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250 entries — essays, doctrine, prayers, devotions, and the questions answered under Apologetics. Choose a letter, or type a word to narrow the list. Looking for the subjects gathered into threads instead? See Topics. See also: Glossary.
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- About the Lantern LanternWho keeps this lamp, and what the site holds to
- Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Prayer
- Act of Contrition, An Prayer
- Act of Faith, An Prayer
- Act of Hope, An Prayer
- Act of Love, An Prayer
- Act of Spiritual Communion Prayer
- Act of Surrender to St Michael the Archangel Prayer
- Adoration, Eucharistic DevotionSee Eucharistic Adoration
- Alphonsus Liguori, St. EssaySee The Surrender That Makes Saints
- Angels DoctrineThe nine choirs, the guardian angels, and the fall of the rebels
- Angelus, The Prayer
- Anima Christi (Soul of Christ) Prayer
- Apologetics DoctrineNearly fifty common objections answered
- Apostles, The DoctrineThe Twelve, their calling and their mission
- Apostles' Creed, The Prayer
- Apostolic Succession QuestionDid the Apostles' authority die with them?
- Articles LanternEvery essay and meditation, newest first
- Assumption of Mary, The EssayThe Ark taken up, and the hope it promises
- Assumption of Mary, The QuestionWhere does Scripture say Mary was taken into heaven?
- Assurance of Salvation QuestionCan a Christian know with certainty he is saved — once and forever?
- Augustine, St. EssaySee The Sea in a Seashell
- Ave Maris Stella Prayer
B
- Baltimore Catechism DoctrineSee The Catechism
- Baptism in the Didache Prayer
- Baptismal Regeneration QuestionDoes baptism actually save — or merely symbolize?
- Battle for Souls, The EssayMusic and moral discernment
- Beatitudes, The EssayThe Sermon on the Mount as a rule of life
- Beatitudes, The Prayer
- Benedictus (Canticle of Zechariah) Prayer
- Bible, The QuestionIs the Bible a Catholic book at all?
- Binding Prayer Against Diabolic Oppression Prayer
- Binding Prayer for Oppression (Extended Form) Prayer
- Binding Prayer (Fr. Chad Ripperger) Prayer
- Binding Prayer in Jesus' Name Prayer
- Birth Control QuestionWhy does the Church oppose contraception?
- Bitter Cup, The EssayGethsemane and the chalice He did not refuse
- Bitter Cup: A Theological Analysis, The EssayThe Passion and Christ's knowledge of souls, with a PDF
- Blessed Mother, The TopicFrom Eden's promise to the crown
- Blessing Before Meals, The Prayer
- Bronze Serpent Prayer, The Prayer
- Brothers of Jesus, The QuestionWho were the “brethren of the Lord”?
- By a Tree We Were Lost; By a Tree We Are Saved EssayThe Exaltation of the Holy Cross
C
- Call No Man Father QuestionDoesn't calling priests “Father” disobey Christ?
- Canon of Scripture QuestionWho decided which books belong in the Bible?
- Catechism, The DoctrineThe Baltimore Catechism in four editions, with Trent and Rome
- Catechism of the Council of Trent DoctrineSee The Catechism
- Catholic Latin Primer TopicThe language of the Church, from the altar outward
- Catholic News ReferenceThe day's Catholic headlines, linked to the original reporting
- Catholic Timeline, The ReferenceBiblical, Church and world history on one scroll
- Chaplet of Divine Mercy, The DevotionFive decades through the sorrowful Passion
- Chaplet of St. Michael, The DevotionNine salutations for the nine choirs
- Church and the Bible, The QuestionWhich came first — the Church or the Bible?
- Church History TopicFrom the Apostles to the Fathers and after
- Church, The DoctrineSee The Mystical Body of Christ; The One True Church
- Closing Prayer (Entrustment to the Blessed Mother) Prayer
- Come, Holy Spirit Prayer
- Communion of Saints DoctrineSee The Mystical Body of Christ
- Communion of Saints, The QuestionWhat binds the Church in heaven, in purgatory, and on earth?
- Conception & the Beginning of Life QuestionWhen does human life begin?
- Confession QuestionWhy confess to a priest instead of straight to God?
