March 18, 2004 Show

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HIGHLIGHTS:

  • What
    is the difference between a disciple and an apostle?
  • Do all
    bad people go to hell?
  • Do
    American Indian religions have a legend of a virgin birth?
  • Is the
    veneration of icons encouraged?
  • What
    do “Nihil Obstat” and “Imprimatur” mean?
  • Why aren’t bells rung at the consecration?
  • If I forget to confess a mortal sin, is the absolution invalid? How much detail is required?
  • Can
    the creed be omitted during Sunday Mass?
  • Is kneeling required during Mass?
  • Is it
    infallible that women can not be ordained?
  • Why
    can’t those in RCIA receive the Eucharist?
  • Is a
    saint a sinner who never gives up?

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."