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Advent Apologetics: How Can You Trust the Gospel Accounts Written Long After Events They Describe? (Post)

Critics of the New Testament often claim that the names of the authors of the Gospels were added after they had already been in circulation in the Church. Instead of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,

Advent Apologetics: How Can Christians Reclaim Their Seasons and Feasts From Secularists? (Post)

One constructive approach would be to enter more fully into the celebrations ourselves and, by our example, invite secularists to consider the sacred meaning of the Christian seasons they celebrate wi

The Mysterious Book of Enoch(Post)

The book of Jude contains some of the most mysterious and intriguing passages in the New Testament.One occurs when Jude warns against a group of Christians who have given themselves over to immorality

What is the History of the Jehovah’s Witnesses? (Post)

Jehovah’s Witnesses emerged in the northeastern United States during the 1870s, though at the time they were known as “Bible Students.” Under the direction of founder Charles Taze Russell, the Bible

The Three Rs of Salvation—Repent, Receive, and Remain(Post)

The Catholic Church teaches what we must believe in order to be saved.After college, I traveled the country with a pro-life organization whose staff were evenly divided between Catholics and Protesta

The Fisher Pope(Post)

What is a miracle, and how does it differ from magic? Both “miracle” and “magic” are notoriously hard concepts to define, and differing religions demarcate their respective limits differently. The clo

Where to Now, St. Peter?(Post)

Before we get into the text of Acts, there are two very important questions that must be asked and that are often overlooked in this discussion: “Who wrote the Book of Acts?” And, “Why is that importa

St. Ignatius of Loyola and the Examination of Consciousness(Post)

St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) devised a way of examining our soul that moved away from looking only at the sinful thoughts, words, and deeds of our day. Ignatius’s introspection begins not with

Three Joyful Truths About Purgatory(Post)

In a tiny little church on the banks of the Tiber, called the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Patri (also known as the Church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage), there’s a most curious collection

Out of the Darkness and Into the Light(Post)

"Although the world of today has a very vivid awareness of its unity and of how one man depends on another in needful solidarity, it is most grievously torn into opposing camps by conflicting forces.

A Friend Says There's No Proof Jesus Rose From the Dead - How Do I Respond?(Post)

A common claim by atheists and agnostics is that there is no good evidence that Jesus actually rose from the dead.How should you respond?The Resurrection better explains the evidence than any alternat

The Suffering of Purgatory is Bound Up with Joys Beyond This World(Post)

Among those throughout the history of the Church who have written and spoken about purgatory, many have emphasized the sorrows or pains. They have done so rightly, since the sufferings of purgatory