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I constantly hear that God knows everything that’s going to happen, but in the Old Testament He changed His mind. It sounds like a contradiction.

How seriously should I take the ancient church fathers given that they are not sacred scripture?

How do I get atheists/agnostics to recognize the bible as a legitimate source?

On the assumption that God is all-powerful, merciful, etc. Then why would he make us if he knew we were going to go through all this suffering and anguish?

Is heaven empty until Jesus returns? If not, then how can Catholics believe that we all go to sleep and enter heaven until the second coming?

In the Our Father, what is the true meaning of” thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven?”

How is it possible for Satan to stand in the presence of God in Job if evil can’t withstand the presence of God?

Why doesn’t Mary appear more in the Bible for all the reverence we give her?

Debating with a Christian who claims Eucharistic miracles are demonic; how do I respond to them?

Why should I care if there is a God?

<p>If the writings of the Church Fathers aren’t part of the Bible, why do they matter? We explore their authority and role in understanding the faith, plus tackle questions about God&#8217;s omniscience, Eucharistic miracles, and why Mary doesn&#8217;t appear more often in Scripture.</p>
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Why Should I Take the Church Fathers Seriously If They’re Not Scripture?

Why are marriages a Catholic sacrament?

Do you have any empirical evidence that Catholicism is true?

How can there no longer be public revelation but we still accept private revelation?

How come the Church can reject their own baptism if they were done wrong but can accept protestant baptisms on a whim?

Why should we call priests father if the bible specifically says not to call a man father?

I’m a catechist. Why does the Church not follow Lev. 19:28 and when it comes to tattoos?

Which Catholic Doctrine Troubles You?

<p>In this free-for-all-Friday Trent examines the sad fates that have befallen towns decimated by environmental disasters like unquenchable coal fires and buried toxic waste.</p>

FFAF: Environmental Ghost Towns

What should we think of Pope Pius’ legacy?

How does a conservative Catholic view Gaza?

Can you help me meditate on the fourth and fifth glorious mysteries?

Did Sedevacantism start after Pope Pius XII?

Where is Pope Pius in the canonization process?

How do we make the United States Catholic?

<p>Debunking Lies About &#8220;Hitler&#8217;s Pope&#8221; In this episode, Cy Kellett discusses the legacy and myths around Pope Pius XII with Michael Knowles.</p>
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Debunking Lies About “Hitler’s Pope” w/Michael Knowles

<p>In this free-for-all-Friday Trent shares how he gets his hands on uber-expensive academic books and articles and how you can do that too – with a clean conscience!</p>

FFAF: How I Get Academic Sources Without Going Broke

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Back to Basics (and my new Catechism course!)

<div>Can I miss Mass because of the flu going around? My husband and I are in the at-risk age and are worried about receiving communion from someone’s hands.</div><div><p>Missing Mass due to serious health concerns is considered a legitimate reason.</p>
<p>You stated that your fear is interaction with the hands of the minister of communion.  You could attend Mass and make a spiritual communion instead of receiving communion. You can also politely smile and express a verbal sign of peace instead of shaking hands.</p>
<p>I always recommend people discuss their health and the risks of attending Mass with their medical doctor and make a prudential judgment.</p>
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Can I Miss Mass Because of the Flu Going Around?

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<p>“Matthew and Luke contradict each other. Matthew says that Judas hanged himself (Matt. 27:5), but Luke says that “falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out” (Acts 1:18).”</p>
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<p>The accounts preserve different aspects of the event, but they do not contradict each other.</p>
<p>Both agree Judas died shortly after the Crucifixion. Matthew says Judas hanged himself after returning the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests, while Luke has Peter speaking of the event during the period between the Ascension and Pentecost (between forty and fifty days after the Crucifixion). The fact that they agree on the timing, but describe the death differently, shows independent traditions in circulation that affirmed Judas’ death very shortly after the Crucifixion. That indicates Judas did die at this early date.</p>
<p>Judas probably began accompanying Jesus while in his twenties (Jesus began his ministry when about thirty; Luke 3:23). This suggests Judas died a sudden and remarkable death (i.e., not an ordinary death due to old age). Matthew’s report of his suicidal hanging accounts for this, leaving us to explain Luke’s reference to him falling and bursting open.</p>
<p>The earliest explanation is found in the second-century historian Papias, who wrote around A.D. 120. His works are lost but partially preserved in other writers. According to the fourth-century writer Apollinarius of Laodicea, Judas survived the hanging by being cut down before he choked to death, but he quotes Papias as saying Ju- das suffered severe swelling (edema) of the head and body, eventually causing him to burst open (see Monte Shanks, Papias and the New Testament, chapter 4, fragment 6). We now know that edema of the neck and body can be a consequence of strangulation, so Papias’s account may be based in fact.</p>
<p>Others have proposed that Judas remained hanging on a tree branch until his body began to decompose and swell due to the gases decom- position produces. The rope then broke or slipped, causing his body to burst from the force of impact.</p>
<p>Some have noted that the traditional site of Judas’s death features trees along a high ridge where strong winds occur. The winds may have caused the rope to slip, and the height of the ridge may have added to the force of impact, causing the body to burst.</p>
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How Judas Iscariot Died

<p>Good apologetics is not just a quest to have the right answer. It is, instead, one tool in a larger struggle to win souls. This means that it involves spiritual battle. Our guest, Dan Burke, explains spiritual battle for apologists.</p>

Spiritual Warfare for Apologists