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What is the Lutheran doctrine of consubstantiation and how does it differ from transubstantiation and a more general protestant sacramental view?
In transubstantiation, the bread and wine are said to become the literal body and blood of Jesus. Consubstantiation appears to affirm that "this is my body" does apply to the bread and wine, but not in Aristotelian categories of substance, but in…
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Why don't Mormons sing the second verse of, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"?
We were singing Christmas Carols tonight and noticed that in the Mormon Hymn book, the following verse has been omitted from, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing":
Christ, by highest heav'n adored: Christ, the everlasting
Lord; Late in time behold him…
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What is the Biblical argument that homosexual attraction is sinful by itself?
When talking about homosexuality discussions often seem to get a little fuzzy because the word "homosexuality" can take on a lot of different meanings. Here are a few:
The attraction
Acting on the attraction (including non-physical actions, such as…
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Could Jesus have been married?
There are some that teach that Christ was married (usually to Mary Magdalene), yet there are others that teach that Christ was not married.
Does the Bible teach anything about Christ or His mission that would make it very unlikely that he was…
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Was 'Jesus and the woman taken in adultery' in St. John a later addition, and does this invalidate infallibility?
In John 7:53-8:11 we have the account of 'Jesus and the woman taken in adultery'
53 Then they all went home, 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he…
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Is a claim of 50,000,000 Baptist martyrs accurate?
In the book The Trail of Blood by James M Carroll, the author makes the claim that 50,000,000 early Baptists were martyred under persecution by the Catholic Church. The author makes the claim multiple times without any sourcing for that number. My…
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Why do Mormons use Trinitarian language in baptism when they explicitly reject Trinitarianism?
In conferring the rite of Baptist, Joseph Smith writes in the Doctrines and Covenants as follows:
73 The person who is called of God and has authority from Jesus Christ to baptize, shall go down into the water with the person who has presented…
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Is this distinction of biblical "love" terminology compatible with scripture?
I very frequently hear repeated that there are three Greek words (or word-groups, more precisely) that are translated into the same English word "love"; the words being ἀγάπη, φιλíα, and ἔρως. ἔρως is said to refer to sexual love, φιλíα to a…
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How old were Joseph & Mary when they marrried?
A nun in my Catholic school taught us that Mary was 14 and Joseph was 17 and that this was not atypical for the day. Also that in Joseph's case his Marriage to Mary was his second.
Would there be any ancient text or tradition at all relating to…
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Why would cold running water be preferred for baptism?
The Didache, or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles (an early Christian text not part of the New Testament) says of baptism (chapter 7):
On the subject of baptism, baptise thus: after having taught all that precedes, baptize in the name of the Father…
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Where do Christians believe the Qur'an came from?
The "prophet" Muhammad stated that the angel Gabriel visited him with revelation and he put great importance upon Gabriel.
So my question is, where do Christians believe Muhammad's revelation came from and what Christians believe about Muhammad's…
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How is the view of guaranteed salvation for infants justified?
Many Christians hold the view that unborn and born infants and children who die before the age of reason or eternal responsibility are guaranteed access to heaven. For instance, Dr. William Lane Craig has famously stated the following, When…
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Why did the Catholic Church change so radically after Vatican II in regards to the status of Jews?
Before Vatican II in the 1960s, the Church was overtly anti-Jewish. For example:
St. Thomas Aquinas writes in De Regimine Judaeorum (also called Epistola ad ducissam Brabantiae) that "the Jews by reason of their fault are sentenced to perpetual…
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What is the background of the words "notitia," "fiducia," and "assensus" and how do they relate to the biblical notion of "faith"?
The book Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview (page 18) describes notitia, fiducia, and assensus as the three essential elements that make up the biblical notion of "faith."
notitia is defined as "understanding the content of the…
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What is the Authoritative Catholic explanation of why the Magi get a pass, yet Catholics are to reject astrology?
What is the authoritative Catholic explanation of why the Magi get a pass, yet Catholics are required to reject astrology?
Catechism of the Catholic Church | Divination and magic, 2116 has:
All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to…
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