Hello程神父,請問「大公教會」是什麼意思?我是天主教徒,一直都認為大公教會是指天主教會,但我有一些新教的朋友認為所有基督徒不分宗派都屬於同一個教會,那就是大公教會(他們的信經中都有「我信聖而公之教會」),那請問「大公教會」是指天主教會嗎?還是我那些新教朋友的定義才正確?謝謝!
之前聽到程神父解答一位信友啲題問,是主耶穌在十架死後先到地獄(程神父解釋為「靈薄獄」)宣告復活!,即是在耶穌之前啲聖人如梅瑟等被困在靈薄獄等待主耶穌的救贖。但在福音中曾提及梅瑟及厄里亞(路9:30-31)。為何又會在山上能見耶穌?
Catholics often say we can offer our suffering as a sacrifice to God in exchange for salvation for ourselves and others. At the same time, we are told that salvation is a free gift from God. Are these two sayings contradictory?
Does the phrase “goodness is diffusive of itself” contradict to the free will of God? I think because God is goodness, and by the theory that “goodness by nature is diffusive of itself”, God MUST diffuse Himself by creating a universe, hence, creation of the universe is a necessary phenomenon instead of a free choice.
Is it that God himself came down to earth as Jesus in Human flesh or Jesus is another being entirely and Is it that God manifested in 3 form or they are 3 different God in 1.
It seems mercy and justice are contradictory. How will God manifest both, or is one preferred over the other?
I firmly believe that the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady, but I wonder did she ever commit a sin, venial sin included. I know some Greek Fathers said Our Lady sinned during finding Jesus in the temple and during the Passion of Jesus. What is the opinion of Church?
I keep hearing Catholics say “to offer up your suffering”, or “uniting your suffering with Jesus on the cross”. Would you talk about what that means, and why you would do that? How can I learn more about it?
In the case of pregnancy resulted from rape, didn’t God grant each of us a free will? Rape is not the free will of the girl yet she is restrained by the church to keep the child. Shouldn’t a child be born of love?
Why is the Church promoting our faithful to do novena with fixed prayers and such prayers usually fall into fixed number of days, such as 3, 8, 9, 33? Which novenas would you recommend?