Why Are Protestants So Wrong About Catholicism? | The Catholic Talk Show
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- In this episode of The Catholic Talk Show, the guys are joined by former Protestant pastor Keith Nester to discuss misconceptions and stumbling blocks that prevent Protestants from understanding Catholicism.
Episode 266:
In this episode, we discuss:
• Why are Protestants even still protesting?
• What Protestants get wrong about authority
• What to say to a Protestant about Catholicism
• And Much More
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We were on Keith's channel and he interview us! Check it out here: th-cam.com/video/XdQftLSt1Jw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=dCWsCp06PkL8h1yC
Lots of lost Catholics out there from bad education for 30 years , it’s better education now but people from 35-60 had bad hippy dippy education most don’t even know they are Christian I use to be one of them
Martin Luther did a pick and choose of the Catholic things he put in his new religion; he was the very first cafeteria Catholic. So his new "faith" was a shallow hulk of a religion with all of the good Catholic stuff removed. This has given every protestant, since then, an inferiority complex and explains why they hate Catholics.
You know what I noticed Catholics are obsessed with Protestants. When you watch Protestant shows 90% explain once why they are not catholic then don’t talk about it anymore. Every Catholic apologist show I see constantly brings it up. Christianity is the one true faith and making a big deal over the minor differences of different denominations is wasting time that we should be using on the great commission.
Please read my comment. God bless.
Ok
I came back to the church after 50 years today. Did my confession and now back In the church. I am so excited and feel so free Will be going to my first mass in 50 years this week.
Welcome home!
That's awesome! God bless!
Welcome back!
Wow welcome back praise praise. GOD was smiling 😊
Praise God! That is amazing. Welcome back!
My husband passed away suddenly on Saturday morning February 17. Every morning we watched The Catholic Talk Show, or Fr. Jim Blount, or Fr.Chris Alar. We’d drink our coffee and pray The Angelus, The Unity Prayer, and St. Michael and Michael Of The Morning prayer.
I will miss him next to me at Mass, I will miss him next to me for the rest of my life.
Please pray for my family. We know it’s God’s Will, we know He chose to heal him in Heaven. We know God was merciful to John.
He loves Jesus Christ fervently, and Holy Mother,too.
But, we need prayers to navigate this loss. We need prayers to be able to survive.
Praying for you at this time of great loss. I pray you are surrounded by people who support you. I pray you somehow feel Christ's love surround you.. I trust that through our prayers your husband is already in the arms of God and living in the community of saints. I pray you AR blessed with the ability to still feel his love and that it inspires you to seek and find the peace and joy that I am sure he hopes for you. May God's love surround you.
@@julieCA58🙏🙏🙏
I pray that he is in God grace and that the Holy Spirit accompany you in your life. God bless
Such a beautiful relationship.
Our condolences and prayers for your strength as you go through this most painful moment in your life.
There's a reason or purpose why things happen which only our dear Lord knows and answered when we finally meet our Creator.
We feel you and pray that God's comfort rests upon you and all bereaved.
Offer your grief to HIM and let HIS Grace of Mercy Peace Consolation and Love see you through today and all tomorrows of your life.
Like a raging storm ..the fury (pain) will calm down to bring back the sunshine.
🙏💔🕊️❤️
I was raised in a wonderful baptist church with strong ties to Moody Bible Institute. I was taught that scripture is the infallible and ultimate authority. My parents put me in an all girls Catholic High School and I had questions about why Catholics had "added" books to the bible. Once I learned a bit about the history of Christianity and how my KJV came to be then it made me question other missing parts of my Christian heritage and this led me to the sacraments. I entered the RCC church in 2017. My "baptist" momma who had left the RCC Church decades before my birth returned soon after. Thanks be to God.
Beautiful!
Please read my comment. God bless.
@CatholicTalkShow You're a loser bud. You must really hate the truth deleting all of my comments.
Thank you for sharing this testimony! Praise be to our Lord Jesus Christ! Praying for you and your family as you all continue to grow in faith.
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I went to the mall on Ash Wednesday to shop for a new computer when I was approached and asked about the ashes by three gentleman! I thought they were genuinely interested but soon realized they were a ministry team. They went looked for Catholics on the one day we are clearly marked! Little did they know I have an MA in theology (scripture concentration to boot) from a Catholic seminary. I am the faith formation director for my parish. They set a trap and I was happy to spring it! I hope it helped clear their misconceptions!
@daxypoo This is such a good observation. It seems the same to me. Satan is trying to use the prodestants to destroy Jesus church. Keep it coming satan. Jesus promised us that he wouldn't be able to destroy his church and we're still her 2,000 years later. Praise God!!
@daxypoo True. I try to talk to prots and show them they are wrong, but some times, they are so invested in their beliefs and they closed their heart to the truth, so even if you correct him in every single thing, he still wont change. Its best to see whether they are actuallt curious or have another agenda, and if its the latter, just ignore them. In my experience, in a lot of ways, some evagelicals exhibit similar characteristics to muslims and they are si brainwashed they cant see the truth. It is sad, but you cant convince everyone
This needs a video on it's own! I'm curious as to how it unfolded, played out, and ended.
