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Is there a name for this paradox and how is it refuted?
tl;dr - how can heaven be paradise if those there are aware of the suffering of others in hell?
I think that creates a paradox. My logic goes like this:
Heaven is for followers of Christ. It's ...
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Which Christian theological frameworks support anchoring one's faith in a direct encounter with God?
I've identified several potential pathways for why someone may embrace Christianity:
Option 1: Influence of birthplace, culture, and upbringing, possibly resulting in a 'cultural Christian'. See ...
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If works must follow from a genuine faith, how can a Christian still sin?
Does a Christian just temporarily stop believing that Jesus died and rose again every time they sin or something?
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Has the Global South been influential in the old churches they derive their existence from?
It is said that there are more Anglicans attending Sunday morning services in Nigeria alone than in all the United Kingdom. Recently the archbishop of Lagos has effectively excommunicated the ...
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More examples of transubstantiation other than in the Holy Mass
Are there examples of transubstantiation that happens in other places/moments that are not in the celebration of Mass? I mean, somewhere in nature or in psychology, maybe philosophy. I am asking this ...
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Were there any lay Christian writers in the Early Church?
Were there any lay Christian writers/theologians as prominent as Church Fathers in the Early Church? Also, why was there a lack of laity representation in bible studies and theology?
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Great commission applies to all believers, but the laity does not baptize. Why?
I just noticed that while we are told that the great commission applies to all believers in the sense that we are to share the gospel, we don't normally baptize those we help believe. Instead, we ...
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Have a doubt about God in general?
God is the cause of all things, and the creator of all things. God is eternal, never ending and timeless, with no beginning or end. Him and all of his attributes are eternal and never ending. This ...
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What is meant by "Catholic Truths" in Ott's «Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma»?
Based, in part, on some rather passionate comments regarding theologians made by user Geremia in the post "Who Said: 'God Did Not Become Man in Order for Man to Become a Theologian'?", I ...
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Can God ground his own parts?
One of the motivations behind the doctrine of divine simplicity (DDS) is that if God was composed of parts, God would depend upon those parts to exist and hence there would be something more ...
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Bema judgement of bad works
Bible commentators generally believe that Christians will be rewarded for good works at the Bema judgement.
I am unclear of the purpose of judging my evil/bad/worthless works after I am already saved ...
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If Jesus Christ was born without the original sin, then how could He have died?
Death was introduced after the original sin (Adam was immortal until the fall), some people even think that Our Lady didn't die but just was assumpted in her sleep.
If Christ didn't have the original ...
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How does not the communion of the Saints invalidate the need for the bodily ressurection?
Since the saints are said to be in the grave, if someone has answered that their spirits are in communion with Christ and interceding, then there would be no importance of the resurrection of bodies. ...
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God’s View on Incorrect Theology [closed]
While there is a ton of material on correct theology, I’m curious to find out God’s view on bad theology.
In Paul’s letters, he seems to acknowledge the churches he addresses as brothers and sisters, ...
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How does Catholicism appropriate Aristotle's notion of the 'transcendent third'?
I was reading Bishop Robert Barron's article Silence and the Meaning of the Mass and came across Aristotle's "transcendent third":
The Mass is the act by which the Son of God, in union with ...
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