- Confession (Penance) DoctrineThe sacrament; prepare with the Examination of Conscience
- Confiteor, The Prayer
- Consecration of One's Exterior Goods to the Blessed Virgin Mary Prayer
- Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Prayer
- Covenants of the Catholic Bible, The DoctrineThe divine covenants, their signs and promises
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- Daily Checklist (prayer) Prayer
- Daily Devotional Prayer
- De Profundis (Psalm 130) Prayer
- Death DoctrineSee The Last Things
- Detraction and Backbiting EssaySee The Fire No Bridle Holds
- Development of Doctrine QuestionDid the Church invent new doctrines over the centuries?
- Devotions DevotionEvery devotion on the site, in one place
- Didache and the First Christians, The EssayThe Church's earliest handbook
- Divine Mercy DevotionSee The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
- Divinity of Christ, The QuestionDid Jesus ever claim to be God?
- Doctors of the Church, The DoctrineAll thirty-eight, with their teaching and feast days
- Douay-Rheims Bible ScriptureSee The Holy Bible
E
- Early Church Fathers, The DoctrineThe Apostolic Fathers to the golden age
- Early Church Fathers, The QuestionWhat did the first Christians actually believe?
- Ecumenical Councils, The DoctrineTwenty-one councils, from Nicaea to Vatican II
- Eternal Rest (Prayer for the Dead) Prayer
- Eucharist, The QuestionWhat is the Eucharist, and why is it the center of Catholic life?
- Eucharistic Adoration DevotionA holy hour before the Blessed Sacrament
- Evolution & Creation QuestionMust a Catholic choose between Genesis and science?
- Examination of Conscience DoctrineBy the Commandments and the Precepts, before confession
- Existence of God, The QuestionCan God's existence be known by reason alone?
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- Faith, The DoctrineEvery doctrine page, section by section
- Faith and Works (Sola Fide) QuestionAre we saved by faith alone?
- Fasting and Abstinence TopicSee Prayer & Fasting; The Precepts of the Church
- Feasts and Seasons ReferenceSee The Liturgical Calendar
- Fire No Bridle Holds, The EssayOn backbiting and detraction
- For Conversion of Relative or Friend Prayer
- Forgiveness EssaySee The Last Farthing
- Foundations of the Faith DoctrineScripture, Tradition, dogma and canon law
- Four Senses of Scripture, The QuestionDoes a biblical passage have only its surface meaning?
- Frequently Asked Questions LanternCommon questions about the site, and a form to ask your own
G
- Gethsemane EssaySee The Bitter Cup
- Gloria, The Prayer
- Glory Be Prayer
- Grace After Meals Prayer
- Great Heresies, The DoctrineFrom Gnosticism to Modernism, and who answered each
- Great Unity Prayer (The Flame of Love), The Prayer
- Guardian Angel Prayer Prayer
H
- Hail Holy Queen (Salve Regina), The Prayer
- Hail Mary, The QuestionIs the Hail Mary a biblical prayer?
- Hail Mary (Angelical Salutation) Prayer
- Heaven DoctrineSee The Last Things
- Hell QuestionWould a loving God really send souls to eternal punishment?
- Holy Bible (Douay-Rheims), The ScriptureThe full 73-book Catholic canon, to read and search
- Holy Cross, Exaltation of the EssaySee By a Tree We Were Lost
- Holy Days of Obligation ReferenceThe US holy days for this year and the next two
- Holy Hour DevotionHow to keep one, under Eucharistic Adoration
- Holy Hour (printable booklet), A DevotionThe hour set as a booklet, with a PDF
- Holy Mass, The DoctrineThe Traditional Latin Mass, part by part
- Honoring Mary QuestionDo Catholics worship Mary?
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- Immaculate Conception QuestionWas Mary conceived without sin — and doesn't Scripture say all have sinned?
- Indulgences QuestionDidn't the Church sell forgiveness?
- Infant Baptism QuestionWhy baptize babies who cannot believe?
- Intercession of the Saints QuestionWhy pray to saints when Christ is the one mediator?
J
- Jesus Christ TopicSee Our Lord Jesus Christ
- Jesus Prayer, The Prayer
- Judgement DoctrineSee The Last Things
- Justification QuestionIs justification a legal declaration — or a real transformation?
