#12178 Can a Pope Override an Ecumenical Council? And More - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

What happens when a papal constitution seems to contradict a past ecumenical council? We explore Church authority, plus questions on circumcision, plenary indulgences, the Holy Spirit, and why Jesus wept for Lazarus even knowing the resurrection was near.

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Questions Covered:

04:02 – Is it possible for an ecumenical council’s constitution to be overridden by a subsequent papal constitution or declaration?
11:45 – I have a son on the way. Is it still licit for Catholics to be circumcised?
17:31 – How didn’t God save Adam and Eve’s first children from the wound of original sin?
20:24 – I’ve always heard that the Holy Spirit is the love between the Father and Son. Most recently I’ve heard that it’s a person. What’s correct?
29:30 – Is a faithful Catholic committing a grave act when seeking a divorce when domestic abuse is involved?
33:51 – Does our modern dual definitions of ‘prodigal’ come from the parable?
38:52 – After the resurrection of the dead and we are living here on earth, what will happen to us when our sun explodes?
41:39 – If we apply a Plenary indulgence to a soul in purgatory, do we need to continue to pray for them?
47:09 – Why did Easter happen to land after two full moons?
49:13 – Is it okay for me to attend a non-Catholic wedding that won’t even be at a church?
50:25 – In 2020 I died in the hospital 3 times. Who can I talk to about what I saw to help explain and understand it?
52:07 – Why did Jesus weep when Lazarus died when he knew he was going to resurrect him?

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1:07.8	What's dropping tomorrow on Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World? Well, one of the things that
1:13.6	we've looked at occasionally on Mysterious World are near-death experiences. These are things,
1:19.4	these are experiences that people have when they're either close to death or may have even
1:24.3	clinically died. And then they get their, they recover and, you know, maybe their hearts restarted.
1:32.6	And then they talk about these experiences they've had.
1:35.6	And they report things like seeing a light and maybe going through a tunnel and having a life review and things like that.
1:44.6	And there are various sort of pop culture reports of near-death experiences that can make Christians a little uncomfortable.
1:55.1	Like, you know, you'll find some authors making it sound like everyone who has a near-death experience goes to heaven
2:02.2	and and and maybe maybe people from different religions meet their religious figures so like
2:11.0	Christians meet Jesus and Muslims meet Muhammad and Buddhists meet Buddha and maybe some of these talk about reincarnation and stuff like that.
2:21.3	And there's this kind of, if you follow select accounts, there are reports that make it sound like they contain elements that are contrary to the Christian faith.
2:34.4	So tomorrow's episode, we're looking at that.
2:37.9	There is a scholar named Jay Steve Miller, who has done a careful, he's an evangelical,
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