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I totally understand what Keith said. I grew up Baptist and was told Catholics worship Mary, etc. One of my former co-workers is Catholic and he just had such an air about him. After a couple of years I asked him “what do you have that keeps you so even keeled and positive.” He said his church and overtime explained his faith. He eventually became a deacon and he invited me to go to RCIA for a class. And at age 51, I converted to Catholicism, was baptized, confirmed, and received the Holy Eucharist. And the rest, as they say, is history.😊
So happy for you !
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Bravo!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Many catholics do worship mary. Go to Latin america.if a Hindu did to his God what catholics do to Mary you would see that is is worship.
@LelaAukes
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Beautiful Mother Maria thank you to be with us. I love worship glorify you and your son Jesus our God almighty
You were right. Many or most catholic worship Mary. The above is a cut and paste of a comment here in YT. You have to take a propaganda class to be catholic...you just have to ask Jesus for salvation once, and in a instant you are saved. Big difference. RCIA classes never talk about the seedy underbelly of the graven image soaked CC and its truckloads of pedophile priests. I believe in freedom of religion. You are welcome to believe as you want.
First confession in 20 years on Thursday I can't wait after 10 years of alcoholism and drug addiction I'm ready to come back to Jesus hope he accepts me back in the church
All heaven celebrates when the lost are found. I was lost for 20 years myself when I confessed 3 years ago. The best thing I ever did.
Read the story of the prodigal son, told by Jesus Himself. That will tell you all you need to know on whether you are accepted back. Welcome home, brother.
❤ Of course. He said HE would always. Trust in Him ALL THE TIME. ❤
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@@CJP.-pq3kr do you think you would accept those who perform necromancy or or speak to the sons of God???
Being a new Catholic coming out of the Protestant denomination, I would say many, many people do not understand church history and many, many people don’t think it’s relevant. Very sad.
Please read my comment. God bless.
Scripture AND tradition . My dear beloved priest father mark of Amite La always said “remember , Jesus was a first century Jew “ ❤️🙏🏽
You have the holy Catholic Church then you have 40,000+ man made protestant CULTS.
Well Michelle I do not consider myself Protestant. I'm a born again believer. Non denominational church and we study the whole council, the whole bible book by book verse by verse! We are saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. That is what the bible teaches! Much Love!
@@Hokum48- If you knew what you were talking about, you would know that Catholics also believe that. The fact that you don’t know that and are trying to teach us Catholics is a little embarrassing. We don’t earn our salvation, it is a gift. Unlike many of your non-denominational brothers and sisters however, we do believe you can LOSE this gift. Staying faithful and repenting when we fall is the “work” that you non-denoms are so deathly afraid of for some reason.
Great episode. I was a Presbyterian pastor in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church for a few years, but sensed serious incoherence in the Reformed faith as I studied deeper the principle of *sola scriptura*, read the Church Fathers, and learned about the Eucharist. My wife and I ended up coming into full communion with the Church back in 2011. Now I'm a permanent deacon and theology teacher at the local Catholic high school. Keep up the good work!
Please read my comment. God bless.
It’s the orthodox Presbyterian CULT NOT church!
John 17:17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. Psalm 138:2 I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name. For your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.
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Wow. Praise be to God.
Amen, Keith! As a devout Catholic convert, like you, one who lived the first half of her life as a devoted Protestant, I completely agree with you that our Church MUST remain proudly and distinctly Catholic in our practice! We should never try to copy or mimic Protestantism to attract people. We have Jesus. We have the Truth. We have the Faith. We must remain steadfast in our Truth and the people will come.
Plus we have Mary and all the saints !
@johnharris7353 You have nothing but false doctrine and man made traditions that contradict God's Word. Turn away from your idolatry and pagan practices.
Please read my comment. God bless.
Yes, we are at the banquet with Jesus, his Mother, and his saints.
I din't trust people who are afraid of statues
@Michael-pw2td Your statues won't deliver you when you're in trouble, Michael
This very evening, my marriage was convalidated, and my wife is going to enter RCIA this September. I couldn’t be happier! Thank you Ryan, Ryan, and Father Rich for bringing such joy and sacramental love every week! You are all a part of what makes my life great!
So happy for you!! We had ours done last month and my husband is in RCIA too!! God is so good! Jesus called me home and I'm so so grateful!!
Congratulations!
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Congratulations! Please pray for my husband.
How many works do you have to do in order to be saved?
I was a Protestant for my first 50 years of life. Ironically, after going through a Protestant Bible Study which was about discerning the Will of God for your life, I was led to the Catholic Church. I came into full communion with the Church in 2016. Never looked back.
Good for you. I've heard similar stories from those who worship la Santa muerte.
Lifelong evangelical here coming home this Easter! Thanks Keith and the boys at CTS!!! You all are a HUGE piece in my conversion!!! Glory to Jesus Christ!
Ishtar
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So, you now believe in faith + cooperation, faith + good works to be justified before God?
