#12214 Is Confirmation Really in the Bible? And More - Tom Nash

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🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Is the sacrament of Confirmation really found in Scripture? In this episode of Catholic Answers Live, we tackle one of the most common questions about Catholic sacramental theology. Karlo Broussard explains the biblical roots of Confirmation, where it shows up in the New Testament, and how early Christians understood the laying on of hands and the gift of the Holy Spirit. If you’ve ever wondered how to explain Confirmation to your Protestant friends—or just want to understand it better yourself—don’t miss this segment!

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Questions Covered:

04:15 – If it was revealed to John the Baptist that Jesus was the Messiah, then why did he later send one of his disciples to ask Jesus?
07:33 – Why do Catholics primarily receive the Body of Christ (the bread) vs. the Body and Blood (bread and wine)?
11:45 – If a married protestant pastor converts, can he seek the priesthood?
13:03 – What does Jesus mean by the Kingdom of God?
17:21 – How biblical is Confirmation?
21:07 – What authority does the magisterium have over changing the TLM and what’s the current rule?
23:05 – Was Jesus in the Garden of Eden? When Genesis refers to “Our image”, is this referring to the Trinity?
31:22 – Based on Genesis, is the world flat? Is there firmament in the sky keeping us from falling off?
33:59 – Why do some people still blame the Jews for the death of Christ?
37:45 – Why would God ask Moses to build a bronze serpent if the serpent is the symbol of Satan?
42:12 – My coworker got arrested and I went around asking to know what happened. Did doing this cause me to commit the sin of detraction?
49:53 – Why are baptisms outside the faith valid even though they don’t share the same beliefs?
52:13 – I was raised non-denominational and I want to know what the difference is between the Jesus I know and what Catholics believe.

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0:11.5	Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Welcome back to Catholic Answers Live. Thanks so much for being here with us. We've got dropped calls this hour. You know, people call with really good questions.
0:38.2	I've said this before, but they don't always stay on the line.
0:41.2	And sometimes they drop because they've got to go somewhere.
0:43.3	Sometimes maybe the cell phone drops them out.
0:46.8	And probably a good 90, 95% of the time the host pushes the wrong button and we never get them back.
0:52.2	So I'm feeling bad about that at the
0:57.0	suggestion of Dr. Carlo Brousard, we started saving the dropped calls. And now we, we get,
1:02.5	we'll do some with Tom. Today, Tom Nash is our guest. Tom Nash, um, uh, would you say something
1:09.3	about your books? Because I made you do a whole hour, last hour,
1:12.0	and I didn't even let you sell any of your books. And I know that you will starve if we don't
1:17.8	sell some of those books. Well, thank you for your considerations. I recognize the dignity of my
1:24.8	work. But the point I was going to say is that we have a couple,
1:30.0	my original book on the Mass, it was originally,
1:34.1	Worthy as the Lamb, the Biblical Roots of the Mass,
1:38.7	and then the second edition from Sophia Press Institute.
1:41.5	The subtitle is the title, that That is the biblical roots of the mass.
1:45.9	In addition to which I have, to whom shall we go, the biblical case for the Catholic Church.
1:52.2	I love how our friends at St. Paul Center, and we saw that book through Catholic Answers,
1:57.3	that they emphasized, they bolded the word whom.
2:00.5	And I love it because you make the case for
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