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Join Fr. Thomas Crean O.P., author of "Vindicating the Filioque: The Church Fathers at the Council of Florence," as we discuss the origin of the Orthodox Schism as well as its theological and political motivations.
In this episode, Dr. John G. Brungardt explains the Principle of Least Action in Physics as well as its relationship to Aquinas's 5th Way.
Dr. Thomas McLaughlin, Director of the Philosophy Cycle at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, contrasts Einstein with Newton and Aristotle to explain how gravity necessitates an intelligent Creator.
Completing our comparative religion's series, Christina Mohini Srinivasan, award-winning Indian actress and former Hindu, relates her conversion to the Catholic faith.
Prof. Roy Shoeman, best selling author and speaker, shares how by a revelation of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary he converted from Judaism to the Catholic faith.
Professor Paul Williams, an international expert on Buddhism, and once a Buddhist himself, tells his story of conversion to the Catholic Faith.
P.S. please forgive the audio quality resulting from the international phone-interview.
The second episode in our Comparative Religions series, Fr. Doug Grandon relates his conversion from Protestantism.
Derya Little, author and speaker tells her conversion story, and the difference between the servile fear of God and knowing God as Father.
Kim Zember, international speaker, author, and founder of Overcome Ministries tells her story wrestling with faith and same-sex attraction.
With guest Dr. Susan Selner-Wright (cofounder of Person and Identity), we discuss everything from Colorado Bill 23-188 on gender-affirming care, to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishop's recently released Doctrinal Note on Transgenderism.
We discuss the Catholic understanding of Church & State, as well as Dr. Fimister's recent book, "Integralism, A Manual of Political Philosophy."
Clare Nowak tells her personal story and previous battles persevering in the Catholic faith.
Evidence for the historicity of the Gospels as well as the response to contemporary textual skepticism.
This law wherein is the freedom for human happiness, as discoverable by reason alone, is the Natural Law. The articulation and defense of which will be our present pursuit as we describe a law which leads to life.
Two contrary philosophies of life we have, based on two contrary notions of God: The Beloved or The Lover.
Gloria Polo was hit by lighting in 1995, and began to descend into Hell. This is her story.
Is there evidence for the soul? What does it mean, according to Catholic thought, that the "soul is the form of the body."
Taking Byron’s woman as an example, and St. Thomas as our guide, we will ask—quite ambitiously—what makes a thing beautiful?
We will discuss the necessity of prayer for our salvation, as bestowing the gift of final perseverance, and describe what St. Thomas calls the “Infallible Prayer.”
In this post, we will test the Gospels. We will ask questions like, “Is there good evidence that the Gospels were written by their presumed authors? Can we trust their content? What can we know about their supposed date of composition?”
There is a kind of unholiness which leads to holiness, and a kind of holiness which is actually unholy. We take a look at both as well as how to gauge one's actual holiness.
The word Catholic comes from the Greek word καθολικός (Katholikos). Thus, Catholic means “according to the whole,” “universal,” or “everyone.”
Transubstantiation is a great mystery, but not as mysterious to common sense and science as we might have thought.
We go through some of the basics of contemplative prayer, taking two Doctors of the Catholic Church as our guide: The Doctor of Prayer, St. Teresa of Avila, and the Doctor of Mysticism, St. John of the Cross.
Surely, everyone of goodwill desires that all mankind be saved, for even one lost soul is one too many. However, if heaven is only to be found by the “few,” then we need to think and live accordingly.
Do we reflect on how fortunate we are to even exist? It is a one-in-a-million chance, even less likely than that, as we will see.
Some prayers go answered or are answered unfavorably. We look at some of the reasons why.
We cannot deduce the Trinity by reason alone, but we can defend it. We do so in this article by using thought as an analogy.
"Everything’s boring, utterly boring—no one can find any meaning in it. Boring to the eye, boring to the ear" - Ecclesiastes 1:8, MSG Version
To have enough money we need to know how much "enough" is. Taking St. Thomas and Aristotle as our guide we determine how much money is "enough money."
"If you’re alone and you’re lonely you’re in poor company" (Jean Paul Satre). When we are lonely it's because we are not actually alone. How can be alone as opposed to lonely.
Is it enough to just be a good person? We answer the question with an analogy about a man and a butterfly.
What is our story? Why was Jesus crucified? Is it necessary to be baptized to be saved? Here is a snapshot of the "whole" (God exists, our creations, sin, payment, ecclesia, and the necessity of lifelong perseverance).
Is freedom being able to do whatever one wants? Do authorities then impair freedom? In this article, we look at the relationship between the two.
What is the answer to the objection, "I'm spiritual, not religious." Here is the answer in a short analogy.
Some things we choose for the sake of other things, but do I choose to pursue happiness? If I want to be happy, where is it to be found?
Life is too short to be angry. Apply these antidotes for a swift cure of those occasional annoyances.
Love is the cause of fear, and different kinds of love make for different kinds of fear. But are all kinds of fear bad?
Blaise Pascal give three easy steps on how to disagree in an effective and agreeable way. We take a look at each of those steps.
Is there room for doubt within faith? What about the Catholic Faith in general, is it different from other Christian religions? In this article we answer these questions.
Is Science the only reliable source of knowledge? What about Philosophy, or even Theology. In this article we take "Scientism" head-on.
What's the big deal about God? Should we even consider the question? In this Analogous Apologetics article, we look at the answer.
Are all Churches the same? We can answer the question in a short analogy about a father and a son.
All across the world there are altars. Why? In this post, we look at the development and origin of worship.
God exists. More than that, He is existence itself. Here is the proof, beginning with God's own words in Exodus.
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