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Saints – not Celebrities

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saints, not celebrities

One of the things I love about our Catholic Church is that it is in the business of making Saints – not celebrities.

As Catholics, we have a central authority and structured organization that unifies us.  It is a saint-making machine.

Unfortunately, many non-Catholic Christians have no such unifying mechanism leaving them “belonging” to various preachers or leaders within a very divided Christianity.  St. Paul warns against this type of division: [Keep Reading]

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Why should we believe in the Bible?

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apostle-writingIt’s an absolutely fundamental question for any Christian. And surprisingly, when I’ve asked most people this question they rarely have an answer. And when they do have an answer, it is rarely sufficiently reasonable.

I think this is largely because it is something most all Christians take for granted. It’s a part of the Christian tradition. And even though we disagree on a lot of things within the denominational spectrum of divided Christianity, we assume we can all agree on the Bible. But that is far from true. [Keep Reading]

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Why do Catholics believe in things not in the Bible?

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Let’s flip that question around and ask some more important questions first.
Why should we believe things that are explicitly written in the Bible? And if we should, then should those be the only things we believe?
It’s amazing how many people ask the original question without even pondering these other more fundamental questions. Perhaps [...]

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Quote of the Day: Authority in the early Church

Many believe that the idea of a Church with hierarchy and structure is a man-made invention – only a result of power grabs and the politicization of Christianity hundreds of years after the life of Christ. This, they say, is when the “Catholic Church” was born.
This is very mistaken.

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Quote of the Day: The modern mind and authority

“The modern mind will accept nothing on authority, but will accept anything on no authority. Say that the Bible or the Pope says so and it will be dismissed without further examination. But preface your remark with “I think I heard somewhere, or, try but fail to remember the name of some professor who might [...]

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