Questions tagged [catholicism]
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Is this Christianity StackExchange a Catholic site?
This site has not declared its biases. Given the Catholic bent of the reaction to questions I consider it an appropriate question to ask if they are simply a Catholic front. Who runs this mentally ...
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Why do so many questioners on this site look for consensus or opinion of others instead of asking for proper understanding of Scripture?
If the Bible interprets itself, as all believers should know is true, why then do so many people on this site ask for and seem to rely on broad commentaries on or citations of some supposed church ...
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2024 United States Eucharistic Congress Meetup? [closed]
If anybody who uses Christianity Stackexchange and is attending the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, it'd be awesome to have a meet-up when we get there! We might be able to plug the ...
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Would it be a problem to ask the question of historical proof of the existence of the controversial St. Philomena?
Would it be a problem to ask the question of historical proof of the existence of the controversial St. Philomena within the Catholic Church?
I realize that this subject matter could upset some ...
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Do you mean "According to the Catholic Church" or "Amenable to Catholics"?
When asking a question like:
Why do Matthew,Mark and John not give narrative account of the Ascension?
Is it reasonable to equate "According to the Catholic Church" with "What do Catholics think" ...
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Are scripture only answers to Catholic Scripture questions not answers?
If there's a question about Scripture, asking for a Catholic answer, do answers which only cite scripture qualify as not-an-answer?
Case in point:
Why did Jesus only appear in short apparitions to ...
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Is there an option to communicate directly with other users? [duplicate]
I'm trying to get in touch with Pugnacio Scohottentot.
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Should we have a "Holy See" tag?
We seem to be getting occasional questions that are more or less of a political/religious mix at times concerning Vatican City and the pope as the head of state. As a country the Vatican or Vatican ...
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Last question was to "broad"
I was looking if any one knew if the church does anything at all to promote mental illness. If this is still "broad" do not worry about it.
What does the Catholic Church do about mental illness?
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Separate site for Catholics and Protestants
I was going through the different discussions and could see mix of responses from Catholics and Protestants. This creates a huge confusion in the discussion as the fundamentals of both denominations ...
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What Closed Catholicism Questions would you reconsider opening?
I searched this list and compiled a list. I'm not going to mod-hammer open any of these, but I'd like people to take a second look because it'll give me a better understanding of exactly why things ...
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Why must there be a Catholic Moderator elected in the next election?
This website has been in business for five years, one year for every hundred years since Luther posted his 95 theses. In that time we've had a good bit of Ecumenical (and Eschewmenical) dialogue. ...
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Should Catholic answers cite canon law?
I heartily don't think we should and this is why:
the Catechism is a sure norm for teaching the faith. The Catechism has thousands of citations, and only 28 of them are from canon law.
It makes ...
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Big Catholic events, where are the questions?
Pretty depressing to have so few Catholicism questions when so much is going on. I kind of think that's because people don't think to go here and ask about current events - which are definitely ...
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What is the correct terminology when referring to (Roman) Catholicism?
I recently saw a comment from a user saying that the term Roman Catholic is derogatory. Is this the widely considered to be the case?
There are various terms I have seen applied to the Catholic ...