Welcome home! God bless you
@@soulosxpiotov7280 nope! Justified by faith in Christ. Walking out the sacramental life in love. Glory to Jesus Christ! Protestantism just didn’t philosophically cohere after a deep study in Church history. But super thankful for my upbringing!
Hi from Sligo Ireland, near our lady of knock shrine. I am happily part of the rosary crew! ☘️
Sligach go brach!
Hello Sinead, great to see my people watching this craic ✌️
Hello from Dublin 😁🇮🇪
Hi Sinead from NY! My parents were from Ireland!🇮🇪 Happy to hear you are part of the Crew! I am on the YT side- please say hi in the chat next time! 🙏📿😊
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As a lifetime Protestant who has recently converted to Catholicism, I absolutely LOVE the Chatecism! I love what it means for the Church (unity) and I always tell my Protestant friends to check it out.
I also fell away from the faith in my early 20’s. I returned last year. (in my 50’s). I’ve now found many others with the same experience.
It is truly a discipline to devoutly practice the Catholic faith. The Lord called me back and I am so happy that I listened! It’s beautiful to walk back into the church after 30 years and it’s the same service formation.
Welcome Home!🙏😊
Me too!
Me too
It is funny how Catholics always say they walked away from the church but never turned their back on Jesus. Jesus is your Savior and Lord. The Catholic church does not save you but Jesus does. We are not to have a relationship with a church but with Him.
Czzz
Thank you for your show! My husband and I will be confirmed and our marriage con validated on Pentecost. We are converting from Protestantism. God bless you all!
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I am a Rosary Crew member from almost the beginning. It is a family praying together. I'm a Catholic from birth, Catholic grandparents on both sides. I am trully blessed no matter what happens! "Jesus, I trust in You"❣️✝️
When did you accept Jesus as Lord?
Don’t like group rosary…to much interference! I prefer saying it by myself before every Mass. I am a daily communicant! 🙏✝️❤️
Sadly Francis is a communist! 🤷🏻♂️ Which exactly isn’t Christian! 🤷🏻♂️🙏✝️❤️
The rosary is idolatry turn away from these false teachings and practices and truly turn to Jesus Christ.
As a child/teen at a C of E school, we were told to learnThe Apostles Creed. But I don't remember if we had any teaching on it.
Catholic Curious Protestant, here. Been following you guys for a while.
I feel like this show was tailored to me. I admit, I’ve been convicted of my ignorance and assumptions.
Keith is right-what I “know” about Catholicism was through the lens of Protestant friends and pastors.
This episode taught me a lot. And made me even more Catholic Curious…
Thank you!❤
Continue on your journey. Keith is a great resource on questions regarding the Catholic Faith. You might also check out Catholic Answers, Jimmy Akin or Trent Horn.
Thank you for the encouragement and suggestions. I’m excited to check out your recommendations.🤔
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Keith is great source. I recommend scott hahn and Steve ray. Especially mysteries of the mass by Scott Hahn. Home sweet Rome. The holy spirit is calling you home. You sound like my wife she came into the church 7 years ago after being very very anti catholic. Like the Bible says Jesus's came here to divide families. My wife lost family for converting to catholicism. But she rather follow Jesus and his true church. Godbless will be praying for you 🙏
Thank you for the for the prayers and support. I also appreciate the suggestions.
“Coincidentally”, I just discovered Scott Hahn yesterday.-😉❤️
Im a follower of the Rosary Crew and I'm from the Philippines. Thank you for coming together as a community in enriching our Catholic faith. My Marian devotion has helped me through the storms of life and strengthened my faith in God. 🙏
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These Marian devotions are idolatry and will end up sending catholics to hell if they don't turn away from them.
@@kevinkane9446deep rebuttal
@daxypoo The rosary can't help you turn away from your idolatry before it's too late.
@kevinkane9446 You need to learn what idolatry is and quit playing God judging people on things you don't understand.
I live in a protestant elderly community. One lady said she turns the bread to Jesus after receiving the cracker or bread when she receives communion. I immediately without thinking, I said only a priest can do that. I pray for all protestants to come home....Come Home. God bless you
Jesus said of communion "do this in remembrance of Me". There is only one intercessor....Jesus!
@@Hokum48wrong. Jesus gave the power to the apostles. Only to the apostles. That power has been passed down through the church through apostolic succession. You are not given that power.
@@Maryismymom2 not sure what you are talking about. My comment was about communion
You guys have been a part of me returning to the church. Been away about 19 years. Marriage is Convalidated!!! Taking part in the EUCHARIST again! Just completed my Cursillo with my parish! De Colores!
Converted Last year...thank you for this show!
Welcome Home!😊
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I grew up Protestant. Through Kieth’s video on Mary (John 19:26-27), Our Blessed Mother touched me and in an instant I was struck with the reality of Her Motherhood. That Easter I came into the Church.
Aww! Your comment gave me chills!! So beautiful!!
Wow! That's awesome:) God bless you always.
