Christ insisted that the blessed would eventually “be like the angels” (Mark 12:25). The Church has always taught that the angels who have attained blessedness cannot fall and start the whole cycle over again (ad infinitum, even). Conversely the devil and demons, according to Church teaching, cannot repent, because “it is the irrevocable character of […]

The title bears the argument made by most evangelical Protestants; namely, that the sacraments, not to mention the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, are unnecessary unto salvation. The thief, so we’re told, can literally “do nothing” since his hands and feet are nailed down. His mere acknowledgement of Jesus’ kingship wins him a trip […]