Category: Catholic Christian Worldview

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Catholic Christian Worldview / Classical theism / Thomism

Ep. #191 – The Holy Trinity [New book!] w/ Fr. Thomas Joseph White

What are the different ways Catholic theologians arrive at a knowledge of God? How did the Catholic practice of thinking about the Trinity arise over time? What is The Triplex Via, and how does it relate to our analogical discourse about God? How do we know that God is triune, and can we discover that through natural reason? Fr. Thomas Joseph White O.P. joins the podcast to discuss these questions and his new book, The Trinity: On the Nature and Mystery of the One God (Catholic University Press, 2022).

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Catholic Christian Worldview / Gospels / Jesus

Ep. #189 – Ehrman vs Akin Debate|Debriefing w/ Jimmy Akin

How did Jimmy argue for the historical reliability of the Gospels? What made the debate so cordial? How did Jimmy answer some of the main difficulties Ehrman raised? What did Jimmy want to raise in the debate that he was not able to? And is it really plausible that Joseph owned land in two places? Jimmy Akin joins us for a debate debrief to discuss these topics. 

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Catholic Christian Worldview / Evangelism / Gospels

Ep. #187 – The Argument from Christ w/ Dr. Ortlund

What is the Lord, Liar, Lunatic argument from C.S. Lewis and how has the conversation progressed since he penned it? Do the Synoptic Gospels present a very different Jesus than the Gospel of John? Can we make a plausible, historical case for the resurrection? Dr. Gavin Ortlund joins us to discuss these topics and further discuss his book Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn’t.

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Catholic Christian Worldview

Ep. #184 – “Iustificare” in the Early Church w/ Dr. Matthew J. Thomas

Was justification understood as an exclusively legal term up until Augustine’s time? Did St. Augustine mistakenly translate justification because he did not know Greek? Is there evidence in the early Church that justification can be understood transformatively as well as legally? Dr. Matthew J. Thomas joins us to discuss these topics and more.

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Catholic Christian Worldview / Thomism

BONUS|Response to Catholic Confusion + Critique of Balthasar w/ Dr. Christopher Malloy

Will the Catholic Church ever change some of its fundamental teachings? How did the Church change its messaging and posture after Vatican II? Does the Church still teach that Hell is a reality and a possibility for us? How should Catholics think about universalism, annihilationism, and hopeful universalism? What do we make of the idea that Hans Urs that we may dare to hope for universal salvation? Dr. Christopher J. Malloy joins us to discuss these topics as we consider his recent book False Mercy.

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Catholic Christian Worldview / Jesus

Ep. #183 – The Early Church was the Catholic Church w/ Joe Heschmeyer

Can we truly claim the early Church was Catholic? Did major doctrines develop over time? Is there sufficient evidence that Christians of the earliest centuries actually held to Catholic beliefs? Don’t several statements in the Didache, Tertullian, and others count against the Catholic position? Joe Heschmeyer joins us to discuss these topics and more as we explore his latest book: The Early Church Was the Catholic Church.