Why Are We Guilty of Adam and Eve’s Sin?
It is impossible in law to find someone guilty of a crime committed by another. I know the problem of original sin is part of the mystery...
Apologetics / Shackleton / Sin in our Lives
by Michael Shackleton · Published June 20, 2020 · Last modified June 18, 2020
It is impossible in law to find someone guilty of a crime committed by another. I know the problem of original sin is part of the mystery...
Apologetics / Christian Living / Church / Church Teaching / God & Salvation / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published June 16, 2020
Question: Our Lord spoke of hell where the wicked are punished in “a fire that shall never be quenched” (Mk 9:43). This appears to me to be...
Apologetics / Christian Living / Church / Sacraments / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published March 26, 2019 · Last modified March 25, 2019
In Confession, the priest gave me a penance of the Stations of the Cross, which I did. What is the purpose of the penance when I know...
Apologetics / Church / Church Teaching / Letter of the Week / Mary / Trinity
by hazelelponiSC · Published November 4, 2018 · Last modified November 3, 2018
Nicolette Whittle, Kroonstad – In his letter Our Faith is Not Based on a Mystery , Peter Hoar stated that our faith is not based on mystery,...
Apologetics / Baptism / Church / Devil / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published July 10, 2018 · Last modified July 6, 2018
When we renewed our baptismal promises at Easter, we together renounced Satan and all his works and all his empty promises. How am I to understand this?...
According to Romans 8:28-30 God knew beforehand who would be his chosen ones predestined for salvation. He chose them and he justified and glorified them. For me,...
Pope Gregory decreed Catholic priests and nuns should be celibate because he wanted to reduce the temptation of bending the law to favour blood relatives. Is this an accurate statement?
Apologetics / Perspectives / Priests / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published November 14, 2017 · Last modified November 17, 2017
In Leviticus 21:5-6 rules are set out for the priests: they may not wear tonsures or gash their bodies. Is this not a direct instruction for priests, bishops and popes not to flagellate themselves to undue mortification? Why do some well-known Catholic leaders use this outlawed method of disciplining themselves?
Apologetics / Christian Living / Shackleton / Theology
by Michael Shackleton · Published November 7, 2017 · Last modified November 9, 2017
Every being acts according to its nature, so human beings act according to the rational nature which governs their moral life. Human behaviour has a natural tendency to do good and seek harmony, even without any explicit desire for God and his support.
Apologetics / Baptism / Jesus / Shackleton / Theology
by Michael Shackleton · Published October 15, 2017 · Last modified October 16, 2017
From as early as the first century, Christians acknowledged that Jesus Christ the man was both divine and human, as is plainly expressed in the Apostles’ Creed.
Apologetics / Church / Priests / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published October 14, 2017 · Last modified October 13, 2017
The citizens of ancient Rome were accustomed to wearing a white towel-like cloth around their necks or over the shoulder. Known as a sudarium, its purpose was to wipe away the perspiration that bothered them, especially in the extreme heat of a Roman summer.
Apologetics / Church / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published October 13, 2017 · Last modified October 20, 2017
What is the difference between heresy and schism? If the Eastern Church is in schism with the Catholic Church, are Protestant churches heretical churches?
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