Apologies for the original thumbnail. My team put that together and as soon as I saw the video live I asked them to change it, which they did immediately.
God bless you for the fraternal correction of your team. I saw the original thumbnail this morning - not sure how if you took it down 2 days ago (a TH-cam problem?). I seldom leave comments, but I was going to on that one. I was concerned that the reference to BB was unnecessary. It was provocative CLICKBAIT. I am glad that you saw fit to change it. For me, the cheap clickbait left a bad taste in my mouth after listening to the excellent talk with Ralph Martin. Even at 2-1/2 hours it is definitely worth a second listen.
@@JackFalltrades they replaced Bishop Barron with Dr. Ralph Martin in the thumbnail. Personally I thought the original was better from an artistic and TH-cam standpoint, but it's fine.
As a gen Z Catholic convert, when Ralph began to talk about the failure of befriending the world, brought upon by Vatican 2 & various social movements, I began to get excited. He mentions bishops now recognizing the failure of this strategy I couldn’t help but shout “yes!” It’s time the Church stands in it’s whole beauty, not withholding any of the glory she brings to Christ! As a part of gen z, I can confirm, the nice guy role certainly will not work with my generation. The Church should proclaim the gospels, boldly, & unapologetically.
@@778FraxK And what is the truth? The Church of hundreds of years ago said that nobody but Catholic's will be saved. The Church of Vat II says that it is possible for people to be saved outside the Church. How can both teachings be harmonized with what Scripture says, that is the real question that should be answered?
@@778FraxK I should have been more clear, I was referring specifically to the Papal Bull of Eugene IV (Council of Florence 1438-1445) when it says; It firmly believes, professes, and proclaims that those not living within the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics cannot become participants in eternal life, but will depart “into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels” [Matt. 25:41], unless before the end of life the same have been added to the flock; and that the unity of the ecclesiastical body is so strong that only to those remaining in it are the sacraments of the Church of benefit for salvation, and do fastings, almsgiving, and other functions of piety and exercises of Christian service produce eternal reward, and that no one, whatever almsgiving he has practiced, even if he has shed blood for the name of Christ, can be saved, unless he has remained in the bosom and unity of the Catholic Church. I believe that even this seemingly harsh statement must be able to be reconciled with what Vat.II says. Possibly when it speaks of being "added to the flock before the end of life", it may at the very least, leave open the door for God to intervene in some mysterious way unknown to us, into the life of the one outside the Church, to reveal Christ and His Church to them, and allow them to either accept or reject Him at that point, even if it occurs as late as being at the moment of death.
" The Church should proclaim the gospels, boldly, & unapologetically." The problem with that view is that it can lead catholics to go into simply telling "convert to Catholicism or you will go to hell" and that obviously doesn't bring no one into the faith, that's what Bishop Barron understands that trads don't.
@@elizabethkraszewski6603 I have never said that we shouldn't preach the truths of the faith. What I said, is starting with threats with hell is not how should we do it, if it was, then the Westboro Baptist Church would clearly be the church with most converts. Besides, the goal of being a catholic is not merely avoiding hell but being a saint both on earth as in heaven. A Catholicism fueled only by a fear of hell doesn't produce saints, it produces puritans. We should be catholics out of love of God and neighbor first and mostly and that's what we should always share. In fact, hell is no other thing than the absolute self-exclusion of God's love, as the Catechism says.
@@kevinjunior_kid No book will interpret itself to us. Not even the Bible. Ultimately, it seems, the Bible is subject to your interpretation. I hope you are an infallible interpreter. Thousands of Protestant churches exist because they thought the other Protestants were teaching against the Bible.
That is the Fatima prayer that the Mother of God taught the 3 shepherd children: Lucia, Francesco and Jucinta. She also showed them a vision of HELL where the children saw HUMAN SOULS. The children were frightened nearly to death on seeing it. She also told them that more people go to Hell for sins of the flesh than any other sins and that they should pray and do penance so that others won't go there. If you say" that's private revelation, we don't have to believe that " , i shall agree with you. However , that prayer comes from private revelation from the same series of apparitions. You can't dismiss one without the other. So, if you are dismissing that human souls DO GO TO HELL, I suggest that you pray and FAST for those for whom you are hoping they don't go there.
You are both correct , While we pray for God's mercy, we must rember the old version of the Act of Contraction. "Because of the loss of heaven and the pains of Hell, "remember this old quote "the streets of hell are paved with the skulls of Bishops.
