Catholic Answers Live

In this episode of the game show, Chet, from Houston Texas and Chuck from Illinois go head-to-head and test their apologetical knowledge! 

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Questions Covered:

03:24 – Did God ordain that women cannot be priests?

07:22 – Is there other meaning of “baptism” other than immersion?

15:04 – When God created the first humans, were they already fallen?

19:10 – Is it essential to affirm people by their biological identity especially to our youth in Catholic schools?

29:15 – Why don’t we baptize children in the womb especially if they are at risk of being miscarried?

36:04 – How can I defend the Church’s teaching against Sola Fide?

41:48 – Were there more people around when Adam and Eve were around? Resources: Kenneth W. Kemp, “The Science of Adam” first things, Kenneth W. Kemp, “Science, Theology, and Monogenesis,” 2011, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 85, No. 2, Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, “The Historicity of Adam” and “Defending Adam After Darwin.”

49:24 – What does Hebrew 6:4-7 mean in light of going to confession?

52:46 – Why is there only one incarnation? Why not the Father and Holy Spirit too?

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Questions Covered:

02:59 – In the Old Testament God comes across as angry and jealous but in the New Testament he seems kinder and more merciful. Does he grow or what’s the explanation?

10:20 – Regarding the promises of the rosary and being delivered from purgatory. Does this mean that you will skip purgatory if you pray the rosary devoutly?

14:15 – How can I spread faith at my high school?

23:02 – I’m in Costa Rica and when I went to Mass the priest didn’t know what to do when I went up for a blessing and shoved the host into my mouth. I don’t know how to react to this.

29:10 – I’m protestant. How can I make sense of redemptive suffering?

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Questions Covered:

03:39 – If confirmation is supposed to be like Pentecost then how come we don’t go out like the apostles?

08:10 – Rom 5:12 said death entered because of sin but if evolution is how God created everything which included death, how do we square that?

14:46 – My 7th grade students wanted to know if the children of Adam and Eve had to have children with their siblings?

20:55 – Does the Cyclical Universe Model disprove God?

34:59 – What is the Church’s teaching on miscarriage in regard to family planning?

41:50 – Is there a distinction in Catholic theology between spirit and soul?

45:05 – Why does the word Hosanna translate differently in different bibles?? What’s the proper translation?

49:52: I’m a convert. My mother has recently become pagan and has been more combative. Most recently she has become confrontational regarding St. Patrick driving out snakes from Ireland. How should I handle the situation?

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Questions Covered:

2:40 – I can appreciate the God works through Catholicism, but I don’t understand when people elevate this one denomination? Organizational and leadership definition instead of spiritually defined.

22:57 – I don’t understand the Catholic concept of a “good God.”

36:28 – I don’t understand and believe that Original Sin is in the bible and how is Mary not a sinner?

42:38 – I don’t understand the distinction between venial and mortal sin. How do we distinguish them in the context of 1 John 5:16?

49:58 – Regarding a previous call on abortion. Can you clarify the limited circumstance on abortion?

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Questions Covered:

06:16 – I don’t understand the Doctrine of eternal hell?

15:26 – I don’t understand how items like holy water and other blessed items work and their effect?

20:52 – All scriptural evidence seems to show that our only priest is Jesus. There is no need for other priests.

37:18 – Christianity general. How can the murder of the 1st born in Egypt by God be justified?

50:09 – Do Catholics need to believe in the doctrine of eternal conscious torment? I believe the Catechism of Trent teaches eternal conscious torment?

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Questions Covered:

4:32- How can I explain Marian doctrine to my non- denominational family who believe this is communion with the dead?   

12:02 – Why do people get attacked by demons?  

18:12 – How can I interpret someone who has passed away appearing or speaking to me in a dream?  

21:03 – What is a response to someone who claims I worship a human being in Jesus Christ?  

28:30 – How can I share the need to confess to a Priest since it is not in the bible?  

34:24 – Can you interpret Jesus’s words to Judas of “Woe to the man…”?  

42:32 – Is polygamy the same as adultery? How does this impact the Old Testament? 

