Category: Becoming Catholic

St. Justin Martyr was one of the Church’s first great apologists, utilizing the power of philosophy and Scripture to argue in favor of Christianity. As indicated in The Martyrdom of

There are few parts of the Bible that played a bigger role in bringing me to the Catholic Church than Acts 15—the account of the “Council of Jerusalem.”  There is

I am set to be received into the Catholic Church in July 2019.  I made the decision to convert in February 2018.  I only considered the Catholic Church as a

This blog post is the fifth, and final part of Church Authority, and Saint Ignatius the Red Pill. The individual parts are linked above. Part 1 covered Ignatius’ idea of

As I have outlined, the key catalytic moment when, for the first time, I had to seriously consider the proposition that the Catholic Church is the true Church founded by

This blog post is Part 4 of Church Authority, and Saint Ignatius the Red Pill. The individual parts are linked above. Part 1 covered Ignatius’ idea of Church authority in

Many years before I even consciously considered becoming Catholic, I had many questions about the broadly protestant theologies I was exposed to and took for granted.  As long as I

This blog post is Part 3 of Church Authority, and Saint Ignatius the Red Pill. The individual parts are linked above. Part 1 covered Ignatius’ idea of Church authority in

This blog post is Part 2 of Church Authority, and Saint Ignatius the Red Pill. The individual parts are linked above. In Part 1, I covered Saint Ignatius’ ideas of

This is the story of how a Medieval Jew, the most unlikely of candidates for Christian baptism, became a Christian, despite the best efforts of the clergy—lightly adapted from the