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How to Explain Purgatory to a Protestant Who Doesn’t Accept Maccabees?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

  • 04:15 - I heard from a bishop that sexual immorality wasn’t considered grave matter until the 17th century. Is there any credence to this?
  • 07:04 - If we believe that the Eucharist is the body of Christ, why do we do it every mass?
  • 11:58 - How can the pope be infallible if humans are fallible?
  • 15:00 - My protestant friend compares images of Jesus with his hand blessing and the image of Baphomet. How do I respond to this?
  • 19:12 - When we die and go to heaven, what’s the point of the second judgment?
  • 28:50 - If mortal sin requires full knowledge and grave matter, why was Adam’s sin considered grave if it sounds more like curiosity?
  • 34:45 - How did the apostles know who Moses and Elijah were during the transfiguration?
  • 40:38 - How do I explain purgatory to a protestant who doesn’t accept Maccabees?
  • 45:56 - Why was Jesus allowed to teach in the synagogue without a formal educational upbringing?
  • 48:04 - Why can’t we accept the eucharist as symbolic if all the other sacraments are symbolic gestures and yet still efficacious?
  • 51:24 - How do you reconcile Isaiah’s prophecy of the woman not having birth pains and Revelation’s prophecy of the woman suffering birth pains?
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