Essays
The following essays are short and to the point. They are designed to make critics of the Catholic Church reconsider their positions. Essentially they are a starting point. They address the most common objections to Catholicism. Biblical support for Catholic teaching is presented to counter the accusation that Catholic teaching has no Biblical basis. Patristic support for Catholicism is also presented to demonstrate the unchanging nature of historic Christianity (Catholicism). While most of the essays deal with Protestant attacks on the Church other groups are addressed, as well.
All of these essays plus some other material that I put together appear in book form on the “Free eBooks” page. The book is titled “And You Will Know the Truth.” A large print edition is also offered.
- About the Essays
- Creationism or Evolution
- The Bible
- The Trinity
- Jesus is the Messiah
- The Church
- The Pope
- Papal Infallibility
- The Canon of Scripture
- Scripture Alone
- Tradition
- Justification
- Can Salvation Be Lost?
- Baptism
- The Mass
- The Eucharist
- Confession
- Purgatory
- Indulgences
- Invoking the Saints
- Mary’s Role in the Church
- Mary Ever-Virgin
- The Immaculate Conception
- The Assumption of Mary
- The Rosary
- Sacramentals
- Call No Man Father
- The Rapture
- Abstinence
- Contraception
- Natural Family Planning
- Marriage
- Divorce, Remarriage & Annulment
- Abortion
- Cafeteria Catholics
- Women’s Ordination
- Radical Traditionalists
- The Words of Consecration
- Salvation Outside the Church?
- Keeping Up with the Times
- Catholic Dissent
- The Orthodox Churches
- The Word of Faith Movement
- Jehovah’s Witnesses
- Seventh Day Adventists
- Mormons
- Freemasons
- Divination
- Scandals in the Church
- Hypocrites in the Church
- Our Debt to the Catholic Church
- Knowledge is not Enough