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#12240 Doctrinal Development vs. Public Revelation: What the Church Really Teaches - Jimmy Akin

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In this episode of Catholic Answers Live, we explore key questions about Catholic doctrine and Scripture. Topics include the Church’s teaching on Purgatory, the meaning of “under the earth” in Scripture, and Pope St. John Paul II’s quote on free will and the greater good. Jimmy discusses who the Church Fathers are and how to read them, how doctrinal development fits with the end of public revelation, and biblical support for the resurrection of the dead and Christ’s second coming. He also addresses whether a priest can deny communion to someone kneeling and whether baptism removes both sin and attachment to sin. Join The CA Live Club Newsletter: Click Here Invite our apologists to speak at your parish! Visit Catholicanswersspeakers.com Questions Covered: 03:00 – What is the Catholic teaching on Purgatory, and is there a “middle space” between Heaven and Hell for souls? 12:52 – In the verse “every knee shall bend… under the earth,” what does “under the earth” refer to—could it mean Hell? 20:49 – How should one understand Pope St. John Paul II’s quote: “The greater good is maintained when someone uses his freedom wrongly than when he is forced to do what is good”? 28:45 – Who are the Church Fathers, and how can someone begin reading them alongside Scripture for deeper understanding? 32:30 – How can the Church’s claim that public revelation has ceased be reconciled with the idea that doctrine continues to develop? 41:58 – What Bible verses support the Catholic teachings on the resurrection of the dead and the second coming of Christ? 49:26 – Is it within a priest’s authority to deny communion to someone who chooses to receive kneeling? 52:51 – Does the sacrament of baptism remove not only sin but also attachment to sin?

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Jimmy Aiken, our guest, Miracle, there's a line open to start an hour with Jimmy Aiken. One line open,

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8883187-884. You're like, well, I don't know what to ask him. Well, you can ask them anything

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because it's an ask me anything with Jimmy Aiken. Jimmy's senior apologist here at Catholic

0:47.4

Answers, I just mentioned to one of our callers last hour among Jimmy's books. The Bible is

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a Catholic book, A Daily defense, 365 days plus one

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to becoming a better apologist. The Father's No Best. There's a lot of them. And you can check

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them all out at shop.catholic.com or wherever you get your good Catholic books. Jimmy also

1:07.9

the proprietor of Jimmy Acid's mysterious world, where today a new

1:12.5

episode dropped, and I am now in a time warp. I don't want to say it because I might have the

1:17.7

Fourth of July one in my brain because we preview it. No, today was St. Maliki's Prophecy of the

1:23.6

Pope's. Oh, yes, St. Malachia's Prophecy of the Pope, and Jimmy will reveal when the Earth is going to end.

1:29.6

I might be overselling that. There might be slight overselling in that. He will not be revealing

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when the Earth is going to end. I'm not allowed to tell. Wait a second. That implies.

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8883187884 is...

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I'm not allowed to because I don't know.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Other than in the future, which we established last hour.

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That's right.

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