#11377 Open Forum - Tom Nash

Questions Covered:

05:14 – Where did all the sects of Judaism come from in the time of Jesus and where did they get their authority?
10:37 – Intercessory pray and redemptive suffering How was St. Therese of Lisieux able to intercede for a person who was put to death and sway him if God cannot affect his free will?
16:51 – When did praying to Mary become a thing in Catholicism?
23:27 – How do I respond to the claim that if 2 popes contradict each other in ex cathedra statements, we are challenging divinely inspired teaching? In other words, do we do what we accuse protestants of doing?
31:40 – Why is it that the apocrypha aren’t accepted by the Jews, and why then do we accept them?
36:48 – I’m Methodist and my church just split because of female clergy. What does the Catholic Church say about female clergy?
44:12 – How should we treat the LGBT community?
50:03 – Is it better to pray in a church or in a chapel with the eucharist exposed?

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