#388 The Jewish Roots of Praying for the Dead - Joe Heschmeyer

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🗓️ 3 November 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The Jews of Jesus’ time, like Jews today, prayed for the dead. Apologist Joe Heschmeyer looks at how Jesus and the early Church responded to this widespread practice and finds strong evidence that the Lord intended his Church to continue it. Cy Kellett: God’s people have always prayed for the dead. Joe Heschmeyer is next. A shocking change occurred when in the 16th century some Christians began to teach that we could not or should not pray for the dead. Jesus never said any such thing, nor did the apostles or the gospel writers, which raises a question. Cy Kellett: If the Jews pra…

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0:00.0	God's people have always prayed for the dead.
0:02.5	Joe Heshmeyer is next.
0:09.0	A shocking change occurred when in the 16th century,
0:12.0	some Christians began to teach that we could not
0:13.9	or should not pray for the dead.
0:15.4	Jesus never said any such thing,
0:17.2	nor did the apostles or the gospel writers,
0:19.8	which raises a question if the Jews prayed for the dead.
0:22.7	Why did neither Jesus nor the apostles ever tell people to stop?
0:26.4	We asked Apologists Joe Heshmeyer to review the history for us.
0:29.9	Of God's chosen people,
0:31.2	Jewish and Christian praying for the dead.
0:33.3	Here's what Joe had to say.
0:41.8	My good friend Joe Heshmeyer,
0:43.4	Catholic and Antioch's Apologist.
0:44.4	Thanks for being with us.
0:46.0	My pleasure.
0:47.7	This month,
0:49.1	well, the coming month, the month of November,
0:51.0	Catholics around the world pray for the dead, a great deal.
0:53.4	That's one of the themes of the month of November.
0:56.2	And it starts with all Saints day,
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