48:13 – How can I explain to a Protestant why they need the Sacraments? 

51:40 – How can I interpret Jeus’s response in Luke 11:27-28 to Mary being called blessed? 

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Questions Covered: 

04:28 – Did St. Matthew write the Gospel or was it someone who knew him?  

11:35 – How should I treat my bulletin that contains the Sunday reading?  

14:16 – Can a Baptism be valid if a priest says the prayers mentally or to a deaf audience? 

18:28 – How can I respond to a Protestant friend who shared that the trial of the Catholic church is from the devil since God only does good? 

31:02 – Where are Christ’s wounds?  

36:58 – 1 Corinthians 14:34 says women should remain silent in churches. What does Paul mean by this and has this teaching changed?  

45:00 – Can you explain redemptive suffering as stated by St. Faustina’s diary? 

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Questions Covered:

18:37 – I’ve been a Christian all my life and was just brought into full communion with the Catholic Church last year. I’ve always loved the story of the Prodigal Son but I’ve always been curious of what his brother represents. Is it simply jealousy and pride? Or does he signify something deeper. 

29:00 – My spouse is protestant. He doesn’t want the sacrament of confirmation since he thinks it is against scripture, since scripture tells us not to make vows / oaths. He’s hung up on submitting to a Church and all it teaches. Can you help address his concern? 

37:17 – Thanks for offering this again! I’m always cooking dinner when the show is live and never have free hands to call in. I have a question about the myth that most Catholic Holidays are based on Pagan holidays. I know from listening to Shameless Popery that Christmas is not on December 25 because of other pagan holidays, but it’s hard to convince other Catholics this, because many reputable Catholic sources feed this myth. For example, the St. Joseph’s Sunday Missal has a blurb in the Liturgy section stating that the date was chosen in part because of pagan winter solstice festivals. If the early Christians were so adamant at separating themselves from the pagans, why is there so much disagreement among reputable Catholic sources? 

46:45 – When praying the Luminous mysteries, I have difficulty on what to meditate on with the Kingdom of God decade. 

50:44 – Will all our sins be revealed to the whole world at the general judgement, including those that have been forgiven ? We’re trying to reconcile Luke 8: (For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open) and Hebrews 8:12 (For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more) 

52:06 – Can some early Christian writings that did not make the canon, such as the Shepherd of Hermas, be regarded as approved private revelations, similar to those of Fatima or St. Faustina? 

53:12 – “I enjoy listening to Catholic Answers as often as I can and have learned a lot!  My Question:  In Galatians 2:11-21, Paul confronts/rebukes Peter for refusing to eat with gentiles:  “”11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I had to oppose him to his face, for what he did was very wrong.”” If the successor of Peter says, thinks or does something  “”very wrong,”” who, when and how is the successor confronted/rebuked or corrected?” 

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Questions Covered:

14:25 – How did the Vatican end up in Rome, Italy along with the body of 19:19 – How many popes sat on the chair of Peter during the life of St. John the apostle? Are any of their writings to the Church available anywhere?

22:42 – I’ve been discussing the sacrifice of the mass with my wife who is protestant, and I told her that we, the regular attendee, are part of the sacrifice – partakers – and how we participate frequently in Christ’s perpetual sacrifice… Could you elaborate for me? It would be great if you could take us all the way from leviticus to the images of the lamb (as sacrificed) in revelation. How are our offerings involved too?

37:10 – Does the fact that that Didache does not appear to refer specifically to the Real Presence (only mentions the “Eucharist”) pose a problem for the assertion that the Early Church did actually believe in the Real Presence, since the Didache was one of the earliest surviving documents that we have from the Early Church?

46:00 – Where does the Bible say that a book CAN’T be a valid part of the Old Testament unless it’s quoted from in the New Testament? (this Protestant line of reasoning seems like a “Tradition of Men” to me.)

51:40 – I know we have the lineage of the Popes documented but the succession of bishops isn’t as well recorded – how can we know that certain branches of bishops are within succession? And if a bishop went off the rails went about those he ordained?

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