Posts related to distinctively Catholic beliefs--especially apologetic articles dealing with topics about which Protestants have the most problems.
The Sacraments
- Response to CQ--The New Birth Experience
- Does Catholic Doctrine Contradict the Bible? (Pt 3) (Latin Mass, the Christian Calendar, Iconography and Statuary, and the form of Baptism.)
- A Defence of the Eucharist
- Corpus Christi (A Youtube video documenting a recent Eucharistic Miracle as a prelude for a series of writings here on the Eucharist.)
- Procession (Photos and commentary on my parish's Corpus Christi Procession, 2010)
- Journeying Into His Real Presence (My conversion story, specifically in relation to my belief in Jesus' presence in the Eucharist)
- The Source and Summit (A Primer on the Catholic Church's teaching on the Eucharist, giving a broad outline for the subsequent posts on the Blessed Sacrament.)
- Hoc est enim Corpus Meum (Explaining and defending the Church's teaching on Jesus' Real Presence in the Eucharist, and the doctrine of Transubstantiation, with proofs from Scripture and Tradition.)
- The Great Exchange (Explaining and defending the Church's teaching on the sacrificial aspect of the Eucharist from Scripture.)
- ποιεῖτε εἰς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάμνησιν (Exploring what Jesus meant by the phrase, "Do this as a memorial of Me" by examining Scripture's use of the Greek and Hebrew terms, and the Hebrew understanding of Memorial.)
- One Bread, One Body (Exploring how the Eucharist unites us more closely to Christ, and to His Body, the Church.)
- Food for the Soul (A delineation of the effects of the Eucharist on the soul.)
- The Heavenly Banquet (An examination of the eschatological aspects of the Eucharist.)
- Looking at Jesus (About the Practice of Eucharistic Adoration.)
- Eucharistic Miracles (Links to articles and videos about times when Jesus has gone above and beyond the miracle of Transubstantiation in order to bolster the faith of His people.)
- Response to CQ--Christ, Our Full Salvation
- Does Catholic Doctrine Contradict the Bible? (Pt 2) (The Eucharist--are both Species necessary?; The Saints; Topics related to The Priesthood)
- Does Catholic Doctrine Contradict the Bible? (Pt 2) (The Eucharist; The Saints; The Priesthood; Priestly Celibacy; and Peter's Married Life)
- Notes on a Scandal (A response to the clerical sex abuse scandal.)
- Introduction to the Marian Dogmas
- Mary, Mother of God
- Mary, Ever-Virgin (Part 1, responding to common objections)
- Mary, Ever-Virgin (Part 2, examining the scriptural and historical evidence)
- Mary, Immaculately Conceived (Part 1, responding to common objections)
- Mary, Immaculately Conceived (Part 2, examining the scriptural and historical evidence)
- Mary, Assumed Into Heaven
- Mary, Mediatrix? (A brief examination of this controversial teaching)
- Glorious Appearings (A look at the validity of Marian Apparitions)
- Our Lady of Sorrows (Preliminary post about Mary and the Rosary)
- I Shall Not Walk Alone (The centrality of Christ in Marian dogmas and a step-by-step instruction in praying the Rosary)
- Letting God do the Work (Quoting a dear friend's comments about praying the Rosary, and giving the Blessed Virgin's own promises to those who pray it, as revealed to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan de la Roche)
- The History of the Rosary (Part 1) (The development of the Rosary from the Early Church to the Ministry of Saint Dominic)
- The History of the Rosary (Part 2) (The development of the Rosary from the Ministry of Blessed Alan de la Roche until the Present)
- Does Catholic Doctrine Contradict the Bible? (Pt 1) (Calling priests "father"; Rosary as vain repitition?; Blessed Virgin Mary)
- Contacting the Dead and Praying to Saints (Are they basically the same thing, or fundamentally different? The debate that got me banned from the TDMS forum)
- Does Catholic Doctrine Contradict the Bible? (Pt 2) (The Eucharist; Are We All Saints?; The Priesthood; Priestly Celibacy; and Peter's Married Life)