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Short, sourced answers to real questions about the Catholic faith, organized by topic and by tradition.
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Is the LDS Priesthood Authority Biblical?
Is the LDS priesthood authority biblical? The Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthoods in Latter-day Saint teaching, tested against Hebrews and the apostles.
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Can Men Become Gods? A Catholic Response to Exaltation
Can men become gods? What Latter-day Saints teach about exaltation, and what the Bible and Church Fathers mean by sharing in the divine nature.
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Do Mormons Believe in the Trinity?
Do Mormons believe in the Trinity? What Latter-day Saints teach about the Godhead in their own words, and why Scripture shows one God in three persons.
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Is the Catholic Church Against Reading the Bible?
Is the Catholic Church against reading the Bible? No. It urges all the faithful to read Scripture often. The history, the Bible, and objections answered.
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Why Do Catholics Make the Sign of the Cross?
Why do Catholics make the Sign of the Cross? It confesses the Trinity and the cross in one gesture. Biblical roots, early history, objections answered.
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Why Can't Catholics Eat Meat on Fridays?
Why can't Catholics eat meat on Fridays? Every Friday honors the day Jesus died. What Lent, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday require, from Scripture.
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Why Did the Protestant Reformation Happen?
Why did the Protestant Reformation happen? Real abuses, real doctrinal disputes, and politics: a fair Catholic account, and how Trent responded.
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Is Mary the Ark of the New Covenant?
Is Mary the Ark of the New Covenant? What the ark held, how Luke and Revelation echo it, what the Fathers said, and fair answers to Protestant objections.
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What Caused the Great Schism of 1054?
What caused the Great Schism of 1054? The long drift between East and West, the events of July 1054, what came after, and what still divides us.
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What Is Transubstantiation, and Is It Biblical?
What is transubstantiation, and is it biblical? What the Church means by substance and appearances, the Bible's case, and Reformed and Lutheran objections.
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What Did the Early Church Fathers Believe About the Eucharist?
What did the early Church Fathers believe about the Eucharist? From the Didache to Augustine, they called it Christ's flesh and blood. Sources quoted.
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Where Does the Name "Catholic Church" Come From?
Where does the name Catholic Church come from? The meaning of "catholic," its first use by Ignatius of Antioch, and why the early Church kept the name.
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The Filioque: Does the Spirit Proceed from the Father and the Son?
Does the Holy Spirit proceed from the Father and the Son? The filioque explained: Scripture, the Fathers, the Orthodox objection, and the Catholic answer.
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Why Do Catholics Keep Relics of Saints? The Bible Answer
Why do Catholics keep relics of saints? Elisha's bones, Paul's handkerchiefs and the early martyrs show why relics are biblical, not superstition.
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Did Martin Luther Want to Remove Books from the Bible?
Did Martin Luther want to remove books from the Bible? What his own prefaces say about James, Hebrews, Jude, Revelation, and the deuterocanonical books.
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What Does "Saved by Grace Through Faith" (Ephesians 2:8-9) Mean for Catholics?
What does Ephesians 2:8-9, saved by grace through faith, mean for Catholics? Catholics affirm every word. A verse-by-verse reading in context.
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What Did the First Christians Believe? Ignatius of Antioch's Letters
What did the first Christians believe? Ignatius of Antioch's letters (c. AD 107-110) on Christ's divinity, the Eucharist, bishops, and the Catholic Church.
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Why Can't Protestants Receive Communion at Mass?
Why can't Protestants receive Communion at Mass? Because Communion is a public sign of one faith and one Church. The Bible, the Catechism, and the Fathers.
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How Did Christians Know the Truth Before the New Testament Was Written?
How did Christians know the truth before the New Testament was written? Apostolic preaching, the Old Testament, and the Church, from Scripture itself.
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Is the "Rock" in Matthew 16 Peter or His Faith?
Is the rock in Matthew 16:18 Peter or his faith? The Aramaic, the Greek, the context, and the Church Fathers point to Peter, rock because of his faith.