102 results for 'protect dilemma'

Finding Mary in the Old Testament(Post)

The most obvious references to the Virgin Mary are those that mention her explicitly. These may be few, but they are the most important. Literal references take priority in any doctrinal discussion a

How to Spot and Counter the Ambiguity Fallacy(Post)

In our world of argumentation and reasoning, clarity and precision are of vital importance. However, many times, apologists use ambiguous terms to argue points. To do this, they often employ the ambi

Finding Mary in the Old Testament(Post)

Literal References to the Virgin Mary in Scripture The most obvious references to the Virgin Mary are those that mention her explicitly. These may be few, but they are the most important. Litera

Advent Apologetics: What Happened at Guadalupe?(Post)

There were actually two apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe more than two centuries apart. In 1326 in Cácerces, Spain, according to legend, the Virgin Mary appeared to a cowherd named Gil Cordero as

Explaining Apparitions and Visions of Angels(Post)

Church teaching, including Scripture and Tradition, holds that angels are purely spiritual beings. Yet we also believe that they occasionally appear to have physical bodies, as in the Scripture stori

Dupes, Deceivers, or… Catholics?(Post)

The Author in his own words:C.S. Lewis’s Trilemma: Liar, Lunatic, or Lord In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis famously poses a trilemma, sometimes called the Liar, Lunatic, or Lord argument, which work

Explaining The Unexplainable To Young Children(Post)

      Transgender Advice For Your Younger Children One day, I took some of the younger boys to get haircuts (yes, another lesson at the salon), and the stylist who took the boys

Debunking Catholic Socialism(Post)

Poverty and unjust working conditions are real problems, and sometimes their root lies in an unjust and dysfunctional economic system—socialism being the example par excellence. But usually, societal

How to Respond When the World Tells Us We Can "Build Our Own Deity"(Post)

Cultural Resistance to Revelation The necessity of revelation and of knowing God on his terms is not accepted in our culture today. A story can help illustrate this tension. In our society, for de

What is a Sacramental?(Post)

The 1983 Code of Canon Law (CIC) defines sacramentals as “sacred signs by which effects, especially spiritual effects, are signified in some imitation of the sacraments and are obtained through the in

Does The Bible Condemn Repetitious Prayer?(Post)

The rosary is a popular Catholic devotion that the Catechism endorses as a “form of piety” that expresses the “religious sense of the Christian people” (1674). But for many Protestants, the rosary, w

Why Do Catholics Ask Mary and the Saints to Pray for Us?(Post)

Who Are the Saints? A saint is one who is holy. In most languages, the two terms are synonymous (sanctusin Latin,santoin Spanish, etc.). The New Testament refers to all living Christians as saints.