@@EstelleNester thank you, you as well! 🙏 Praise God
There is only one celebrity in Christianity, Jesus Christ! He gets all the glory, praise and honor!
@@Hokum48Have the guts to speak plainly if you are going to criticize the veneration of the Virgin Mary. Don’t be cowardly through insinuation.
Hello from Keith Nester Rosary Crew 😊
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I was raised Mormon, and believed Catholics polluted Jesus's church. After a few years of searching, I found a lot of the things these guys said about protestants to be true. Getting baptized and cofirmed this Easter and couldn't be happier.
Hello I pray with the Rosary Crew !!!!! I’m from Fresno California! My parents took us to Mass when we were little and we all got to go to Catholic school from kindergarten to high school. And since then I’ve I think that I kind of slacked a little bit of going to church but then in the 80s I start going every Sunday since then maybe three times I’ve missed from being sick and I love being Catholic and I love saying the rosary.
Love & prayers for everyone, I am from the Rosary Crew in Sydney Australia, started praying with Keith 2020,was lockdown in Australia.
Hi guys!! Last night, I accidentally came across a YT channel called Living Waters, and watched a few videos. Until he started interviewing Catholics and basically saying that we Catholics are not "saved" and many other comments that scared me!! I will sit myself down right now and listen to this video. I've been a Catholic since birth and only since I retired last year have I recommitted myself to Jesus and Mary through our faith. I never want to worry that me and so so many Catholics I respect are wrong!!
@daxypoo Thank you, those are perfect responses! I see you know who I was talking about! ☺️
The devil loves to do this to us catholics. Just cling to Jesus and ask Mary to protect you. The rosary is your biggest weapon!
It's the "recommitted myself to Jesus AND Mary" that gives us Protestants pause. You say there is no worship there but it sounds like you are dedicating your life in part to her. There's no mention of God the Father of whom Jesus is begotten. The elevation of God's creation concerns us. The talk show hosts are right though. I think we probably do agree probably 80%-90% doctrinally, which is why the focus on Mary breaks our hearts.
We honor Mary as Christs mother. He obviously listened to her as at the wedding feast at Canaan. She was his biggest supporter
@@dianerupert5196 I get your point. Jesus was honoring his mother's wish as instructed in Exodus 20. However, in later verses, Jesus makes it clear that she has no station above his other disciples (Matthew 12:46-50, Luke 11:27-28). And another verse to think about: John 3:29-30 "The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. He must increase, but I must decrease." This applies to Marian elevation, too. How can you say that devotion to Mary brings about more devotion to Christ? Like John the Baptist, Mary and all of us must decrease so Jesus is properly glorified. Yes, Mary is blessed, but no station or title is given to her in the bible except "mother of Jesus."
Rosary crew and Catholic talk show! I’m so down for this. 🙏🏼❤️
As Catholics, NOTHInG is ours, not even our children. They belong to God, we
Are here to raise them and teach them about God. Humility is what keeps us close to Christ.
The best thing about Keith is that even though his channel is growing, he still gets into the comments and mixes it up. There are a lot of other Catholic content providers that won't touch a comment section. Also, he's not afraid to tackle the hard topics.
@@CatholicDefender-bp7my LOL enforcers....your pretty prideful.
Happy to rejoin The Catholic Talk Show and my friend Keith Nester. I'm very much enjoying your collective intelligence and discernment. I like to say to---even my Catholic friends---either we ARE The One, Holy, Catholic & Apostolic Church or we are not. Let's talk about that, right? Sometimes I feel our own Catholic brothers and sisters need to be reminded of the Four Marks of The (Catholic) Church as much as our Protestant brethren need to hear it.
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i love the catholic faith more than anything in this world. it pains me to see protestants react to it with such hatred and lack of charity
*it pains me to see protestants react to it with such hatred and lack of charity*
And its catholics that are the worst when it comes to trying to have a simple conversation. They turn into the most virulent, arrogant, foul mouthed people i've ever engaged with. And i'm not joking. Lack of charity? Some catholics here lack not only charity but civility.
@@ContendingEarnestlyDo you not realize what you just wrote is a mortal sin?
Thank you for this. I am so tired of people slamming Catholics. There are so many people from other religions who are so offensive and hurtful . So called "Christians" being so judgemental and hypocritical. I don't care about other's religions as long as they are based in love, forgiveness, compassion and non judgemental.
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Hello from Phoenix! Also from the Rosary Crew! 🙏🙏
Hello from the Rosary crew ❤
Keith brought me to you guys he has an amazing faith and inspires us all
Amen to Keith on Cathlics need to be Bold and stay strong to the truth and not to apease peoole to fit in! The Truth is the Truth!
I am a Protestant and I have to say this has been one of the best episodes ever.
I’m so impressed with the knowledge and understanding I am receiving about my Catholic faith. Thank you so much! ❤
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God bless you all 🙏Irene, and Colin, Rosary Crew, London England 🇬🇧
Amen to all of this. I grew up with a Methodist father and a Pentecostal mother. Even when I tried to fully engage with these denominations, something about them felt incomplete. There’s such a fullness to Catholicism (and Orthodoxy) that Protestantism fails to live up to.
