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The Stage Between Blessed and Saint?
Why is there an intermediary stage between Blessed and Saint if both titles assure someone of going to heaven? Are Blesseds waiting on the periphery to be admitted into heaven?
‘Son of Man’ or ‘Son of God’?
Why does Jesus refer to himself much more often as the “Son of Man” than as the “Son of God”? You are right about his preferred self-description. Using the Concordance of the New American Bible, I count in the Gospel ...
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Is Purgatory in the Bible?
Why do Catholics teach that purgatory exists? I can’t find it in my Bible.
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Saint Joseph and Selling Property
What is the origin of the tradition of burying a statue of Saint Joseph on property that someone wants to sell? I had never heard of this until a few years ago.
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Answering Protestant Objections
Most of my family are members of Scripture-alone groups. They say that praying to Mary is fruitless and that the Eucharist is not really Jesus' body and blood. How can I respond? For 800 years before Martin Luther, Christians had ...
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Still a Leper?
In Matthew 26:6-13 and Mark 14:3-9, we read that Jesus was eating at the home of “Simon the leper” when Jesus was anointed with costly perfumed oil. Did Jesus heal Simon of his leprosy?
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Did Jesus Have a Soul?
As fully divine and fully human, Jesus must have had a human soul, right?
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