What Catholics Believe About the Jubilee: Holy Doors, Indulgences & Scripture
Jubilee Year 2025
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Join Dr. Mark Giszczak, associate professor of Sacred Scripture at the Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology, as he answers some of the internet's most pressing questions about the Jubilee.
What is a Jubilee year? What is a Holy Door? What are indulgences? Is the Jubilee year in Scripture? Find out answers to these questions and more in this episode of What Catholics Believe
00:00 What Catholics Believe about the Jubilee year
00:23 What is a Jubilee year?
01:46 Where is the Jubilee year in the pages of Sacred Scripture?
02:36 Why is it called a Jubilee year?
02:50 Did Jesus practice the Jubilee year?
05:52 Where do we see the history of the Jubilee year within the Catholic Church?
06:45 What is the difference between an ordinary and extraordinary Jubilee year?
07:24 Why do Jubilee years have themes?
08:12 What is hope?
09:20 How can I participate in the Jubilee year?
10:00 What is a "Holy Door" and what is its significance?
11:31 What is the role of pilgrimages in the Jubilee year?
13:24 What are indulgences?
16:48 Enjoy the Jubilee year!
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