Author: Joshua Charles

One of the distinctive doctrines of the Catholic Church is called Apostolic Succession. Par. 74 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) declares: God “desires all men to be

Roadmap The roadmap for this first installment in “Setting the Record Straight: The Truth vs. Anti-Catholic Myths” is as follows: Introduction Growing up a protestant, I was accustomed to hearing

In ancient Israel, if you wanted to rightly claim to be a part of the kingdom established by God, you had to answer “yes” to two basic questions (at a

One of the most common objections against the Catholic Church is it is corrupt and full of wicked shepherds. This supposedly justified the protestant revolt, and people leaving the Church

Growing up protestant, I took for granted the idea that there could be many Christian churches who, despite disagreeing on many fundamental issues, could nonetheless be considered part of one

Baptism was one of the topics that did the most to convert me to the Catholic Faith. After all, in the Great Commission, it is one of the primary actions

In Part 1 of my series examining the Jewish roots of Catholic authority, I explored how God not only appointed Moses, but a priesthood by which to govern His people,

By Whose Authority? On a practical level, the core dispute between the Catholic Church and protestants resolves around one question: did Christ establish a Church with authority to teach in

Based on the many questions I’ve received from so many about what the Church Fathers believed, and how that led to my conversion, I’ve decided to do another mini-series within

Since becoming Catholic, I have sometimes been accused of holding Catholic assumptions, which necessarily lead to Catholic conclusions. Ironically, this accusation is sometimes made by various protestant friends who know