Catholic Apologetics on the Internet

"Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect" (1 Peter 3:15)

Last Update: 1 June 2001

THE BASICS

• General Apologetic Information
• Basic Apologetics
• God
• Jesus
• The Trinity
• Creationism & Other Miracles

  THE BIBLE

• Canons, Translations, Interpretations
• Sola Scriptura & Sacred Tradition

  THE COMMANDMENTS

• Moral Theology in General
• "You shall have no other gods before me"
• "Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day"
• "You shall not kill"
• "You shall not commit adultery."

  PROTESTANTS

• Protestants in General
• Sola Fide and Salvation
• Fundamentalists
• Seventh Day Adventists
• Miscellaneous Protestant

  CULTS

• Cults in General
• Jehova Witnesses
• Mormons
• Gnosticism
• Scientology
• Bruderhof
• Freemasonry
• New Age
• Other Religions and Cults

  CATHOLICISM

• General Catholic
• Papacy
• Church Authority
• Mary & Other Saints
• Angels, Evil Spirits, and the Soul
• Apparitions and Private Revelations
• Purgatory & Hell
• Baptism
• Eucharist and Holy Mass
• Confession
• Confirmation
• Annointing of the Sick
• Holy Matrimony
• Holy Orders
• Sacramentals/Holy Objects
• The Last Things
• Miscellaneous Catholic Beliefs

THE BASICS

General Apologetic Information

• Starting Out As An Apologist
• How To Deal With Differences
• 12 Painless Ways to Evangelize
• "I don't feel comfortable working in apologetics because I don't have a theology degree. Any suggestions?"
• "I'm interested in having a debate with some anti-Catholics. Any suggestions?"
• "Which is more important for an apologist, holiness or knowledge?"
• "Where can I get apologetics materials in Spanish?"
• "Where can I find a good school of apologetics?"
• "Although I know what the Church teaches, I have no idea where to go to find out when and where the Church officially defined all of its teachings. Can you recommend anything?"
• "Is is true that the new universal catechism is for clergy, not lay people?"

Basic Apologetics

• "I'm tired of all of this theological stuff. Why can't we have the simple gospel of Jesus?"
• "I can't believe anything religion teaches. I consider myself a rational person. If I can't see it, then I don't believe it."
• "Doesn't the fact that religions contradict each other imply that they are all wrong?"
• "Since there are so many religions in the world, the odds of picking the right one are very low. Shouldn't I just be an agnostic?"

God

• God, Nature and Attributes of
• Existence of God
• "What is meant by 'Pascal's Wager'?"
• "If God is the most perfect being possible, wouldn't he be even more perfect if he had the ability to copy himelf?"
• "How can God be both just and merciful at the same time?"
• "How can God be perfectly merciful if he still punishes people?"
• Does God Have a Body?

Jesus

• The Physical Death of Jesus Christ
• "Where did the idea come from that Jesus was a carpenter? Is it in the Bible?"
• "In First Corinthians Paul says that long hair is unnatural for a man. Does this mean that Jesus didn't have long hair?"
• "Were Jesus and his family poor?"
• "Were any of the Gospels written in Aramaic, since Christ spoke that language? Who spoke Hebrew in those days? Did Pilate use an interpreter when he spoke to Christ?"
• "Who were the Samaritans and why were they important?"
• "In Jesus' time, what was the difference between a rabbi and a Jewish priest?"
• "In a popular prayer we ask Jesus to grant us the grace to desire 'that others should become holier than I, provided that I become as holy as I should.' This doesn't seem to make sense."
• The Uniqueness of Christianity
• Hebrew Prophesies of the Messiah
• The Divinity of Christ
• The Eternal Sonship of Christ

The Trinity

• The Trinity and Scripture
• "My pastor told me that humans can't understand the Trinity at all because it's a mystery. Is this true?"
• Is The Creedal Doctrine Of The Trinity Biblical? (File Missing)
• "Philippians 2:6 says Jesus didn't seek after equality with God. How does this square with belief in his divinity?"
• "Does Jesus deny his divinity in John 14:28?"
• "I believe Jesus was a holy man and a prophet, but I don't think he was God."
• "How can we show, from Scripture, that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Son as well as the Father?"
• "Some Eastern Orthodox claim that the Catholic Church is under anathema because it added the word filioque to the Nicene Creed. This was illicit, they say, because the Council of Ephesus condemned anyone who composes a new creed. How should we reply?"
• One God or Many?
• The Trinity
• God in Three Persons
• Filioque

