Catholic Answers LIVE
Catholic Answers Live, hosted by Cy Kellett, is a daily, two-hour radio program dedicated to Catholic apologetics and evangelization. According to listener surveys, it is a runaway favorite on Catholic stations across America.
As a call-in program, Catholic Answers Live connects listeners to prominent leaders in the Church today—including scholars, nuns, priests, bishops, and cardinals—and touches on every aspect of our lives as Christians. You'll hear discussions on just about everything relating to the Church: doctrinal controversies, family concerns, social issues, evangelization, ethics…you name it!
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Most Recent Episodes
Questions Covered:
06:35 – Considering scholarship on Jn 8. How do we justify it being in the bible since it’s not in the earliest manuscripts?
13:21 – How does the Church rectify other churches’ canons when they enter into communion?
16:34 – Can you talk about Cyril Lucaris and the canon conflict
19:03 – How do we relate to the oriental canon?
20:42 – What is the council of Nicaea 1 and 2? Could there have been other books that were considered a part of the canon during those councils?
22:23 – Book of Judith. It says Nebuchadnezzar was king of Assyria and I’ve heard it said that is historically incorrect. Can you talk about it?
34:07 – Does Tobit 12:9 contradict Paul?
37:23 – Could you elaborate how we could persuasively argue how we should trust the Church on the canon, especially for laymen who don’t want to get into the scholarship?
44:13 – In Mark 10:13-16 a new translation. Question on if they changed the reference to the child from ‘him’ to ‘it’ to be inclusive?
46:17 – I’ve heard that the doxology of the Our Father (for thine is the kingdom…etc.) is a marginal gloss, and not part of the original text of scripture. If that’s the case, why is it still in there?
48:13 – Why should we trust these men to put the bible together and not others?
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Jimmy Akin answers key Catholic questions on Jewish forgiveness without the Temple, King Solomon’s salvation, Jacob’s name change, and much more…
Questions Covered:
01:21 – How do the Jews have their sins forgiven if there’s no Temple or sacrifices being offered?
05:47 – Did King Solomon from the Book of Kings lose his soul?
10:50 – In Mark 5, when the possessed man recognizes Jesus as the Christ, is this example of a bestowed grace?
14:07 – Why in Gen 32:27-28 does Jacob’s name change to Israel, but then not used in full force until Gen 35?
19:17 – How does the Book of Revelation relate to cosmology?
23:17 – In today’s First Reading (Gen 1:26), God uses “we” and “us” in the creation of man. Who is this referring to?
33:16 – Why do we say that Jesus was Jewish?
40:28 – If demons could potentially know Jesus as the Christ, why didn’t the demons attack him as a child?
47:42 – Is it okay to read the Apocrypha? If so, which ones? Is there a particular order to read them?
50:19 – In John 14:6, when Jesus says “he’s the way, the truth, and the light”, is he being literal about being the truth?
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Jimmy answers key Catholic questions on biblical texts, St. Michael’s role, surviving biblical churches, immediate baptism, and differences in Catholic and Orthodox canons.…
Questions Covered:
02:37 – How do which parts of Esther are original Hebrew if we don’t have all the original Hebrew texts?
12:00 – Why did God pick St. Michael the Archangel to defeat Satan?
15:17 – From the Churches mentioned in the Bible, are any still remaining?
20:05 – Is the battle 2 Maccabees 10:29-38 (5 magical men leading the Jews) to be taken literally?
24:45 – How do you explain sanctification and justification in light of the book of James?
30:59 – What are the differences between the Catholic and Greek Orthodox canons of scripture?
33:28 – In the Bible, you hear of apparitions of Jesus or Mary. Have there been apparitions of other people from the Bible?
35:27 – If someone who received the gospel of Jesus and believed, should the Church immediately baptize him since we have a similar example in the Ethiopian eunuch?
42:45 – Why do we say “the Hebrew texts” when Hebrew is a more modern language?
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