Its events are attested, chronicled, archived, preserve ...

Common Misconceptions: Setting the Record Straight(Post)

From the beginning of the Church, people have wondered what it is. A big part of St. Paul’s work, as reflected in his letters to the early churches, is clarifying what the Church is and i ...

Advent Apologetics: How is it Possible for God to Become a Man? (Post)

The mystery of the Incarnation, or the mystery of God’s becoming man, is not something that can easily be understood by finite human minds. However, just as we can’t fully comprehend God himself b ...

Consumed with the Immediate and Rejecting the Past(Post)

“A historical myth is a widely held interpretation of historical events that is believed, not for its veracity, but because it explains the past in a way that somehow satisfies the worldview o ...

What Procedure Should We Use When Interpreting a Prophetic Text in Scripture?(Post)

  By its nature, prophecy can be difficult to interpret. It uses many symbols, and these can be taken in more than one way.The key to understanding biblical prophecy is to determine itsliterals ...

One of the Most Enigmatic Figures in History(Post)

“Constantine has been a whipping boy for a long time, and still is today. In popular culture (Dan Brown, Da Vinci Code), among bestselling historians (James Carroll, Constantine’s Sword) ...