Catholic Apologetics Online
Questions and answers on Catholicism and Protestantism
Given from the Catholic Broadcasting Station 2SM Sydney Australia
Choose a topic from Vol 2:
God
Proof of God's existenceGod's nature
Supreme control over all things and the problem of suffering and evil
Man
Destiny of manDeath
Immortality of man's soul
Pre-existence denied
The human free will
Determinism absurd
Religion
Necessity of religionSalvation of the soul
Voice of science
Religious racketeers
Divine revelation
Revealed mysteries
Existence of miracles
The Religion of the Bible
Gospels historicalMissing Books of the Bible
The Bible inspired
Biblical account of creation
New Testament problems
Supposed contradictions in Sacred Scripture
The Christian Faith
Source of Christian teachingJewish rejection of Christ
Christianity a new religion
Rational foundation for belief
Causes of unbelief
A Definite Christian Faith
Divisions amongst ChristiansSchisms unjustified
Facing the problem
The wrong approach
Is one religion as good as another?
Obligation of inquiry
Charity and tolerance
The Protestant Reformation
Meaning of "Protestant"Causes of the Reformation
Catholic reaction
Reformers mistaken
The idealization of Protestantism
The Catholic estimate
The Truth of Catholicism
Meaning of the word "Church"Origin of the Church
The Catholic claim
The Roman hierarchy
The Pope
The Petrine text
St. Peter's supremacy
St. Peter in Rome
Temporal power
Infallibility
Unity of the Church
Holiness of the Church
Catholicity of the Church
Apostolicity of the Church
Indefectibility of the Church
Obligation to be a Catholic
The Church and the Bible
Catholic attitude towards the BibleIs Bible reading forbidden to Catholics?
Protestant Bibles
The Catholic Douay Version
Principle of private interpretation
Need of Tradition
The teaching authority of the Catholic Church
The Dogmas of the Church
Revolt against dogmaValue of a Creed
The divine gift of Faith
Faith and reason
The "Dark Ages"
The claims of science
The Holy Trinity
Creation and evolution
Angels
Devils
Man
Reincarnation
Sin
Christ
Mary
Grace and salvation
The Sacraments
Baptism
Confession
Holy Eucharist
The Sacrifice of the Mass
Holy Communion
The Catholic Priesthood
Marriage and divorce
Extreme Unction
Judgment
Hell
Purgatory
Indulgences
Heaven
The resurrection of the body
The end of the world
The Church and Her Moral Teachings
ConscienceTruth
Charity
Scandal
Tolerance
Censorship
The Inquisition
Astrology
Other superstitions
Attendance at Mass
Sex education
Attitude to "Free Love"
Abortion
Suicide
The Church in Her Worship
Magnificent edificesLavish ritual
Women in Church
Catholics and "Mother's Day"
Liturgical Days
Burial rites
Candles and votive lamps
The rosary
Lourdes water
The Scapular
The Church and Social Welfare
Social influence of the ChurchThe education question
The Church and world distress
Catholic attitude towards Capitalism
The remedy for social ills
Communism condemned
The Fascist State
Morality of war
May individuals become soldiers?
The Church and peace
Capital punishment
Catholic Action
Comparative Study of Non-Catholic Denominations
Defections from the Catholic ChurchGnosticism
Manichaeism
Arianism
Nestorianism
Eutychianism
Coptic Church
Greek Orthodox Church
Anglican Episcopal Church
The "Free" or "Nonconformist" Churches
Presbyterianism
Methodism
Church of Christ
Baptists
Seventh Day Adventists
Plymouth Brethren
Catholic Apostolic Church or Irvingites
Salvation Army
Spiritualism
Christian Science
Christadelphians
British Israelism
Liberal Catholics
Witnesses of Jehovah
Buchmanism or the "Oxford Group Movement"
From Protestantism to Catholicism
To and From Rome
Conversion of Cardinal NewmanWhy Gladstone refrained
The peculiar case of Lord Halifax
Gibbon the historian
Secession of Father Chiniquy
Father Tyrrell, the modernist
Bishop Garrett's departure
Judgment on lapsed Catholics
Protestant apathy towards conversion of Catholics
Principles for converts to Catholicism
God's will that all should become Catholics
Defections from the Catholic Church
1243. How many were the major forms of defection from the Catholic Church since the time of the Apostles?
As a general estimate, I would say seven, namely, Gnosticism, Manichaeism, Arianism, Nestorianism, Eutychianism, Greek Orthodoxy, and Protestantism. I have given them in the order of their appearance on the stage of history.
1244. What was the principle cause of desertion in each case?
That is a very comprehensive question, and I can but give here a general answer. In each case the dissident movement began either in a denial of the teachings of the Catholic Church, or in a rebellion against her authority. Both aspects were always, of course, ultimately involved. Those who began by rejecting the teachings of the Church soon found themselves in rebellion against her authority; whilst those who began by rebelling against her authority soon found themselves denying her doctrines. The Gnostics, Manichaeans, Arians, Nestorians, and Eutychians, began with doctrinal error, and ended by defying the authority of Rome. The Greek Church began by defying the authority of Rome, and has ended in a denial of much Catholic teaching, today becoming more and more infected by rationalism and modernism. Protestantism began in Germany by Luther's rejection of Catholic doctrine and his subsequent rejection of the authority of Rome; whilst in England it began by Henry VIII.'s rejection of the Pope's authority, followed by Elizabeth's repudiation of Catholic doctrine.
MORE FROM VOLUME 2
- About the Author
- Introduction
- Rev. Charles Mortimer Carty - Preface
- John Gregory Murray
Archbishop of Saint Paul - Forward
- Dr Leslie Rumble, MSC
