objections

Class date: 03/03/2019

What is marriage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWIhZ5xJJaQ

Questions about marriage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWC22S8FtJs

Articles:

Class date: 03 Mar 2019

Opening prayer: Come Holy Spirit

Class date: 4/22/18

Not only was "sola fide" one of the slogans of the Protestant Reformation, the differences in understanding the closely-related concepts of justification and salvation often lie at the root of other disagreements, for example the necessity and value of Purgatory.

A quick word on terminology: Protestants tend to prefer the term “justification” but Catholics usually say “salvation” when speaking of this topic.

Class date: 18 Mar 2018

Class date: 10/15/17
If you missed class or want to review:

• Five Philosophical Mistakes Every Catholic Apologist Should Be Aware Of, by Tom Harmon, This Rock, Jan. 2005 **
• “The Problem of Evil,” by Matt Fradd, Catholic Answers Blog, July 9, 2013 **
• Answering Atheist Slogans, by John deRosa, eBook, 2017 **

More helpful articles:

• Prayer: Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit

1. 1. Objection 8: (from a Protestant site) When it came to the Old Testament, three important facts were considered: 1) The New Testament quotes from or alludes to every Old Testament book but two. 2) Jesus effectively endorsed the Hebrew canon in Matthew 23:35 when He cited one of the first narratives and one of the last in the Scriptures of His day. 3) The Jews were meticulous in preserving the Old Testament Scriptures, and they had few controversies over what parts belong or do not belong. The Roman Catholic Apocrypha did not measure up and fell outside the definition of Scripture and has never been accepted by the Jews.

• Prayer: Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit

1. Summary / recap - Last time, we discussed how we know what belongs in the Bible.
   1. Both the contents of the Old and the New Testaments were debated in the early Church. Some NT books, including Hebrews, 2 Peter, 2 & 3 John, and Revelation were disputed. Other books eventually excluded from the canon were thought by some Christians to be inspired, including Clement's First Letter and the Didache.
   2. In essence, we depend on the authority of the Catholic Church to know which books belong in the NT as well as the OT.
   3. Echoes of the Septuagint – e.g.