I’m getting baptized and confirmed this Easter, and I can’t wait because I’m so hungry for the body and blood.
God Bless!
With what was said near the end... Imagine a livestream of Rosaries being prayed not at a single location, but where Keith could be onsite at one location with a crowd of people praying, and this group could do the same at their own location, and maybe some others with their own gatherings. Unite groups that pray the rosary. GabiAfterHours promotes the Rosary and maybe he could do something. Rosary Army does stuff with the Rosary and even has it in their name. Who knows how many groups could unite for at least a one-time thing.
That reminds me of a Rosary chain some groups do worldwide. I know the Marians of the Immaculate Conception in Stockbridge, Mass did something like that. Basically they got a bunch of churches together across the globe, assigned each group one of the 4 mysteries, and the group prays, meditates, etc about that Mystery for an hour, and then passes it on to the next group.
I live streamed it last year and it was really cool being a part of it, even if I wasn’t there in person and didn’t know the people before and after me.
Thank you catholic talk show I'm a member of rosary crew prayers to you guys love you talk 😊keep it going God bless
Hello & love and prayers Catholic talk show brothers❤from the Rosary Crew
Fellow rosary crew and catholic talk show junkie!! Viva Christo Rey
¡Viva Cristo Rey!
One of the best episodes ever!
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I’m a 56 y.o. new Catholic (Easter Vigil 2023) from lifetime hard-core evangelicalism, the last two decades as a strong Calvinist Presbyterian. In my conversations with my Protestant family and friends, their arguments trying to get me back to “their” side or against Catholic doctrines and dogmas always devolve to emotion. At the root of “Sola Scriptura” is private interpretation - a prideful “I know best what God means.” It is a major blind spot for most devout Protestants. They do not consciously realize the amount of pride wrapped up in their death-grip on “Sola Scriptura.” But merely prick that outer shell by suggesting that Christ established a Magisterium that has divine teaching and Scriptural interpretation authority, and the all the defensive shields come up. They claim, “I submit to the final authority of Holy Scripture.” But they really submit to the authority of their own preferred interpretation of the Scriptures. They submit only to their own consciences. Pointing out that fact makes for a very uncomfortable few moments.
@CatholicDefender-bp7my there is tremendous sincerity in the faith of all my devout Protestant family and friends. They want me “back” because they are concerned for my soul, which I greatly appreciate. That soul concern opens up the opportunity for me to talk about my concerns for their souls. They love Christ and want him to be glorified above all things. They sincerely think they are doing that. It’s that demonic deception in which they are trapped by the extremely subtle pride of “Sola Scriptura” and all the “we know better” baggage it brings with it. Our Lord preached a paradoxical faith. Another true Christian paradox is, “Freedom is only found in true submission.” Submitting to the true Church, instead of one’s own interpretation of Scripture is a huge and radical step. I understand the difficulty. It took me almost three years. Grace & peace.
Greetings from the rosary crew
Thank you so much for helping to build my faith. I truly love the Catholic Church!
It's the Anti-Christ
@@HieroglyphickAccording to who?
@@Ruudes1483 In 4 Ezra, 2 Baruch and the Sibylline Oracles, "Babylon" is used as a cryptic name for Rome. And in Revelation 17:9 it is said that she sits on "seven mountains", which are the seven hills of Rome.
Rome is Babylon as the preeminent eschatological metaphor for the law of creditor-oligarchs over debtors.
Visible Church = Selfhood/Mystery
Invisible Church = Self-Annihilation/Revelation
All of William Blake's poetry is based on this hermeneutic that he gets from the Coptic substrate of Celtic Christianity, which rejects the predestination of damned infants, like Pelagius righteously did.
Augustine was a propagandist for the Roman creditor law that we still live under. He is the one who changed the Lord's Prayer from "forgive us our debts" to "forgive us our trespasses" to emphasize his low view of sexuality instead of the actual economic jubilee of debts Jesus taught, which he inherited from being a Manichean for 10 years prior.
@@Hieroglyphick Do you know what the seven hills of Rome are? Do you know where the Vatican is in relation to those hills? Are you Ethiopian Orthodox?
@@Ruudes1483No relevance. I am a descendant of Francis Cooke, so my ancestors were literally Brownist Separatists who came to America on the Mayflower. If you do your research on the post-historical germination of American Congregationalism and New England Transcendentalism, you'll learn how God selected an elect group of Puritan Saints to cross the Atlantic to begin building the New Jerusalem themselves in the real material world because the Church of Rome & Papacy are Anti-Christ and worship the Mystery of Babylon the Great. Remembrance is the Demiurgy of Selfhood. Recreation is the Poetry of Self-Annihilation.
