Catholic Answers Live - Your Bible Questions

What do we know about the Bible? How does the Catholic Church interpret it?

Questions Covered:

 

• 03:18 - What is the significance of Mary speaking in the Bible? 
• 07:38 - It seems like everything the man in Matthew 13:44 does is wrong. How can this be an edifying parable for us? How are we meant to understand it? 
• 17:22 - If Adam and Eve didn’t sin, would someone has eventually sinned, or would we all live in paradise?  
• 21:03 - Who put the bible together? 
• 23:51 - In 2 Kings 2:23-24, Elijah curses young children who tease him and prays that they’ll be mauled. What is the meaning of these verses? Is it teaching children to respect the prophets? 
• 32:02 - Why were the books of Esther and Daniel excluded from Protestant bibles? 
• 34:28 - Is there evidence in the bible for the Assumption of Mary? 
• 37:28 – Tell us what question about the Bible you wish someone would ask you, but no one ever has. I’m too shy to call. 
• 40:06 - Does the bible give evidence for not keeping the ashes of our loved ones? 
• 43:45 - Is there any biblical evidence for Christ’s wounds being healed after his resurrection? 
• 48:12 - Is there biblical passage about physicians praying for God to bless their work? I could swear that I read something like that in the Bible but can’t find it anywhere. 
• 49:30 - When Jesus fasted in the desert, did he eat nothing, or did he eat locusts and honey? 
• 52:22 - Did Adam and Even need to eat to live in Genesis or was it just for pleasure?