Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Catholic

Faith

Select a Category Abortion Atheism Catholicism. Catholicism. God. Theophany. Christmas Eschatology Faith and Works. God. Holy Spirit Intelligent Design Jesus Christ Justice Law Politics Protestantism Religion Sabbath Salvation. Soteriology. The Bible Theology Uncategorized

Select a Month October 2026 September 2026 August 2026 July 2026 June 2026 May 2026 April 2026 March 2026 February 2026 January 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021

September 2026

September 06, 2026

Reclaiming Objective Faith in an Individualistic World

Anyone with even a minimal exposure to religious dialogue has heard the declaration, “I have...

July 2026

July 05, 2026

Can Catholic Dogma Be Proven?

Should the dogmas held by the Catholic faith be subject to the scientific method? Should...

May 2026

May 31, 2026

Why Faith Demands Both Dogma and Relationship

Is the Catholic faith multi-dimensional? It is, and in this paper, I will examine and...

February 2025

February 16, 2025

Insights from Catholic Anthropology

At first glance, the term Catholic anthropology seems rather strange. After all, what does the...

November 2024

November 17, 2024

Why Some Believe in God While Others Don’t

When it comes to matters of faith, there are three options: a person can believe...

September 2024

September 15, 2024

A Conversion Story

It is said that the third child is affectionate and uncomplicated. However, I can make...

June 2024

June 23, 2024

God Or Science?

I want to open this article on the compatibility of faith and science by quoting...

January 2024

January 07, 2024

The Abandonment Of God

Did God abandon Jesus on the Cross? For those who profess that Jesus is God,...

December 2023

December 31, 2023

Atheism’s Psychological Fallacy

One need not spend much time in discourse with atheists before one encounters the claim...

December 17, 2023

As We Pray, So We Believe, So We Live

The Church Fathers recognized a unique connection among prayer, faith, and how one lived. One...

September 2023

September 24, 2023

Free Will And The Content Of Faith

Theological virtues are those virtues that are infused into the soul by God. Among the...

June 2023

June 04, 2023

The Need For Humility

“God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” - James 4:6. It is...

February 2023

February 12, 2023

Rule of Faith

The words orthodox and orthodoxy are frequently used in religion and theology. Depending on how...

February 05, 2023

Is Faith Reasonable?

Some wit once wrote that faith is believing something one knows isn’t true. Of course,...

September 2022

September 11, 2022

The Incarnate God

The central tenet of Catholicism - and the foundation of the New Testament - is...

August 2022

August 31, 2022

Of Angels

“The name angel belongs to his office, not to his nature. You ask what is...

August 07, 2022

The Strangest Words In The Bible

"This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?" Such was the response of many...

August 03, 2022

The Theological And Cardinal Virtues

The philosopher Immanuel Kant thought that religion could be and should be reduced to ethics....

July 2022

July 27, 2022

The Seven Deadly Sins

Sin and virtue are, of course, of great importance to Catholicism. In this work, I...

July 24, 2022

In God We Trust

“Do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall...

July 17, 2022

The Synoptic Gospels

Like the books of the Old Testament, which can be categorized according to various criteria...

July 06, 2022

The Place Of Tradition In Catholicism

“Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught,...

July 03, 2022

In The Fullness Of Time

Theology is replete with questions that may never be answered on this side of the...

June 2022

June 29, 2022

What Do Catholics Believe?

Everyone has beliefs. The atheist or skeptic might prefer to call them presuppositions or axioms,...

June 26, 2022

The Works of Mercy

"If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry,...

June 19, 2022

I Believe (The Athanasian Creed)

This paper is the third and final in a series on the Creeds of the...

June 15, 2022

I Believe (The Nicene Creed)

In my previous paper, I commenced a series on the Creeds of the Catholic Church....

June 12, 2022

I Believe (The Apostles Creed)

“Our profession of faith begins with God, for God is the First and the Last,...

June 05, 2022

Spiritual, But Not Religious?

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I...

May 2022

May 29, 2022

Theological Virtues And The Soul

Virtue, like common sense, is a quality we all think we possess in abundance. But...