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Short, sourced answers to real questions about the Catholic faith, organized by topic and by tradition.
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What Is Oneness Pentecostalism?
What is Oneness Pentecostalism? Its history and beliefs on God, Jesus' name baptism, and tongues, stated fairly, with a Catholic response from Scripture.
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Do We Have an Immortal Soul?
Do we have an immortal soul? Jesus, Paul, and Revelation show the soul survives death. A Catholic answer to the Jehovah's Witness view of the soul.
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Is Speaking in Tongues Necessary for Salvation?
Is speaking in tongues necessary for salvation? A Catholic answer to the Oneness Pentecostal view from Acts and 1 Corinthians 12-14: a gift, not a test.
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Did Jesus Return Invisibly in 1914?
Did Jesus return invisibly in 1914? The Jehovah's Witness case from Daniel 4 and parousia, stated fairly, and what Scripture says about Christ's return.
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Did Jesus Die on a Cross or a Torture Stake?
Did Jesus die on a cross or a torture stake? Scripture, the Greek word stauros, Roman practice, and the earliest Christians answer the Witness claim.
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What Did the Early Church Say About Modalism?
What did the early Church say about modalism? How Christians answered Noetus, Praxeas, and Sabellius from Scripture and the faith handed down in baptism.
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Is the Trinity Three Gods? Answering Modalism
Is the Trinity three gods? No. A Catholic answer to modalism and the Oneness Pentecostal objection: one God, three really distinct persons, from Scripture.
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Should Christians Celebrate Christmas and Birthdays?
Should Christians celebrate Christmas and birthdays? The Jehovah's Witness view stated fairly, the Bible's answer, and the real history of December 25.
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Has the Bible Been Translated Incorrectly? Answering the 8th Article of Faith
Has the Bible been translated incorrectly? A fair look at the 8th Article of Faith, the manuscript evidence, and why Catholics trust Scripture.
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Do Mormons and Catholics Believe in the Same Jesus?
Do Mormons and Catholics believe in the same Jesus? The real common ground, the key difference on who Christ is, and what Scripture says.
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What Did the Council of Chalcedon Teach About Christ's Two Natures?
What did the Council of Chalcedon teach about Christ's two natures? One Person, truly God and truly man, without confusion or division.
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Was the Pope's Primacy Recognized in the First Millennium?
Was the pope's primacy recognized in the first millennium? What Catholics and Orthodox agree on, what councils and Fathers show, and what is disputed.
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Is the Book of Mormon Historically Reliable?
Is the Book of Mormon historically reliable? What Latter-day Saints claim, the evidence on geography, DNA, horses and the KJV, and a Catholic answer.
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Baptism for the Dead: What Does 1 Corinthians 15:29 Mean?
Baptism for the dead: what does 1 Corinthians 15:29 mean? What Latter-day Saints teach, what Paul actually says, and how Catholics answer.
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Is the Orthodox Church the True Church? A Catholic Response
Is the Orthodox Church the true Church? A Catholic response: what we share, the Orthodox claim, and why Christ's Church subsists in the Catholic Church.
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Do the Orthodox Believe in Purgatory?
Do the Orthodox believe in purgatory? They reject the name and some Latin explanations, yet pray for the dead at every Liturgy. Where East and West meet.
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Catholic vs. Coptic Orthodox: What Still Divides Us?
Catholic vs. Coptic Orthodox: what we share, what still divides us (councils, the papacy, rebaptism, doctrine), and why we can't yet share Communion.
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Are Eastern Catholic Churches Really Catholic?
Are Eastern Catholic Churches really Catholic? Yes: 23 Churches in full communion with the pope, with their own liturgies, laws, and married priests.
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Can Catholics Receive Communion in an Orthodox Church?
Can Catholics receive Communion in an Orthodox church? Normally, no. The narrow canon 844 exception, the Orthodox discipline, and what to do instead.
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Is Miaphysitism Heresy? Catholic and Coptic Agreement on Christ
Is miaphysitism heresy? What the Coptic Church means by one nature of Christ, why it is not Eutyches' error, and the 1973 Catholic-Coptic agreement.