Peter Turner

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Faithful Catholic - Father of 3, Husband of 1

Delphi and PHP programmer from Southern Wisconsin.

Fairly proud Herzing, UW Madison and UW Rock County Alum

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May 17	comment	Who decides if a verse is literal and what part is metaphorical Looks good, It's also worth pointing out that the Catholic Church doesn't teach that the Bible is self-interpreting, although I've got a feeling that might be a straw-man argument used against Protestants more often than not.
May 17	comment	Who decides if a verse is literal and what part is metaphorical I've quoted this catechism reference a million times, but the Catholic Church has a concept of the "senses of scripture" which are not mutually exclusive. So a story or verse ought to be taken literally (to the extent that it can) and metaphorically at the same time.
May 14	revised	Why is the Eucharist referred to as «ἀναίμακτον θυσίαν» in consideration of “transubstantiation”? edited tags
May 14	revised	Why isn't the soul (ψυχή) considered to be a “person” (ὑπόστασις)? edited tags
May 14	revised	Is the Virgin Mary ever referred to as “the Holy Table” (ἡ ἁγία ἡ τράπεζα)? edited tags
May 10	revised	From where does the tradition come that Mary rode on a donkey to Bethlehem prior to the birth of Jesus? added quote from protoevangelium, (had to search for ass instead of donkey, figured I'd save folks a step and a mental jump)
May 9	comment	From where does the tradition come that Mary rode on a donkey to Bethlehem prior to the birth of Jesus? yeah, according to reliable sources. The early fathers of American stop motion animation...
May 9	comment	From where does the tradition come that Mary rode on a donkey to Bethlehem prior to the birth of Jesus? And why was he named Nestor, that seems to be the last name a donkey who carried the Mother of God would have. He should have been called Theotokostokos.
May 9	revised	What happened to the two trees in the Garden of Eden? stupid android
May 8	answered	Does swearing on the Bible have any spiritual significance?
May 8	comment	Does swearing on the Bible have any spiritual significance? that's OK, I'm just kidding mainly. I don't think swearing on a Bible is at all sinful. I'd say it's a very good thing to do even in light of the straight reading of the Matthew and James.
May 8	comment	Does swearing on the Bible have any spiritual significance? I see what you're saying there, it's like you've hit upon St. Thomas's first objection in his upcoming quodlibet and this is just objection 1. It needs to be followed up by why your initial assumption is wrong to make a good answer.
May 8	asked	What does St. Augustine mean by predestination?
May 8	answered	What happened to the two trees in the Garden of Eden?
May 7	comment	Can Catholic works of ‘satisfaction’ (prayer, fasting, etc.) for the removal of temporal punishments of venial sin be credited to others still alive? @BenDunlap RE: actual grace, that may be more of a popular piety sort of thing (certainly something a lot of the modern saints who suffered with tuberculosis did). But Paul writes about it too, I'll see what else I can find.
May 7	comment	Can Catholic works of ‘satisfaction’ (prayer, fasting, etc.) for the removal of temporal punishments of venial sin be credited to others still alive? @BenDunlap I think so. That's got a bad theological smell; seems like it would be a violation of another's freewill.
May 7	comment	Can Catholic works of ‘satisfaction’ (prayer, fasting, etc.) for the removal of temporal punishments of venial sin be credited to others still alive? @BenDunlap check out the one on the USCCB website: usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catechism/…
May 6	revised	Can Catholic works of ‘satisfaction’ (prayer, fasting, etc.) for the removal of temporal punishments of venial sin be credited to others still alive? added 558 characters in body
May 6	comment	Can Catholic works of ‘satisfaction’ (prayer, fasting, etc.) for the removal of temporal punishments of venial sin be credited to others still alive? Yeah, that's right, they're working it out another way. What is confusing is whether or not those in Heaven can intercede on behalf of those in purgatory. I don't know the answer to that.
May 6	comment	Can Catholic works of ‘satisfaction’ (prayer, fasting, etc.) for the removal of temporal punishments of venial sin be credited to others still alive? @ChrisB ask the question, I ain't scared.