Creationism & Other Miracles

• Evolution: What the pope said
• God, Relation of Universe to
• Copernicus, Nicholai
• The Death of Darwinism
• "How should I respond to an atheist who denies creation, and claims that there has been an infinite number of universes before this one?"
• "Do Catholics have to believe that Adam and Eve existed?"
• "What is a miracle? Is it a violation of the law of nature? Didn't people in the past believe in miracles only because they didn't know much about science?"
• Is Man an Ape with Pants? Is the Mind a Computer?
• Adam, Eve, and Evolution
• Creation Out of Nothing
• Creation and Genesis
• Do Miracles Still Happen?
• The Gift of Miracles

THE BIBLE

Canons, Translations, Interpretations

• Is the Bible Inspired?
• Proving Inspiration
• What's Your Authority For That?
• Defending the Deuterocanonicals
• The Old Testament Canon
• Divino Afflante Spiritu (Papal doc.)
• The Court of God
• The God of Israel
• The Religion of Israel
• The Jesus Seminar
• How to Choose a Bible Version
• Bad Translations in the King James Version
• The King James Version (review & critique)
• Douay Bible
• Deuterocanonical References in the New Testament
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Canon of the New Testament
• Codex Alexandrinus
• "Should the Bible be taken literally or symbolically?"
• "Is it true that the Council of Trent added the seven deuterocanonical books?"
• "How can I defend the book of Judith against Fundamentalist attacks which charge it with historical accuracies?"
• "How was the Bible broken up into verses?"
• "Is the Collegeville Bible Commentary a good Scripture commentary?"
• "How do you explain Jesus' statement that David 'entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest' when in fact Ahimelech occupied that office at that time?"
• "I read a book by a Scripture scholar who said the Bible is inerrant only in religious matters that pertain to our salvation. He quoted Vatican II as the source of this 'limited inerrancy' doctrine."
• "Jeremiah says that Judah would be taken into captivity for 70 years. Didn't the captivity last only 47 years?"
• "The Bible says that the sun was made to stand still, but ancient Chinese astronomical records nowhere mention the sun doing this. Isn't this evidence that the biblical accounts are incorrect?"
• "In the Bible, one passage says that Solomon had 4,000 horse stalls and another passage says that he had 40,000. What should I make of this?"
• "Does the ark of the covenant still exist somewhere?"
• "What exactly is an ark, anyway?"
• "I heard that someone discovered a 'secret Gospel of Mark'; is there any truth to this?
• The Credibility of the Gospels
• The History of the Canon of Sacred Scripture
• Inclusive Language

The Bible, Sola Scriptura & Sacred Tradition

• The Bible Alone?
• Tradition, Bible, Or Both?
• Protestants and Sola Scriptura
• Inspiration, Tradition, and Scripture
• Practical Problems of Sola Scriptura
• Two Canons: Scripture and Tradition
• What is the Gospel ?
• Sola Scriptura
• Sola Scriptura and Private Judgment
• "If Jesus didn't believe the Bible was the sole rule of faith, why did he quote it in disputes?"
• "The Church says that Tradition doesn't change, but when I look at all of the changes in the past few years, it seems to me that it does. Explain this to me."
• "Doesn't Revelation 22 render the Catholic doctrine of Tradition unviable?"
• Apostolic Tradition
• The Church or the Bible?

THE COMMANDMENTS

Moral Theology in General

• "We don't need all the ethical rules of organized religion. All we need is the Golden Rule."
• "I keep hearing about 'social sin' and 'structural sin.' Whatever happened to personal sin?"
• "I know that when a person commits mortal sin he loses the reward he would have gotten for his good deeds. When he repents and goes to confession, does this mean he will have to start from zero in gaining new rewards?"
• "What is the fundamental option theory? Has it been condemned by the Pope?"
• "Doesn't James 2:10 say that all sins are equally offensive to God?"
• The Numbering of the Ten Commandments
• Mortal Sin
• Conscience
• Church & State
• Minimum Wage or Living Wage?

"You shall have no other gods before me"

• "Why does the pope kiss the ground after he disembarks from an airplane? This seems superstitious."
• "Does the Catholic Church permit the use of divining rods?"
• "Some people argue against the Catholic use of holy images by citing Deuteronomy 4:15, which says God did not show himself under any form. What would be a response?"
• Do Catholics Worship Statues?
• Is Catholicism Pagan?

"Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day"

• "In this day and age, what's the right way to observe the third commandment, 'Keep holy the sabbath day'?"
• "How could Jesus alter one of the Ten Commandments, as he did with the sabbath law?"
• "If Sunday is the Christian sabbath, should we celebrate it from sundown on Saturday to sundown on Sunday? Is this why Saturday anticipatory Masses fulfill our Sunday obligation?"

"You shall not kill"

• "Did Aquinas say a baby has no soul until forty or eighty days after conception, so abortion is okay before those times?" (May 1993)
• Twenty Questions about Abortion
• Abortion
• Cruelty to Animals
• Confession of an Ex-Abortionist

"You shall not commit adultery."

• "I was told by a priest that sexual intercourse between unmarried persons is acceptable so long as it reflects a relationship of love. Lots of people seem to believe this, but is it true?"
• "In my church I was taught that dancing is sinful. What I have seen of dancing confirms this is right. How can the Catholic Church condone dancing?"
• "Some say that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was inhospitality, not homosexuality. What is the official Catholic teaching on the nature of the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?"
• "Why is Natural Family Planning accepted by the Church while contraception is condemned? They both do the same thing--prevent pregnancy."
• "A priest told my girlfriend that it is okay to touch one another intimately before we are married. Is this correct?"
• "Are homosexuals born with this disorder? And if they are, why would God place such a heavy cross on any human being he created?"
• Homosexuality and Chastity
• Homosexuality

PROTESTANTS

Protestants in General

• Logic And The Foundations Of Protestantism
• The Marks Of Christ's Church
• How Old Is Your Church?

Sola Fide and Salvation

• Are We Assured of Salvation?
• No Assurance For Salvation
• Grace: What It Is, What It Does
• The Case Of The Sinning Minister
• Faith
• Good Faith
• Controversies on Grace
• Faith and Revealed Truth
• Faith and Private Judgment (Newman)
• The Catholic Teaching on Justification
• Justification in James 2
• Justification by Christ Alone
• Justification by Grace Alone
• Justification by Faith Alone
• Can a True Christian Lose Salvation ?
• Salvation: Past, Present, Future
• Temporal and Eternal Salvation
• Paul and the Law
• The Works of the Law
• Resisting and Cooperating with God
• Doing Penance
• Jewish and Christian Boasting in Romans
• The Justifications of Abraham
• The Unforgivable Sin
• "Where do unbaptized babies go when they die?"
• "What is semi-Pelagianism? And are Catholics semi-Pelagians, as some Protestants maintain?"
• The Salvation of Non-Catholics
• Merit and Reward

Fundamentalists

• How to Dismiss Any Catholic Argument
• What is Fundamentalism?
• Fundamentalist or Catholic?
• How To Talk With Fundamentalists
• Father Roberts Answers Fundamentalists

Seventh Day Adventists

• Seventh-day Wondering
• What Biblical authority is there, if any, to change the Sabbath from the Seventh day of the week to the First day of the week?
• "Some Seventh-Day Adventists claim that the letters in one of the pope's titles add up to 666--the 'number of the beast' spoken of in Revelation 13. Is this true?"
• Seventh-Day Adventism
• Sabbath or Sunday?

Miscellaneous Protestant

• A Tiptoe Through TULIP - On Calvinism/Predestination
• Judge Rutherford
• The "Lost Tribes" Of Herbert W. Armstrong
• "Are Anglican priests really priests? Can they consecrate the Eucharist and grant absolution?"
• "Who are the Christadelphians and what do they believe?"
• "Christadelphians claim that many people will never be awakened from death. How can this be refuted?"
• "Some Church of Christ members argue that theirs must be the true church, since it has a biblical name. Are they right?"
• "Is there still a sacrificial Jewish priesthood today? Is it Levitical?"
• On Protestants Changing the Dictionary
• Eastern Orthodoxy

CULTS

Cults in General

• Why are some religious groups called "cults", and others not?
• What is a Cult? (File Missing)

Jehova Witnesses

• Who Are The Jehovah's Witnesses?
• Pastor Russell
• History and Techniques of the Jehovah's Witnesses
• The God of the Jehovah's Witnesses
• "What should I say to Jehovah's Witnesses who come to my door?"
• "Is it okay for me to visit a Kingdom Hall?"
• "I heard a former Jehovah's Witness recommending a book entitled The Finished Mystery. What is the book about, and why is it important?"
• "Some Jehovah's Witnesses have convinced my wife that celebrating birthdays is immoral. What should I do?"
• "Why won't Jehovah's Witnesses accept blood transfusions?"
• Tower Watch - For More Information
• Is God Agianst Christmas? (File Missing)
• Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower
• Are They Awake on the Watchtower?
• Distinctive Beliefs of the Jehovah's Witnesses
• A How-to Manual for Jehovah's Witnesses

