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27 Feb 2013

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Matrix from Australia and Noah's Flood

Dr. Sungenis I would be interested in your thoughts on the attached issue of Matrix from Australia. (Damien Mackey, as you may know, is a conservative Catholic, not an evolutionist. It seems he basically goes for the day-age theory, combined maybe with progressive creation. His views seem to me a...

20 Feb 2013

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Questions from a Catholic in India

Dear Dr. Sungenis, My name is Ritesh Roy Zacharias and I am from Bangalore, India. I was born Catholic but never raised as a 'serious' one. For the last 10 yrs, I have been on this unsettling 'quest' for the truth for the true church. Fortunately, I am married to the...

14 Mar 2012

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Miracle of the Sun

Question: Miracle of the Sun: Seen by > 70,000 (in & around Fátima). WHAT ABOUT THE TENS, no, HUNDREDS of MILLIONS throughout Europe, Africa, anywhere the Sun was visible? B.T.W. this paying to get questions answered is a GREAT idea. I'd pay >$4. Craig Craig, In response to the objection that no one...

14 Mar 2012

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1 Timothy 3:15 part 2

Hello Dr. Sungenis, I sincerely hope all is going well with your movie production. Since reading sections of your book GWW and other articles, I have engaged friends in some discussion about sciences assumptions regarding heliocentrism. I will continue to pray for you and your ministry. On another note, Dr. White...

14 Mar 2012

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Revelation 13: 3

Robert: Could the Beast of chapter 13 be Israel? Temple destroyed in 70 AD, the national destroyed in 131. Nation reconstituted (healed) 1948.13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were slain to death: and his death's wound was healed. And all the earth was in admiration after the...

14 Mar 2012

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1 Timothy 3:15

Dr. Sungenis, Ok, thanks for the quick response, that makes a lot of sense. A quick follow up concerning Dr. White's tr that ONLY the LOCAL is "the pillar and support" of truth. I have heard protestant apologists argue that this is the historically tenable claim since the idea of the...

09 Aug 2011

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What is the state of Catholic apologetics today?

Robert, What is your view of Catholic apologetics today? I know that a lot of other apologists have tried to ostracize you because of your views on certain things, and I guess I have to wonder myself. Didn’t you used to teach on EWTN? Can you give me your assessment on...

07 Aug 2011

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What is the difference between perfect and imperfect contrition?

Dear Robert, I know that if someone doesn't get to confession perfect contrition gets forgiveness for all types of sins mortal or venial. But what about imperfect contrition? Does it have the same effect and if not what effect does it have? William Dear William: “Perfect” and “Imperfect” are technical terms...

07 Aug 2011

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What about bombing abortion clinics?

I was curious about whether or not bombing an abortion facility would be morally justified because the lives of those babies saved would be more than the lives lost, and the lives lost are nothing more than sick twisted murderers that are a danger to society and talk people into...

07 Aug 2011

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Death Penalty

I know the Church doesn't sanction the death penalty except in cases where the subject can't be contained resonably and situations like that are rare, but I don't believe the situations are rare. I believe that every murderer, rapists, serial killers, and other such criminals all have the capability to...

07 Aug 2011

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Extra-terrestrial life and the Bible

To my knowledge the Bible says nothing of extraterrestrial life, but is the possibility left open by the Bible and Church teachings? R. Sungenis: The Bible doesn't leave open the possibility for extraterrestrial life anymore than it leaves open the possibility that there is green cheese on the moon. Arguments...

07 Aug 2011

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Question about charges Plagiarism

I know you are very busy. I hope to get through to you via this email. A friend posed this site against you in re to the accusation of plagerism etc. Can you direct me to a page off your site to answer these falsehoods? I've searched your site and...

07 Aug 2011

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On Condign and Congruent Merit

Dear Dr. Sungenis, I was reading both your book Not By Faith Alone and a response that you wrote on your web site to Michael Horton. In both your book and your web article you criticize both Horton and R.C. Sproul for stating that condign merit is the same as strict...

07 Aug 2011

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Romans 4:4

[Email to L. Gonzaga and forwarded to R. Sungenis] Hi, I was wondering if Sungenis could address Romans 4:4 and how it uses the Greek word logizomai. From the way I see logizomai used in 4:4 (sandwiched between the important 4:3 and 4:5), the Protestant notion of 'impute' appears to be...

07 Aug 2011

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Did Lot Sin by Offering his Daughters to Homosexuals?

Robert, I am teaching a moral theology class and we are going over your article on Homosexuality.My question: I do not understand why Lot offered his daughter for the sexual pleasure of the rapists. What is the signifance of that, and why is that not condemned as well? It seems the argument...

07 Aug 2011

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Can Genesis 19 be used a proof text against homosexuality?

Hi Robert, I don't know if the system you have set up for emails will allow me to reply, but I will attempt it. If my email is long, I apologize. I know you are busy. I would be willing to pay another 3 dollars- the problem is I am not...

07 Aug 2011

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Are Jews a Blood Cursed Race?

CAI, Maybe you could do an article on the Jews as a Deicide Race, one that is cursed with the blood of Jesus, unless they convert of course. The list of Fathers and theologians, who held and believed this for 2000 years, and until recently in spite of N.Aetatae, which...

07 Aug 2011

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What is the "Sin Against the Holy Spirit"?

Robert, could you please explain what Christ meant when he said a sin against the Holy Spirit would not be forgiven either in this world or in the next? And could you please give a couple of examples of such sins...thank you. regards, tom R. Sungenis: Tom, you might want to...

