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Which church father first taught the perpetual virginity of Mary?
Reformed theologian Herman Bavinck, in his Reformed Dogmatics, III, §366, briefly deals with Mary's perpetual virginity, and touches on the doctrine's history:
We do not yet find this idea of Mary's continuing virginity during and after the the…
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How does a Roman Catholic reconcile a preference for purely procreative sex with the Song of Solomon?
Premise #1: The Roman Catholic Church teaches that sex is for procreation
Peter Turner has an excellent answer to the question on Onan. In it, he suggests that Onan really was misusing sex, and that angers God.
When I also consider priestly celibacy…
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How do Modalists interpret John 14:28?
How do Modalists interpret John 14:28?
You heard me say to you, I am going away, and I will come to you. If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. (John 14:28, ESV)
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Why do images of saints often depict them with unusual hand gestures?
Many saints are often depicted holding a book or some other object. However, I have noticed that there are quite a few that have unusual hand gestures. Why is this?
Augustine of Hippo
Index finger, middle finger, and ring finger together, other…
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How to verify if a "message from God" came from God?
If I doubted on the authenticity of a "message", must I automatically associate it with the enemy's attacks?
Message here refers to any information that might be related to God's Will in our lives.
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When was the early Christian apology "Dialogue with Trypho" written?
I recently became aware of the Dialogue with Trypho, a Christian apology regarding Jesus being the Messiah, written by Justin Martyr sometime during his lifetime (in the years 100–165). However, Wikipedia doesn't say more specifically when during…
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Why did the reformers include the book of Hebrews in the canon?
Related: Why was Hebrews included in the canon?
It's widely known that Hebrews has been in the canon of most of Christendom for a long time, originally on the basis of Pauline authorship (see the linked answer above for more). Despite some…
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How do you "Convert" somebody to Christianity?
A highly debated topic I know. There are hundreds of answers for this, but I would personally like to know what the Bible says about this.
If somebody was interested in being saved, what is my responsibility as a disciple of Christ to do?
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Can any sin be forgiven? (According to the teaching of the Catholic Church)
I was trying to research the influence Christianity had on Hitler and Nazism, when I came across this:
Hans Frank
Frank acted as lawyer and senior official for the Nazi party and legal advisor for Hitler. He also served a tenure as Governor-General…
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The meaning of "The Other" in the writings by pope John Paul II
In a letter by pope John Paul II I found the following quote where he talks about God as 'the Other'. I know this term is used in phenomenology and by Levinas, Lacan and perhaps others, but I was wondering to which thinker, theologian or area of…
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Was William of Ockham the first sedevacantist?
Ockham (cf. this article on him by the Catholic logician Paul V. Spade) invented his dead-end nominalist philosophy in order to justify his being against the papacy (cf. Thomist John Deely's Four Ages of Understanding p. 394 ff., which shows how the…
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Does God change?
Historically, one of the attributes of God that provided the most comfort to many people was his unchanging nature - God is "the same, yesterday, today, and tomorrow." (Hebrews 13:8) Additionally, Malachi 3:3 says, "I am the Lord, I do not change."…
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Why did the devil tempt Eve first?
Why did the devil go after Eve and not Adam?
Was it because Eve was weaker than Adam?
Why didn't the devil tempt Adam first?
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Why does God resort to genocide and destruction?
According to this answer, God does not want to destroy sinners. And yet, there are several accounts in the Bible of God doing just that. Sodom and Gomorrah is one example, another one is the flood or the numerous atrocities against the Egyptians in…
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What's the problem with groves?
In Exodus 34:13, Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 12:3, God states laws against idolatry, and God says to cut down or burn groves:
Exodus 34:13 KJV
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their
images, and cut down their groves:
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