Below are some questions that I answered back in the 1990s. Please bear in mind that I could answer them better today. As time permits, I will revise them and better integrate them into this site. –Jimmy Akin
“Asking Jesus into Your Heart”
Action: Natural vs. Supernatural and Good vs. Evil
Annulments Are Not Ecclesiastical Divorces
Aquinas on the Immaculate Conception
Are Fridays Still Days of Penance?
Are Non-Catholic Marriages Valid?
Calling Priests “Mister” Instead of “Father”
Can Priests Chance the Church’s Practice on Kneeling?
Can Priests Order You to Stand to Receive the Eucharist?
Can Protestants Go to Confession?
Can Souls in Hell Cause Us Problems?
Can the Saints Hear Our Prayers?
Can Unclean Things Enter Heaven?
Converting When There Are Family Problems
Devotion to Mary in Paul’s Epistles
Did the Jews Need Permission to Execute Christ?
Direct Action, Indirect Action, and Non-Action
Do People Stand for the Eucharist in Other Countries?
Examples of Grounds for Annulments
Finding Anti-Catholic Materials in a Bookstore
Heretics During the Middle Ages
How Do the Different Types of Action Relate to Contraception?
How Many Annulments Are There?
Is Abstinence a “Doctrine of Demons”?
Jehovah’s Witnesses and John 14:28
Jesus’ “Once for All” Sacrifice
Jesus’ Response to “Blessed Are the Breasts”
Jesus’ Use of the Term “Woman”
Justification and Peace with God
Legitimate Rebellion Against Unjust Rule
Long Marriage Before Annulments
Mary’s Purification in the Temple
Peter’s Suggestion During the Transfiguration
Prayer to the Saints and the Mediatorship of Christ
Priests Performing Marriages in Non-Catholic Churches
Putting Ashes on Our Foreheads
Requirements for Mixed Marriages
Richard McBrien’s Book “Catholicism”
Sadness in Heaven and Mary’s Tears
Should Anyone Be Called “Reverend”?
Should Courts Used Taped Confessions?
Testing Traditions Against Scripture
The Catholic Church’s “Hang Up” About Annulments
The Church’s Authority to Establish Days of Fast and Abstinence
The Concordat with Nazi Germany
The Difference Between “LORD” and “Lord”
The Essential Properties of Marriage
The Historic Protestant View of Contraception
The Masons, Opus Dei, and the Pope?
The Post-Resurrection Appearances of Jesus
The Significance of the Transfiguration
The Skullcap You See Some Churchmen Wearing
The Tearing of the Temple Curtain
The Thief on the Cross and Baptism
The Validity of the Eucharist in Lutheran and Anglican Churches
Transferrance Priests from One Parish to Another
Valid Matter for the Eucharist
Vows Taken by Protestant Ministers
Was Jesus Crucified on Wednesday or Friday?
Was John Paul II Anointed by a “Priestess of Shiva”?
Was the Canon of Scripture Infallibly Known Before Christ?
Was the Last Supper a Passover Meal?
What Is the Theological Significance of the Shamrock?
What Kind of Ashes Are Used on Ash Wednesday
When Did the Term “Roman Catholic” Come into Being?
When May Non-Catholics Receive Communion?
Which Canon Did the Guttenberg Bible Use?
Why “Petros” Was Not Used Twice in Matthew 16:18
Why Do Miracles Occur Outside the Church
Why Is Fish Permitted on Days of Abstinence?
Why Is Lent Traditionally Reckoned as Forty Days?
Why Jesus Was Tested for Forty Days in the Desert
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