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What Procedure Should We Use When Interpreting a Prophetic Text in Scripture?
By its nature, prophecy can be difficult to interpret. It uses many symbols, and these can be taken in more than one way.The key to understanding biblical prophecy is to determine itsliteralsense—that is, what it meant in itsoriginalcontext, what the prophet was trying to communicate to his audience for their benefit. Normally Old Testament prophecies have their primary fulfillment within the generation to which they were given or within a few generations. However, they can have additional fulfi
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Nov 29th 2024
Rising Like Incense to Heaven
Sacraments of Grace and Strength
In the weeks leading up to my reception into the Catholic Church, I prepared to not only to be baptized, but also to be confirmed. The sacrament of baptism uses water to communicate grace that takes away sin, while the sacrament of confirmation uses hands that spread oil across the forehead. This oil seals the person with the gifts of the Holy Spirit to help him live out the Catholic faith. Hebrews 6:2 alludes to this sacrament when it says how,
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Dec 12th 2023
Answering Questions About the Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception and God’s Election
The Immaculate Conception.
For non-Catholics, this dogma of the Church may be one of the most misunderstood doctrines there is.
Here are some common questions Catholics get, and how to respond to them:
Temptation, Suffering, and Mary’s Humanity
Question:Why does Mary have to be holy at the moment of her conception instead of being purified shortly before God chooses her to be his mother?
Response:God chooses and elects those w
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Dec 8th 2023
The Unbiblical Idea of Sola Scriptura
After I became a Christian
I struggled with whether I should keep attending a
Catholic Church.As I sat in church and watched incense rise
up
from the altar, I felt an urge to stay and be part of what
felt
like a sacred mystery.On the other
hand, there were a lot of Catholic beliefs
that
I could not find in the Bible, which made me think they
were just man-made traditions.I eventually decided that it didn’t
matter which church I joined so long as I only
believed in what the Bible
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Oct 2nd 2023
A Five-Part Test for Your Eucharistic Beliefs
How can you tell if you have the right understanding—the biblical interpretation, Jesus’ interpretation—of the Eucharist?I’d suggest five things to look for: your beliefs should be strange,sacrificial,serious,sacramental, and shocking. First, as we’ve already seen, the proper Christian understanding of the Eucharist must be strange, and hard to accept. That’s how it was initially received, and Jesus did nothing to dispel this impression. Why, he was trying to present an easy teaching and was jus
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Jul 27th 2023