Cross of Catholicism was created with a very simple and admittedly ambitious intention: to present the teachings of the Catholic faith with complete accuracy and clarity, while still making those concepts accessible to beginners in the faith. I know how overwhelming theological discussions can feel when they are filled with the multiplicity of jargon (or more specifically unexplained jargon) and abstract reasoning, so my primary aim here is to bridge that gap without diluting the wine that is Cross of Catholicism.
Of course, there are already many websites and resources dedicated towards this same goal, and I certainly do not wish to dismiss their work. However, what hopefully distinguishes this space from the rest is its specific methodological approach. You see, instead of asking you, the reader, to simply accept a conclusion on authority alone (or coercively through sophistry), this project is dedicated to taking the time to actually unpack why specifically they are grounded in the biblical text, not just merely what supports it. Beyond the text itself, I also believe it is terribly important to examine and defend the underlying philosophy behind these teachings with rigor. Naturally, I recognize that simply promising rigor and clarity can sound rather empty (almost every other platform claims to be faithful to both scripture and reason), so rather than asking you to take my word for it, I would much prefer to let the words speak for themselves.
I want to lay out the exact standards I hold myself to before asking you to invest your time in reading my work. I intend to have every conclusion presented on this website to be falsifiable, i.e., each claim is open to being tested and, in principle, disproven if a substantial flaw can be demonstrated, and while I naturally hold to these positions because I am convinced they hold up under scrutiny, I always want to leave the door open for peer review. Further, I would intend for my arguments to follow directly from explicit, clearly stated premises, save for the occasional pedagogical instance where a connecting premise is left unstated simply to invite the reader to engage in the logic for themselves. (This is called an enthymeme).
Finally, and arguably most importantly, you will not find any dismissive appeals to mystery here. While it is certainly true that certain revelations cannot be reached by human reason prior to revelation itself (not because it is indefensible without revelation, but only because it cannot be definitively proven without revelation,) I do not believe that it is a "mystery" in the sense that it should be used to conveniently shut down honest questions or excuse bad reasoning. Nothing is too difficult to teach to you, nothing is off-limits or taboo either, and I encourage thinking outside of the box. This includes the Blessed Trinity. My commitment with you is just to walk through the logic with you and to do it with patience and with respect and with transparency so that you should be trusting that real truth has nothing to fear from scrutiny.
Taken from https://crossofcatholicism.blogspot.com/