Resources

Quotes:

“That, for both the wise ancient pagans like Aristotle and the even wiser Christian moral tradition, was the real horror of vice or sin: it turned the potential glorious thing, a human being, into a deformed parody, a mockery, a pitiful creature enslaved in his own ...

Class date: Dec 2, 2018

Quotes:

“The spousal meaning of the body refers to the body’s power to express love: precisely that love in which the human person becomes a gift and—through this gift—fulfills the very meaning of his being and existence."
~ Pope St. John Paul the Great (TOB ...

Class date: November 4, 2018.

Find the hidden image in this auto-stereogram.

Brian Butler uses this analogy in the presentation. At first, the stereogram looks like just a bunch of random dots, just as life might look random, with no pattern. But if you look at it in the right ...

If you missed class or want to review:

• “How to Make Sound Arguments for the Faith” by Matt Fradd, Catholic Answers Magazine, Mar-Apr 2012 **
• Also see class notes post, below.

More helpful articles and sites:

• Crusades:
  • Three-part series of short posts on the Crusades, by Steve Weidenkopf: Why the ...

Class dates: 4/8/18 and 4/22/18

To catch up or review, please read the class notes plus the ** articles.

Faith & Works (Justification):

• "We Can Work It Out" By Tim Staples, Catholic Answers Magazine, Nov-Dec 2009. **

• "Are Good Works Necessary for Salvation?" By Tim Staples, Catholic Answers Magazine, Online ...

Class date: 03/18/18

If you missed class or want to review:

• Is Purgatory a Catholic Invention? No Way by Tim Staples **
• Alternatively, you may wish to listen to the audio recording Purgatory: The Fire of God's Love (details below) **

More helpful articles and sites:

• The Burning Truth About ...

Class date: 3/4/18

If you missed class or want to review:

• "Apologetics for the Scripturally Challenged" by John Martignoni, This Rock, May/June 2004 **
• "How to Be Offensive ... Without Being Offensive" by John Martignoni, This Rock, Oct 2004. **

More helpful articles and ...

Class date: Feb 18, 2018

Beginning Apologetics 1: pp27-29, "Prayer to the Saints"

If you missed class or want to review:

• Any Friend of God's is a Friend of Mine (alternate version here) by Patrick Madrid **

Other online resources:

• The Intercession of the Saints
• Praying to ...

Mary, Mother of God (aka Divine Maternity):

• God-Bearer by Fr. Dwight Longenecker, This Rock, April 2002 **
• How Can Mary Be God’s Mother? by Tim Staples, This Rock, May 2008 **
• Mary: Mother of God quotes from the Church Fathers (CA Tract)
• Mary the Mother of God: Protestant ...

 Beginning Apologetics 1: pp 14-17 “Apostolic Authority, Peter and the Papacy” Quick Answers: Don’t Revelation 3:7 and Isaiah 22 point to Christ – not Peter – as having the keys of David? Articles and Tracts: Peter’s Authority (Scripture) ** Tract: Peter and the Papacy – No Rocks Required (Scripture) ** Stewards of the Kingdom (History) […]