Top 5 Catholic Books The Church has created a massive number of texts over her 2,000 year lifespan, and it can be overwhelming to even consider reading them all! The good news is that among the millions of volumes of writing the Church has produced, many of them are summaries or collections with which one…
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the foundation of the Christian faith and it has numerous lines of historical evidence supporting it. However, while all Christians believe in Jesus’ resurrection, not all believe in Mary’s appearances. Here I look at what happens if the same kinds of evidence used to argue for Jesus’ resurrection is…
My friend Gerard Figurelli has returned to the Church from Evangelicalism. Listen to his full story here!
Eastern Orthodoxy has proved to be an attractive option for those Christians who want to be in communion with the historic Church without having to deal with an infallible Papacy, Marian dogmas, Purgatory, Modernism, etc. Here I discuss these subjects with Michael Lofton, founder of Reason and Theology and author of “Answering Orthodoxy: A Catholic…
Catholics often accuse Protestants of following mere private interpretations of Sacred Scripture. But the Catholic Church has no official list of authoritative Bible interpretations. What’s the point of having an infallible Church if it does not (cannot?) produce an infallible commentary on Scripture? Doesn’t that make the Catholic Church’s Bible interpretation just as fallible as…
Here We Go Again… In a time where information and disinformation can spread across the world in a half second, it is unfortunate that ambiguity seems to be a hallmark of the current papacy. Ambiguity has NO place in theology – especially moral theology, and it should not be defended (looking at you Barron….). However,…
Evangelical Exodus: Why An Evangelical Professor Became Catholic
In support of the Catechism in a Year podcast with Fr. Mike Schmitz, Ascension Press – the publishers of the Great Adventure Catholic Bible – has released a new edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The first of its kind, this beautiful edition has special “Foundations of Faith” contents and color coding that…
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I’m joined by one of our favourite guests of all time, Dr. Douglas Beaumont, to talk about Evangelical Christian conversions to Catholicism. Doug is a convert himself and a former student, then instructor, at Southern Evangelical Seminary where he worked, as a graduate student, under the late Evangelical…
Here I respond to the top hit in my search for “Defense of Sola Scriptura” – a video by Dr. Jordan B. Cooper titled “A Defense of Sola Scriptura.”
Douglas Beaumont 