Questions tagged [catholicism]
The Catholic Church and its teachings and views on specific subjects.
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Recommendation of a book about this specific topics?
Can anyone recommend a book that have all the declarations, laws, statements, etc of popes during the times of reformators like Tyndale, Luther, etc.?
Thanks in regards
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Can a Catholic cite a religion as a reason for not doing something even if that thing isn't officially prohibited by the Church?
So my impetus for this question is covid-19 vaccines, but it could be about anything from face masks to filling out the census. If the Catholic Church doesn't officially say something is wrong, is it ...
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According to Catholicism, how many heavens are there?
I read in book of Enoch there are 10 heavens God created. Most Christians believe in 1 heaven and Muslims I think believe in 7 heavens.
The purpose of each of 10 heavens was described in Book of Enoch ...
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Roughly how many churches were built in each century?
Christians build churches - it's what we do. Are there any estimates of how many physical church buildings Christians have built over the centuries, broken down by century?
Suitable proxies:
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Were ALL 1st century Christians called “saints” by saints Paul, Jude, John etc, as they addressed all believers reading their NT writings as ‘saints’
My Q is concerned purely with how the NT seems to address all 1st century Christians as “saints” even while they were living. Of course, it also addresses martyred saints e.g. in Revelation 6:9-11: “...
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Was Jesus a time traveller?
Reading online, there is a significant number of people who believe Jesus was a Christian.
To my mind that would require Jesus to travel to the future and read the new testament. Then go back in time ...
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Is Christ androgynous? [closed]
What are the stances, if any, of the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Church on whether Christ was androgynous?
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Can a communion host be made differently according to Catholicism?
The current host is made of wheat and water and baked. Now during the pandemic we are facing new challenges that requires people receive the Eucharist in the hand which creates a high risk of letting ...
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Location of the tabernacle in Catholic churches?
This is not just a church architecture question but also a theology question. I've noticed that the tabernacle where the consecrated hosts are stored is often located in the center of the older ...
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Does there exist within the Catholic Church a church, cathedral or even an altar dedicated to the Holy Spirit?
Does there exist within the Catholic Church a church, cathedral or even an altar dedicated to the Holy Spirit?
With the recent events occurring in Turkey about Hagia Sophia I was wondering if there is ...
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What is the Catholic practice to find God's will for lay Catholics?
In the evangelical circles, finding God's will for one's life is a very common topic, with a "recipe" that looks like this Christianity.com article: How Do We Know God’s Will for Our Lives?. ...
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Was Judas misinformed of the real purpose behind the planned arrest of Jesus?
We see in Exodus 21:32:
"If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall pay to the slave-owner thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.""
Now, thirty pieces of ...
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What would a person need to be able to do to be a saint while he was yet alive?
Normally, sainthood isn't formally considered for an individual until 5 years after the death of a person. If one was determined enough, how could they go about achieving becoming saints and perhaps ...
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How to reconcile the Council of Trent and the Apostle John regarding the post-baptismal presence of sin?
I am struggling to reconcile a very strong statement from the Council of Trent pronouncing anathema with a very strong statement from the Apostle John pronouncing deception and lie. Both statements ...
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Just what does Infant Baptism accomplish as regards Original Sin?
The answer to this question indicates that the human soul is created by God, and without any lack of saving grace, at the precise instant that the soul is infused into the newly propagated human body.
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Why does the narrative of Last Judgement appear only in the Gospel according to Matthew?
We see the narrative of Last Judgement in Chapter 25 , Verses 31-46 of the Gospel accordingly to Matthew. One wonders why the Last Judgement which is one of the key aspects of Christian faith, does ...
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According to Catholicism, what Old Testament text is referred to in John 19: 36?
We see at John 19: 31-36, how the early death of Jesus on the Cross staved off the prospects of his legs being broken to fasten death :
".... Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies ...
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According to Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy are there any doctrinal barriers to Christians sharing places of worship with non-Christians?
Hagia Sophia was originally the seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople, then the chief mosque of the Ottoman Empire, then a museum. A few days ago, it reverted to being a mosque once more. Numerous ...
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According to Roman Catholicism, at what point does original sin affect the human soul?
CCC 366 teaches that every soul is immediately created by God and not produced by the parents.
The Church teaches that every spiritual soul is created immediately by God - it is not "produced&...
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What is the Catholic exegetical warrant behind the 2 interpretations of “perfect” in Matt 5:48 and Matt 19:21?
In Matthew there are 2 instances where Jesus said "to be perfect" (both rendering the Greek word τέλειοι).
Matt 5:48: Sermon on the Mount about loving our enemies, directed to the whole ...
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How to reconcile the original creation of every soul (Creationism) by God with original sin?
The Catholic Church teaches that (CCC 366),
every spiritual soul is created immediately by God — it is not 'produced' by the parents.
So, if every soul is uniquely created by God and is not produced ...
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How voluntary is original sin in Adam's descendants?
In this article, in the § "How Voluntary," the Catholic Encyclopedia goes into detail to show that Original Sin is somehow voluntary.
But I don't understand the reasoning. Can someone more ...
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Does the Catholic Church teach that the early death of Jesus on the Cross, had been ordained by God the Father?
We see the narrative of Jesus' death on the Cross as given by John at 19: 31-33:
Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the sabbath, especially ...
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Are all non-Catholic Christians regarded as heretics? [duplicate]
Some church reformers were accused of heresy during the reformation, so I was wondering if the Protestant reformers are still regarded as heretics today by the Catholic Church?
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How does the Catholic Church explain the addition of the word “died” in the Nicene Creed
The Nicene Creed professed during the Sunday mass contain these words :
For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate. He suffered, died, and was buried.
