Joshua Charles

X REPLAY A recent podcast episode talks about my shocking discovery, while still protestant, that John Calvin's argument for the protestant canon of Scripture was deeply and disturbingly "gnostic." I thought he was being misquoted by Catholics. But it was worse than I thought.

The Gospel of Christ as always believed by the Catholic Church--and so much better than the truncated gospel I so often heard as a protestant: "It is commanded that we live uprightly, and in fact this reward has been offered—that we merit to live blessedly forever. But who can…

Another outstanding contribution from @JoshuaTCharles and eternalchristendom.com Joshua does a great job framing the issue against Saint Francis de Sales’ classic “The Catholic Controversy: A Defense of the Faith” and goes to show that Calvin’s discernment of the Canon of…

Since the days of the Apostles, heretics have always projected and claimed that those who are faithful to Christ and the instruction of the Church believe "heresy." Nothing new under the sun! We can have great joy at the Church's stability for 2,000 years, as well as assurance…

Day 3 of the Great Rosary Campaign for the conversion of Rick Warren! The conversion of this very influential protestant author and pastor would be huge! Sign up for updates at: GreatRosaryCampaign.com

“Dearly beloved, let us follow the strict rough way of our Redeemer…Let us disregard all present things: whatever can pass away is worth nothing, and it is shameful to love what is certain to perish quickly. Let us not be overcome by love of earthly things, nor inflated by…

"Whoever, therefore, shall be separated from this Catholic Church by this single sin of being severed from the unity of Christ, no matter how estimable a life he may imagine he is living, shall not have life, but the anger of God rests upon him." St. Augustine, Letter 141: From…

"Anyone who has received the Sacrament of Baptism but remained away from the Catholic Church is never prepared to obtain eternal life. Such a person, even if he is very generous with almsgiving and even pours out his blood for the name of Christ, because of the fact that in this…

Day 2 of the Great Rosary Campaign for the conversion of Rick Warren! Please be praying for the conversion of this famous pastor. Sign up for updates at: GreatRosaryCampaign.com

Blessings on you and your apostolate. The more familiarity we can facilitate with the Fathers the better. Keep on!

The protestant service that climaxes with a sermon is closer to the synagogue. The Catholic mass that climaxes with a sacrifice is closer to the Temple.

The fact that Protestants are so invested in denying the perpetual virginity of Mary is bizarre to me. Christianity is full of accepted miracles and other seemingly impossible beliefs - the incarnation itself is far more improbable than any Marian belief - and yet they try to…

Praying for Laura and @Trent_Horn, and their whole family, in light of Laura’s cancer diagnosis. I encourage everyone to pray the Rosary for these dear people!

FORMER CALVINIST SCHOLAR: DISCOVERING PROTESTANT MYTHS ABOUT 1,500 YEARS OF CHURCH HISTORY; PROTESTANTISM IS NOT THE NATURAL OUTGROWTH OF THE BIBLE Dr. David Anders pursued his PhD to disprove the Catholic Faith and defend the “reformation.” A decade later, he was Catholic. In…

Anecdotally, posts like this seem to be increasing among protestant voices. Clearly they are hearing more and more about this. I don’t recall the Church Fathers coming out ONCE in my entire childhood in a pop setting. And of course, this statement is an implicit caricature of…