Tag: Catholic Apologetics
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Old Church Meets New Technology
From St. Peter to Silicon Valley: How the Catholic Church Entered the Digital Age By Catholicg33k | Faith • Technology • Evangelization The Catholic Church is nearly 2,000 years old. The World Wide Web is only a few decades old. Yet when these two worlds came together, they opened an extraordinary new chapter in the…
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THE THIRD EYE, THE VATICAN PINECONE, AND THE LIGHT OF CHRIST
By CatholicG33K What if the greatest mystery is not an eye hidden inside our brain, but the spiritual sight that God desires to awaken within our souls? Deep within the Vatican Museums stands an enormous bronze pinecone known as the Pigna. It is an extraordinary artifact of ancient Rome, created during the first or second…
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God Became Man So That Man Might Share in the Life of God
Understanding the Astonishing Teaching of Catechism 460 There are certain sentences in the Catechism of the Catholic Church that should make us stop reading for a moment. CCC 460 contains one of them. The Catechism teaches that: “The Word became flesh to make us ‘partakers of the divine nature.’” That is not merely poetic language.…
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Catholic Prayers to Mary: When Quoting Devotional Language Is Mistaken for Refuting Catholic Doctrine
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in Apologetics, Biblical Exegesis, Blessed Virgin Mary, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Doctrine, Catholic Prayers, Catholic Theology, Catholic–Protestant Debate, Church Fathers, Communion of Saints, Devotional Theology, Intercession of the Saints, Marian Devotion, Marian Doctrine, Protestant Objections, Sacred TraditionA Catholic Rebuke of Answering Catholics on Marian Prayer, the Intercession of the Saints, the Glories of Mary, and the Unique Mediation of Jesus Christ Patrick O’Brien’s Answering Catholics has published an article entitled “Catholic Prayers To Mary.” The article begins by appealing to passages commanding believers to call upon God in times of trouble.…
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Prayer in the Early Church: What Tertullian Really Says—and What Answering Catholics Leaves Unexamined
A Catholic Response to Answering Catholics on the Lord’s Prayer, the Early Church Fathers, the Communion of Saints, and Christian Intercession Patrick O’Brien’s Answering Catholics published a page entitled “Prayer Discussed by the Early Church Writers.” The article reproduces a passage from Tertullian’s On Prayer, Chapter 2, concerning the opening words of the Lord’s Prayer.…
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How Can I Be Saved? When “Faith Alone” Says More Than Scripture Does
A Catholic Rebuke of Answering Catholics on Salvation, Justification, Baptism, and Good Works Patrick O’Brien’s Answering Catholics asks the most important question a sinner can ask: “How can I be saved?” That question deserves a serious biblical answer. And to Patrick’s credit, his article begins with several truths Catholics wholeheartedly confess. Man cannot save himself.…
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The Miraculous Staircase of Loretto Chapel: The Mystery of St. Joseph’s Carpenter
The extraordinary story of a mysterious carpenter, nine days of prayer, and a remarkable staircase that has inspired Catholic devotion for generations. In the historic city of Santa Fe, New Mexico, stands a beautiful Gothic Revival chapel containing one of America’s most extraordinary examples of nineteenth-century woodworking. Known as the Loretto Chapel, this former Catholic…
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THE CROSS BEFORE CALVARY? — EZEKIEL 9
There is a mysterious scene in Ezekiel that Christians have been reflecting on for centuries. Before judgment falls upon Jerusalem, God commands the man clothed in linen: “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem: and mark Thau upon the foreheads of the men that sigh, and mourn for all the…
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Does Worship Require Sacrifice Today? When the Fathers He Quotes Point Back to the Altar
A Catholic Rebuke of Answering Catholics on the Sacrifice of the Mass, Hebrews, Christian Worship, and the Testimony of the Early Church Patrick O’Brien’s Answering Catholics asks a question that goes directly to the heart of Christian worship: “Does Worship Require Sacrifice Today?” His answer begins with something Catholics wholeheartedly affirm. Jesus Christ fulfilled the…
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Does 2 Maccabees Teach Christians to Pray for the Dead? When Scripture Calls It “Holy and Wholesome”
A Catholic Response to Answering Catholics on 2 Maccabees 12, Purgatory, the Canon of Scripture, and Prayer for the Dead Patrick O’Brien’s Answering Catholics asks whether 2 Maccabees really supports the Catholic practice of praying for the dead. His answer is no. According to the article, the Catholic argument fails because 2 Maccabees is supposedly…