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Open Forum

Jimmy Akin •

Questions Covered:

  • 04:19 - Why did God make the devil? 
  • 06:03 - Canon 29 forbids on the Sabbath and Judaizing at the Council of Laodicea. What does that mean? Why? 
  • 11:06 - How did Hildegard become doctor of the Church? 
  • 13:05 - Is the Septuagint older than the Maccabees? 
  • 16:50 - Why didn’t the Pharisees believe Jesus after he did all his miraculous signs and why did they hate him? 
  • 20:14 - Is there a non-literal way to interpret the story of Abraham sacrificing Isaac in Genesis 22? 
  • 30:09 - I have a new Jehovah’s Witness friend. He says the soul dies with the body. How can I respond to this? 
  • 35:00 - Why did we go from the word “cup” to “chalice” in the liturgy? 
  • 37:43 - What does Jesus mean when he says, “Give to God what is God’s, and give to Caesar what is Caesar’s”? 
  • 42:55 - We know that Mary is the only human to have ever lived without sin, but do we have any evidence of St. Joseph sinning? Could he have been sinless as well? 
  • 46:00 - I have heard a lot of complaints that the Church is just oppressive and doesn’t allow individual freedom. How can I respond to that? 
  • 50:54 - What is God really saying in Revelation 18:4-5? 

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