Category: Bible & Tradition
Does Jesus Want Us “Out of the Church”?
I just read a news story praising a Nashville-based literary agency that represents “top progressive Christian authors.” It stated that many of the authors have been influenced by Phyllis Tickle, who penned, The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why. Such a book smacks of the differences between Protestants and Catholics. Whereas they talk about changing, [...]
Why Sola Scriptura Cannot be True
The Protestant Belief in Sola Scripture (Scripture Alone) One of the “pillars” or founding principles of the Protestant Reformation is the Protestant teaching of Sola Scriptura. Simply defined, Sola Scriptura is the belief that the Bible alone is the sole rule of faith for the believer. In other words, if a teaching is not contained in the [...]
“Have you been saved?” – Seven Lessons Every Catholic Should Know About Justification
Have You Been Saved? In Acts 4, St. Peter delivers a powerful sermon. He concludes by saying, “There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved.” I have written before in these pages of the time when I [...]
A Catholic Responds – Five Common Protestant Objections to the Sacrament of Confession
In discussing the Catholic faith with non-Catholics, the doctrine concerning confessing one’s sins to a priest often arises. Indeed, in my experience, the Sacrament of Reconciliation ranks right up there with Marian Dogmas among the Church’s teachings that prompt the most questions from those inquiring about the Catholic Faith. The following objections to the doctrine [...]
The Holy Bible – How is This Book True?
by Sister Benedicta Marie, O.C.D. Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles The Bible expresses the eternal and immutable Word of God, not on nautical charts with cartographer’s symbols, but in a ‘map’ whose symbols are those of literature. The Importance of Formulations and Symbols of Faith C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), novelist, academic, [...]
The Genesis Problem
I’m continually amazed how often the “problem” of Genesis comes up in my work of evangelization and apologetics. What I mean is the way people struggle with the seemingly bad science that is on display in the opening chapters of the first book of the Bible. How can anyone believe that God made the visible [...]
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