Introduction and Greetings

Hello world! This blog is an apologetics blog defending the Catholic faith. Apologetics is a word that derives from Greek.. and it means to explain or defend. I hereby am defending and explaining my faith to those who do not know about it, have questions, or have doubts, or express things they think are wrong about the Church. I will explain and defend my faith. I DO NOT apologize for it. I love my faith to the death. At the start of this blog, I will be analyzing a well-known anti-Catholic book called Roman Catholicism by Lorraine Boettner. I decided to start there for two reasons: One, it is apparently a well known book among non-Catholics, and it should be responded to to clear up the confusion. Second, according to the author of Catholicsm and Fundamentalism, Karl Keating,  "his tome would require a small library to reply", tome referring to book, and his tome referring to Roman Catholicsm. I will attempt to give time and space to doing what Keating could not. However, as time goes on, after i have given a thorough answer, as much as I can, page by page, to Boettner's book, I will also analyze other books by those who are less that cordial to the Church. I do this because I have realized that there are many who are uniformed about the untruth of many anti-Catholics' charges against the faith. I have titled this Blog A Light Upon a Hill because I believe the Church to be the truth, and it is a beacon of light. I want to set it atop a hill for all the WORLD to see. I am a Knight of Columbus, and have proudly been a member for over 10 years. The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic fraternal family organization dedicated to the principles of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism.


 A few disclaimers here: First, I am a fairly well-informed layman. I am not a theologian, or a professional apologist. I will present Catholic doctrine as best I understand it; this blog will not in and of itself have a Nihil Obstat, or an imprimatur (formal declaration of the Catholic church that a printed work is free from doctrinal error). That being said, I will rely heavily on sources that DO have the Nihil Obstat and the Imprimatur. Also, this blog is not intented to be an open forum where I will allow every comment posted under the sun. I welcome genuine questions from those who disagree or have more questions about a particular doctrine, but I will moderate comments closely. Any snide remarks or slamming of the faith will NOT be tolerated. I am awaiting arrival of the book in the mail.. when it comes I will begin my commentary. I will be as charitable as possible..but I will not hesitate to covey the TRUTH. This blog contains my own personal insights, my own explanation of why the church "works" for me, personally. I believe it to be at the time of this writing, to be in line with actual teaching. I would advise those with further questions that I cannot answer to go to www.catholic.com... that is the Catholic Answers website. By "Catholic" I mean the Roman Catholic Church, loyal to His Holiness, Pope Francis. I do not think sedevacantism is valid (the claim by ultraconservative traditionalist so-called "Catholics" who say the chair of Peter is vacant; there IS a true pope..and there always will be..I will touch on that in a later post :). )