The Logic of Obedient Disobedience
“What do you think? A man had two sons; and he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he repented and went. And he went...
Author: Mark Hausam
Was Pope Vigilius a Heretic?
The Infallibility of the Church and the Pope Catholic teaching holds that the Church is indefectible. She can never fall away into error, but will forever hold fast to the true faith. Here is my summary of how the infallibility...
How the Infallibility of the Church Works
Catholic teaching holds that the Church is indefectible. She can never fall away into error, but will forever hold fast to the true faith. The teaching authority of the Catholic Church resides in the “Magisterium,” which is simply the body...
Has the Modern Church Blunted the Sharp Edge of the Gospel?
Dissenters against recent Church teaching–that is, the teaching of the Church since Vatican II and especially Pope Francis’s recent teaching–often try to argue that there are contradictions between the older and the newer teaching. In my experience, Erick Ybarra is...
Pope Francis, Scandalon
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? . ....
St. Francis de Sales: the Pope is the Guarantor of Orthodoxy & Unity
Below you will find a selection from St. Francis de Sales’ great work The Catholic Controversy. St. Francis is a Doctor of the Church and was a very successful missionary to the Calvinists of his day (he lived from 1567 to...
When are Catholics permitted to dissent from teachings of the Pope?
Throughout history, there have always been Catholics who have wanted to dissent from the teaching of the popes. Today, we see this attitude in theological “liberals” who do not like some of the “old fashioned” teaching of the Church, particular...
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