January 15, 2004 Show

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HIGHLIGHTS:

  • What is the purpose of the brown
    scapular?
  • What is the precise dating of the Christmas season?
  • How does a previous, unconfessed abortion by the bride affect the validity of a later marriage?
  • In the early centuries of the Church, how did the administration of the sacraments–particularly matrimony–differ from modern day practice?
  • Was the Rabbinical meeting at Jamnia in c. A.D. 90 a council?
  • How to counter the accusation that Catholics worship "graven images" in violation of the Ten Commandments.
  • Can the promise of John 16:13 that the Spirit "will teach you all truth" be applied to all Christians personally?
  • Must confession be performed in a confessional?
  • What is the motive for the different postures in Mass?
  • What is the Lutheran teaching on infant baptism?
  • Do the scripture study classes of Bible Study Fellowship International follow a Protestant approach?  Did the Church ever sell indulgences?
  • What is the point of Catholic religious statues?
  • May Catholics still not join the Masons?
  • Were there any miraculous occurrences in the life of Mary or her Parents before Jesus’ conception?
  • Is it morally licit to receive artificial insemination or have embryos implanted in oneself in order to bear a child for an infertile couple?
  • May a Catholic fulfill his Sunday obligation at a parish far from home on a regular basis?
  • Has the ossuary of James "the brother of Jesus" been proved
    inauthentic?
  • What criteria did some Jewish contemporaries of Jesus use to reject
    Him?
  • If a priest does not fully believe in Jesus’ real presence in the Eucharist, can he validly consecrate the Sacrament?

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."