Catholic Answers Live - Open Forum

Questions Covered:

 

• 01:43 – Can superheroes, like Batman, be devout Catholics and still beat up bad guys? 
• 06:10 – Are Protestant baptisms valid? 
• 10:58 – In James 2, Protestants say we are not justified by faith and works, that the works portion is justification before man, not God. How can I respond to this? 
• 17:51 – Since Mary underwent the ritual purification of all mothers under the law, doesn’t that prove that she wasn’t a perpetual virgin? 
• 22:17 – Why don’t the eastern orthodox recognize the pope as the successor of Christ? 
• 31:37 – Did the early Church teach that the Jews were collectively guilty of deicide? 
• 36:21 – What is the Catholic understanding of predestination? 
• 40:53 - I recently heard on NPR from this author who wrote a book about the Bible. She claimed that God referred to himself in the Old Testament as Satan. Is that true? What could she be talking about? 
• 47:14 - What is the difference between the genealogies of Jesus in Matthew versus Luke? 
• 49:12 - How do we know which definition of “Elohim” is being used each time in the bible?