Which Catholic Doctrine Troubles You?

Questions Covered:

01:20 – Catholic teaching on redemptive suffering troubles me. 

13:09 – I don’t understand why the Church teaches that the call to the priesthood is higher than the call to marriage. 

21:36 – Someone recently told me that the Resurrection is just made up by St. Paul. Is there evidence for it? 

29:16 – I am troubled by the Catholic teaching on predestination and election. 

40:18 – The teaching that there is no salvation outside of the Catholic Church troubles me. 

46:45 – I don’t believe in the Resurrection. Jesus’ own family didn’t believe he could perform miracles. Also, just because he rose from the dead, doesn’t mean that he is approved of by God. 

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Which Catholic Doctrine Troubles You?

Questions Covered:

07:18 – I am troubled by the doctrine about the Virgin Mary called the Debitum Peccati. It has to do with the Immaculate Conception and her freedom from original sin. How can I better understand this? 

18:11 – It seems like Catholics worship both Jesus and Mary. Is that true? I am a Lutheran. 

29:44 – The doctrine about purgatory troubles me. What is temporal sin? 

37:20 – I am troubled by Catholic doctrine on salvation. 

47:35 – I am troubled by the role of the Magisterium and tradition, when there doesn’t seem to be biblical evidence for some things. 

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Marie Bates:

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