| Galileo |
What really happened? Who was wrong in the Galileo incident? |
| Three Popes |
What happened when there were three popes at once. |
| Was Augustine Protestant? |
I sometimes hear Protestant naysayers of Catholicism claim that Augustine was really a Protestant and not a Catholic. But this is simply not so. |
| "Bad" Protestants |
A common argument by Protestant naysayers of Catholicism is that corrupt and unrighteous actions by Catholics prove that the Catholic Church is not the true church. The problem is that there are plenty of examples of Protestants who do all these same things. This article highlights a few of these to demonstrate that this argument is invalid. |
| Biblical Support for the Catholic Church |
The Bible has many passages that perfectly match the teachings of Catholic Church. |
| The Waldenses and Albigensians |
Foxe's Book of Martyrs misrepresents these groups as true Christians. |
| Ignored Verses |
Anti-Catholics often have selective amnesia — They simply don't address the very biblical verses which strongly support the Catholic view. |
| Mary in the Bible |
Protestants object to the Catholic doctrines concerning Mary, claiming that these doctrines can not be supported from the Bible. In this article I reference the many biblical passages about Mary and her role in God's plan of salvation. |
| Letter to a Friend |
To address objections. |
| The Orthodox Church |
The purpose of this article is to explain why I believe the Orthodox Church is not the one and only true church as she claims to be. |
| Is the Church like Old Testament Israel? |
Many Protestants claim that the New Covenant is different from the Old Covenant in every way, but there are many similarities between the two covenants. There are many Biblical passagaes which support the idea that the Church is the New Israel. |
| Christ's Church Failed? |
In order to justify the validity of the Protestant Reformation, Protestants typically hold the view that the church failed soon after Pentecost and that the Protestant Reformers fixed it again. But this simply can't be true. |
| Objections to Catholicism |
The standard objections of Anti-Catholics against the Catholic Church. |
| Marian Doctrines |
References from Early Church Fathers |
| The Church Fathers |
In reading the writings of the Church Fathers it is clear that the Catholic Church of today is the same church which Jesus Christ founded through the apostles. |
| Is Protestant Teaching Unbiblical? |
I highlight the many New Testament passages which clearly refute Protestant teaching and which favor Catholic teaching. |
| The Bible is a Catholic Book |
All Catholic doctrines and practices can be (1) derived from the Bible, and (2) supported from the Bible. |
| Binding and Loosing |
Jesus made some remarkable statements to the Apostles and to Peter in particular, which the Catholic Church uses as the basis for some important, foundational doctrines. |
| Development of Doctrine |
An overview of the bookAn Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, by John Henry Cardinal Newman, written in 1878. |
| Anti-Catholic Misrepresentations |
Misrepresentations of the Catholic Church. |
| Doctrinal Development |
Protestants who believe in Sola Scriptura (scripture only) typically deny that their doctrines have developed. Rather, they claim that they get their doctrines from the Bible. And those Protestant naysayers of Catholicism typically object to the doctrinal development which the Catholic Church readily admits is valid. |
| Dialogs |
Some imaginary dialogs which reveal unconscious assumptions. |
| Marian Doctrines |
This article discusses the various doctrines of the Catholic Church regarding Mary, the mother of Jesus. |
| Marian Doctrines |
There is a lot of misunderstanding about the Catholic doctrines regarding Mary. I discuss all the particular doctrines and give some support for these doctrines from the Bible and the Early Church Fathers. |
| Historical Defense of Catholicism |
In this article I use quotes from three secular history books to demonstrate that the claims of the Catholic Church are true. |
| Early Church Fathers |
This article demonstrates what the Early Church Fathers in the first generation after the apostles had to say that supports the claims of the Catholic Church. |
| The Church Went Bad? |
The church could not have gone bad before the essential doctrines of Christianity were developed. |
| Mary in the Bible |
The Catholic view is biblical |
| The New Testament is Catholic |
This long article contains the many references in the New Testament books between Acts and Jude which contradict Protestant doctrine and practice, but which support Catholic teaching. |
| The Problem with Words |
In this article I discuss words and phrases that various Christians groups use differently. |
| The Eucharist is a very early doctrine |
This article demonstrates that the Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist was believed and practiced by the very early church. |
| Moral Teaching |
Right and Wrong |
| Peter is the Rock |
The role of Peter in the church and whether the Catholic of the papacy is justified. |
| Christian Philosophy |
Various Christian topics. |
