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#12148 What Happens If the Words of Consecration Are Incorrect? - Tim Staples
Does changing the words during the consecration make the Eucharist invalid? We dive into what the Church teaches about the essential form of the sacrament and also address confession practices, Orthodox weddings in Catholic churches, and bridging the gap with Protestants on faith and works. Join The CA Live Club Newsletter: Click Here Questions Covered: 08:00 – Adams providential testimony. 28:47 – I go to confession every month and I was told that I shouldn’t give a number of times I commit a sin. Is this ok to omit? 32:48 – Can an Orthodox wedding ceremony happen inside of a Catholic Church? Can My husband attend the wedding? 35:32 – If using the wrong words during baptism, it makes it invalid. Would the same logic apply to the Eucharist and the words of consecration? 40:18 – How do I bridge the gap with my Protestant friends? Why are Protestants so hung up on salvation by faith alone? What is the downside of works?
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#12147 Why Do We Need Infallible Authority for the New Testament Canon? - Trent Horn
If the Old Testament was accepted without an infallible Church, why is that needed for the New Testament? We explore this key apologetics question, along with topics like apostolic succession, Catholic-Orthodox unity, and defending the faith online. Join The CA Live Club Newsletter: Click Here Questions Covered: 05:25 – If the Old Testament can be known without an infallible authority, then how come we can’t have that for the New Testament? 16:23 – How do you defend the faith against Protestants on social media? Is it better to find common ground or go on striking on what they oppose? 21:29 – If God is immaterial and he created the material world how do you explain the interaction between the material and immaterial substances? 29:00 – What efforts are being done by the Catholic Church to facilitate the union between them and the Orthodox? 35:54 – Regarding the crusades, how do we rationalize and defend the idea that the pope offered forgiveness of sins for those going on a military expedition? 48:32 – How do you defend protestant questions on apostolic succession?
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#12146 What’s the Catholic Understanding of Free Will, and How Can We Defend It? - Jimmy Akin
Does free will really exist, and how does Catholicism explain it? We explore the Church’s teaching on human freedom, how to defend it in conversations, and also tackle questions about burial and cremation, suffering, Jesus’ childhood, and even pseudoarchaeology. Join The CA Live Club Newsletter: Click Here Questions Covered: 01:21 – Supposing a cannibal eats a Christian, and then the cannibal gets converted, who gets which bits in the resurrection? 12:37 – Is the requirement to receive communion to not be conscious of mortal sin or grave sin? I ask because the official canon law says grave sin, but grave sins can be venial in the case of addiction 14:13 – Could you clarify the Catholic teachings on burial, specifically concerning what is/isn’t permitted, and what is preferred. I’ve been told that cremation isn’t forbidden, but scattering ashes is, due to our desire to respect the body. 20:49 – Can you explain the problem with Islam: Is the word of Allah separate from Allah? 22:41 – What was Jesus’ life like in childhood and adolescence? 24:41 – What is the catholic understanding of free will, and how can we argue for it? 37:00 – What are cardinals and how did that position become established? 41:45 – I know that God brings a greater good from evil He allows and that He helps save our brothers and sisters through OUR efforts but are those the only answers to why God would allow tens of millions of people to starve under Mao and Stalin? Or why so many people, including children, are trafficked, and satanically ritually abused? I mean the scale of human pain is mind-blowing. Is the realization of our impotence in the face of evil and our need to surrender to God for help the point? 48:13 – Recently a real Archaeologist Flint Dibble debated Graham Hancock a pseudo archaeologist. Are you still planning on doing an episode on pseudo archaeology? Would you consider interviewing someone like him for it? There seems to be a war brewing between mainstream archaeology and a few camps of pseudo archaeology online. I have to admit, I was in one of these camps until I watched a good volume of your material. 50:21 – I would like to know if it is true that Our Lady of Fatima told Lucia, that Francesco would pass and his soul would be in purgatory until the end of time. It is hard to believe that a child would have such horrible sins that would keep him there for so long.
