Catholics are quite free to possess and read approved versions of the Bible. As you cannot have searched every Catholic home in the country I can but wonder at your credulity in thinking that Catholics do not have Bibles in their homes. Radio Replies Volume 1 by Rev. Dr. Leslie Rumble MSC and Rev. Charles […]
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That is true. But the difficulty is to make people do right because it is right, and avoid wrong because it is wrong. We have to be trained to right conduct from childhood, and that very training demands commendation or punishment. Spare the rod and spoil the child is a truism. We must take a
Right is right, and wrong is wrong, whether we are mortal or immortal. Read More »
St. Paul did not believe that the end was near. In 1 Thess. IV., 16, he says that the Lord will certainly come again, adding, “Then we who are alive, who are left, shall be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet Christ.” But he does not say that he himself and
They were disputing as to who should be the greater in Heaven, not concerning their office on earth. The fact that Christ replied by teaching a lesson of interior humility shows that He knew them to be referring to their personal standing in God’s eiteem. Radio Replies Volume 1 by Rev. Dr. Leslie Rumble MSC
The story of Pharaoh’s hardened heart in the Exodus narrative is a complex and often misunderstood aspect of the Catholic Bible. This matter raises important questions about free will, divine intervention, and the nature of God’s actions. To understand this, we need to delve into the scriptural accounts and the interpretations that have been drawn
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You are not really a materialist. Neither thought nor love are material things, yet you believe in them. Your statement, too, conflicts with reason. When you say “alleged or otherwise” you can only mean “alleged or not merely alleged but historically true.” The miracles in favor of revelation are historically certain. Radio Replies Volume 1
I am a materialist and cannot admit miracles, alleged or otherwise. Read More »
If the new convert did contribute to the support of his religion that would already be an advantage to him, if Christ rightly commended the poor widow who gave her mite to the Temple. But even if a convert could give nothing he would be none the less welcome. The Catholic Church never wants anyone
Each convert you make means more revenue, but where is the advantage to the convert? Read More »
What do you mean by no half-measures? For the man who cannot resist getting drunk, I admit that there are no half-measures. He must inflict rigorous prohibition on himself, and if necessary the law must forbid him to be served with Irink. If you mean that prohibition must be inflicted on everybody, I deny your
Good Catholic women often make bad wives for Protestant husbands. But it is not because they are proud and selfish. Their religion teaches them humility and self-denial. But the same religion teaches that a Catholic may not give way one jot or tittle in matters of Catholic obligations. The deepest thing in man is his
I deny that it was anything like a universal practice. Some early Christians were specially endowed by God with the power of healing, in order that the Church might appeal to onlookers in a special way. But the Church has been built, and there is no need to show a stone from the quarry whence
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