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Recent content by Saint Polycarp

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    Halloween!

    Yes, in Western tradition. For the Eastern it is the first Sunday after Pentecost.
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    Halloween!

    There is a Christian perspective on Halloween, which is a secular holiday. The Christian tradition is celebrating all Saints day, remembering all those who have gone before us.
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    How Did Christ Walk On Water??........

    Well miracle is the word we for an event which defied the laws of nature. It's a mystery, we don't know.
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    Christianity Is Not To Blame For The Crusades......

    Government? What government. Mid evil Europe was a made of many Kingdoms and other than a common bond of being Christian there was no unified government.
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    Why does the messiah have to be God's Son?

    Because a human caused sin to enter into the world and only a human could restore it and since no human was capable of leading a sinless life God (the Son, Jesus Christ) became a man to redeem us.
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    What is your favorite one volume Christian history book?

    A concise history of the Catholic Church by Thomas Bokenkotter
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    The original Hebrew Gospel of Matthew

    The thing is there are no known copies of Matthew in Hebrew. However their are a couple of Rites of the Catholic Church and Easter Orthodox in Syria who still use Syriac (a close relative to Aramaic) and have the NT in Syriac.
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    Martin Luther.

    Too many to narrow down to just one.
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    Peter's death, Catholic contradiction!

    Actually the verses you supplied fit perfectly the ancient universal Christian tradition that Saint Peter was crucifyed, a martyr for the faith. There is no contradiction at all. Remember that they were written after the events happened so there is the assumption by the writer that the details...
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    Saint Luka

    Just a quick read to sort of answer ur question. Lives of the Saints, October 18, Saint Luke
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    Baptists origins

    Sometime around the end of the first century they (the churches that the Apostles established) began to refer to themselves as the Catholic church. Which means the universal church. A.D. 107, St. Ignatius of Antioch, a bishop, wrote to his fellow Christians in Smyrna , He wrote, "Where...
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    How Do You Feel About Atheists?

    They are fellow human beings and children of God. I don't differentiate between religious beliefs that people have and how I treat them. The whole human race (including me) is in my prayers. :crossrc:
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    Confused Catholic

    Hi everyone, My name is Mandy. I am 23-years-old (turning 24 next month!!) and was born and raised Roman Catholic, but now I am finding that I am confused about whether this is the denomination for me. What I am looking for is advice and insight from fellow Catholics on how you deal with some...