Hello from the Rosary crew❤
Listened to the podcast last night on my way home from a St. Dismas (prison ministry) meeting. Keith has been there from the beginning of my conversion. Men like Scott Hahn and Steve Ray are great, but I wanted to hear from someone who has recently converted, like Keith. To walk away from your former faith, and in his case, his job requires a huge leap of faith. I try now to bridge that gap and help other non-Catholics find their way to the Church. Like Keith, I was raised in an Evangelical home, and we openly bashed Catholics. We referred to the Church as the whore of Babylon and the Pope as the antichrist. These things were often talked about in evangelical circles, like at Sunday evening services, or on retreats. I've come to the conclusion that Evangelicals suffer from extreme envy and anxiety when it comes to the Catholic Church. They HAVE to disprove it and throw stones for it, otherwise they feel their religion is invalid. After my Saul-2-Paul conversion, I can't shut up about Christ and the Church.
Keith is so right about how we change those perceptions about Catholicism - we first must live out the faith in our lives. If you're a hypocrite, they will call you out. Live above reproach and let others know you for your love, not hate. When I approach Protestants in love and compassion, and allow Christ to work through me, it almost always bears fruit. We also must be public and bold about the Church, our commitment to the Sacraments, and the Gospel teachings of Christ. Cradle Catholics walk away from the faith everyday saying "I never heard the gospel preached." Stop with the milk toast, limp-wrist homilies, Bishops/Priests/Deacons need to be bold in preaching Christ lived, died, and was resurrected so that we might live forever with Him!
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4 of my heavy hitter influences right here! Let’s go!
“There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.”
― Ven. Fulton J. Sheen
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If there's one way I could put into words what's been bugging me about Protestant churches, it's that every single Protestant church I've encountered, they all carry the same toxic vibe - these churches are set up exactly like a Narcissistic Family Relationship.
After all those encounters, I became an atheist for a significant chunk of my life. I gave up on my journey to Christ. Until someone introduced me to the Catholic Church, and now I see the way forward.
Keith, I am a cradle Episcopalian interested in Catholicism. Most other Protestants treat us like Catholics and I hate how they say the word Catholic like they are choking on something.
My husband is a former Episcopal Priest. He converted to Catholicism in 2012. I am a Catholic revert. 😊
I love the idea of the collaboration with rosary.
DellaCrosse hits it outta the park again!!!!!
Thank you SO much! There were a lot of things that you shared on how to respond to Protestants when they ask why Catholics worship Mary and the Saints etc. Why we go to confession & other sacraments etc.
I have responded with: we don’t worship Mary or the Saints, we pray to them to pray for us. To ask for their support when accomplishing certain tasks etc. Your response on how you explain to Protestants was wonderful and helps me explain a little deeper. Explaining that as a Catholic, we are Christians, the first Christians has stopped those wanting to debate me as to which church or faith is better. That we are taught specific things and that we do not change the narrative to suit what is convenient for me. That God had rules and they are not meant to be bent to suit our needs. I have had many people try to get into an argument with me out of nowhere just because they know that I am Catholic and that I believe in repenting for my sins. I tell them that I believe what I believe. That I’m not going to change my faith, that I’m not going to argue about it as much as they want me to. That they are free to believe in what they want to because that is why God gave us free-will. But that their wanting to push forth a debate as to what and who I believe in is not very Christian of them. It’s malicious with Ill intent and is very self serving which God does not teach us. They usually stumble and cannot come up with a response to that because they know what I’m saying is true. God and Jesus are one. When I pray to Jesus, I am praying to His Father. MY Father. The only God. When I repent to God, it is between me and my Father. And not their business to know.
My father converted 3 Catholic hating Texans when he was in the service by asking them if they believed the Bible then they believed that Jesus founded the church and how could a non catholic get it better than God. Boom they converted
That's a terrible argument.
Much needed conversation. Thank you Catholic Talk Show fam✝️💪🏽
When a Catholic says I am Catholic, not Christian , he/she is using the "meaning" of "christian" as one of the thousands of protestant churches. Then obviously they are not christian in that sense of the world.
This has come about through the protestants who ask people: " Are you Catholic OR Christian."? This is a typical American thing which is starting in Europe also but wasn't before. When this happens to me, I answer them straightforward and say I am a Catholic and Catholics are Christian because we follow Christ and the Catholic Church has been instituted by Him.
It teaches them 2 things. 1. I am a christian 2. The church I am in is instituted by the ONE I follow, Jesus Christ.
"Christian is my name, and Catholic my surname. The one designates me, while the other makes me specific. Thus am I attested and set apart... When we are called Catholics it is by this appellation that our people are kept apart from any heretical name."
Saint Pacian of Barcelona, Letter to Sympronian, 375 A.D..😃
@@bibleman8010 wonderful. Thanks.
All of us should say that because it is the plain truth. I also say that.
I’m a proud Catholic and I love to talk about it!. It’s the real and absolute truth . 🥰🙏🏼✝️
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It’s what I’m experiencing. I feel I don’t have to answer all the questions. I can actually just rest in the churches teaching and read the Bible and have time to follow it! Finally striving for a holy life without excuses!
Keith is awesome!
