Link to the entire series of posts Works Cited/Suggested Resources How the Natural Law Lead Me to the Catholic Church An introduction to ethics: A natural law approach by B. Besong. Aquinas: A Beginner's Guide, Edward Feser The Last Superstition, Edward Feser Five...
Link to the entire series of posts Why do we need a Papacy, isn't the Bible enough? 14. Papal Primacy: A unified Church governing body is needed or the church fractures endlessly Jesus left us a living authority. There needs to be a living authority or there...
Link to the entire series of posts So far we have covered how the natural law lead me to investigate the claims of the Catholic Church. We then looked at sola fide, the doctrine for which Lutherans claim the Church stands or falls on, and how the Catholic view of...
In this last section on sola fide, I would like to look at the book 3 Ways of the Interior Life: The Principle of the Interior Life, by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange as it was one of the most impactful books on my conversion process to the Catholic Church. While this...
Link to the entire series of posts Some other general thoughts about the sola fide dispute 21. Methodological Protestantism - sola fide is an interpretive paradigm that is read into all of scripture rather than being read out of scripture. We all use...
Link to the entire series of posts 4 Disputes on Key Points of Justification Next, I would like to cover what Dr. Christopher Malloy says are the 4 key components in the dispute over justification between Catholics and Lutherans.1 The formal cause of justification...
Link to the entire series of posts The doctrine of sola fide which Lutherans claimed the Church stands or falls on ended up being, in fact, the doctrine that the Lutheran system of theology fell for me. This post will deal with what I discovered when I compared the...
Link to the entire series of posts God used the natural law to lead me to the Catholic Church. This was something that truly caught me off guard. Catholicism wasn't something I ever planned on considering. And yet, I suddenly found myself compelled to learn more about...
Link to the entire series of posts Jesus Christ came to earth to establish an eternal kingdom, nothing less; when he comes into our lives, we can also expect him to shake things up - one way or another. That's the way the Lord works. --Fr. John Bartunek...