July 8, 2004 Show

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Highlights:

  • How is it that there exist different numberings for the 10 Commandments?
  • Did Jesus save us when he died on the cross or when he rose from the dead?
  • Do Catholics have to pay a priest to pray them out of purgatory?
  • What is contemplative prayer?  What forms of Christian meditation are ok?
  • Are there any other days of the year besides Sundays on which Catholics should not work?
  • Can Catholics be divorced?  Is divorce and remarriage in the case of adultery okayed by Scripture?
  • How is it that the NT Greek word for cross also means stake?
  • What is the reason for the four rules James requires the Gentiles to adhere to in Acts 15?
  • Is it licit for two baptized individuals get married outside of a Church building, e.g. on the beach?
  • Before the Gospel is proclaimed, is the entire congregation supposed to make the sign of the cross on their head, lips, and heart, or only the priest or deacon?  Is one supposed to strike their breast during the Hail Holy Queen?
  • What is a good Catholic Greek interlinear New Testment?  Is there something similar for the OT?
  • Is the phrase "God helps those who help themselves" in the Bible?

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."