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First, let me start by saying I do not intend to cause debate or conflict with this post. If this is not the right place for it, please tell me and I will move it. I did want answers specifically from Catholics though, which is why I am posting here. Anyway, a bit of backstory. I used to be...

This has always been puzzling to me. Why does He? I would prefer the answers to be from a non-Calvinistic perspective but I will take any I can get and consider them. The reason I say this is because I tend to hold a Molinist view of these things (predestination/election) but have never found...

I have notices that almost all the English translations of the Bible that I have read from, translate YHWH as LORD, with the exception of the HCSB. Even the HCSB's translators have reverted back to LORD in their upcoming revision of the HCSB, the CSB. I understand that some say this is due to...

The NIV 2011 says this: "I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet" whereas most other versions, including the 1984 have something along these lines "I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain...

I have asked this before, but I am looking to possibly purchase another Bible. I am wanting a Life Application Study Bible. So my version choices are limited I suppose. I am wondering which version you all use. The LASB choices I have narrowed it to, are NIV (2011), NKJV, or HCSB. Which do...

I thought I read something a few months back that stated that they did. I have not been able to find anything besides the original resolution from 2011 condemning the version. Any help? Also, what are your thoughts on the NIV 2011?

I hear people saying it all the time "only God can judge me" or "don't judge me." What does that mean exactly? If I were to look at someone who confesses to believe and Jesus Christ, and yet, their life does not show any sign of it, would telling them that they are not saved or living...

I am considering switching to the NKJV as my primary translation. Is it a solid translation? I have read that it is and that it isn't. I have mostly heard negative things either because it is based on the TR or because it changes things from the KJV. I would note though that for quite awhile...

First, I want to say that I have always been skeptical about the whole "speaking in tongues" thing. However, as of late I have been watching a man by the name of Todd White, who has helped to reinvigorate my faith. Todd believes in the gift of tongues and sometimes speaks in tongues on camera...

I recently got a St. Benedict medal for my car, one for myself to wear and a rosary containing several St. Benedict medals for trying to guard against temptations. I remember reading somewhere that St. Benedict medals require the special exorcism and blessing rather than just a general blessing...

Asking in OBOB for specifically Catholic perspectives but also posting in the Christian Apologetics forum... I was browsing around on reddit's /r/Judaism and stumbled upon a wiki link that they had explaining the main objections Jews tend to have to Jesus being the Messiah. I was curious as to...

I have an addiction to inappropriate content and masturbation. Hard to confess here, but I have before. In the past with it, I usually would try and fight it and felt shame and guilt afterwards most of the time. However, recently I have not. I have not tried to fight it at all, I get the urge, and I act. I...

Specifically the Peace Corps or Maryknoll Lay Missionaries, when I turn 21. Thoughts? Mainly I am just asking for prayers with helping me to discern whether or not it is God's will for me to do this.

Though it pains me to admit, I must ask for prayers for this sin in my life (PMO). I have gone numb to it and though I know it is wrong, I don't feel all that guilty afterwards most of the time. This time is slightly different, in that I do actually feel sorry for it but at the same time not...

I know the oldest known form of liturgy of the Eastern churches is the Divine Liturgy of St. James. What is the oldest form of the Mass that we have? Or is the Divine Liturgy of St. James celebrated in the West as well?

I ask because I want to know how salvation works within the teachings of the Church. How does she view salvation/justification? What leads one to ultimately end up in heaven? In the Baptist churches I used to attend before converting, it was as follows 1) Believe in Christ, and what he did...

Would the priest that blesses it need to say three different prayers over it? One for the rosary, one for the benedict medal, and one for the miraculous medal? Or would one prayer bless the whole thing?

How much of a Calvinist influence, I mean... I am investigating Anglicanism but this has me wondering due to my disagreements with reformed theology...

Posting this here for orthodox Catholic understandings of this... This is something that I have always had trouble with in regards to the teachings of the church, so much so that it has helped to facilitate my departure among other issues in the past. However, this is probably one of the main...

This is a hard topic to post about... I have had trouble the last few days keeping pure. I had thought I could feel God guiding me and making me stronger after yesterday's relapse but I relapsed again tonight and it has hit me hard. I am having serious doubts about my salvation and feel...