Mormons

• Mormonism's Baptism for the Dead
• Oddities of Mormon Theology
• Problems With the Book of Mormon
• Mormonism's Doublethink
• Can Man Progress to Godhood? (File Missing)
• Does The Bible Allow For Additional Mormon Scripture? (File Missing)
• "Where can I find references to the Mormon belief that God 'cursed' certain people by giving them dark skin?"
• "What would the Catholic Church say about the Mormons' 'Word of Wisdom', which proscribes smoking and drinking of tea, coffee, and wine?"
• "Who are the 'other sheep' Jesus mentions in John 10:16? The Mormons say that verse refers to Jews who allegedly migrated to South America around 600 B.C."
• "I've been told that Mormons worship Satan in their temple ceremonies and that they wear satanic symbols on their clothes. Is this true?"
• "Mormons condemn as unbiblical the Catholic custom of paying priests and bishops. Are there any verses that support the Catholic position?"
• "What exactly is a stake center?"
• "I want to bolster my faith with more knowledge, especially on the subject of the nature of God. My Mormon family members constantly challenge my Catholic beliefs, especially that there is only one God. What do you recommend?"
• Smithsonian Institution & The Book of Mormon (File missing)
• LDS Research Page - More Information

Gnosticism

• "What is gnosticism?"
• "What are the Nag Hammadi writings?"

Scientology

• Abuses of the Court System by Scientologists (File missing)
• Patrick Jost, Former Scientologist (File missing)
• Mary Tabayoyon, Former Scientologist (File missing)

Bruderhof

• Bruderhof Information Page
• The Bruderhof Communities, some experiences and observations

Freemasonry

• "What is the Catholic Church's official position on Freemasonry? Are Catholics free to become Freemasons?"
• Can Catholics Be Masons? (Vatican doc.)

New Age

• New Age Lies
• Christians Overcoming the New Age (File Missing)
• Enneagram
• Tell Me Who I Am, O Enneagram
• Astrology
• Reincarnation
• Reincarnation Transcendental Meditation

Other Religions and Cults

• Iglesia Ni Cristo
• Confuscianism
• Jewish & Christian Relations

CATHOLICISM

General Catholic

• Pillar Of Fire / Pillar Of Truth
• Anti-Catholic Whoppers
• How to Become a Catholic
• The Necessity of Being Catholic
• McBrien's 'Catholicism' (Bishops' doc.)
• "Doctrines of Demons"?
• "Are there any Catholic legal defense organizations to protect the civil and ecclesial rights of Catholics?"
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About the Catholic Church
• Eastern Orthodoxy
• Exposing "Catholicism: Crisis of Faith"
• Great Heresies
• The Galileo Controversy
• What Catholic Means
• The Anti-Catholic Bible
• Catholic "Inventions"
• More "Inventions"
• The Inquisition
• The Sacraments
• The Vocation of the Theologian
• Heresy
• The Great Heresies
• Albigenses (Cathars)
• Arianism
• Donatists
• Gallicanism
• Hussites
• Iconoclasm
• Joint Declaration on Christology
• Relations with Catholic Church

Papacy

• Gallicanism
• The Papacy
• Papal Infallibility
• Peter And The Papacy
• Was Peter In Rome?
• The Primacy Of The Pope In The Church
• Who Is The Rock?
• "What is the story of Joan of Arc, and does it make a dent in infallibility?"
• "Is it true that the Greek Orthodox Church believes in infallibility, but not in the Catholic sense?"
• "Papal infallibility can't be true because Pope Zozimus pronounced Pelagius to be orthodox and later reversed himself. What do you have to say to that?"
• "Isn't it Christ, rather than Peter, who holds the key of David?"
• "Is it true that Pope Gregory I denied that the pope is the 'universal bishop' and taught that the Bishop of Rome has no authority over any other bishop?"
• "How can you say Peter had supreme authority when he referred to himself as only the 'fellow elder' (1 Pet. 5:1) of other Church leaders?"
• Apostolic Succession
• The Primacy of Peter
• Peter the Rock
• Peter in Rome
• Peter's Successors
• The Authority of the Pope (Part I)
• The Authority of the Pope (Part II)
• College of Cardinals

