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Catholic Answers Live

#11168 Open Forum - Jim Blackburn

Catholic Answers Live

Catholic Answers

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Questions Covered 03:46 – Why do people still have an issue with the Divine Mercy devotion, and why is it actually okay? 13:24 – Why is St. Gregory Palamis canonized as a saint if he was an Eastern Orthodox monk? 20:55 – In the language that Jesus spoke, did he use the same word in Aramaic to refer to Peter and to the rock upon which he’d build his church? 30:00 – What’s the theology behind popes blessing monarchs, and how does that bear on the relation between church and state? 35:32 – When the Jewish people were given the Old Testament, were they given infallibility with interpreting the scripture? 45:11 – After the battle of La Ponto, the pope instituted the feast of Our Lady of Victory then changed it to our lady of the rosary… can Catholics still ask for the intercession of Our Lady of Victory? 48:39 – Why does the Roman Rite not practice infants receiving communion like the Byzantine Rite? …

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0:00.0

Music

0:15.1

Catholic Enchers Live, Edgar Gujano, once again filling in for Psych Kelleths.

0:19.8

If you've ever called into the show, you're normally talking to me as a call screener,

0:23.4

but today we have me hosting and Jordan call screening.

0:27.2

So thank you, Jordan, for covering that.

0:28.7

I appreciate it.

0:30.0

All right, so today's second hour,

0:31.5

we have Jim Blackburn.

0:32.8

He is the founder and president of Catholic Questions,

0:38.0

which I would assume is it works pretty close

0:41.5

to what we do here at Catholic Answers, right Jim?

0:44.7

It does.

0:45.5

In fact, when I was at Catholic Answers,

0:48.1

there was a Q and A department.

0:50.0

And for almost 10 years,

0:53.3

I was the supervisor of that department.

0:55.8

And in that department, we would take one on one questions.

0:59.4

Anytime, you know, during the business hours,

1:01.8

people could call in, email, whatever.

1:04.1

And we had a staff of apologists

1:05.7

who would answer those questions,

1:07.3

get back to the person with an answer

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