Actually Mr. Nester thank you for coming on here... you are covering a topic for me that is one of the most painful subjects as I watch people, and listen to people who are NOT Catholic that have all these misconceptions about my faith... Although it is a SMALL example; even the British TV series Downton Abby has an episode early on where the Earl of Grantham "makes fun of" the fact that we kneel a few times during the mass. That honestly hurt.... So thanks for helping to clarify much of this...I always learn so much from this show.... still don't totally agree with you three about CHURCH MUSIC... (LOL)...but I so love this show...
PS. Honestly if you four were to do a live show; I'd come in a HEARTBEAT, and I would even bring my husband, (LOL).
2 of our adult children have left the RC Church & they say, "if it's not in the Bible, it doesn't exist" I even quoted several other things from the Bible that doesn't support Bible alone at all, but they seem to be blinded to the Truth; it's really hard. One has been in an evangelical church for years now & the children too; the other doesn't go to any church but just takes what the Protestant Bible says & has also protestant Bible study book. It's VERY frustrating. I'm a convert to the RC Church & I was always drawn to it when very young, but it was when I met my husband & got married, I finally managed to be a Catholic 3 yrs. later. Praise be to God!
Awesome Keith! May God shine his face on you and your ministry and keep you safe and stay on fire!
HI Guys, greetings from South Africa. Thanks for an incredible show, its always informative and inspiring. I can totally resonate with what you are saying a a cradle Catholic. Im still busy with RCIA but have experienced exacly what you are describing in a country that is predominantly Protestant, the latter of which is deeply divided on so many platforms. I was also poorly catechized and had no sound foundation for what I believed to being a Christian. I enjoy your show and must confess Father Mike also (hehe), as well as the Apologetics llike Jimmy that you invite regularly. It is so good and free to finally get some concrete answers on my questions. God bless and keep up the good work, your humility and humor are admirable.
Catholicism is Anti-Christ
I really want to see Bishop Barron in the Catholic Talk Show. 🙏
@@catholic3dod790 No, he's not.
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Really? Please explain why did he say there were no souls in Hell? Remember what Our Lady of Fatima displayed three children vision of Hell.
Barron is a coward because he never stood up to face enemies that attacked Roman Catholic Church.
Man I'll never forget that one question on my RCIA form 8.5 years ago.
"What does your family think about you converting to catholicism?"
My answer.
"Man, I don't care."
At the beginning of the video Keith talked about Protestants Jumping from Church to Church.
One thing I love about the Church is we as Catholics can kind of do this as well. I love going to Masses in other Perishes. Each Preist has their own style if you will of saying Mass and Homily. And many Perishes have there own added traditions such as Praying the Rosery, Divine Mercy and or other Chaplits and set of Prayers. And I haven't found one yet where they arnt glad for you to join in.
Then if traveling and you want to go to Church exceptions aside it's fairly easy to find a Catholic Church.
Most excellent discussion. Thanks so much. Pax
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The Mass is not a praise and worship service! It’s much more!
My grandmother HATED Catholics. Called us "fish eaters." She was very upset when my father married my Catholic mother. Grandma was some form of protestant. When she got very old she was rather indigent and the only home that would accept her was Catholic. She got to experience the Mass and learn about who were actually are. She was received into the Catholic Church about a year before she passed away. She realized for over 80 years she had been completely mistaken about the Church. Deo gratias.
I have received so much spiritual nourishment from the Catholic Talk show… thank you for being there and doing what you do! 🙏🏻
Pray the rosary OFTEN!!! 😭🙏
As an Anglican, I followed Fr Mike's Catechism in a Year very closely - and did not hear anything I disagreed with.
Re Keith's comment about the Protestant definition of who constitutes the Church, with which I agree, it is INCLUSIVE; it includes folk who have never even HEARD of the Catholic Church!!! but who love and serve Jesus.
I would love to see Conchita Gonzalez on the catholic talk show. Her message and the other girls along with her in Garabandal had a great story to share about Mother Mary. Thankful for this TH-cam channel and listening to you guys have answered many questions and set a platform. Stay bless (:
OMG! Just heard the discussion about the guy who started his own "strip mall" church! My coworker, who is protestant, told me a similar story. A guy in her church - a minister - who had a big disagreement about something or other - started his own church in a local mall!
Love you guys! I follow both of you on TH-cam and Facebook!
Prayers and blessings ❤🙏🏻
Thank you for this episode. I have felt this way for a long time but could never come up with the words to describe it. You gents did that. "What we believe" vs "what they don't believe" really snapped me to attention. Also the isolating, concreteness of an individual Protestant interpreting Scripture in different ways that is contrary to another's interpretation. You guys identified my questions and answered them. As a Catholic, it was hard to use the mindset of "what we don't believe". I am used to falling toward catechism, Scripture, tradition, and Church teaching. Thank you all for the insights
Looking forward to a great episode that I personally relate with.
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Rosary Crew for over a year.
