Questions Covered:
02:30 – Why was the early church so divided on things like the dating of Easter?
12:29 – Did Mary have a choice to say no since God had already made her without sin?
17:45 – Did the events of Joshua actually happen? If not, what consequences would that have?
30:20 – How do I defend the Marian Assumption to protestants?
36:17 – How do I remember and internalize epiphanies that I have during prayer?
43:37 – How do last rites and apostolic pardon tie into redemptive suffering?
50:07 – When are teachings infallible? How do we figure when something is open for discussion, like female priests?
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#11967 Ask Me Anything - Trent Horn
Questions Covered:
06:08 – How do I defend infant baptism?
13:28 – I’ve heard the Church has banned and burned books. Is this true? What is the Lesser Key of Solomon?
18:49 – What are your thoughts on options for fathers getting to veto abortions of their own children?
28:30 – According to science, a fetus is not alive till it gets the heartbeat. Which means comparing it to an alive grown human is wrong.
30:48 – Why does God tolerate our free will if he knows we pick things that are not good for us?
36:18 – Is it Simony to purchase a blessed item?
41:40 – Can Catholics be universalists?
47:34 – My friend asked, how could Mary hear our prayers if she is in heaven?
51:32 – How do I defend the faith against the Orthodox who claim we are inconsistent especially the filioque but yet doesn’t require eastern Catholics to say it?
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#11966 Ask Me Anything - Joe Heschmeyer
Questions Covered:
00:30 – What spiritual advice do you have for someone who is discerning Catholicism?
12:49 – Is it disobedient or sinful for us to receive communion kneeling if we’ve been requested to receive standing?
18:06 – If I’m given a heavy penance and can’t complete it before the next mass, can I receive communion?
23:26 – Is my marriage valid since I wasn’t married in the Catholic Church?
29:33 – How do I work in a family who is not Catholic? How do I celebrate advent with them?
36:17 – Was Jesus’ body always present before coming to earth?
46:01 – If our desire to sin evaporates when we are in the presence of God, then why does purgatory exist?
53:14 – What is the chronological order of, the presentation of Jesus, visit of the Magi, flight to Egypt and the massacre of the innocent?
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#11965 Ask Me Anything - Joe Heschmeyer
Questions Covered:
05:17 – How could Adam and Eve choose to sin if their nature did not include concupiscence?
15:26 – How do we determine whether the early Church was Catholic or Orthodox?
21:49 – How do you know when you are in a Calvinistic church?
32:49 – Can you go to heaven without the sacraments? Or if you die in the process of becoming Catholic.
35:30 – How do we properly deal with not feeling that our prayers have been heard?
47:35 – If good Mariology leads to good Christology where does the bodily assumption fit in?
52:53 – What spiritual advice do you have for someone who is discerning Catholicism?
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#11964 AMA - Tim Staples
Questions Covered:
1:00 – Why are the people attending the Latin Mass starting to lean towards denying the pope and those in the Novus Ordo leaning towards affirming him?
22:27 – Who writes the footnotes in the bible? Is it the Magisterium?
32:28 – In John 3:16 the Protestant translation says, ‘should not perish’ but in the Catholic version it says, ‘might not perish.’ Which is more correct?
37:05 – My best friend and I both left the Church and now I’m making my way back. How do I approach her especially on topics like salvation when she doesn’t seem to care?
48:09 – I work for a company that sells Plan B and occult items. I have no say in the selling of these items. Should I look for another job?
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