Part 2 examines a few scriptural passages regarding the concept of penance.

As usual, the concept is not that complicated. It is only made complicated by over-simplifications, deliberately or otherwise.

Pope Gregory XVI’s encyclical on religious indifferentism, liberty of conscience and revolutionary sentiments.

Pope Pius VIII’s encyclical on religious indifferentism, unauthorized translations of Scripture and secret societies.

Pope Leo XII warns of secret societies, their promotion of liberalism, the infiltration into educational institutions and revolution.

Pope Leo XII’s first encyclical warns of modern humanist ideas such as “tolerance” and “religious indifference”.

The Abolition of Man: Reflections on Education with Special Reference to the Teaching of English in the Upper Forms of Schools was a...

German priest and professor of dogmatic theology Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger first published in 1854 Enchiridion Symbolorum,...

It is assumed that one has read the argument(s) posed in Part I . This analysis is organized into five sets of “clues”. Clue 1: Wording...

What if a person dies without accepting Christ because said person never had a reasonable opportunity to do so?

The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church by Jimmy Akin is a compilation of quotations from the...

Bad writing has been around for as long as writing utensils. As for anti-Christian writings, they have been around since the time of the...

Part II examines the common arguments regarding the three determinants and their implications.

Although I would like to think it is commonsense, it is my observation that there is often some confusion on how to judge particular...

When it comes to the age of the universe, there is a big difference between Scripture and so-called modern science (or at least one...

It may be worth making a few comments given the observation that the currently available COVID “vaccines” may be the “mark of the beast”,...

Originally written in French, this is a collection of stories of encounters with souls in Purgatory asking for assistance.

This is the final part of the series on Purgatory, providing a glimpse of non-Scriptural material.

Part IV (of V) of a series on Purgatory. This part examines Scriptural references more directly related to Purgatory.

Part III (of V) of a series on Purgatory. This part continues to examine the Scriptures regarding temporal merit and demerit.

Part II (of V) of a series on Purgatory. Since Purgatory presupposes temporal merit and demerit, this part examines the Scriptures on that.