L
- Last Farthing, The EssayForgiveness on both sides of the grave
- Last Things, The DoctrineDeath, Judgement, Heaven and Hell
- Latin TopicSee Catholic Latin Primer; Why Speak a Dead Language?
- Latin: Flashcards TopicThirteen decks drawn from the primer itself — letters, cases, vocabulary, imperatives, and the phrases of the Mass.
- Latin: Grammar Essentials TopicThe six cases, the declensions, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, and prepositions — eight short lessons.
- Latin Mass, Traditional DoctrineSee The Holy Mass
- Latin: Prayers of the Church TopicPater Noster, Ave María, Credo, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Salve Regina — line by line, with the grammar named.
- Latin: Quick Reference TopicThe cases at a glance, the essential verb forms, and the numbers.
- Latin: Reading Exercises TopicVerses from the Vulgate and phrases from the Mass, parsed word by word.
- Latin: Sounds of Latin TopicEcclesiastical pronunciation — vowels, diphthongs, the soft C, and where the stress falls.
- Latin: Vocabulary Lists TopicThe Trinity and Christ, Our Lady, the Church and sacraments, the liturgical year, and the virtues.
- Lenten Reflection DevotionA deeper walk through the Passion
- Limbo, Abraham's Bosom, and the Harrowing of Hell EssayWhat Christ emptied on Holy Saturday
- Links LanternCatholic websites, channels and apostolates worth your time
- Litany of Humility Prayer
- Litany of Loreto (Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary) Prayer
- Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Prayer
- Litany of Trust Prayer
- Liturgical Calendar, The ReferenceFeasts, seasons and colours for any year, 1962 or 1969
- Liturgical Colours ReferenceSee The Liturgical Calendar
- The Lord's Prayer Prayer
- Lost Rhythm, The EssayThe traditional fast and the inversion of sacred time
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- Magnificat Prayer
- Manner in Which a Lay Person Is to Baptize in Case of Necessity, The Prayer
- Mary, Mother of God QuestionHow can a creature be the Mother of God?
- Mary, the Blessed Virgin TopicSee The Blessed Mother
- Mary's Perpetual Virginity QuestionDidn't Mary have other children after Jesus?
- Memorare Prayer
- Memorare to St. Joseph Prayer
- Metaphysics for Beginners DoctrineBeing, substance, form, the four causes and the Five Ways
- Morning Offering Prayer
- Mortal and Venial Sin QuestionAre some sins deadlier than others?
- Music, Sacred EssaySee The Battle for Souls
- Must You Die to Meet Christ? EssayVisions, private revelation and the Church's patience
- Mystical Body of Christ, The DoctrineThe Church Triumphant, Suffering and Militant
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- Newsletter LanternReceive new writing by email
- Nicene Creed, The Prayer
- Nicene Creed, The QuestionWhat is the Creed, and why does it bind all Christians?
- Nunc Dimittis (Canticle of Simeon) Prayer
O
- Offering in Union with the Precious Blood Prayer
- One True Church, The QuestionIs any one church the Church Christ founded?
- Opening Prayer Prayer
- Our Lady TopicSee The Blessed Mother
- Our Lord Jesus Christ TopicThe Word made flesh, and 295 prophecies fulfilled
P
- Papacy, The QuestionDid Christ found the Church on Peter?
- Papal Infallibility QuestionHow can a sinful man be infallible?
- Parent’s Prayer (Exorcist’s Prayer), A Prayer
- Patriarchs, The DoctrineFrom Adam to Joseph
- Perimeter Prayer Prayer
- Popes, The ReferenceAll 267 pontificates, from St. Peter to Leo XIV
- Popes, Infallibility of the QuestionSee Papal Infallibility
- Prayer & Fasting TopicHow the Church prays and fasts
- Prayer Book, Printable PrayerBuild and print your own from /prayers
- Prayer for Deliverance Prayer
- Prayer for Employment Prayer
- Prayer for Family and Home Prayer
- Prayer for Financial Assistance Prayer
- Prayer for Priests Prayer
- Prayer for Protection and Guidance of Adult Children Prayer
- Prayer for Purity, A Prayer
- Prayer for Special Intentions (St. Jude Novena) Prayer
- Prayer for the Pope Prayer
- Prayer of Deliverance Prayer
- Prayer of Protection After Binding Prayer
- Prayer to St. Joseph Prayer
- Prayer to St. Monica Prayer
- Prayers PrayerTraditional prayers, with a prayer book to print
- Prayers for Alcoholics Prayer
- Praying for the Dead QuestionCan our prayers help those who have died?
