Phyllis Zagano is well-known as one of the biggest advocates for female deacons in the Catholic Church. However, she has shown a lack of understanding the concept of Imago Dei (Image of God) in a way that really harms her […]
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Explaining Catholic Doctrine to Protestants (Podcast)
Last month, Ray Sexton invited me on his Lift High the Cross podcast to explain Catholic teachings to Protestants. Ray hopes to become a Lutheran pastor and interviews pastors from various Christian branches, although I was the first Catholic. He […]
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Hesitate Before Saying “Heretic” on Disputed Questions
We must distinguish a difference in opinion on theological, liturgical, or philosophical matters from heresy. It goes completely against charity to call someone a heretic in such cases. I see this far too much online. Often those with more study in the error are able to avoid this error of uncharity, but recently I saw several who have advanced degrees in these topics making this issue. I want to briefly point to that issue and then briefly discuss the topic more generally.
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Catholic Identity Conference Misses the Mark on All 3 Points
This week, several Catholics in Pittsburgh are going to declare their resistance to Pope Francis at the Catholic Identity Confernece. They claim three main issues where Pope Francis needs resisting but on all three they are wildly off-target. They interpret […]
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How to Attend Fr. Matthew’s Doctoral Defense on July 5 Virtually
Over the past three years, although I have been posting some things online, my primary assignment has been writing a doctoral thesis in moral theology. I started on genetic privacy, but ended with, “A Catholic Theological Analysis of the Right […]
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Mysterion Presents the Sacramental Worldview
Fr. Harrison Ayre wrote a recent book, Mysterion: The Revelatory Power of the Sacramental Worldview. I think this is one of the best recent books on a Catholic worldview. So, I posted a review over on Aleteia. You can read […]
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Greg Locke, Autism Is not Demonic
Pastor Greg Locke has made a number of controversial statements. Recently, he was claiming autism is demonic. This is ridiculous. I will cover three things: summarizing his claim, and referring to why this is not demonic in three aspects: another […]
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Catholic Media: Fides Quarens Rem Publicam
Catholic media is part of the Church. It is often where those both inside and outside the Church get their information. This media tells what is happening in the Church and/or what the Catholic view about public events is. But […]
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Summarizing My Thought from Twitter
Mark Wilson over at Catholic Bard has searched through my Twitter pretty extensively to catalog / summarize my thought. He compiled a long piece that might be helpful for those wanting a summary of what I have posted on rather […]
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Identifying and Arguing Against Reductio ad Absurdum (1/2)
A common mode of argument is formally called reductio ad absurdum. The point of this is to take your opponents’ arguments and show absurd conclusions that follow from those arguments. The point of the reductio is quite obviously to argue […]
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