Over the centuries, the Nicene Creed ...
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Why can't we boil down the three fonts of Catholic ethics to two?
According to Catholic ethics, the three fonts of morality are intention, moral object and circumstance (reference). But why can't we explain the morality only using the intention and the moral object?
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Particular judgment, general judgment, God's foreknowledge and free will
My understanding of the relationship between particular judgement and general judgment is:
On particular judgement at the time of the death of the body, all our actions, thoughts and deeds will be ...
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Does transubstantiation teach that the Son regularly returns physically?
Is Catholicism's accidents and species/transubstantiation teaching that the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, returned or regularly returns physically, with a second, mute, nonhuman, physical ...
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Master of Ceremonies wears purple at High Masses according to the Extraordinary Form of the Mass?
Master of Ceremonies wears purple at High Masses according to the Extraordinary Form of the Mass?
I can recall reading in some liturgical book that the Master of Ceremonies (MC) had the privilege of ...
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What is the eugenic “indication” in Casti Connubii?
In Pope Pius XI's encyclical Casti Connubii, we read:
What is asserted in favor of the social and eugenic "indication" may and must be accepted, provided lawful and upright methods are ...
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What is the Catholic Church's take on copies of Bible printed with errors?
While using Goggle, one comes across a write-up on a certain print of the Bible , which contained some glaring errors. The copy of the Bible now referred to as `The Wicked Bible, has only 10 copies ...
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According to Catholicism, how can Catholics be faithful to an abusive spouse?
In old age due to dementia a person can become irritable and abusive, wholly unlike their prior self.
As a married person will have taken vows to be faithful; what guidance is there to a spouse in the ...
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What is the “remedy of concupiscence”?
The "quieting of concupiscence" (remedium concupiscentiae) is one of the secondary ends of the sacrament of matrimony (cf. Casti Connubii §59), but what exactly is it? How does it "...
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According a Catholic interpretation of the natural law, do individuals posses a right to privacy?
This question is mainly about the idea of contact tracing, but in a broader sense, in the Natural Law, as interpreted by the Catholic Church, her doctors, popes, noted philosophers, well-meaning dons, ...
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Why did the Bishop of Rome accept (and retains until today) the title “Pontifex Maximus” and how were the rights & duties transferred / transformed?
According to the annual yearbook of the Catholic Church, the Bishop of Rome holds many other titles:
Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal ...
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Does the Catholic Church have an official definition of Easter/Paschal Season?
One of the precepts of the Catholic Church says :"You shall humbly receive your Creator in Holy Communion at least during the Easter season." At some places, the words Paschal Season replace the ...
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Is the pope the head of the Church for Catholics?
Who is the head of the Church for Catholics? Is it the Pope?
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Are things commonly blessed by priests at certain times of the year appropriate to bring to a priest for a special blessing?
Is it appropriate to ask priests to bless things like oil, salt and water that you bring to them for a blessing? I was reading this answer and was wondering if it made sense for a layperson to bring ...
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A priest I requested kindly to bless salt and oil did not use the prescribed prayer but used his own, is the blessing valid?
A priest I requested kindly to bless salt and oil did not use the prescribed prayer but used his own, is the blessing valid? The prayer for exorcising the salt and blessing the oil was available, the ...
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How does the Catholic doctrine of free will reconcile with peccability?
In the Penitential Act at Mass, all present confess that they have sinned and ask for God's forgiveness. The implication seems to be that everyone present has sinned since the last time they made such ...
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Where can we find the official records of canonizations?
Famous Catholic saints are often surrounded by various popular beliefs. Or sometime there is little that is actually known about the life of a saint (e.g. we don't seem to know that much about Thomas ...
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Does the Catholic Church have a written rule on the depth of a grave in a cemetery?
There is an old saying which goes like this : "A dead man is the landlord of six feet ! " It most probably owes its origin to the custom of burying the dead under six feet of land. I am curious to ...
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According to Catholic doctrine, if a rich man does not share his wealth with the poor, is he being injust?
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church,
1807 Justice is the moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor... Justice toward men disposes ...
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Does the Catholic Church prohibit marriage between a woman and her God-father?
Each child born in a Catholic family, receives the Sacrament of Baptism at an early age, and is escorted by its Godparents at the time of its baptism. Traditionally, a godparent must normally be an ...
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Which wisdom books are advice of a father to his son?
Which of the following wisdom books,
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom
Ecclesiasticus (Sirach),
are advice addressed by a father to his son?
Yes, Job, the Psalms, and Solomon's Canticle of Canticles (...
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Is it possible for a married Catholic to be invincibly ignorant that adultery is gravely wrong?
Is it possible for a married Catholic to be invincibly ignorant that adultery is gravely wrong? I am interested in an answer from the Catholic viewpoint.
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Do Catholics view other religion as a sin?
I'm interested to make this question after reading Do Catholics view atheism as a sin?, where the answer is :
Yes. Catholicism states quite clearly that atheism is a sin. Disbelieving
God means ...
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What does the Catholic Church teach on claiming as our “right / inheritance” the Abrahamic blessings before we die?
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My friend is influenced by what I think is a prosperity-gospel leaning church, although I don't see heretical excesses like "positive confession", "name-it claim-it", ...
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Does the Roman Catholic Church have a daily Bible reading?
I know that the Roman Catholic Church has the same Gospel reading on the Lord's Day. But does it having a daily reading as well? Where can I go to find it?
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How does Catholic Church differentiate between the presence of Jesus and that of the Holy Spirit on the earth?
We see Jesus telling His disciples at John 14:15-16 (NRSVCE):
If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you ...