Church Authority

• "I think the Catholic claim to interpret the Bible infallibly is false. This is just what the Watchtower claims for itself."
• "If the Church has the power to interpret the Bible, why doesn't it just issue an inspired, infallible commentary on the whole Bible and be done with it?"
• The Authority of the Church and the Deposit of Faith
• The Church's Magisterium
• The Most Insidious Error
• Bishop Bruskewitz
• The Rights of the Laity (Masters' Thesis)
• The Rights of the Laity (Short Listing)
• Roman Appeals
• Leonardo Boff
• Bernard Harring
• Richard McBrien (I)
• Richard McBrien (II)
• An Ex-Anglican's Conversion Story - Based on Infallibility

Mary & Other Saints

• Prayer and the Saints
• Immaculate Conception and Assumption
• The Rosary
• Brethren Of The Lord
• FAQ about Mary
• Saint Worship?
• The Key to Understanding Mary
• Mary's Virginity and the Talmud
• Jerome's Against Helividius
• The Genealogy of the 'brethren' (on Mary's perpetual virginity)
• In Defense of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• "What is the answer to a friend who says we are worshiping the Babylonian goddess Ishtar when we honor Mary? He uses Jeremiah 44 as proof because we call Mary the Queen of heaven."
• "The bible says the sins of the fathers are visited on their children down to the fourth generation. How do you square this with Mary's Immaculate Conception, given she had a sinful human father?"
• "A speaker on the 'Bible Answer Man' radio program denied Mary's perpetual virginity. He claimed that James, called one of the brothers of the Lord in Matthew 13:55, was one of Mary's 'other' sons. He insisted that it was a different James who was the son of Mary the wife of Cleophas--this Mary stood at the foot of the cross (John 19:25)."
• "As the 'ark of the new covenant,' isn't Mary worshiped by Catholics in the same way that the old ark of the covenant was worshiped by Israel?"
• "Aren't the images of Mary with the baby Jesus taken from pagan representations of goddesses with children? If not, how do you explain the fact that so many cultures have woman-with-child images in their religion?"
• "When did the custom of canonizing saints start, and is it true that canonizations are infallible?"
• The Communion of Saints
• Luther on Mary
• Mary: The Mother of God
• Mary, the Mother of Jesus
• Mary: Ever Virgin
• Mary: Full of Grace
• Praying to the Saints
• Communion of the Saints
• Dulia

Angels, Evil Spirits, and the Soul

• "Does the Catholic Church believe in the devil?"
• "Do we become angels when we die?"
• "Do non-Christians have guardian angels?"
• "Are angels personal beings?"
• "I thought that a person's soul and his spirit are the same thing, but Paul sometimes seems to distinguish them. What is going on in these cases?"

Apparitions and Private Revelations

• Apparitions & Visions
• "What should my attitude be toward the various Marian apparitions?"
• "A woman in my prayer group claims that the Marian apparitions must be from God because 'the devil would never do anything which would draw people closer to God'."
• "What can you tell me about the book Poem of the Man-God?"
• Private Revelation

Purgatory & Hell

• Purgatory - a short explanation
• Purgatory
• How to Explain Purgatory to Protestants
• "Is it true that Jews believe in purgatory?"
• The Existence of Purgatory
• The Hell There Is!

Baptism

• Infant Baptism
• Baptism: Immersion Only?
• "A friend of mine was baptized a Catholic as an infant, then rebaptized when her family became Baptists. What does rebaptism do, if anything?"
• "Someone said that in an emergency a person desiring baptism could be baptized with soda, juice, or even urine. Is this true?"
• `Children of God'
• Baptismal Grace
• Born Again in Baptism
• Are Catholics Born Again?
• The Necessity of Baptism
• Baptizing Babies
• Trinitarian Baptism

