#12040 AMA: Prayer, Free Will, and Church Traditions - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered:

• 11:44 – Is there a difference when you pray for specifics like for a job vs when praying in general like the Our Father?
• 23:26 – How can you tell the difference between a demonic manifestation and a soul in purgatory who needs prayers?
• 23: 33 – Is it true that the first bible came from Ethiopia?
• 28:47 – If God is all knowing, do we really have free will?
• 37:24 – How do I respond to the objection that Mary had a painless childbirth but yet still experienced death meaning that she was not sinless.
• 45:50 – Is it necessary to have sacramentals be blessed by a priest?
• 48:17 – What is the official language of the Church? What was the process of marriage in the 1st century Holy Land?
• 52:45 – What era did the Church rule that priests could not be married?