Monthly Archives: June 2010

More from St. Augustine on Apologetics

Posted on June 26, 2010 by cathapol

So, I started to read the rest of the City of God not covered in my son’s high school theology course.  I found this as I started to read Book 6 (this is from the preface). “To be sure, those … Continue reading →

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Sola Scriptura – James White

Posted on June 18, 2010 by cathapol

Below is a response article I wrote back in 1998 regarding sola scriptura and James White’s presentation of it.  I  don’t believe he ever responded to it, so I thought I’d bring it up again…Presented here is a rebuttal of … Continue reading →

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ECFs On Praying to Saints

Posted on June 15, 2010 by cathapol

On Praying to, with and for the Saints  Hippolytus of Rome“[Appealing to the three companions of Daniel] Think of me, I beseech you, so that I may achieve with you the same fate of martyrdom.”  On Daniel, 11:30 (A.D. 204). … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tactics of Anti-Catholics

Posted on June 13, 2010 by cathapol

Top Ten List of Anti-Catholic Debate Tactics (Tactics most often used by “Evangelicals” and “Fundamentalists” in Catholic forums). 1. Change the subject.  Change the subject and change it often.  (Catholics have answers to every angle you can present, so the … Continue reading →

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A Response to Engwer re: Lactantius

Posted on June 7, 2010 by cathapol

Jason Engwer wrote a piece recently on Triablogue which needs some addressing of the errors it conveys. He alleges that Lactantius opposes prayer to the dead, which in an out-of-context reading one might agree with him – but IN context, … Continue reading →

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Commonly Asked Questions – Eucharist

Posted on June 6, 2010 by cathapol

I started to write this post on the Eucharist several weeks ago, but today being the Feast of Corpus Christi I figured this is a good day to complete and publish it! I began with a series of questions someone … Continue reading →

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St. Augustine on the Myth that the Saints and Martyrs are Worshipped

Posted on June 4, 2010 by cathapol

“What is the Church if not the assembly of all the saints?”  [CCC 946]  “For all that, we Christians do not assign to the martyrs temples, priests, ceremonies and sacrifices.  They are not gods for us; their God is our … Continue reading →

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Without Peter?

Posted on June 4, 2010 by cathapol

To be a Christian without full communion to the See of St. Peter is to be lacking in some manner to the fullness of the Faith in the Church which Jesus Christ built upon that Rock. Let us look objectively … Continue reading →

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