Comprehensive theological analyses — biblical, historical, and philosophical examinations of the doctrines that divide and define these two traditions.
The Ante-Nicene Church Fathers and Their Catholic Doctrines
A comprehensive survey of the earliest post-apostolic writers — Ignatius, Justin, Irenaeus, Tertullian, and others — demonstrating their unanimous witness to distinctly Catholic teaching on the Eucharist, apostolic succession, and ecclesial authority.
Read Article → Theology · RevelationThe Fullness of Time: Progressive Revelation vs. Primordial Dispensationalism
Contrasts the Catholic model of salvation history building toward Christ with the LDS framework of a primordial gospel repeatedly lost and restored.
Read Article → Archaeology · ScriptureHistoricity of Scripture: The Bible vs. The Book of Mormon
An archaeological, linguistic, manuscript, and historical analysis comparing the evidentiary foundations of the Bible and the Book of Mormon.
Read Article → Sacramental TheologyThe Holy Eucharist: The Real Presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament
A biblical and patristic defense of Christ's true Body and Blood in the Eucharist, tracing the doctrine from the Upper Room through the earliest centuries of the Church.
Read Article → Marriage · Moral TheologyThe Marriage Dilemma: Christ's Law vs. Joseph Smith's Covenant
A biblical examination of the irreconcilable conflict between Jesus Christ's teaching on marriage — indissoluble, monogamous, and earthly — and the doctrines introduced in D&C 132.
Read Article → Doctrinal Authority · Church HistoryThe Rock and the Sand: Doctrinal Continuity vs. Doctrinal Instability
A comparative theological analysis of Catholic doctrinal permanence across two millennia set against the persistent revision of core LDS teachings — the nature of God, polygamy, the Book of Abraham, blood atonement, and the authority of living prophets.
Read Article → Marian Theology · Women & the ChurchCrowned in Glory, or Threatened with Destruction?
A comparative study of feminine dignity in Catholicism and the Latter-day Saint tradition — from Mary's queenship and the female Doctors of the Church, to Emma Smith's threatened destruction in D&C 132 and the enforced silence of Heavenly Mother.
Read Article → Church History · Salvation History · PatristicsThe Iron Scepter and the Eternal City: Why Christ's Church Had to Be Roman
Drawing from Dr. Alan Fimister and Dr. Taylor Marshall, this essay argues that the Romanitas of the Catholic Church is not a historical accident but a providential necessity rooted in Daniel's prophecy of the four kingdoms, fulfilled through the trial of Christ, the martyrdom of Peter and Paul, and the Edict of Thessalonica.
Read Article → Epistemology · Faith & Reason · Catholic ApologeticsFrom Testimony to Faith: Why the “Burning in the Bosom” Is Not Enough
An exploration of the fundamental difference between the LDS testimony system — built on subjective emotional experience — and the Catholic understanding of faith as an act of the intellect and will, sustained by grace. Why Moroni’s Promise is circular, why competing witnesses are devastating, and how the Dark Night of the Soul reveals a sturdier foundation for certainty.
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Clement of Rome & Apostolic Succession: A Living Chain of Authority
How 1 Clement — written while the Apostle John still lived — confirms that the Apostles deliberately established an unbroken chain of episcopal succession to preserve the faith.
Read Article → Theology · The Nature of God · Comparative DoctrineOne God, Unchanging and Eternal: The Catholic and Mormon Views of God in Contrast
A biblical and theological examination of the chasm between the Catholic understanding of God — infinite, eternal, and absolutely unique — and the LDS doctrine of a God who was once a man, infinite regression of gods, and human exaltation to godhood.
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