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Short, sourced answers to real questions about the Catholic faith, organized by topic and by tradition.
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"It Is Finished": Do Purgatory and the Mass Deny Christ's Finished Work?
Christ's work is finished, so why the Mass and purgatory? Hebrews and the early Church show His one sacrifice is made present and applied, not repeated.
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How Do I Become Catholic? A Step-by-Step Guide
How to become Catholic: call your local parish and ask about OCIA. What to expect if you're unbaptized, Protestant, or Orthodox, and why to wait before receiving Communion.
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Is Muhammad Foretold in the Bible?
Is Muhammad foretold in the Bible? A respectful Catholic look at Deuteronomy 18, the Paraclete in John 14-16, Isaiah 42, and Song of Songs 5:16.
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Was the Bible Corrupted?
Was the Bible corrupted? A respectful Catholic answer for Muslims: what the Qur'an says about the Torah and Gospel, and what the manuscripts show.
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Does Daniel 9 Point to the Time of the Messiah?
Does Daniel 9 point to the time of the Messiah? The seventy weeks, Jewish readings of Cyrus and Antiochus, and why Christians see Jesus in it.
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Is Jesus God? The New Testament's Answer
Is Jesus God? A respectful Catholic answer for Muslim readers: Qur'an 4:171 and 5:116 stated fairly, then what the New Testament says.
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What Is an Annulment? Isn't It Just Catholic Divorce?
What is an annulment in the Catholic Church? Why a declaration of nullity is not a Catholic divorce, and what Jesus taught in Matthew 19 and Mark 10.
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Who Is the Suffering Servant in Isaiah 53?
Who is the suffering servant in Isaiah 53? The Jewish reading of Israel, stated at its strongest, and why Christians see Jesus in Isaiah 52:13-53:12.
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Do the Orthodox Allow Divorce and Remarriage? A Catholic Response
Do the Orthodox allow divorce and remarriage? Yes, up to three marriages by oikonomia. A Catholic response from Christ's words, St. Paul, and St. Basil.
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What Happens to the Soul After Death? Soul Sleep vs. Scripture
What happens to the soul after death? Soul sleep vs. Scripture: judgment at death, the resurrection of the body at the end, and the 'sleep' texts.
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What Is the Investigative Judgment, and Is It Biblical?
What is the investigative judgment? The Adventist 1844 sanctuary teaching, stated fairly, and what Hebrews says about Christ's priesthood.
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What Does the Catholic Church Teach About the Jewish People?
What does the Catholic Church teach about the Jewish people? Nostra Aetate, Romans 9-11, and the Catechism on covenant, no collective guilt, and Christ.
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Is the Pope the Antichrist?
Is the pope the Antichrist? A Catholic answer to Daniel 7, 2 Thessalonians 2, and Revelation 13, and how 1 John itself defines the antichrist.
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Why Don't Christians Keep Kosher and the Mosaic Law?
Why don't Christians keep kosher and the Mosaic law? A Catholic answer from Acts 10 and 15, Mark 7, and Romans: the law is holy, and fulfilled in Christ.
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Did the Catholic Church Change the Sabbath to Sunday?
Did the Catholic Church change the Sabbath to Sunday? The record shows Christians met on Sunday from the apostles on, long before Constantine or any pope.
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Why Do Christians Call God "Father"?
Why do Christians call God "Father"? Not because God has a wife or children by birth. A Catholic answer from Scripture: Creator, eternal Father, adoption.
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Do Catholics and Muslims Worship the Same God?
Do Catholics and Muslims worship the same God? What the Church teaches: real common ground on the one Creator, and a serious difference about who He is.
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Does the Trinity Contradict the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4)?
Does the Trinity contradict the Shema in Deuteronomy 6:4? A Catholic answer: Jesus and Paul affirmed it, and Christians confess one God, never three.
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Is the Trinity Three Gods? Answering Qur'an 5:73
Is the Trinity three gods? A respectful Catholic answer to Qur'an 5:73: what the Qur'an rejects, Christians reject too. One God: Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
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Is the New World Translation Accurate?
Is the New World Translation accurate? Colossians 1:16, Romans 10, John 8:58, and the NWT's 237 uses of Jehovah, checked against the Greek and its notes.