by Mike Shreve | Oct 12, 2024 | Blog
Only three short paragraphs in the official Catechism of the Catholic Church offer a brief, 364-word explanation of a very intense subject: the doctrine of Purgatory (Paragraphs 1030-1032 / quoted fully at the end of this article). Its proposed, primary purpose is...
by Mike Shreve | Oct 1, 2023 | Blog
According to Catholic teaching, sins are divided into two primary categories: mortal sins and venial sins. Several other Catholic doctrines are strongly hinged to this belief, so proving or disproving this concept results in major doctrinal shifts in other areas....