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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – October 21, 2024 – Hour 2

Did Martin Luther accidentally validate indulgences? Mary Moorman joins us.

 

Are Near-Death Experiences Real?

Near-death experiences are one of the mysteries of life. Doug Keck helps us understand them.

Doug Keck is the President and COO of EWTN

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The Forgotten Martyrs of the American Southwest

July 17, 1781 began like virtually all summer days in Yuma, Arizona, full of sunshine and extreme heat. Soon it would also be filled with the screams of warriors, the musket shots of soldiers, and the cries of the dying. The overlooked story of Fr Francisco Garces, killed on that day, still resonates today. Jeremy Beer tells the story.

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How Luther Accidentally Validated Indulgences

Among Luther’s most well-known issues with the Catholic Church was his view of indulgences. But as Mary Moorman points out, Luther’s Sola Fide theology merely absolutized the very logic of the indulgences he sought to overthrow. Mary Moorman joins us.

Mary Moorman is the author of Indulgences: Luther, Catholicism and the Imputation of Merit. She holds a Juris Doctor in law with a focus on religious legal systems from Boston University and completed her work in medieval systematic theology at Yale and Southern Methodist University. She has lectured in both law and religion at Boston University, Southern Methodist University, and the University of New Haven. Her most recent articles have appeared in "The Journal of Religion, Conflict, and Peace," "The Wesleyan Theological Journal," and the anthology "Seeing the Medieval: Realms of Faith and Visions for Today."

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