Catholic Answers Live - Open Forum

 Questions Covered:

 
  • 03:04 - Can I get Jimmy’s comments on Scholar Michael Heiser and what he has to say about original sin in the bible? 
  • 12:04 - Did other Jewish sects accept the Septuagint? 
  • 15:30 - I heard there was a saint who once said that God revealed to them that 60,000 died, 3 went to purgatory and the rest went to hell. Is this true? 
  • 20:29 - How would the sovereign quality of contrition affect the validity of a confession? 
  • 24:30 - Does St. Thomas Aquinas argument for movement undermine free will? 
  • 33:37 - Why would God want the church to become extinct, or give Satan power to destroy at the end of time? 
  • 39:40 - I’m an extraordinary eucharistic minister and I was wondering if I have the ability to bless children that come up during communion? 
  • 44:10 - I heard someone once mention that Adam and Eve were not the first humans because of the creation stories in Genesis 1 and 2. Can you explain this? 
  • 49:30 - Should Reiki healing ever be received or practiced by Christians? And if not, how do you explain the alleged healings people have experienced through it? 

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