07 Aug 2011

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The Last Supper and the Passover

Hi Robert, This is just a few comments on the interesting topic of whether the Last Supper was the passover. Like most people I grew up on the majority opinion that the Last Supper was the Passover. However I'm quite open to the alternative view that you present. There are none the...

07 Aug 2011

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The Last Supper and the Passover, part 2

Hi Robert, I agree it is an open topic for discussion and I think it's great this is being discussed. Did you have any comment to make on Benedict's remarks/argument?Matthew R. Sungenis: Yes. I forgot to add that in. I only scanned his remarks but I would say they are along the same lines...

07 Aug 2011

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More on the Old Covenant with Dr. Art Sippo

Hi Bob; I did not give examples of the continuity of Jewish practice in the Early Christian movement because I didn't think I needed to do so. Jesus himself said: Mat 5:17 "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to...

07 Aug 2011

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Ocean Tides and Geocentrism

Dr. Sungenis, I’ve been having a rather lively debate with some of my colleagues with regard to geocentrism. Some of them are open minded; most think I wear tinfoil on my head and talk to aliens (never mind the fact that I must surely believe the earth is flat). The subject of...

07 Aug 2011

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The Building of the Temple in Jerusalem Today

Dr. Sungenis: I seen on various news stories concerning the tension on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem by Jews wanting to ascend there to Pray and the Muslims trying to keep them out. I also seen that some Jewish groups have prepared not only the altar but the cornerstone for the 3rd...

07 Aug 2011

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Is the Last Supper Commemorative of a Seder Meal?

…Also, I recall that you [Bob Sungenis] and I dialogued several years ago about the Hahnian Third Cup interpretation. Through the use of the Greek, you proved quite definitively that the Last Supper could not have been the Four Cup seder, based on the Greek words for leavened and unleavened...

07 Aug 2011

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Concerning the Papacy

Dear Mr. Sungenis, I am not a scholar or anything and my arguments are not the best Orthodoxy can produce. But I will just tell you two of my own personal arguments on why the Vatican I notion of the papacy is simply not true. First, the idea of papal jurisdiction over...

07 Aug 2011

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Michael Forrest talking to Mark Shea

Dear Robert, Mark Shea posted some comments by Michael Forrest that I thought you might be interested to see. Do you care to comment? Forrest’s comments are below, and then Mark Shea adds something. John D. ________________________ Shea: Helping Michael Forrest Finish His Act of Reparation He writes: Forrest: FYI, we just posted two final...

07 Aug 2011

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Mark Shea and the Old Covenant

Robert, Mark Shea is at it again. This time he is trying to defend his view of the Old Covenant in light of the recent change to the US adult catechism. He is also trying to bar you from taking any credit for the outcome. Do you have anything to say...

07 Aug 2011

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Scott Hahn and the Holy Spirit issue

Hi Robert, You may have already seen this on the blog Unam Sanctam Catholicam titled, Scott Hahn's "maternal" spirit compared to ancient heresies. (Sept 28, 2009) http://unamsanctamcatholicam.blogspot.com/2009/09/scott-hahns-maternal-spirit-compared-to.html Scott Hahn responded to the blogger here (Oct 1, 2009): http://unamsanctamcatholicam.blogspot.com/2009/10/scott-hahns-response.html Or go directly to the bloggers main page, these are the two most recent posts as of...

07 Aug 2011

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Shea blog claims USCCB catechism changes nothing

Robert, On Mark Shea's blog it is being touted that the USCCB catechism's deletion of the sentence saying that the Mosaic covenant is valid for the Jews "changes nothing" because, being only a US catechism, it has no authority. They also say that the 1994 Catechism of the Catholic Church is the...

07 Aug 2011

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Catholics for Israel's Ariel Ben Ami

Ariel Ben Ami: Mr. Sungenis has even come into conflict with his own bishop regarding his position against the Jews. R. Sungenis: “Conflict” with a bishop is common in Catholic history, because not all bishops protect and defend the Catholic faith. That’s why the US bishops, in a vote of 231...

07 Aug 2011

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Catholics for Israel's Ariel Ben Ami (2)

Mr. Sungenis, To be honest, we are not interested in entering into a polemical debate with you. Several members of Catholics for Israel have read your critique and all agree that it is written in a bad spirit. You may claim to not be anti-Semitic on a racial level, but few...

07 Aug 2011

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On God changing his mind

Robert, Regarding God’s changing his mind, I'm not at all convinced that we are attributing "lies" to God if we don't interpret those kinds of passages as a real change of mind on His part. Like the one in Exodus you bring up: 32: 10. I would read that as a threat...

07 Aug 2011

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Review in NOR saying Old Covenant is not revoked

Robert, A man named Arthur C. Sippo did a review for New Oxford Review of a book, Augustine and the Jews: A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism written by Paula Fredriksen. Mr. Sippo titled his review: “St. Augustine’s Defense of Judaism.” I’m sending you the complete article because I would...

07 Aug 2011

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On Kenneth Miller and Evolution

Dear CAI, do you know of any response for this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXdQRvSdLAs&NR=1 Thank you,Damien R. Sungenis: The first thing we need to note about this vignette is that it is from Ken Miller, one of the most biased evolutionists in academia. Miller has shown in various cases that he cannot be trusted to interpret the...

07 Aug 2011

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Who is the tree and who are the branches of Romans 11, Part 3

From Jim Galen: "Question 171 - What does "the well cultivated olive tree" refer to? Part 2" Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Benedict XVI), Many Religions- One Covenant, page 32:“we must first ask what this view of the historical figure of Jesus means for the existence of those who know themselves to be grafted through him onto...

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