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Dear Virgil,<\/span><\/p>\n

Your plan for a new apologetics club looks, if I may be honest, excellent. \u00a0I am certain that setting up your booth during freshmen orientation (it\u2019s hard to believe another school year has already appeared on the doorstep, isn\u2019t it?) will stir up enough interest to garner good numbers for the first meeting. \u00a0And if you follow your plan, everyone who comes to that meeting will bring their friends to the next one because it will have been so interesting. Having had to deal with challenges to the Catholic faith in countless situations over the past decades, I would like to offer you, as you begin your new venture, a word of wisdom.<\/span><\/p>\n

It has to do with a surefire structure for any defense or explanation of a Catholic doctrine or practice that may come under fire. \u00a0It\u2019s the simplest thing, but it helps give focus, balance, and composure to discussions that too often lack those qualities (and bear little fruit because of it). \u00a0You see, because the Catholic faith is true, any single point of doctrine or practice can always be explained\/defended from three different perspectives, at least one of which is almost bound to strike your listener as convincing (and all three together tend only to add power to the punch). \u00a0The three perspectives are 1) common sense, 2) history, and 3) the Bible. Even when it takes a real act of faith to accept a particular teaching, these three avenues of argumentation will at least prepare the ground for that such an act of faith by showing how reasonable the truths of faith are. \u00a0Let\u2019s illustrate them with the subject of today\u2019s Solemnity: Mary\u2019s Assumption.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what the dogma actually affirms (as expressed in Pius XII\u2019s declaration of the dogma in 1950 and reiterated by the Catechism): \u201c\u2026 the Immaculate Virgin\u2026 when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, so that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords and conqueror of sin and death.\u201d \u00a0The Catechism goes on to add that \u201cThe Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is a singular participation in her Son\u2019s Resurrection and an anticipation of the resurrection of other Christians.\u201d (#966)<\/span><\/p>\n

The dogma has all kinds of wonderful spiritual implications, but those won\u2019t interest someone who objects to the truth of the fact. \u00a0So you explain it first with Common Sense. Mary was truly Jesus\u2019 mother. Jesus loved her more than any of us love our mothers (because he was free from all taint of selfishness, which reduces our capacity to love). \u00a0Now, if you or I were to become King of the World, would we not give our mothers a special share in our glory if we had the power to do so, especially if our promotion had happened justly? Of course. So it only makes sense that Jesus would reward his beloved mother in a special way. \u00a0That he chose to do so by assuming her, body and soul, into heaven when her earthly mission was complete is, from this perspective, quite reasonable.<\/span><\/p>\n

But history adds to the weight of common sense. \u00a0We know that the mortal remains of all of Jesus\u2019 closest companions, of all the people who had key roles in the early Church (Peter, Paul, the other Apostles, the martyrs\u2026), were carefully preserved and venerated by the early Christians. \u00a0It was actually a kind of a craze among the first generations of Christians, a craze that continued even into the Middle Ages and beyond \u2013 everyone clamored for the most renowned relics. Thus we have the Catacombs, the shrines, the great Basilicas built over the tombs of the Apostles, etc. \u00a0Mary, being Jesus\u2019 mother and having a key role not only in his life but also in the early years of the Church, would have been a prime candidate for this kind of veneration. And yet, there is absolutely no record of any church or community or individual ever laying claim to the mortal remains of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. \u00a0That she was assumed body and soul into heaven would be a perfect explanation for this odd fact. (The early appearance of this doctrine and its celebration in the early Church\u2019s liturgy is another historical argument, but you get the idea\u2026)<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, the Bible weighs in as well. \u00a0First of all, there is precedent in the Old Testament for God\u2019s assuming exceptionally holy people into heaven \u2013 Enoch and Elijah both had the privilege. \u00a0Secondly, the typology of the Kingdom of Israel fits perfectly (uncannily, in fact) with the dogma of the Assumption. First of all, the Queen in ancient Israel was always the Queen Mother (the kings had too many wives to make one of them the Queen \u2013 it would have caused revolutions of envy in the palace). \u00a0And when the King took his throne, he would raise (assume) his Mother to his side. So we see Solomon greeting his mother Bathsheba when she came to him after his inauguration: \u201cSo Bathsheba went to King Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king rose to meet her, and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne, and had a throne brought for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.\u201d (1 King 2:19) \u00a0He set up a throne for her; he assumed her into his royal glory.<\/span><\/p>\n

There you have it: common sense, history, the Bible \u2013 every Catholic doctrine or point of discipline can be thus explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, I\u2019ve gone on longer than I planned. \u00a0I always get excited when I use the Triptych (three-ply) method of Apologetics. \u00a0I hope you find it useful.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your loving uncle, Eddy<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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He was ordained a Catholic priest in 2003 and earned his doctorate in moral theology in 2010. He provided spiritual support on the set of Mel Gibson\u2019s\u00a0The Passion of the Christ\u00a0while researching the 2005 Catholic best seller,\u00a0Inside the Passion, the only authorized, behind-the-scenes explanation of the film. Fr. John has contributed news commentary regarding religious issues on NBC, CNN, Fox, and the BBC. He also served as the English-language press liaison for the Vatican\u2019s 2005 Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist. His most widely known books are The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer and 60 Days to Becoming a Missionary Disciple. His most recent book is\u00a0Spiritual But Not Religious: The Search for Meaning in a Material World. Fr. John resides in Atlanta and serves as Territorial Vicar for the Legionaries of Christ. See all books, Regnum Christi Essays, Retreat Guides, posts, and online classes from Fr. 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