June 3, 2004 Show

First results of the VOLUNTEER PROGRAM are in! Thanks to Al for mapping the shows in June, 2004. Here’s the first:

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Highlights:

• Is there such a thing as a conditional confirmation?
• Is it possible for a baptized person to be possessed?
• Will a person brought up Catholic who leaves the church go to Hell? What if they leave because of bad experiences in the church?
• Is the anointing with fish gall in Tobit 11:8 a physical or spiritual healing? In Matthew 27:34, were the soldiers trying to poison Jesus with the wine mixed with gall?
• Was incest practiced at the origins of humanity?
• Was there a time when the Son did not exist if he proceeds from the Father? How is this different than the angels?
• In the early church, was the jurisdiction of Rome over the entire church or just a territory around Rome?
• Do you have to be confirmed to get married in the Catholic church?
• The rubrics for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper say it should be celebrated with the full participation of the whole local community. Does that make it obligatory?
• Why is the observance of Ascension Thursday transferred to Sunday?
• What can be done to educate parents and voters on Catholic Moral theology?

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." View all posts by Jimmy Akin