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#12145 Can a Sacrament Like Baptism Be Valid If Given Under False Identity? - Jimmy Akin
What happens if someone receives a sacrament while pretending to be someone else? We explore a wild baptism scenario involving identical twins and what it means for the validity and liceity of the sacrament. Plus, we tackle guardian angels, Mass in space, miracles, and the mystery of God’s plan. Join The CA Live Club Newsletter: Click Here Questions Covered: 02:52 – Considering most of your show is about theology I was wondering if you experience anything more on the personal side. 13:25 – Would it be permissible for a Catholic to believe that God knows all possible multiverses and chose to create the one we are in where we have freewill and God reveals himself and incarnates as Jesus to help us know God, but that the universe basically runs on its own and our choices are our own. Would that be a way to reconcile that God has a plan, but that we also have free will? 18:20 – Why does God allow miracles in some cases but not others, especially in reference to Matthew 18:19 which states, “Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven”? For example, why does this not apply when groups of people are praying for someone to be healed and they are not. 23:25 – Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by me.” Did he mean that he, Jesus Christ is the door, or did he mean “the way, the truth, and the life” is the door? Or both? 28:42 – Does Mary have the same kind of guardian angel as we do? Could it possibly be Gabriel? Is there any value in contemplating the guardian angels of others? 34:49 – You mentioned something about shared death experiences (where someone else will be in the room when someone is dying and someone will be in the room who is not dying and they both experience the visions) in one of your videos. Have you come across any contemporary accounts of these that are credible? Asking for my friend who is a grad student in philosophy. 37:46 – I was wondering about Holy Mass and space travel. if you were traveling near lightspeed, let’s say 99% , You start to experience some heavy time dilation. Specifically at 99% light speed you’re you are experiencing 14% of the time that passes on Earth relative to an observer on Earth. Would your Sunday obligation depend on Earth time or ship time assuming there’s a priest on the ship? I figured it out that there will be about one day for a week so you could do mass everyday, but I was also wondering about calculating the date of Easter while you’re on a relativistic speed journey. Would the priest need to start Mass at the short time that it’s still Easter on Earth? 43:30 – Is it a correct understanding of the teaching of the Catechism of the Council of Trent to say that the expression “God died” is not to be understood literally but rather figuratively (i.e., anthropomorphism and/or synecdoche)? 46:25 – Let’s say there are two identical twin sisters, Kait and Leia. Neither are baptized, but Kait wishes to become baptized. For reasons, Leia does not want her sister to be baptized, and so has her sister kidnapped. Leia pretends to be her sister Kait and receives the sacrament. Question: When the priest says, “I baptize you *Kait in the name….”, how does this affect the validity and liceity of the sacrament? Is Leia actually baptized? What about Kait?
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#12144 How Do Catholics Understand the Once-for-All Sacrifice of Jesus? - Karlo Broussard
Protestants often ask how Catholics can believe in sacraments, purgatory, and the Mass while affirming that Jesus’ sacrifice was once and for all. We explain how Catholic theology upholds this truth, along with insights into purgatory, salvation, and the unity of the Church. Join The CA Live Club Newsletter: Click Here Questions Covered: 00:45 – The Bottom Line on The Natural Law 10:02 – What passages can I use as evidence for purgatory that a protestant will accept, especially 1 Corinthians? 14:32 – Why do Catholics believe there could only be one Church? 30:11 – I’m Protestant moving closer to Catholicism. How does Catholicism view the once and for all Sacrifice of Jesus considering all the things Catholics believe in like sacraments and purgatory? 36:50 – How do I refute the Protestant view that we are all one church? 45:59 – How do Catholics respond to the question: Are you saved? 49:40 – Regarding Baptist baptism. Would their intent to baptize confer grace even if they don’t believe it is salvific?
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