Kevin Noles

Questions Answered: Contraception

Recently I was brought into a post on a friend’s Facebook where questions were being asked about why Catholics believe that contraception is against God’s will. Most Protestants believe that it is just fine to contracept and that this is between God and the couple.

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False Teachings by a Site Called "A True Church"

I was reading through the comments section of one of the articles awhile ago on here and a commentator left his (or maybe a preferred) website as their comment. They did not say anything other than leaving the site address, but I decided to have a look anyway.

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Questions Answered: Mary, Mother of God and Queen of Heaven

Protestants typically have a difficult time with the titles of Mother of God and Queen of Heaven in reference to Mary. Each one I have spoken to seems to want to qualify the terms, to a certain degree this has merit, but they come off sounding accusatory towards Catholics.

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Questions Answered: "Brothers and Sisters of Jesus"

In the comments section of an article on Catholic365 a Protestant poster said that Mary could not be a perpetual virgin because Jesus had brothers and sisters.

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Understanding what "Development of Doctrine" Means

John Henry Cardinal Newman should be named a saint if only for his Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine. All joking aside this book was eye opening. If anyone wants to understand fully how Christian Doctrine has developed over time you need to read the book.

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Stories from the Street: SPSE July Roundup

St. Paul Street Evangelization has 200+ active street ministry teams that evangelize in their local communities. The teams are located throughout the United States with others in Canada, Honduras, Japan, the Philippines, and Sweden. Teams evangelize at church events, festivals, farmer markets, shopping districts, local parks, or busy street corners.

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Infallibility of The Church

The use of infallibility in Catholic theology is rather restrictive; it is a Catholic dogma and has been taught through the ages. It means that, by Divine assistance, the Church (of Christ), is preserved from error, or even the possibility of error, in definitive dogmatic teachings regarding faith and morals.

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Stories from the Street: SPSE June Roundup

St. Paul Street Evangelization has 200+ active street ministry teams that evangelize in their local communities. The teams are located throughout the United States with others in Canada, Honduras, Japan, the Philippines, and Sweden.

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What is Justification?: Debate: Closing Statements

This is the third part of a debate between Jim Drickamer and myself on the topic of Justification.

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What is Justification?: Debate: Rebuttals

This is the second part of the debate between Jim Drickamer and myself on the topic of Justification.

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What is Justification?: Debate: Opening Statements

This is a debate between Jim Drickamer and myself on the topic of Justification.

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Do Catholics "Worship" Saints?

Many people answer this question with a no. While they are not completely wrong the answer can also be yes. It depends on which sense of the word the person is using. Amongst Catholics it would be ok to say we worship the saint however around Protestants the correct answer is no. Venerate is the more appropriate term though worship, in the older and Biblical sense, is acceptable as well.

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The Magisterium has Only Officially Interpreted Seven Verses!

I have read/heard this accusation a few times. Usually bandied about by the same person but there are a fringe few who say it as well. I find it rather sad because it shows an ignorance of what the function of the Magisterium is.

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Outside the Church there is no salvation

Catholics believe that The Church is visible, spiritual and founded by Jesus. This is a mystery of the faith. The Word of God tells us this otherwise there would be no way to understand this through reason. If we were to say that there is no salvation outside Jesus, all Christians, Catholics included, would agree.

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Debate: Is Purgatory Scriptural? Part 3 Closing Arguments

This is Part 3 of a debate between Jim Drickamer and myself on the topic of purgatory.

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