#12460 Clarifying the Fall of Man, Q, Targum Neofiti, and More! - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 15 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“Can you clarify the Fall of Man?” This episode delves into the complexities of humanity’s original sin, exploring how Lucifer’s fall relates to Christ’s incarnation. Additionally, we tackle intriguing questions about the identity of the woman mentioned in 2 John, the credibility of the Targum Neofiti, and the implications of Old Testament commands.

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Questions Covered:

01:57 – Guadalupe Radio… The fall of man sounds circular to me. Can you help clarify it? Lucifer falls because he knew God would become man. Then he causes man to fall thus Christ becomes man.
15:06 – A BYU scholar claims he knows who the name is in 2 John 1. He said it’s a woman named Eclecta and his conclusion came from reading the letter of St. Clement. What are your thoughts on this and What is the Catholic position on who she is?
22:49 – What is Q? What is the evidence behind it?
36:05 – In the OT the Israelites were told to kill all men women and children in the promised land. Is it too far a stretch to connect this with Christ wanting us to kill off all sin within us?
46:10 – How credible is the Targum Neofiti? What do we as Catholics know about it?
52:10 – What is ‘this’ in Matthew 16:18 that Jesus built his Church on?

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0:35.3	Jimmy Aiken's our guest, and we're having fun because I really love these shows.
0:38.9	I love when we do Bible questions with Jimmy Aiken. It's always a lot of fun. You don't have to be Catholic to call. You don't have to be a believer of any kind. You don't have to know much about the Bible. Lots of people have questions about the Bible, and yours is welcome here. The Bible is a Catholic book. That's one of Jimmy's book among his other books.
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1:18.9	Jimmy Aiken, our guest. And every single line full, that's another thing that happens.
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1:33.9	You're welcome to call.
1:35.4	And I want to get to Roman because Roman's been waiting a while.
1:37.7	Roman in San Antonio, Texas listening on the Guadalupe Radio Network.
1:41.6	Roman, thank you for waiting through the last hour.
1:45.1	Go ahead with your question.
1:55.8	I feel like there is a kind of circular reasoning kind of paradox in Christianity. I'm going to try my best to not be confusing. But basically, I was always taught that Lucifer is an angel of light, and as an angel, he has infused knowledge.
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