“Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you.”
APOLOGETICS
Catholicism and Ecumenism
The Catholic faith is one of the most known but least understood of various faiths, not just among people of other religions but also among other Christians. She has always considered it a duty of the highest rank to seek full unity with estranged communions of fellow Christians, and at the same time to reject any promiscuous and false union that would mean being unfaithful to or glossing over the teaching of Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.
Challenging the Charge “God is a Moral Monster”
The New Atheism often depicts God as a capricious tyrant, distorting the Gospel’s core message of love into one of fear and coercion. Such perspectives typically arise from a fragmented reading of the Bible, stripped of its historical depth, cultural context, and theological nuance. This treatise draws a parallel between God's authority and the character of the Emperor in Samurai Jack, using his story as an allegory to illustrate how even severe actions can be just and necessary when considered within the full context of the narrative; thus enabling us to rediscover the Sacred Heart of God beyond the caricatures imposed by bad religion, surface-level critiques and militant skepticism.
Do I have to be an Apologist?
The time has passed for Catholics from all walks of life to hide our ignorance behind the intellectual competence of the clergy by claiming that it is only the clergy who have access to a fuller knowledge of the Church’s body of teachings.
What does an Apologist Apologise For?
Have you ever been questioned by friends or relatives about certain aspects of your Catholic faith and found yourself having to attempt to offer an explanation to them? There is a special term for this exercise of explaining your faith to those who ask. It is called “apologetics”.