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Catholic Sources Which Point to the Three Visitors to Abraham in Gen. 18 as The Holy Trinity?
Most of the commentary that I have read regarding the identities of the Three Visitors to Abraham in Genesis 18 have all agreed that God (without specifying which Person) was one of them. Many seem to ...
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Is St Paul referring to physical appearance of man and woman when he speaks of creation in God's image in 1 Cor 11: 7?
St Paul, while referring to the need for a women to cover her head during worship says in 1 Cor 11:7 (NSRVCE):
For a man ought not to have his head veiled, since he is the image and reflection of ...
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According to Catholic scholars, does Gen. 1:27b ("male and female he created them") follow from Gen. 1:27a ("God created man to his own image")?
Gen. 1:27 (NRSV-CE) says:
So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
See that the author of Genesis puts two accounts: one, on the ...
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Adam prophesied Christ & Church marriage?
Robert Grosseteste argues that Adam prophesied the mystical marriage of Christ with the Chirch in Genesis 2:24 and Ephesians 5:32 (Hunter, If Adam Had Not Sinned 2020, pp. 93-4):
Adam prophesied, ...
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What are the implications of Gen 1:26 which speaks of God having already thought of the name “humankind” before He created man?
We hear God the Creator saying in Gen 1:26( NRSVCE)
Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness;....
Interestingly, all other things God created would be named only after they had ...
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What is the Catholic Church's view on the appointment of theologians by NASA to study the impact of belief in ETs, in the context of Gen 6:1-3?
Of late, there has been a news on the appointment of theologians by NASA to study the impact of belief in the existence of alien life, on human beings , at http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/heavens-...
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According to Catholicism, was Adam with Eve when the serpent tempted her?
Genesis 3 says that the serpent addressed the woman:
Gen. 3:1 "the serpent […] said to the woman"
Gen. 3:4 "the serpent said to the woman"
Gen. 3:6 is that chapter's first ...
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Why does Genesis not specifically mention the creation of water?
We read of the first day of Creation in Gen 1:1-4:
"In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a ...
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What is the Biblical basis for Mary being the Tree of Life?
The following is taken from True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort:
If Mary, the Tree of Life, is well cultivated in our soul by fidelity to this devotion, she will in due time bring forth ...
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Protoevangelium (Genesis 3:15) translational differences
When reading on Biblical Prophecies, a big one is Genesis 3:15. The Douay-Rheims translation says
"I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy ...
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According to Catholicism and Revelation are we going to be able to eat meat in Heaven or the Garden of Eden?
Will be able to eat meat or will we be like Adam and Eve eating a non-meat based diet in heaven or the Garden of Eden?
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How does Catholic Church explain the phrase " Ïn the beginning " in Genesis and Gospel of John?
We read at Genesis 1:1:
"In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth.. "
We also read at John 1:1:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
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Did Lot's daughters rape Lot?
I read this horrifying article that sounds like victim blaming. I think this is like how rape victims are told they got raped because of they way they dressed, of where or when they went or, like Lot, ...
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According to the Catholic Church, who was God talking to, at Babel?
At Genesis 11: 5-7 we read:
" The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built. And the Lord said, “Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is ...
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What is the envy of Satan to Adam & Eve that resulted in the entry of death in the Garden of Eden?
Wisdom 2:23-25 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)
23 For God created man incorruptible, and to the image of his own likeness he made him.
24 But by the envy of the devil, death came into the ...
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Does the word "touch" in Genesis 3:3 orginate from Eve or Satan?
The Serpent's Deception
The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, but of the fruitof the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of ...
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What particular action that is in excess to God's Permissive Will did Satan commit in the Garden of Eden?
Reading God's judgement on Adam & Eve and Satan would allow us to see and understand that Satan had done something in excess that merited not just a punishment but a "curse".
We can see ...
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Did God commit injustice by punishing the serpent if the action of the serpent is based on God's providence? (Roman Catholic perspective)
In Genesis 3:14 "The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you ...
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What is according to the RCC the creation story in Genesis? [duplicate]
Is the creation of Adam and eve a real event in history or is this just a story which actually never really happened and can it according to RCC also be seen as a methaphore? Or is it 'just' a ...
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Why do human beings have enmity towards snakes? (Catholic perspective)
Following is an excerpt from an article appearing in LiveScience:
Fear of snakes is one of the most common phobias, yet many people have never seen a snake in person. New research suggests humans ...
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According to Catholicism, why was Adam alone given the charge of naming the animals and birds?
Genesis 2:18–20 (NRSVCE) says:
"Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” So out of the ground the Lord God formed every ...
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What does the term ' a wind from God' as used at Genesis 1:2 (NRSVCE) imply?
Genesis 1:2 (NRSVCE) reads :
the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
The same verse in New King James ...
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Were humans created before the animals? (Catholic perspective)
In Genesis 2:18-19, it is mentioned that God created man first and then the animals so the man can't be alone and he can name them.
The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I ...
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Do Catholics have to accept the early chapters of Genesis as literal historical truth? [duplicate]
Do Catholics have to accept the early chapters of Genesis as literal historical truth? or can they read them as historical mythology? (Mythology which is based on history, with characters who were ...
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According to Catholicism, were animals created in the image of anything?
Humans are made in the image of God, but what about the animals?
What are the animals in the image of?
Is there any Roman Catholic doctrine on such a question?
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Is there any basis in Catholic theology or in the writings of major Catholic theologians for the belief that snakes used to have legs?
Catholicism has pretty much stated that the Genesis creation account is allegorical. The serpent talking to Eve was not an actual event, but a story.
Yet I see and hear often from Christians the ...
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Why was the first man called Adam?
I have started reading the Bible and I have found that in Genesis 2.19 the first man is already called Adam without any previous reference to this name.
But when it comes to Eve there is a clear ...
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Was Adam anatomically God's image, as Michelangelo's painting seems to indicate? [closed]
Under the patronage of Pope Julius circa 1512, Michelangelo painted The Creation of Adam, seen below, in the Sistine Chapel. The painting shows both God and Adam as adult men with navels, and the ...
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What is the very least a Catholic needs to believe about Genesis 2 and 3?
There have been a couple skeptical questions asked here recently based off of what some people think are either false premises or assumptions or something. But I am still confused as to what the ...
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Why wasn't Noah's wife name revealed? [closed]
How do Catholic theologians explain that there is no name for Noah's wife? She is mentioned multiple times in the book of Genesis and she kept everything in order in the ark for 12 months, so I think ...
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Were Adam and Eve meant to live forever; had they not disobeyed God? [closed]
In the book of Genesis we are led to believe that as God created man he was immortal.
Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that ...
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Is the Genesis creation account consistent with the Big Bang theory according to Catholic theology?
I'm doing some research and am trying to determine whether the creation story of Genesis, chapter 1 (7 days-let there be light) is consistent with the Big Bang Theory. I am finding sources that ...
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What does the Church say about the statements that the Pope Benedict XVI made in the book "God and the World"?
In response to my earlier question, apocalypse_info_click_here answered:
While that article in particular is a hoax... Each point in particular
has been made and is old news.
Benedict ...
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If Genesis is not to be taken literally by the Roman Catholics, what is the basis of the original sin?
According to this answer, Genesis is not to be taken literally by the Roman Catholic church due to the scientific evidence contradicting it. In this view, what is the basis of the original sin?
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Where do Catholics believe the historical narrative of the Bible begins?
I heard on the Relevant Radio recently that the Genesis account of the deluge is prehistorical. Meaning, it wasn't really recorded in histories the way other more specific accounts of historical ...
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