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What is the biblical basis for seeing Saint Peter at the gates of heaven?
This view is based primarily on Matthew 16:18–19, in which Jesus says:
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 ...
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What is the biblical basis for seeing Saint Peter at the gates of heaven?
The idea of Peter at the gates of heaven with the keys has a long history that is sourced to the bible. Of course, as things go, sourcing alone and understanding the source may be two different ...
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How is God's judgement of man fair when he judges them without considering their deeds?
Comparing the representative democracy of America with the kingdom of God is an unparalleled category error. The entire reason American jurisprudence holds a person innocent until proven guilty is ...
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According to Catholicism, how should Christians react when an unbeliever dies?
According the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Since Christ died for all, and since all men are in fact called to one
and the same destiny, which is divine, we must hold that the Holy
Spirit ...
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Why such importance given to the hour of death?
TL;DR Important due to both Particular Judgment and Purgatory
The form of the question.
Aren't we supposed to be judged by our whole life and not just what happens at the hour of our death? Should ...
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According to the Catholic Church, does Jesus condemn those who don't believe?
People are not condemned, judged, or punished because they do not have faith in Jesus. They are condemned because of the evil acts they have committed during their life on Earth. They are saved from ...
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Acts 17:30 What does "overlooked" mean?
When we put several passages together to get a fuller picture, we can see in what sense "overlook" is being used. Consider the following two verses, which are similar in scope (from the NET ...
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According to LDS, if the Fall was a positive thing why would God condemn sin in the flesh?
Before getting to LDS doctrine about Adam and Eve it is essential to know of some other teachings prior to the Adam and Eve Genesis account.
One is that man (including Adam and his wife) had a pre-...
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Who coined the phrase "Bema Seat"?
Bimah or bema is not only a word in the Greek language. This is a phrase that was likely borrowed from Hebrew. בּימה Bema is a platform in Hebrew and is where the Word of G-d, the Torah, is read ...
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Why can the Catholic Church declare one person a saint but has never declared another damned?
The Popes as successors of St. Peter hold the keys to bind and loosen things on earth as well as in heaven (Matthew 16:19 and 18:18). The Popes have not even pronounced on the question as to the ...
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How is God's judgement of man fair when he judges them without considering their deeds?
I write from a reformed, Calvinist point of view which includes three things:
I believe in the complete sovereignty of God in all things, he does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth (Isaiah 46:...
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How can Christians know if they are truly saved and that Jesus won't tell them "..Depart from me, I never knew you," on judgement day?
Your many questions touch on an area of Christian thought over which sincere and well-informed Christians have long debated: the assurance of salvation. Some denominations believe that such assurance ...
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Why such importance given to the hour of death?
The short answer you're looking for is martyrdom. The reason that the Church waives the requirement for a miracle for beatification.
It should be noted that in cases of martyrdom the miracle ...
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What is the Biblical basis for saying that we won't have a second chance to be saved after we die?
Adding to David Stratton's very good answer, consider also that there is no instance recorded in the Scriptures of a person being saved after death. Ananias and Sapphira would be good candidates for ...
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According to Catholicism, does the last judgement include a last chance to reconcile?
Per current teaching in the Catechism, each person earns a particular judgment:
CCC 1022 Each man receives his eternal retribution in his immortal soul at the very moment of his death, in a ...
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What is the Biblical basis for saying that we won't have a second chance to be saved after we die?
The biblical basis for saying that we won't have a second chance to be saved after we die is that the righteously default condition of every person before God is condemnation for having rejected the ...
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Christian apologetics regarding the killing of innocent children during the Genesis flood
There is another way to look at this question: There is nothing different about the death of people who died in the flood and people who have died throughout history in the millenia since.
The ...
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How can Christians know if they are truly saved and that Jesus won't tell them "..Depart from me, I never knew you," on judgement day?
When Jesus says that he will declare to certain people "Depart from me, I never knew you" this is lack of intimate relational knowledge and not informational knowledge. These people were ...
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Will unbelievers continue to be unbelievers at the end of the age?
As the author of the answer being quoted, I suppose it's only fair that I expand.
(Disclaimers: I am not a universalist. I am a fence-sitter on annihilationism.)
There's a difference between what ...
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Supposing Jesus will judge the living and the dead, is this judgment an omniscient one?
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: [John 5:22 KJV]
If God the Father has committed all judgment unto the Son, then, yes, this is an omniscient judgment. Why ...
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Supposing Jesus will judge the living and the dead, is this judgment an omniscient one?
Verification of the omniscience of the one who is to judge the living and the dead was given by God resurrecting him from the dead in a unique way - not like others who had been resurrected, only to ...
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Supposing Jesus will judge the living and the dead, is this judgment an omniscient one?
Short answer: Yes. The judgement of Jesus is an omniscient one. There is no difference between being judged by Almighty God and being judged by Jesus Christ.
Longer answer:
And the kings of the ...
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What is the Biblical basis for saying that we won't have a second chance to be saved after we die?
What is the Biblical basis for saying that we won't have a second chance to be saved after we die?
There is no explicit basis for this in the Bible.
On the other hand, there is nothing in the Bible ...
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Why can the Catholic Church declare one person a saint but has never declared another damned?
But wait, is it not that Atheists and Agnostics are going to hell? Why not declare them, once dead, officially members of Hell?
(a self-made rethoric question just to bring up two more reasons)
No, ...
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What are the different views on the nature of 'hellfire'?
There are many perspectives in relation to Hell, but all of them relate to the fundamental question: What do you do with those who won't follow the rules?
A. My View
Revelation 22:12-17 (KJV)
And,...
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Are there any Christian sects that say salvation is based, in whole or in part, on your response to Jesus on Judgment Day?
The various "New Church" denominations that follow the Christian teachings and Bible interpretations written by Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) have a view of salvation that is partially, ...
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According to the Catholic Church, does Jesus condemn those who don't believe?
I think if you observe your quotes closely, your answer is revealed within them. Notice in the John passage Jesus states, for I did not come to condemn the world. When was it that he had said this, it ...
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According to the Catholic Church, does Jesus condemn those who don't believe?
The Haydock Commentary on that verse says:
Ver. 47. I do not judge him. To judge here, may signify to condemn. St. Augustine expounds it in this manner: I do not judge him at this my first coming. ...
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According to Evangelicals, will the saved ever experience the magnitude of suffering associated with their sins?
I am an evangelical, but am not entirely sure if my belief is the official stance of the church.
Concerning your first question, I believe that when we see God, we will know the magnitude of our ...
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Why such importance given to the hour of death?
The Catholic Church will let you get as complicated as you want, but the Catholic Catechism has a beautiful, elegant answer about salvation based on Romans 6:8-11.
Part 3, Section 1, Chap 3, Art 2: ...
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