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audio • Catholic Answers Live

Open Forum

Jimmy Akin • 2/16/2021

Questions Covered:

06:29 - How do you respond to a Protestant who believes in soul sleep? When I present the story of Lazarus and the rich man, they say it’s purely symbolic.
16:50 - My uncle is divorced and remarried. Could this be valid? How should I behave toward his family?
22:40 - In what order did the Annunciation, Visitation, and Joseph’s dream happen? Did Joseph accompany Mary to Elizabeth’s home?
28:36 - How can we best understand the mark of the beast?
33:18 - Can a baby be baptized still in the womb in an emergency?
36:15 - I have heard people mention a break in the Trinity. What is that? It is evidenced by Jesus saying God has abandoned him on the cross.
43:45 - If Mary did not know that she was immaculately conceived, then what did she mean by calling God her savior in Luke 1:47?
50:22 - I am a new convert and I don’t understand what a plenary indulgence is. Can you explain it to me?

Resources Mentioned:

Ep. 138 – JAMW
A Primer on Indulgences by Jimmy Akin
Myths on Indulgences by Jimmy Akin
Pope Paul 6th Indulgentiarum Doctrina
The Drama of Salvation

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