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#11985 AMA: Jesus as Messiah, Church Authority, and Myths About Christmas - Joe Heschmeyer

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Questions Covered: 06:08 – Was Jesus’ claim to be Messiah considered blasphemous by the Jews? 14:20 – How do I get my Protestant friend to accept the authority of the Church? 23:05 – What does the “work of mercy” entail for the fulfillment of the plenary indulgence for the Jubilee? 37:00 – Jesus was historically born in the summer, not the winter. So, Christmas cannot be about his birth! 39:27 – My Protestant friend claims that Catholics have changed the Our Father. 46:33 – Is there anywhere in the U.S. that has holy doors open for the Jubilee? 50:47 – In a hypothetical scenario regarding a committed crime, would a priest hinting that he knows the culprit be an offense against the seal of confession? …

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Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Hello and welcome to Capaganswers live.

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I am Cy Killett, your host.

0:36.9

Joe Heshmeyer's our guest. It's an Ask Me Anything,

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and all but one of the phone lines already full. So just think of how much fun we are about to have.

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The number is 888-3187-884 if you want to get on that last line. Ask Me Anything means you can

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ask Joe anything. You want to know about Jesus. You want to know about the saints. You want to know about the Bible, the early church, the later church, whatever.

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You want to know about the moral life? If you've got a question about the Catholic faith,

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we would love to talk to you. Whether you are Catholic or not, we would love to talk with you.

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888-387-884. Joe Heschmire, author of a whole bunch of books,

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including the Eucharist Israel, Jesus, and Pope Peter, and the early church was the Catholic

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church, and he's the guy behind one of the most popular Catholic podcast now. That's what it's getting to that point where I can now behind one of the most popular Catholic podcasts now.

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That's what it's getting to that point where I can now say one of the most popular

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Catholic podcasts.

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And I have data to back this up.

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I have actual data to back this up.

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I'm not going to reveal it right now, but I do have the data.

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And that would be shameless popery.

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Joe, a shameless papist.

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Welcome. Thanks. Good shameless papist. Welcome.

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Thanks.

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