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Unleavened Bread in the Eucharist
A defense of the Latin custom, feat. a harmonization of John and the Synoptics on the dating of the Last Supper.
Apr 16
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March 2024
Mary Immaculate and the Holy Spirit
According to St. Maximilian Kolbe, the Virgin Mary is, in a sense, the creaturely personification of the Holy Spirit because she is the created…
Mar 15
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February 2024
Why Lying Is Always Wrong
It’s not uncommon for people to believe that lying isn’t always wrong. Even many Christians today feel an intuition that, whereas something like murder…
Feb 28
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Papal Infallibility in the First Millennium
It’s often supposed that Vatican I’s teaching on papal infallibility really just came out of nowhere. While the saints, synods, and popes of the first…
Feb 17
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How St. Athanasius Proved the Filioque
Despite the Latin West often being credited with developing the Catholic doctrine of the Filioque, I nonetheless believe that the best biblical argument…
Feb 9
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January 2024
St. James and Justification by the Law
For whoever keeps the whole Law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. James 2:10 The passage quoted above is often used by…
Jan 26
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December 2023
The Immaculate Conception of Mary
A common argument in favor of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception is rooted in the teaching that our Lady is the “new Eve,” just as our Lord is the…
Dec 8, 2023
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Our Lord's Strange Resurrection Body
One piece of evidence for the resurrection of Jesus that I find compelling, and that I think should be developed further, is the strangeness of our…
Dec 4, 2023
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November 2023
The Hail Mary Prayer
The “Hail Mary” prayer has always been dear to my heart, as it was one of the first prayers I ever learned. As a personal anecdote, I’ll share that when…
Nov 24, 2023
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Why Believe in Purgatory?
Why should Christians believe that there’s an intermediate state after death (henceforth, purgatory)? What follows is an explanation of why I think this…
Nov 11, 2023
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October 2023
The Virgin Mary Against Protestantism
The vast majority of Protestant Christians today believe that Marian devotion is rank idolatry. For example, the popular Baptist website DesiringGod…
Oct 31, 2023
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St. Peter: The Rock of the Church
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:18 Did…
Oct 23, 2023
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