- Precepts of the Church, The DoctrineThe duties binding every Catholic
- Priestly Celibacy QuestionWhy can't Catholic priests marry?
- Problem of Evil, The QuestionIf God is good and almighty, why is there evil?
- Psalm 22(23): The Lord Is My Shepherd Prayer
- Purgatory DoctrinePurification after death, and aid for the holy souls
- Purgatory QuestionWhere is Purgatory in the Bible?
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- Reading the Patriarchs by Lamplight EssayThe chronology from Adam to Abraham
- Reconciliation, Sacrament of DoctrineSee The Sacraments
- Refusal Before the World, The EssayWhy the angels fell, and why Adam fell
- Regina Caeli Prayer
- Reliability of Scripture, The QuestionCan a book copied for centuries be trusted?
- Relics & Sacred Images QuestionDon't statues and relics violate the commandment against graven images?
- Resurrection, The QuestionIs the Resurrection history — or legend?
- Root Bears Thee, The EssayRomans 11 and what the Church teaches about the Jews
- Rosary & “Vain Repetition”, The QuestionDidn't Jesus forbid repetitive prayer?
- Rosary, The Scriptural DevotionSee The Scriptural Rosary
- RSS Feed LanternNew essays in your feed reader
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- Sabbath vs. Sunday Worship QuestionWhy do Christians worship on Sunday instead of the Sabbath?
- Sacramentals DoctrineHoly water, blessed salt, scapulars, medals and relics
- Sacraments, The DoctrineThe seven channels of grace
- Sacred Scripture TopicThe Word of God and its interpretation
- Sacrifice of the Mass, The QuestionDoes the Mass re-crucify Christ?
- Saints, The TopicThose who have gone before us
- Scriptural Rosary, The DevotionA verse before each Hail Mary
- Scripture ScriptureSee The Holy Bible; Sacred Scripture
- Scripture and Tradition QuestionIs Tradition a corruption of God's Word — or part of it?
- Sea in a Seashell, The EssaySt. Augustine and the child on the shore
- Search LanternSearch every page, prayer and verse
- Serenity Prayer Prayer
- Seven Sorrows of Mary, The DevotionThe Seven Dolors of Our Lady
- Shoulder Wound of Christ, The DevotionThe hidden wound, and St. Bernard's prayer
- Sin, Kinds of DoctrineSee A Taxonomy of Sin
- Sola Scriptura QuestionIs the Bible alone the sole rule of faith?
- Spiritual Warfare DoctrineThe armour of God, piece by piece
- St. Agatha's Prayer Prayer
- St. Jude Novena (Sacred Heart) Prayer
- St. Michael Prayer Prayer
- St. Patrick’s Breastplate: Prayer for Protection Prayer
- Stations of the Cross, The DevotionFourteen stations with St. Alphonsus Liguori
- Strait Is the Gate EssayThe narrow path and the eye of the needle
- Student's Prayer Prayer
- Sub Tuum Praesidium Prayer
- Support the Lantern LanternHelp keep the lamp lit
- Surrender Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows Prayer
- Surrender That Makes Saints, The EssaySt. Alphonsus on giving God the whole will
T
- Taxonomy of Sin, A DoctrineAn interactive moral atlas
- Te Deum Prayer
- Thomas Aquinas, St. DoctrineThe Five Ways, in Metaphysics for Beginners
- Topics TopicNine threads gathering the site by subject
- Tower We Carry, The EssayGenesis 11, Babel, and the glow in our hands
- True Presence, The QuestionDid Jesus speak literally — “This is my body”?
U
- User's Guide, The LanternHow to use every part of the site, with a PDF
V
- Veni Creator Prayer
W
- Way of the Cross DevotionSee The Stations of the Cross
- Wide Path, The EssayLiberalism, unrepented sin, and the grace that waits
- Why Speak a Dead Language? EssayLatin in Catholic life
- World Religions, The DoctrineA fair Catholic comparison
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