Tag: Eucharistic Sacrifice
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Does Worship Require Sacrifice Today? When the Fathers He Quotes Point Back to the Altar
A Catholic Rebuke of Answering Catholics on the Sacrifice of the Mass, Hebrews, Christian Worship, and the Testimony of the Early Church Patrick O’Brien’s Answering Catholics asks a question that goes directly to the heart of Christian worship: “Does Worship Require Sacrifice Today?” His answer begins with something Catholics wholeheartedly affirm. Jesus Christ fulfilled the…
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Does 2 Maccabees Teach Christians to Pray for the Dead? When Scripture Calls It “Holy and Wholesome”
A Catholic Response to Answering Catholics on 2 Maccabees 12, Purgatory, the Canon of Scripture, and Prayer for the Dead Patrick O’Brien’s Answering Catholics asks whether 2 Maccabees really supports the Catholic practice of praying for the dead. His answer is no. According to the article, the Catholic argument fails because 2 Maccabees is supposedly…