Eucharist and Holy Mass

• The Eucharist - A short explanation
• The Eucharist
• Is there a New Mass?(papal doc.)
• Why Was the Mass Changed?(papal doc.)
• Introduction to the Lefebvrist schism
• "If we eat only the accidents (appearances), how do we eat Christ, who said unless we eat his flesh and drink his blood (substances), we will not have life?"
• "When I read John 6 it seems obvious to me that Jesus was speaking of 'eating his flesh and drinking his blood' in a purely symbolic way."
• "How can Catholics say Christ does not die again on the altar when the Council of Trent states that he is immolated in the Mass?"
• "Does the Catholic Church accept other theologies of the Eucharist besides transubstantiation?"
• "I know of a priest who, during the consecration, used to say 'This is our bread of life' instead of 'This is my body.' Was this valid? What if the priest makes only minor variations in the words? How much must be there for the consecration to be valid?"
• "What is the Eucharistic 'sacrifice'? And when Jesus said, 'Do this in memory of me,' what was 'this'?"
• "Why do Catholics kneel at Mass?"
• "Are lay people now allowed to give homilies?"
• "At Mass, are the people supposed to say the Per Ipsum ('Through him, with him, in him . . .') along with the priest?"
• "In the Latin Mass, which is the correct translation for 'pro multis': 'for many' or 'for all'?"
• "Are little children required to go to Mass on Sunday?"
• The Body of Christ
• Who Can Receive the Eucharist?
• The Real Presence
• The Mass
• The Sacrifice of the Mass
• The status of "Environment and Art in Catholic Worship"
• Parish Closings & Renovations

Confession

• The Forgiveness of Sins
• Indulgences: How They Work
• Doing Penance
• Myths About Indulgences
• A Primer on Indulgences
• "Isn't confession to a priest an option? If you're sincerely sorry for your sins and confess them in your own heart, aren't you already forgiven?"
• "Why do Catholics say that the power to forgive sins has been given only to priests?"
• "Does the Catholic Church still sell indulgences?"
• "Is it true that the sacraments of forgiveness might soon be administered by deacons and laymen?"
• Confession

Confirmation

• Confirmation
• Confirmation

Annointing of the Sick

• "Is it true that deacons will soon be allowed to anoint the sick?"
• Anointing of the Sick

Holy Matrimony

• "What does Jesus mean in Matthew 19:9 when he forbids divorce and remarriage on all grounds 'except for unchastity'?"
• "When a Catholic marries a non-Catholic, does the non-Catholic have to promise to raise their children in the Catholic faith?"
• "What is the Pauline Privilege, and how does it differ from an annulment?"
• "Are non-Catholic marriages valid in the eyes of the Catholic Church? What if a Catholic marries a non-Catholic?"
• Birth Control
• Contraception
• Divorce & Remarriage
• Contraception: Fatal to the Faith

Holy Orders

• Celibacy of the Clergy
• Celibacy And The Priesthood
• The Priesthood Debate
• The Office of New Testament Priest
• Anglican Orders (Papal doc.)
• "Why do Catholics cling so tightly to the tradition of apostolic succession when there's no biblical support for it?"
• "The New Testament mentions only bishops, preists, and deacons. So how can the Catholic Church justify its office of 'priest'?"
• "What is laicization?"
• "The Bible says that Timothy was ordained by priests. Doesn't that contradict Catholic teaching that only a bishop can confer Holy Orders?"
• Bishop, Priest, Deacon
• Calling Priests "Father"
• Women and the Priesthood
• The Diaconate
• Female Deacons?
• Celibacy isn't the problem (Card. O'Connor)
• The Married Catholic Priests (Saunders)
• Church's Teaching on Priestly Celibacy(Saunders)The Consecration of a Virgin

Sacramentals/Holy Objects

• Relics
• "Is there any biblical basis for the Catholic use of holy water?"
• "What about the claim that the brown scapular is the 'assurance of salvation'?"
• The Sacramentals
• Talks on the Sacramentals (Long)
• The Sign of the Cross

The Last Things

• Are You Pre, Mid, or Post ?
• The Structure of Revelation
• The Flow of Time in Revelation
• "What is nirvana, and how does it compare with the Christian idea of heaven?"
• Hunt-ing the Whore of Babylon
• The Whore of Babylon
• Resurrection of the Body
• The Antichrist
• Antichrist
• Revelation (book of)
• Eschatology
• General (Last) Judgment
• Gog and Magog

Miscellaneous Catholic Beliefs

• Dogmatic Facts
• Dogma
• Transferring From One Rite to Another
• Can Dogma Develop?
• Ash Wednesday (FAQ)
• Lent (FAQ)
• St. Patrick's Confession
• "Do sacraments work even if not understood by the one receiving them?"
• "Can you offer any biblical justification for the Church's former teaching that it's sinful to eat meat on Fridays?"
• "What do the letters 'IHS' stand for?"
• "Who was Felix Culpa?"
• "What are the criteria used in naming a church a basilica?"
• Good Friday
• Devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
• Doctrinal Foundation of Devotion to the SacredHeart of Jesus