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Home: Core Subjects: Apologetics: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Apologetics: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Scoundrel Time(s) - George WeigelIn a pattern exemplifying the dog's behavior in Proverbs 26:11, the sexual abuse story in the global media is almost entirely a Catholic story, in which the Catholic Church is portrayed as the epicenter of the sexual abuse of the young, with hints of an ecclesiastical criminal conspiracy involving sexual predators whose predations continue today. Read more... Scripture Alone - GEORGE SIM JOHNSTONThe Protestant teaching that the Bible is the sole spiritual authority, sola scriptura, is nowhere to be found in the Bible. Read more... Scripture on Homosexuality - Robert A.J. GagnonWhat does the Bible say about homosexuality, and why? Read more... Scripture Proves the Church - Gary ShirleyConsider the scenario: You are at the park, minding your own business and enjoying a day off from your labors. Suddenly, he appears. The well-meaning Christian who wants to "save" you from damnation. In his zeal to enlighten your wretched soul, he whips out his handy Bible and fires off a few choice New Testament phrases. He is confident you will be dazzled. Read more... Scripture Proves the Church - Gary ShirleyConsider the scenario: You are at the park, minding your own business and enjoying a day off from your labors. Suddenly, he appears. The well-meaning Christian who wants to "save" you from damnation. In his zeal to enlighten your wretched soul, he whips out his handy Bible and fires off a few choice New Testament phrases. Read more... Seeing God - Cardinal George PellSome years ago a grade six boy asked me what the Book of Exodus (33:23) means when God said that Moses could only see his back and not his face. Read more... Seminaries, Celibacy and Dogma - Terry MattinglyWhen it comes to nightlife in Washington, DC, Dupont Circle is one of the places where people go to be seen. Read more... Sexual abuse is society's problem, too - Philip LawlerCatholic bishops were not the only people who covered up evidence of sexual abuse. Public schools, police departments, families, media outlets, non-profit associations – not to mention other religious denominations – all were guilty of their own cover-ups. Read more... Sexual Symbolism - Peter KreeftThe excerpt below from the book Women and the Priesthood (by Peter Kreeft and Alice Von Hildebrand) comprises Kreeft's second of four reasons defending the Catholic church's teaching on the male priesthood. Read more... Shroud Skeptics Bump against Science - Mary Jo AndersonOver the past 30 years, many researchers have been drawn to the mysteries of the Shroud of Turin. Evident on that ancient cloth is a compelling body of evidence that scientists cannot dismiss and so must study. Read more... Society has changed — not Catholicism - John HaldaneIts teachings may sometimes be uncomfortable, but what lies behind them is thought that has been thought out. Read more... Some useful terms - Envoy’s Canon Law 101 - Envoy MagazineAn aid to understanding “My Journey out of the Lefebvre Schism”. Read more... Spare us from Vatican economic analysts - Phil LawlerThe Catholic Church does not claim teaching authority on matters of economics and finance. Read more... Spirituality Without Spirits - David MillsIt’s a great and self-serving mess, this claim to be "spiritual but not religious". Read more... Striking gold in a vast online rubbish dump - J. Fraser FieldJ. Fraser Field says a powerful experience of Christ's presence inspired him to embrace the Catholic faith and eventually to form the Catholic Education Resource Center. Read more... Stunner! Pope Practiced Self-Mortification - Jimmy AkinSo various circles have been atwitter about news reports that Pope John Paul II practiced certain forms of self-mortification or, in the immortal words of the Associated Press, “John Paul II used belt to whip himself.” Read more... Surfing and Spirituality - Peter KreeftMany different images from physical life have been used for the stages of the spiritual life, for example, Teresa of Avila's "mansions" (in The Interior Castle), or Walter Hilton's rungs on The Ladder of Perfection. One analogy that's never, as far as I know, been used — yet one that is quite arresting to many souls — is the analogy of surfing. Read more... Taking Issue with the Church - Douglas McManamanMany people today seem to “have issues” with Catholicism. Read more... Talking to Jehovah's Witnesses - Jason EvertIf you open your home to the Witnesses, that is more than most people do. Know that your charity and willingness to share your faith will leave a mark on the hearts and minds of Jehovah's Witnesses. Read more... Tawkin' Ta Dead Folk - RUSSELL L. FORDOne fellow is a convict they call the Rite Reverend Doctor Elder Johnny Lee. Read more... Teaching with Authority - ANTHONY SETONWe teachers are frequently required to attend workshops. Read more... Teenagers and Truth - Dennis BuonafedeIf teenagers do not enter their adult years already convinced of the reality of Objective Truth, knowable by human reason, they will be increasingly enslaved by the idea that there is no common universal truth. Read more... Telling the World Its Own Story - Rev. Richard John NeuhausIt is the responsibility and the opportunity of Christians to communicate to the world what is aptly called "the world’s own story." The world does not know its own story. Read more... The Allegorical Sense of Scripture - Mark SheaOne of the standing temptations of the biblical student is to oversimplify by seizing on one truth and using it to discount other, equally important truths. One such oversimplification consists of the habit some modern people have of exalting the primacy of the literal sense of Scripture into a flat denial of the possibility of any other senses of Scripture at all. Read more... The Appropriateness Of The Title Of "Holy Father" - ARCHBISHOP JEAN-CLAUDE PERISSETWhen confronted with the title of “Holy Father”... Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Mon Feb 06 2012 - 23:17:41
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