#12199 Can a Pope Modify an Ecumenical Council? And More - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Is it possible for a pope to change or override the declarations of an ecumenical council? We explore the limits of papal authority, how councils and popes interact, and what Catholic tradition teaches about continuity and development in Church doctrine.

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Questions Covered:

03:37 – If the pope wanted to, could he modify the declaration of an ecumenical council?
11:23 – Did any early Jewish denomination accept the Deuterocanon?
15:06 – Why did God make us how he did? Why did he give us eyes, arms, etc.?
19:13 – Does the Church consider mortal sin to be objective or does it depend on the perspective of the individual?
28:46 – Where do popes get their names from?
38:14 – Why did God create hell?
44:33 – Why is it important to learn Church History?
47:13 – Is it sinful to lack a relationship with God and to lack knowledge of God?
50:49 – My friends found out that the priest who baptized them killed someone and they were informed by the diocese that their baptism was invalid. How is this possible?

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0:42.3	I am Cy Kellett, your host, Jimmy Aiken, our guest, both hours. It's asked me anything. And now that
0:46.5	I've said that, the phone lines will fill up. So go ahead and dial 8883-187-884. It's actually the first day of work for me this week, here, at least here, on Monday and Tuesday. We had the rosary and then a funeral for my mother. And thank you to everybody who prayed for my mom and sent there, in many cases, very kind words. I very much appreciate that. And thanks to my colleagues for covering for me. And then after that, I went to Oklahoma City on a trip that had been planned for a long time.
1:15.1	And so had a wonderful time in Oklahoma City getting to do some talks there.
1:20.3	And now back here for one day of studio work, one whole day this week.
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1:32.3	Jimmy Aiken, senior apologist here at Catholic Answers. Teaching with Authority is one of his
1:37.2	books. A Daily Defense is one of his books. The Father's No Best is one. The Bible is a Catholic
1:42.9	book. That's just dipping that's just dipping your toe
1:45.0	into the Jimmy Aiken world. You can also find his podcast, Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World,
1:51.1	wherever you get your podcast. And his other podcasts, the Jimmy Aiken podcast, also available
1:56.3	wherever you get your podcast. Jimmy Aiken, hello. Hello, Sikellet. How are you doing? I am doing well.
2:02.5	I'm having a tough one-day work week this week, but holden up okay. You worked when you were in Oklahoma
2:09.0	City. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. But it's nice to go out and see the world a little bit.
2:14.9	It's nice to go out and see the world sometimes. 8883187-884, the number
2:20.0	triple-831 truth. You can ask Jimmy whatever you like, and I always like to ask him, what drop
2:27.2	today on Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World? Well, today on Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World, it's episode number 365.
2:36.1	And the only way I could think to commemorate that was by talking about the mystery of the year.
2:42.3	And by that I don't mean the most whatever mystery we cover during the year, but the mystery of the year itself.
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