Confession, the Conversion of Thomas, and More! (Live Stream)

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In this live stream, I tackle the following questions:

00:01 What does the Gospel of John reveal about the sacrament of confession and the conversion of St. Thomas the Apostle?

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE: Jesus and the Eyewitnesses

12:55 Why do some Protestants believe that the time of miracles ended with the apostles?

18:08 Were Mary Magdalen and Mary of Bethany the same person? If Mary Magdalen was from a rich place, does that mean she couldn’t have been a prostitute?

22:23 How can the practice of priestly celibacy be reconciled with the fact St. Peter was married and St. Paul’s statement that a bishop should be the husband of one wife?

29:04 Why are various passages translated as “sitting at table”? Isn’t that bad English? Shouldn’t it be “sitting at the table”?

31:02 How can we answer Bart Ehrman’s claim that Matthew and Luke contradict each other about Jesus’ early life?

33:14 Did Simon of Cyrene carry Jesus’ cross or just help share some of its weight? Also, what exactly was being carried?

34:43 I find some of St. Faustina’s writings to be strange. Can a private revelation be true overall and contain errors?

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE: Colin Donovan’s piece on private revelation

38:15 If receiving Communion is a good thing, why can we receive it only twice a day?

41:24 What’s the difference between using natural family planning and using contraception if the goal in both is not to have a baby?

45:51 Why is Christ referred to as the “Word”? What does that mean?

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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."

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  1. In hearing your dismissal of Mary of Bethany being the same as Mary Magdalene, it seems that perhaps you are not looking at the big picture. Consider a runaway girl from a wealthy family goes to a big city and ends up involved in nefrarious practices. First, she would be known by the city name, not her family. Second, after conversion, she would be reunited with her family. But her past would only be bought up in charity, not trying to defame the family. Thus, while I agree that there is nothing Scripturally that spells out the identity of Mary Magdalene being the same as Mary, Lazurus’ sister, there is nothing contradicting it. That’s where we can use tradition (e.g. Pope St Leo) and private revelation (e.g. Maria Valtorta) to fill in the gaps.

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