God, the Trinity, and Christ

God, the Trinity, and Christ: Questions & Answers

Explore 79 questions and answers about God, the Trinity, and Christ, answered by Dr. Robert Sungenis.

Is divine simplicity a defined doctrine that appears in Church council documents?
If the soul is the life of the body, how do transplanted organs and blood cells stay alive apart from the body?
What is the best way to argue with a Hegelian, and did the Church ever condemn Hegel?
Why didn't God keep Satan in everlasting chains instead of throwing him to earth to tempt us?
Do Mary's words in the Magnificat, distinguishing soul and spirit, imply a trichotomy of body, soul, and spirit?
Is there proof outside the Bible that demons exist?
When exactly did the fall of Satan take place, and is that when evil entered existence?
A psychic gave me a reading with 'future words'; is it wrong to take part in that?
Apart from the Scriptures, what proof do we have that the Holy Spirit dwells in believers?
Why did God cast the fallen angels down to earth to tempt mankind?
What is your opinion on all the recent UFO and extraterrestrial claims?
Does 'today I have begotten you' mean Christ became God's Son at a point in time rather than by eternal generation?
When the Fathers say the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father "through the Son," is that the same as the Filioque?
Is God the Father the father of Jesus, or is the Holy Spirit, since the Spirit came upon Mary?
Is Yahweh God's eternal covenant name, and how far back in history does it go?
If God never changes, why does Scripture show Him angry, jealous, or regretful?
In what sense is God one; do the three persons share one body?
Did God really regret creating man in Genesis 6:6?
"Only the Father Knows the Day or Hour" - Does This Imply Limited Knowledge?
Did the Father Give the World to the Son as a Gift?
Has God Written How We Die?
Can God Change His Mind?
Is God ontologically masculine?
Are natural disasters God's punishment for our sins?
What is the best Old Testament evidence that God is triune?
Why did modern thinkers return to Greek philosophy and bypass the Church?
In what sense is man still in the image and likeness of God after the fall?
Do you still hold that open theism must be examined and has some good points?
Do you reject St. Thomas's Aristotelian biology and physics, or both?
Do animals have souls, and are those souls immortal like ours?
Are human souls feminine because the soul is 'receptive'?
Is secularism a real thing, or just a category of the mind, since nothing exists outside Christ's kingdom?
If Jesus is God, why did the Father give Him life in Himself, words to speak, and authority?
Does 1 Corinthians 15:46 ('the physical first, then the spiritual') conflict with man being created in God's image?
Is the Holy Spirit more accurately described as God's breath or God's love?
What is the 'spirit' of a person, and are the soul and spirit the same thing?
Is infinity real, or just a concept, since you can always add one to any number?
Did mathematics and physics exist before God created the world, and does God know them?
Do the devil and demons always need God's permission to act, as in the Book of Job?
How can God 'repent of the evil' He planned in Exodus 32:14 if He is all good?
Do the devil and demons always need God's permission to act, as in the Book of Job?
What is the soul, and how can we know or prove that it exists?
Are there only three named angels, or is there a fourth?
Is God bound by the rules of logic?
Was God's love only able to be expressed through the fall of Adam?
Could Planck-scale particles be a bridge to the spiritual realm?
If the Fathers condemned Greek philosophy, why is it central to Christian thought?
Does God pass through time the way we do?
If we are pro-life, must we also oppose killing animals and eating meat?
Does Jesus have a guardian angel, since He has a human soul?
In a nutshell, what is Thomism, and what does it mean to call oneself a Thomist?
What was the problem with William of Ockham and nominalism?
Why does God sometimes stop helping sinners and even give them over to their sin?
When does the soul leave the body, when the heart stops or the brain stops?
Why do men have much harder lives than women?
Is each person assigned both a good angel and a bad angel at birth?
What does Scripture actually tell us about the fall of Lucifer?
In Romans 7:23, does the body have its own will toward sin?
How should I first study the Summa Theologica?
What does the punishment of the devil in Genesis 3:14 mean, and how does cursing the serpent punish Satan?
Does substance ultimately boil down to information, as William Dembski argues in his metaphysics of information?
In the Glory Be, what does the word 'it' refer to in 'as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be'?
What is Satan's psyche like? Is he a total lunatic?
What is the Catholic position on fairies, nymphs, and gremlins, and the claim that they were really aliens?
If demons have free will, can a demon ever turn back and follow God again?
How do I explain the Trinity to my nine-year-old daughter?
Does Catechism 370 (God is neither male nor female, pure spirit) disprove that God is ontologically male?
Can the devil and false prophets perform miracles, and what are the limits of their power?
When the devil offers Jesus any kingdom during the temptation, does that mean there is no nation the devil does not control?
What does the title 'God of hosts' mean?
What do you think of process theology, and does God really have emotions?
Why should Christians stay away from movies and books like Harry Potter?
How can you tell if someone is a Freemason without asking them directly?
Is Catholicism pantheist, holding that God includes and interpenetrates the universe?
Does El Shaddai mean "the many-breasted God"?
Is the sensible world solid and mind-independent, or a hologram in the mind of God?
What is the precise meaning of soul, mind, and heart in the greatest commandment?
Why does the Bible say nothing is impossible with God when God cannot lie?
Why would God create humans if He foresaw that most of them would go to hell?

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