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Catholicism & Capital Punishment | Avery Cardinal Dulles That is the best short-form writing on a Catholic understanding of capital punishment of which I am aware. Feser's recent book is the most complete long-form. With respect to infallibility of catechisms, they are not. There have been...

Mine is 'The Sinner's Guide' by Venerable Louis of Granada. I've read tons, simple to more advanced, but this simple guide has been the greatest help to me in ordering my spiritual life. No choosing any part of the Word of God.

If God allowed for you to have one night at a table with 4 Saints/Blesseds/SofGod, who would you choose? Keep in mind, that allows you to observe how they interact with one another as well. Let's assume no language barrier would exist. With whom would you choose to converse and why?

For those of you currently married, engaged, hoping to be engaged, courting, playing the field, or withdrawn from relations with the opposite sex due to some negative views you hold on the subject due to a string of bad experiences: I began to ramble, and actually I'm really asking those in...

I never believed in the idea of a soulmate. The idea, to me, always seemed cruel and unreasonable given the population on the planet and our inability to interact with a large enough portion of them. A friend asked me if I believed in soulmates back in college. I started to negate the...

First, I think St. John Fisher was <insert hugely laudatory adjective here>. Truly, the fortitude of that man, to say nothing of his other virtues. The beatification process wasn't always as it is today. Early on, popular opinion really guided our understanding of who is and is not a Saint...

Jeff, Shelb, Steph, Photini, I recall you! Thanks for letting me know you're still here. I'd like to get back to speaking with more of like-mind when it comes to religion as living in new-Gomorrah(Los Angeles) has taken its toll on my nerves. If one of you tells me to pray so help me I'll. ...

I've been away for a very long time. The forums are completely unfamiliar to me now. It says I last visited 5th November, 2007. I had become inactive long before that though. I recall I had tried logging on months after my back surgery, then quickly realized more than 5 mins at a computer...

Ahh thanks very much to both of you for those. That will be helpful. I know this reply will refresh the string, so if anyone reading it can put in their two cents it would be most appreciated. Council decrees for primacy are probably the best source for me to use right now. Thanks!

Hey everyone. I've been trying to remember a quote similar to that of St. Ambrose when he says "Ubi Petrus, ibi ergo ecclesia" or "Where Peter is, therefore is the Church". That one is from his Explanatio psalmi. I know there are more than a few referencing Petrine Primacy in some of the...

Greetings in Christ, old friends, the few of you who are left. Most of you probably don't know me, but I used to frequent OBOB. Those who remember me should remember me to not be particularly humble in asking for anything, but now I ask those of you who can to pray for me for growth in my...

My friend is writing a report on it and asked me for website references, but being that I haven't done apologetics nor researched the topic in over a year, I've got nothing. I don't really remember what all of the general grievances the ultra-trads have against it, something like. . . 1. The...

Does anyone have any good websites in defense of the Novus Ordo? Much appreciated! Pax Christi! Matthew

Hmm seems to be much repetition of a single point. Perhaps if we try it from this perspective. . . The Church tells us that Sunday is the proper day of worship, so we do it. OBEY. Sunday is SUPERCEDING the sabbath, as it is truly the fulfillment and completion in the Resurrection, Christ's...

Justanotherchristian, I want to congratulate you on your coming into Christ's Church. Preaching the gospel always, using words if necessary is a good way to live your life. However, one of your duties as a Catholic is to instruct the ignorant, which apparently this person is. And most...