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Q11 – What is the church's stance on tattooed wedding rings? (Question paraphrased) Read Answer...
Q10 - This question arose in Monday morning's Great Adventure class. The question is: What is the difference between personal judgment and final judgment. More to the point, could you please explain the final judgment and these related questions? Who will be judged? Will those who have already been judged be subject to this judgment again? Will those already in heaven also be judged again and why? OR will only those remaining on earth be judged?
Also, I have heard it said that at the end of time our bodies will be reunited with our souls. What exactly does this mean, and how do we believe it will happen? Read Answer...
Q9 - Piggybacking onto answer A8, a friend of mine, an erstwhile Roman Catholic that joined one of the Church's of the Reformation, told me that the primary reason that the RC keeps its priests bound down in the discipline of celibacy is because the RC is really a skinflint Church that doesn't want to support priests and nuns families, and that is why there is a paucity of priests and nuns. True? Read Answer...
Q8 – Why do some Roman Catholics feel they must spiritually abuse and browbeat those other Roman Catholics that do not swallow the magisterium hook, line and sinker, especially in areas where the "official Church teaching" does not comport with the "sacred scripture": i.e., priests being allowed to marry? Read Answer...
Q7 - I understand that St. George is a "Consecrated" Church (building). What about Sacred Heart?
What exactly is a consecrated Church? Why are some churches consecrated and others not? What requirements must be met in order for a church to be consecrated? Why are not all churches consecrated? Are certain rights/privleges accorded to consecrated churches that are not available to churhes that are not consecrated. One of the little nagging questions I have had since I was a young altar boy - many, many years ago. Read Answer...
Q6 – The church states that, "Jesus Christ suffered and died for our sins so that we may enjoy the everlasting happiness of heaven". Other than the grace derived from the Sacrament of Penance, why do we need confession? Read Answer...
Q5 – Statement #3 of the Baltimore Catechism states, "God is a Supreme Being who made all things". That being said, where does sin come from?5 – Statement #3 of the Baltimore Catechism states, "God is a Supreme Being who made all things". That being said, where does sin come from? Read Answer...
Q4 - My mother was Catholic. I am not. She was married 4 times and divorced 3 times. She died during her last marriage. She was told, on her deathbed by her priest, that because of her marriages and divorces after the first man, that she was going to hell. I cannot find doctrine in the Catechism the supports what the priest told my mother. I do know, however, that she died a terrified woman. It was crushing, but I need to know the answer. Why would he tell her something like that, if it weren't true?
Q3 – Is a person who has gone through a divorce in his or her life able to rejoin the church as an active member? Read Answer...
Q2 - Jesus told the thief on the cross, "Today you will be with Me in Paradise." However, in the Creed we say that Jesus descended into Hell after His death and rose on the third day. Can you please explain the contradiction? Did Jesus go to Heaven with the thief and then descend to Hell after that? Read Answer...
Q1 – What is the Biblical basis of Purgatory? Read Answer...
