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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-15

@elondeporter @CapturingChrist Luther moved these apocryphal books to a separate section because they were not part of the Hebrew Bible, were never quoted as Scripture by Jesus or the apostles, contained historical and doctrinal issues (e.g., prayers...

@elondeporter @CapturingChrist Luther moved these apocryphal books to a separate section because they were not part of the Hebrew Bible, were never quoted as Scripture by Jesus or the apostles, contai

2 Maccabees 12:45-46 debate
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Purgatory is central to Catholic practice: mass for the dead, prayers for the deceased, and indulgences

Explaining the practical/liturgical consequences of the purgatory doctrine

purgatory indulgences mass for the dead
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Reading of 2 Maccabees 12:38-46: Judas makes an expiatory sacrifice and prays for the dead soldiers

Full reading of the second key passage

atonement 2 Maccabees 12:38-46 prayers for the dead
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Jimmy Akin's (Catholic Answers) soft interpretation of 2 Maccabees: the passage presupposes that prayer can help the dead on their journey to heaven

Catholic apologetic reading of 2 Maccabees, specifically from Jimmy Akin

Catholic Answers purgatory 2 Maccabees 12:38-46
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

If 2 Maccabees teaches praying for the dead after mortal sin, it overturns Catholic theology on mortal sin and purgatory

Continuing the internal contradiction argument

purgatory 2 Maccabees 12:38-46 Catholic doctrine