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Why Do Our Protestant Friends Have Smaller Bibles?
We recently sat down with Catholic Answers Senior Apologist Jimmy Akin, to talk about why the Bible is a Catholic book.
Q. Our Protestant friends often speak of “the word of God” as if it was limited to just the Bible. Is that true?
Jimmy: No. The Bible speaks of the “word of God” as being several different things. It certainly includes the Bible, but it also includes the word of God communicated to people orally—in the form of Tradition, as when the apostles preached the word to
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Sep 17th 2019
A Whirlwind Tour Through the Old Testament
Scholars frequently discuss a concept known as the canon of Scripture.This is based on the Greek word kanôn, which means a rule or measuring rod. It came to mean an authoritative standard, and so the canon of Scripture is the collection of writings that are divinely authoritative.The Pentateuch was the first authoritative collection of books. These books tell how the people of Israel came to be, as well as God’s law for Israel, so they became the core books of Scripture for his people, and thus
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Sep 4th 2019
In The Beginning Was The Word
How the world began is a question people everywhere ask. It’s a human universal.Pagan cultures thought the world was made by their gods and goddesses. Some myths claimed that the gods reproduced sexually to make the elements of the world. Others held that there was a fierce battle among the gods, and the world was formed from the corpses of the losers. Mankind was then created as a slave race to relieve the gods of drudgery.The book of Genesis set the record straight: The world was not produced
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Aug 9th 2019
The Bible, the Word of God, and You
The Bible can be intimidating.It’s a big, thick book—much longer than most books people read. It’s also ancient. The most recent part of it was penned almost 2,000 years ago. That means it’s not written in a modern style. It can seem strange and unfamiliar to a contemporary person. Even more intimidating is that it shows us our sins and makes demands on our lives.No wonder some people hesitate to take the plunge and start reading the Bible!But each of the things that can make it intimidating is
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Aug 2nd 2019
Setting The Record Straight - What Was Hitler’s Religion?
What Was Hitler’s Religion?Adolf Hitler was one of the most evil figures of the 20th century. His ideology of war and racism led to millions of deaths.What was it that drove him to adopt the abominable policies he did? Did his views on religion play any role in this?There’s a startling lack of information on this subject in the public sphere—and much of what you hear is wrong.So let’s set the record straight.Ideologues Have IdeasI’ve looked into the question of Hitler’s religion for decades. I r
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Feb 28th 2019