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Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope, but do it with gentleness and reverence, keeping your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who defame your good conduct in Christ may themselves be put to shame. —1 Peter 3:15-16

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Our Viewpoint

The goal of the St. Michael Question & Answer Forum is to provide authentic, orthodox, and accurate information on Church teaching for the topics discussed. Hosts chosen to participate in the forum are chosen because they are loyal and obedient to the Pope and Magisterium of the Church and are absolutely committed to this goal.

With this commitment to fidelity to the Chruch we seek to express only “official” teachings on subjects for which an “official” teaching exists — submitting all personal opinions to that “official” teaching.

In other areas, where latitude of opinion is allowed, every attempt is made to offer opinions that are in full accord with the general spiritual principles, teachings, and wisdom of the Church, Sacred Scriptures, and Sacred Tradition.

To give an example of the source material and our point-of-view, answers to questions are researched from such sources as the Catechism, Documents of Ecumenical Councils, Code of Canon Law, official Curia documents, writings of the Early Church Fathers, and the writings of the Popes. We look to any Saint who may be helpful in answering a question, but focus primarily on Sts. Thomas Aquinas, Augustine, Benedict, Monfort, Francis, Ignatius Loyola, Francis deSales, John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, Alphonus Ligouri, Maximillian Kolbe, etc.

Other resource material includes the 1917 Edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia, the Father Stravinskas' Catholic Encyclopedia, the Catholic Almanac, Anne Carroll’s Christ the King, Lord of History, Warren H. Carroll’s five volume History of Christiansom, Father John Laux’s books including Church History, Frank Sheed’sCatholic Evidence Training Outlines, and similar reference books.

On information about Marian Apparitions, our policy is to support only those apparitions that have been approved by the Church or a local bishop. The source of information in determining the approval status of a paricular apparition will be determined by the Index of Apparitions Web Site, unless one of our experts has personal knowledge of approval not yet reported on the referred site.

Other writers and thinkers we rely upon, include Deitrich von Hildebrand, G.K. Chesteron, Father John Hardon, S.J., Father Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R., Father Thomas Dubay, S.M., Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J., Scott Hahn, Ph.D., Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., and, in general, the “Mother Angelica/EWTN” crowd and other sources such as Fathers Rumble and Carty's Radio Replies, and any other source that is orthodox and loyal to the Magisterium.

We use as research sources various Internet sites such as the following, and similar other sources:

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