CatholicPhilosopher

The Vocation of Marriage Is marriage only for the weak? Are only those called to marriage who don't have a strong enough will to give themselves totally to Christ and his Church in virginity or celibacy? Following a classic procedure, first I give arguments for this position, then my own response. In the first place, the saints seem to indicate that marriage is only for those who are too weak to persevere in continence for the kingdom of heaven. If under the Gospel it is permitted to have... Read Full Story

To some it seems to some that the doctrine of predestination is useless or even dangerous, producing presumption or despair. But how does St. Paul see predestination? As the eternal plan of the loving God, who "desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth," he sees predestination as a reason for humility, and as calling for human cooperation. The more God works in us, the more necessary is our own willing and working. But St. Paul does not only see the necessity of... Read Full Story