Answering Objections to Catholicism
Sola Fide vs. James 2 — The Verse Luther Wanted Gone
Brief Overview Sola Fide teaches that a person is justified by faith alone, yet the only place in the entire Bible where the phrase faith alone appears is…
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Moral Theology
Answering Objections to Catholicism
Why Protestants Still Can’t Agree On What Saves You
Brief Overview Five centuries after the Reformation, Protestants cannot agree among themselves on the most basic question a Christian can ask, which is how a person is actually…
Faith & Doctrine
The Duty to Make Peace That Catholics Forget During War
Brief Overview The Catholic Church teaches that peace is not simply the absence of war but the fruit of justice and charity, which means the obligation to build…
Faith & Doctrine
Self-Defense vs. War: What the Church Really Says About Violence
Brief Overview The Catholic Church teaches that self-defense is not only a moral right but can be a grave duty, particularly when someone bears responsibility for the lives…
Faith & Doctrine
Can Drones, Cyber Attacks, and Nukes Ever Be Just?
Brief Overview The Catholic Church has not issued a blanket condemnation of every new weapon technology, but it has established firm moral principles that make several modern weapons…
Faith & Doctrine
Augustine, Aquinas, and the Birth of Catholic Just War Theory
Brief Overview St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas did not invent the idea that some wars could be moral; they built a rigorous theological framework that transformed scattered…
Moral Theology
What Makes a War Just? The Church’s 4 Non-Negotiable Conditions
Brief Overview The Catholic Church does not teach that war is inherently good or automatically permissible; it teaches that war is always a tragedy and only tolerable under…
Church Authority & the Magisterium
I Carried You 9 Months vs. I Didn’t Ask to Be Born
Brief Overview Both phrases are real weapons in family conflict, and the Catholic Church refuses to bless either one because both replace love with leverage. The Fourth Commandment…
Answering Objections to Catholicism
The Counterfeit Jesus and Holy Spirit of Charlatans
Brief Overview St. Paul warned the Corinthians directly that false apostles can preach "another Jesus," a different spirit, and a different gospel that looks authentic but leads people…
Moral Theology
Is Abortion a Sin?
Brief Overview The Catholic Church teaches that every procured abortion constitutes a grave moral evil and that this teaching has remained constant and unchangeable from the first century…
