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RE: How in the world God created light before He created the Sun and the Moon?

The difficulty we face in reading and understanding this is that we don't see what the meanings of some of the words in the description of creation ar...

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RE: 6. The Creed tells us that after Jesus died and before His resurrection, He descended to the dead. What do you think is meant by this?

"For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but mad...

4 years ago
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RE: Why do you think the Church considers Mary to be the new Ark of the Covenant?

The Ark of the Covenant contained the "presence of God"; the tablets of the Mosaic law, the Ten Commandments, which is the word; it contained a pot wi...

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RE: Dr. Sri speaks about the first-century writings of St. Clement of Rome. Why is it so important to know the historical context of the Christian Church in the first century?

The writings of the first century fathers shows whether or not the teachings of the Apostles is trustworthy and consistent. In a particular sense with...

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RE: Dr. Sri spoke about the Protestant Reformation. How would you respond to a friend who states, “The pope and bishops are not in the Bible”?

Also, to the point made in the first response, nowhere in the Bible does it say that only things found explicitly in the Bible are to be believed. If ...

4 years ago
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RE: Even though most Americans claim to believe in God, more and more embrace the idea of being “spiritual” but not belonging to an organized religion or church.

Good replies, both of you. I believe one of the main reasons people don't belong to a religion is, as you said, Rajan, obedience and also commitment...

4 years ago
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RE: How does embracing the Church’s authority challenge us to deeper conversion?

Karen, you are quite kind in saying the bishops "flip-flop". Being they are the ones in whose hands the faith is entrusted to their safeguarding I wou...

4 years ago
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RE: Let’s say that your friend says to you that he (or she) is “spiritual” but not a “religious” person. What is the problem with that statement?

Good point, Karen. One other aspect on the problem of being simply spiritual is the idea of a desire to avoid relationship; to be unwilling to do f...

4 years ago
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RE: Reflect on the following quote:

I don’t understand why my post appeared twice, but only once completely 🤷‍♂️

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RE: Reflect on the following quote:

To me the vine and the branches is a form of assimilation; to take on Christ as the branches can only be the fruit, or flower of the vine as the vine ...

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RE: Why do you think the architect of the Basilica wanted the dove to shine light over the Chair of St. Peter?

I forgot to mention the symbolism that the light shows in connection with the Great Commission. The light that illuminates the Church through the Chai...

4 years ago
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RE: Why do you think the architect of the Basilica wanted the dove to shine light over the Chair of St. Peter?

I agree with the sentiments shared above. When I consider it I think of the light of it. In much of the tradition of Italian Christian iconographic ar...

4 years ago
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RE: Let’s say your friend says to you, “All you need to do is accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior to be saved. He did all the work for us.” How would you respond?

I would tell my friend that he, or she is exactly correct, that all we need in order to achieve salvation is to believe in Jesus Christ and accept the...

4 years ago
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RE: How would you respond to a friend who asks you: “How do you know the resurrection of Jesus happened and that it’s not just a myth?”

If a friend, or any skeptic asked me how I can be sure that the Resurrection is real I would tell them that we know it the same way they know their gr...

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RE: How do the final verses of Psalm 22 demonstrate how Christ was prophesying what was to come?

I think the last verses of Psalm 22 demonstrate this prophecy because of the first verses of this Psalm Jesus quotes from the cross. This Psalm is wri...

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