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If miracles stopped after the Apostles, then why are there admonitions to pray over people?
There are a number of groups who believed that after the time of the Apostles, God withdrew miracles from the world (please correct me if that is the wrong understanding). But the book of James clearly says,
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call…
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What does the account of pigs and demons mean?
Luke 8
31 And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the
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32 A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons
begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he gave them
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Are there any modern churches that subscribe to the Donatist heresy?
Back in the late 300s, the big heresy was Donatism. The basic idea was that if a Priest cracked under the pressure of persecution that it somehow "proved" he was never really worthy of administering the sacraments in the first place, and therefore…
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Why is the KJV frequently said to be the "true" translation?
This question actually centers on the KJV translation itself. It's not hard to find a church in America (particularly in the south) where they believe that the KJV is the one true translation and that all others are inferior. Why is it the KJV in…
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Was Jesus Plan B?
Recently, in a Facebook argument somebody brought up the fact that Jesus was plan B. That God's original intention was for all of us to live on earth eternally. But then Adam and Even sinned and God's plan fell apart.
I have a different perspective…
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Does the Catholic Church consider abortion to be murder?
As a Catholic, I know that I am accountable to a higher law than human/positive law. The natural moral law is the guiding force behind the formation of my conscience and if human laws are not in accord with the current law, I am obligated to…
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Is using medication derived from tissue of aborted fetuses compatible with Catholic teaching?
Obviously no one should take any medical advice from StackExchange, but from a purely theological/canon-law perspective:
What does Catholic teaching or canon law say about using medicine developed from cells taken from an aborted fetus? Is using…
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What is the point of Jesus' crucifixion?
I'd like to obtain moral, not faith explanation - In the story about Jesus' crucifixion: how can it be considered moral that God allowed or destined the unjustified murder of His own son?
If the reason for Jesus' death was to satisfy his fathers'…
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Does the verse in Song of Solomon 5:16 contain the name of the Islamic prophet Muhammad?
I have met Muslims and interacted with them directly and indirectly about their brief that the Islamic prophet Muhammad is mentioned in the Bible. One such claim is centred on the Song of Solomon 5:16. The following is how Muslims usually reason in…
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When Was The Gospel of Luke Written?
I have been trying to search this on the web and it seems I keep getting conflicting information. Apparently, modern scholars believe the Gospel of Luke was written in the second century AD. If this is true then why do we include it in our Bibles?…
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Last married pope?
Catholics regard Peter as the first pope. In the gospel we learn that Peter's mother-in-law was healed, thus Peter was married. On the other hand, today the popes are never married and married men cannot be elected pope.
I'm interested in the…
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Should Genesis 1:2 be translated "And the earth became without form..."?
The Gap theory seems to be based largely on translating Genesis 1:2 differently from the usual translations, eg. KJV:
1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1:2 And the earth was became without form, and void; and darkness was…
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What is the Biblical evidence against the day-age theory?
As many of you probably know, the day-age theory is an attempt to reconcile creation and evolution, by turning the days mentioned in Genesis into long periods of time. What is the biblical evidence against this theory? How can I use Scripture to…
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Where does the Catholic tradition that Mary did not have pain giving birth to Jesus come from?
Where does the Catholic tradition that Mary's birth of Jesus was painless come from?
My wife just got home from a non-denominational study about Mary and she said she thought everybody knew this, but apparently no one knew about it - especially the…
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Is there an appropriate response to "Jesus Loves You"?
For Catholics we've got a lot of cool call and response stuff built into our liturgies that can easily translate to everyday life. So if someone in a truck shouts at me "Dominus Vobiscum", I know to say "Et cum spiritu tuo”.
I was wandering…
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