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Rosary A practical guide.
What Catholics Believe Most Protestants have many misconceptions about what the Catholic Church teaches, practices, and believes. The purpose of this article is to provide a detailed summary of the basics of the Catholic faith.
History of Dogma, by Adolph Harnack The first couple hundred years of Christianity.
The World Religions A brief summary of various world religions from a Christian perspective.
Charismatic I examine the implications of the Charismatic view of Christian life.
Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius To Conquer Oneself And Regulate One's Life Without Determining Oneself Through Any Tendency That Is Disordered.
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.
What the Catholic Church Really Teaches The purpose of this article is to clarify the teachings of the Catholic Church. There is a great deal of misinformation among Protestant naysayers of Catholicism.
Catholic Life What's it's like being Catholic. A practical guide for those who are unfamiliar with Catholicism.
Elements of a Devotional Life To live a life in Christ requires that we have a balance of various aspects of spiritually.
The Council of Trent I highlight the Catholic views on the topics of Original Sin, Justification, Purgatory, Indulgences, and others. Many Catholics and non-Catholics alike do not understand what the Catholic Church really teaches about these topics.
Vatican II Excerpts from the documents of Vatican II which I wanted to document.
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.
How Are We Saved? I was discussing with some Southern Baptists whether or not non-Christians can be saved; they were very uncomfortable with this topic. They wanted to believe it was possible but were repeatedly and emphatically taught that only Christians can be saved.
Essential Doctrines A teaching must satisfy certain conditions to be an essential, core Christian truth
The Gospel The Torture View vs. My View.

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