The Doctrine of Purgatory
Victor R. Claveau, MJ 🔹 Core Claim Purgatory is a temporary state of purification for those who die in God’s grace but are not yet perfectly purified for Heaven. ✠ 1. Nothing Unclean Enters Heaven Key idea: Many die in friendship with God but still imperfect Conclusion: A final purification is necessary ✠ 2. Distinction […]
Why the Catholic Church Is the One True Church
Victor R. Claveau, MJ 🔹 Core Claim Jesus Christ founded one visible, authoritative Church, and that Church is the Catholic Church. ✠ 1. Christ Founded One Church (Not Many) Conclusion: The true Church must be one, identifiable, and continuous ✠ 2. The Church Was Built on Peter Conclusion: The true Church must have a visible […]
Arguments Against Sola Scriptura
Victor R. Claveau, MJ 🔹 What “Sola Scriptura” Claims ❌ Core Problem Sola Scriptura is self-defeating—it cannot be proven by Scripture itself. 1. The Bible Never Teaches Sola Scriptura There is no verse that says: “Scripture alone is the rule of faith” Instead, Scripture points to multiple authorities: Key point: If Sola Scriptura were true, […]
The Argument Against Atheism
Victor R. Claveau, MJ 1. The Existence of God Is Rationally Knowable Atheism claims there is no God, but Catholic philosophy maintains that: The human mind can know God by reason, not just faith.The existence of God is not blind belief—it is supported by philosical demonstration.Core idea: If the world exists, there must be a […]
The Unity of the Human Race
Victor R. Claveau, MJ It is the accepted teaching of Christianity that Adam and Eve were the first progenitors (parents) of the human race. There have been writers, it is true, who maintained that men existed before Adam. Some who for one reason or another wish to remove all possible connection between whites and blacks, insist that […]
The Abandonment of Moral Absolutes
Victor R. Claveau, MJ The Ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail, its own waste providing its own food. I submit that this symbol describes modern American society, a degraded serpent intent upon devouring itself. Let us abandon the absurd pretense that modern America is Christian. There has […]
The Jehovah’s Witnesses teach: Only a little flock of 144,000 go to Heaven and Rule with Christ.
Victor R. Claveau. MJ The 144,000 are born again as spiritual sons of God. 1 Pet. 1:23; John 3:3; Rev. 7:3-4. The Watchtower Society teaches that only 144,000 members of the body of Christ will attain heaven. Those believers who are not part of this group will form a secondary class, known as the great […]
The Divinity of Christ
Victor R. Claveau, MJ On page 20 of the Watchtower magazine dated January 15, 1992, there is an article entitled: “What do the Scriptures Say about the Divinity of Christ?” The last line on page 21 began with, “But do not Jesus’ miracles prove that he was a God-man? No, for Moses, Elijah, Elisha, the […]
A few thoughts on clerical obedience
Vioctor R. Claveau, MJ I recently attended Holy Mass at Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala, Florida. It was an EXTRAORDINARY experience. Why, extraordinary, you might ask? I answer, because the Novus Ordo Mass was celebrated without creativity or innovation. Every gesture and word said was in strict obedience to the liturgical norms. It […]
Why Pope John Paul II was declared to be a Saint in heaven.
Victor R. Claveau, MJ The following article was a Facebook response to an anti-Catholic who criticized the Church. Dear Mr. Anti-Catholic Prejudice is a great time saver; one doesn’t have to worry about the facts. I am not trying to be sarcastic when I say that your posts demonstrate very limited knowledge about the Catholic […]