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4d ago
For those who believe in the distinction between mortal and venial sin, 1 John 5:16-17 is often a go-to text. Even the Catechism of the Catholic Church references this text (1854) in support of its teaching on mortal and venial sin. Here’s the text:
If anyone sees his brother committing what is not a deadly sin, he will ask, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not deadly. There is sin which is deadly; I do not say that one is to pray for that. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not deadly.
A sin that is “not deadly,” so it’s argued, is simply what is meant by ven ..read more
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6d ago
Episode 74: Year B – 4th Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday
There are three details that we highlight in the readings for this upcoming 4th Sunday of Easter, Year B, also called Good Shepherd Sunday. The first two details come from the first reading, taken from Acts 4:8-12. The relevant apologetical topics are Peter the Rock (and thus the Papacy) and Jesus’ divinity. The third detail is the major theme of the Gospel—Jesus the Good Shepherd. The passage is John 10:11-18. The apologetical topics that come to fore with this theme is Jesus’ divinity and Peter’s role as the first pope.
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1w ago
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1w ago
Episode 73: Year B – 3rd Sunday of Easter
There are four details that we focus on for this upcoming Sunday Mass Readings for the 3rd Sunday of Easter. The first two come from the first reading, taken from Acts 3:13-15, 17-19. The relevant topics that come to fore are the early Church’s belief about Christ’s divinity and the Church’s teaching on invincible ignorance when it comes to sin. Details three and four are in the Gospel reading, taken from Luke 24:35-48. There are two apologetical topics that come into play: the bodily nature of Jesus’ resurrection and its significance for countering a ..read more
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2w ago
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Questions Covered:
06:21 – I’m a United Methodist minister. What more resources do you recommend in my exploration of Catholicism?
20:01 – Surely God hears the prayers and offers signs to people outside of Christianity. How do we make sense of these signs that might offer people in their faith outside of Christ?
31:01 – What do Catholics believe in what’s going to get them into heaven? I’m Catholic, but some say it’s good works; but I keep saying it’s through Jesus Christ
37:11 – My Catholic cousin is not g ..read more
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2w ago
There is no shortage of counters to the literal reading of Jesus’ words “eat my flesh . . . drink my blood” (John 6:54-58). One form these counters take is showing that such a literal reading entails an absurdity.
Protestant Pastor Todd Baker makes this kind of argument in his book Exodus from Rome, Volume I. Consider how Jesus says in the preceding context, in John 6:35, that “he who comes to me shall not hunger” and “he who believes in me shall not thirst”—the implication being that the preservation from hunger and thirst is due to some kind of eating and drinking.
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3w ago
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3w ago
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Questions Covered:
03:24 – Did God ordain that women cannot be priests?
07:22 – Is there other meaning of “baptism” other than immersion?
15:04 – When God created the first humans, were they already fallen?
19:10 – Is it essential to affirm people by their biological identity especially to our youth in Catholic schools?
29:15 – Why don’t we baptize children in the womb especially if they are at risk of being miscarried?
36:04 – How can I defend the Church’s teaching against Sola Fide?
41:48 – Wer ..read more
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3w ago
Episode 72: Year B – Divine Mercy Sunday
In this episode of the Sunday Catholic Word, we focus on three details that are relevant for apologetics in this upcoming Divine Mercy Sunday readings. The first comes from the first reading, which is taken from Acts 4:32-35, where we’re told the early Christians didn’t claim any possessions to be his own but had everything in common. Of course, the relevant topic is whether this provides biblical justification for socialism. The remaining two details are taken from the Gospel reading, which is taken from John 20:19-31. The relevant topics that we focu ..read more
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3w ago
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