Considering Catholicism

Listener Questions: Mary's Free Will, More About Birth Control, and Baptists vs. the Nicene Creed (#236)

Greg answers your questions. Did Mary have free will when she agreed to bear Jesus? Did the Church just make up its objections to artificial birth control? And why are the Southern Baptists debating whether to affirm the Nicene Creed?

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Catholicism and the Bible, Part 6: How to Read the Bible (#235)

What "lens" should we the Bible through? History? Moral lessons? Spiritual insights? The Catholic Church teaches that scripture speaks to us in four "senses" or "modes."

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Contraception vs. Catholicism (#234)

The Roman Catholic Church is the only Christian denomination that has held the line, maintaining a total ban on artificial contraception, even within marriage. Why? Greg explains the philosophical and theological ethics that underlie the Catholic position.

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Humanae Vitae: online at the Vatican website

How Was Tradition Transmitted in the Early Church? (#233)

We talk a lot about the oral tradition of the apostles and how it formed (and still forms) the foundations of Catholic doctrine. But several listeners have written in asking how those oral traditions were transmitted and preserved in the generations immediately after the apostles. In this episode, Greg dodges a bear attack while doing his best to answer.

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Catholicism and the Bible, Part 5: The Old Testament in Catholic and Protestant Bibles (#232)

In this "Deep Dives" episode, Greg asks why Catholics and Protestants have different Old Testaments.

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The Miracle of Transubstantiation (#231)

The most fundamental difference between Catholicism and Protestantism is Protestant rejection of the "real presence" of Christ in the Eucharist. Jesus said, "This is my body, and this is my blood," and from the beginning the Catholic Church has taken him at his word. Protestants consider the doctrine of "transubstantiation," that the bread and wine are transformed into Christ's body and blood ridiculous. In this two-year old conversation from the podcast vault, Greg and Cory explain this most essential Christian mystery.

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What is the Eucharist and Why is It So Important to Catholics? (#230)

Yesterday was the Feast of "Corpus Christi," which is Latin for "Body of Christ." Catholics celebrated with processions, carrying the consecrated Eucharist through public spaces. But other than a few Anglo-Catholic Episcopalians, Protestants do not celebrate Corpus Christi. Why is the Eucharist such a big deal for Catholics?

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Catholicism and the Bible, Part 4: The New Testament and Protestants’ "Sola Scriptura" (#229)

In this "Deep Dives" episode, we explore the formation of the New Testament and refute the Protestant doctrine of "sola scriptura."

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