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The Busted Halo Question Box
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This is the place where you can ask all of those burning questions that you wouldn't dare ask in person. We will post questions here (using your byline only with permission); we guarantee an answer to everyone. Have your own question? Then pitch it to us!
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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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May 18th, 2008
No, I don't think there was a backdoor agreement between the fishermen and the bishops over the whole fish on Friday thing.
Since about the second century of Christianity, Christians abstained from meat on Friday as ... |
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May 18th, 2008
From the quality and concern of your question, I would judge that you are a conscientious and compassionate person of faith.I wish that there were an easy and equally straightforward way to answer your question, ... |
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May 18th, 2008
To answer your question I have to provide a little history.
Up until 1965, Mass was celebrated everywhere in the Catholic church in Latin according to the "rite" (order or ritual or worship) determined at ... |