Love the work you are doing brothers. As a evangelical Christian with a Pentecostal background I have to say I love the Catholic Church. I would consider myself a Orthodox protesting Catholic now. My hart was opened when I heard a Orthodox priest , a Catholic priest, and a Anglican priest all preaching the same gospel. I got and read the Catholic catechism and found the exact same faith I have always held to by the grace of God. There are a lot more Christians out there who would strongly affirm the apostles creed and stand in unity with their brothers from the East and West . Pray God we start to come together in this wicked age. Our Lord is coming back , let’s unit and be as faithful servants ready for their Master return.
Thanks again
ill be attending my FIRST mass after being raised a non denominational prot for 20 years, please pray for me, i cant lie, im a little nervous
thank you guys for playing a massive role in my discernment
Did you take RCIA? Hopefully you understand that we cannot partake in the Eucharist (communion) without first going to confession and remaining in a state of grace?
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@@mydreamsarecomingtrue i do understand, & thank you for being sure, it can definitely affect you in a negative way. i know i can go take notes on the reading & follow along in prayer, but would you recommend i just take rcia first?
@@kyled3737 I am not an authority in the church, but I imagine it will be okay for you to attend Mass, to experience it for yourself and to observe what happens. I think you are most definitely welcome to join in the prayers.
But I heard from a traditional Catholic podcaster that we are to refrain from taking communion while we are in a state of sin. When I know I have sinned during the week, and failed to confess, I remain in my seat during communion.
Hopefully another Catholic will come here and clarify this for you.
RCIA is basically a series of classes that introduce the teachings and traditions. In this setting, you will meet Catholics in person who can guide you.
I would recommend calling the parish and asking about this. 😊
@@mydreamsarecomingtrue ive been trying, they wont answer me, which is understandable, but the one time they did answer i happened to ask the woman who answered if they were in communion with rome & she had no idea what that was, (they are, i found a diocese list for my state after the fact). kinda scared me a lil
Wow. This vid really drove home the point that really we come from the same place and believe the same things the core is the same
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25:30 great question 🙏🏼
Their acceptance of divorce has been the ruin of many growing children in society.
Great discussion guys
Catholics are all on the same page. and they share that same page world wide. the protestants are on their own individual page. separately. alone without a mother. like they're still searching. a baptized catholic is already home.
I DO hear Catholics talk about their relationship with Jesus.
Im a convert, i was baptized methodist and was pretty devout but finally left the church at 18. Spent about 12 years agnostic, i studied buddhism, taoism, atheism, and finally found myself a christian.
The next 12 years i spent obsessed with finding the true theology of god. Investigated jehovahs witnesses, several baptists, free methodists, Presbyterians, and after all that i realized no denomination had it right so i refused to join any church but id visit any of them to worship. Finally one day when things were very low i prayed to god to show me the truth. That night i dreamt of the catholic church and was shown a vision that it was the true church.
I woke up and didnt want to believe it, I believed all the myths about catholics. I didnt know a single catholic in my life, there wasnt a catholic church for 30 mins drive from me. I became obsessed with joining the church and getting into RCIA. My wife thought i was having a midlife crisis!
I'm a Protestant (somewhere between charismatic and low-church anglican), but I appreciate y'all's generous approach and candor. I value hearing different perspectives on stuff like this. It keeps me from getting locked into a silo.
I don't want to be elitist but most Protestants I talk to have zero understanding of where the doctrines they believe actually came from. Ask: "Do you believe in the Trinity?" "Yes." I point out that it is not in the Bible. "Yeah but all three names are there so it essentially is." I then point out that he said he believed in the "Trinity" not just the three persons of "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." The "Trinity" is a doctrine that defines the nature of one God in three persons. It isn't in the Bible, it took something like 200 years to define it and there were heresies along the way. It didn't develop by itself.
Anyone first think Keau Reeves was the guest ? 😂😂
I converted and joined the Church 12 years ago at 30 after a short upbringing in the Evangelical Congregationalist church (my parents only took me to their church until I was 7). Despite this, Christ was calling me Home since I was 5. Despite the terrible things I had been taught about the Church and Catholics, I always knew it was my Home.
The real kicker is that my full confidence in my need to join the Church came while I was attending a Protestant seminary for a master’s degree in counseling. Their inability to answer my “big” questions, and their outright support of heresy, is what lead me to finally confront the misconceptions about the Church and to realize Her Truth.
To this day, my family is unhappy about my conversion. While my father is passive about it, my mother often asks antagonizing questions with no desire to hear answers or have a dialogue. It breaks my heart that she believes what she does about the Faith and now me as a Catholic. We used to be very close, but my marriage to a Catholic and my conversion changed that.
But I trust in Jesus, and that the Holy Spirit will do the work of changing her heart of stone. I continue to raise my boys as loudly Catholic and try to catechize them to the best of my family’s ability. ❤
Thank you for this great discussion. 🙏🏻
Amen! Same with my wife, but remember Jesus came to divide families. And honestly when protestants join the one true catholic church they will lose friends, family just like my wife. But she's happy and rather follow Jesus and his one true church. I was cradle catholic but poorly catehicised, and left for over 20 years. Finally last 4 years came back home never to leave again! Godbless will be praying for you