Catholic Answers Live - Open Forum

 Questions Covered:

  • 4:30 – A friend told me it’s more merciful for someone to exist in hell than to not exist at all. Is that true, and if so, why is it? 
  • 8:20 – If someone committed a mortal sin, and forgot about it at his next confession but still made a good confession, would he still have to confess it once he remembered it? 
  • 16:48 - Do the Church Fathers, in their discussion of the Eucharist, ever use the term metaousious? 
  • 20:51 - How could it be just for God to give an eternal punishment for finite sins? 
  • 28:30 - I heard a deacon say that they had a cross (not crucifix) in their church because we want to remember Jesus’ resurrection, not his death. Is that a new idea? Should we be wary of it? 
  • 31:15 - Can canon law be changed before the next edition? 
  • 35:50 - Since the Eucharist is the source and summit of our faith, why isn’t it mentioned in the Apostolic creed? 
  • 41:42 - I’ve seen multiple priests, when I go up to receive communion, have one host at the ready but then switch it out for another when I receive. Why would they do that? 
  • 45:20 - If Adam and Eve had not sinned, would we be in need of heaven? 
  • 50:45 - When the priest’s hands are consecrated, can that consecration be passed down to a layperson? 

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