#11960 Ask Me Anything - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 30 November 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Questions Covered: 01:55 – How could one know what statements are infallible? Why does it not matter that there isn’t a definitive record or list of infallible statements/teachings 06:27 – Is a hot dog a sandwich? 12:48 – Do the eastern churches that used to be eastern orthodox still use the eastern canon, or did they switch to the Catholic list of books. And if it did change their canon, how has that changed their liturgy or practice/their sacraments? 15:46 – One question that I’ve always pondered was, what would it have been like when the Blessed Mother first received the Eucharist? I can’t imagine what it would have been like for her and perhaps I may never be able to understand or imagine that. 17:35 – Dear Jimmy, I have one: Can Catholics believe in an atemporal fall? (Or a pre big-bang fall)? Thank you very much! 21:38 – Hi Jimmy, new Catholic here. Could you help me to understand in The Apostles Creed where it states that Jesus “descended into hell.” Still a little confused as to what that means. I’ve read several interpretations and can’t seem to find a consensus. Thanks! You’ve been a great help in my journey. 24:31 – What makes baptism in tongues different from baptism in water? 29:12 – How should we treat the angels named in ancient extra biblical sources like Enoch and Jubilees? I have been wary of and avoided interest in them after seeing their use in occult and esoteric connections? Is there any standing Catholic teaching on this topic? I have come across references to a 745 synod in Rome? 37:08 – Do atheists who willfully reject the existence of God and Christianity on strict philosophical/evidential grounds have a chance to be saved? If so, on what basis? 41:18 – We know that angels, both holy and fallen can materialize in a form on earth. Jacob, Lot, etc….If fallen angels do materialize as UAPs, why do they choose the form of a flying craft?…a craft can carry multiple individuals. Why materialize as a flying craft? 48:48 – Does reciting the Confiteor during Mass absolve us of venial sins, and if so, is it necessary to say the entire Confiteor for the absolution to be valid? One of our parish priests will sometimes skip over it, jumping straight into “May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins …” Thank you for all that you do, Jimmy! 51:37 – Bible Question: How does one reconcile 1 John saying “If we say we have no sin, the truth is not in us” and also saying, “Those who are born of God do not sin.” 53:51 – I came across a claim recently that suggests Lazarus could actually be the Beloved Disciple from John’s gospel and the eyewitness source for the gospel. I wonder if you have heard this claim before and if so what are your thoughts on it. …

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0:37.1	I hope you had a good Thanksgiving and you're getting a good restful day in today. Thanks for spending some time here with us. Jimmy Aiken's our guest, and we're doing questions from the internet. Jimmy Aiken, senior apologist here at Catholic Answers. And if you're just joining us, and maybe we're new to you, Catholic Answers, is an apostolate of the Catholic Church, laypeople,
0:54.8	devoted to explaining and defending the Catholic faith. You can find out all about us at
0:58.8	Catholic.com. And Jimmy Ake has been here doing this longer than anybody, longer than any
1:04.4	living soul. He's been doing that here at Catholic Answers. Thanks for coming back for another
1:09.3	hour, Jimmy. Well, I've done in so many hours already. Another one doesn't seem like that big of a deal.
1:14.6	I know. I wonder how many it is. It's a lot of hours of Catholic Answers live you have done.
1:22.4	Darren, have you ever figured out how many hours that we've, do you know, the number of total hours that we've done of
1:27.6	this show or no? Have you done a kid?
1:31.2	11,000, 11,000 hours. At least.
1:35.3	He's probably done at least a couple thousand of those. Yeah, right. All right, back to
1:39.7	questions we go. Lorena, nope, that was our, that was last hour.
1:53.2	Oh, Pi Guy 35, asked this, how could we know what statements are infallible?
2:00.1	Why does it not matter that there isn't a definitive record or list of infallible statements or teachings?
2:08.6	So in regard to the first question, it's basically by looking at the language that's used in articulating a teaching. And there is not a single form of language, because the church understands that its infallibility is engaged whenever the magistrateum,
2:18.8	that's the bishop's teaching in union with the pope, whenever they teach definitively,
2:25.0	meaning in such a way as to end all possible dispute. But there's not a, you could do that
2:30.6	in several different ways, you know, using different kinds of language. And historically, there have been two principal modes of language that have been used.
2:40.0	The first one, which has typically been used by councils, is to use the term anathema.
2:49.0	Anathema, by the Middle Ages, it referred to a kind of ceremonial
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