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Scripture questions
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May 18th, 2008
I'm assuming from your note that you were divorced and have remarried without receiving an annulment of your first marriage from the Church court. If so, your priest is following the practice of the Church ...
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May 18th, 2008
This is a hard question to answer, and I appreciate the anquish with which you must ask it.
If you were married in a Catholic ceremony, you would promise to do all within your power ...
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May 18th, 2008
Yes, it's true that Jesus' own prayer was directed toward God as Father. The prayer which Jesus teaches his disciples in ths gospels of Matthew and Luke is addressed to "our Father" and does not ...
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May 18th, 2008
As Americans we have mixed emotions regarding the word king. The American Revolution was fought to free Americans from the tyranny of a kingly rule. Since then we've had little enthusiasm for hereditary, life-long reigns. ...
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May 18th, 2008
As Christians, this may be the most important question we can ask. Certainly St. Paul thought so. He once declared that if Christ did not rise from the dead, then our faith is in vain. ...
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May 18th, 2008
I'm happy to assure you that the Catholic Church has never taught that unbaptized babies go to hell. In fact, such a belief was explicitly rejected by Pope Pius VI in 1794, in response to ...
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May 18th, 2008
The Catholic view of cremation has changed in recent years. Cremation was the common practice of the Roman empire at the time of Jesus. In contrast, the Jewish community followed the practice of burying the ...
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May 18th, 2008
If for example, John Smith were my best friend and a strong believer in reincarnation, would we accept him? I mean, would we accept his belief that he will be incarnated, or will we simply shut down his beliefs and say he is destined to heaven or hell?
Thanks for your question.
First and foremost, the question of what happens to us after death leads us into a place of mystery. We don't have a photograph or a road map. The most basic ...
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May 18th, 2008
The earliest Scriptural reference to prayers for the dead comes in the second book of Maccabees. The books of Maccabees were among the latest written books found in the Old Testament. They recount the struggle ...
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May 18th, 2008
It's no surprise that you find you can't get a straight answer from anyone on this question, because everything about life after death is basically a mystery. We don't have a blueprint, a map or ...
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