there is no place as hell, hell fire is a fire that annihilates the wicked then the fire goes out, there is no limbo or purgatroy...and a priest cannot forgive your sins because he has enough of his own
I've listened to both Bishop Barron and Ralph Martin on this topic and I can't see where they differ. They both emphasise exactly the same points. Neither is unclear or divergent in their interpretation. If you're seeing a conflict, it's because you're not hearing either party properly. It's the style that differs between the two men only. The doctrine is clear on this - specifically being a Catholic has the greatest chance of getting you into heaven but we honestly don't know for certain. It isn't as easy as simply believing in God and being a Catholic, you actively have to be genuine in the practice of your faith and faith can be an extreme struggle at the best of time. Had I listened to people like Ralph Martin when I was agnostic I simply would have put him in the 'radical Christian' box and continued to live my life not believing in hell or the devil and not being convinced by the existence of God. I came back to religion because I was convinced that God truly loves me. Some people need the stick to be convinced and will be really won over by Ralph's style of argumentation, others like me need the carrot and are far more convinced by the Bishop Barron type approach. It's why we have a diversity amongst styles of Catholic preaching. The issue I have with Catholics like Matt Fradd (although I watch his content regularly and agree with most of it) is just the underlying need to sew division amongst Catholics. On one hand he criticises Bishop Barron for not calling Ben Shapiro to repent of his sin of adherence to Judaism (which is not a sin per se) and yet he gets defensive when others call him out to do the same to Dave Rubin. It's far more fruitful to focus on the Christian principles that both men already agree to. Ben is an extremely vocal pro-life advocate that we should support and Dave Rubin is a model example of appropriate dialogue between disagreeing parties. Will both go to hell for not being Catholic? We don't know, maybe, but I hope not. Who knows, in time both may become Catholic because of their engagement with Catholics like Bishop Barron.
Love this comment. I agree with a lot. But just agreeing where we agree and not asking people to repent of non Christian ideals is how we have grown men who claim they feel like women in little girls' changing rooms. How do we ask people to consider their selfishness and sins and still spread God's bigger message of love? Repentance and doctrine is a tough message. The carrot approach is how Jesus got reduced to a happy hippie when He preached often about the reality of hell. I dont have an answer but I agree with you that both Barron and Martin are right and their messages appeal to us at different times on our journey towards heaven.
I financially support Word on Fire AND Pints with Aquinas. I have learned so much and been very blessed by BOTH of these apostolates. Also, Bishop Barron was instrumental in bringing me back to my faith.
Like you I send $$ to PWA & WOF and also RM @ Renewal Ministries. Appreciated this talk and the thoughtful differences among all three platforms. I hate to see listeners spin it into division.
He’s done a lot for me too. Happy birthday to him. And God bless him. He’s a powerful evangelist. To me it’s not that his opinion is at all that will be saved. Its that the Lord‘s mercy is so infinite and his love for us is so unlimited to assume that you’re damned because you’re not a part of this small club… well
Bishop Barron has never maintained that all people will go to Heaven. He is quoting from the Catholic Catechism - that we may have hope that all may be saved. Read St. Paul - letter to the Corinthians about the Excellence of Love. Love is patient, Love is kind. Love is not boastful or envious or arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” St. Paul, First Letter to the Corinthians Chapter 13 verses 4-7 “ Love...bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. “ Perhaps you also disagree with St. Paul who says love “ hopes all things “.
Thank you for not misrepresenting Bishop Baron's comments like I've seen Michael Voris and Mother Miriam have. He hasn't said that "everyone will go to Heaven" only that we can hope everyone will accept the grace God gives them, if even only at the moment of their death.
I love bishop Barron before my returning to the faith of the church I've never heard anyone so well spoken in the matters of catholicism, the life, the meaning, the beauty. Ive watched the growing numbers of controversies on both sides about his approach, but my faith is in Bishop Barron he has called out so many to return to the church, many of this generation, the young that want a deeper embodying of tradition the value true religion holds. God bless him for it, and happy birthday, Amen
for real, he has done SO MUCH, and he has done so with intelligence, passion and love for all those who have fallen away! That's why so many people respond to him.
I suggest your Faith be in JESUS, not a sinner. The question is very simple, is Bishop Baron's statement consistent with what Our Blessed Lord said in the Gospels or not? If it is, KUMBAYA! Otherwise...be careful of the wolves dressed in Shepperd's clothing!!!!
The Fatima secret was meant to be revealed in 1960 , it wasn’t, Russia was meant to be consecrated, it wasn’t. But in 1965 we have Vatican 11 and the new mass, and this was to bring unity with the Protestant faiths, and as the years have past trying to bring unity to all religions, ideologies, democracy, etc etc. The Fatima secret holds the key to everything that is happening in the catholic and apostolic church today and the future, and the secrets from our blessed mother have been coming and warning mankind since her earliest apparitions. God bless.
Janitor @ I’m afraid it you’re wrong and just saying it is proves nothing , Even the chief exorcist in Rome father Gabriel Armoth said Russia was never mentioned in any consecration by any pope. The Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary by a specific act of a reigning Pope along with all the other Catholic bishops of the world was ordered in a Marian apparition by Our Lady of Fátima in 13 July 1917. Sister Lúcia dos Santos, one of the three visionaries publicly stated that at different times the Virgin Mary had given her a message of promise, that the consecration of Russia (as a country) would usher in a period of world peace. A religious statue depicting Our Lady of Fatima, with her Immaculate Heart surrounded with thorns, a necklace chain of golden ball (of light) and barefooted as described by Sister Lúcia dos Santos at the Pontevedra and Fátima Marian apparitions. The Vatican stated that Sister Lúcia declared to them in private correspondence during the 1980s that the consecration offered by Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square on 25 March 1984 had been properly accomplished and was “accepted in Heaven”. The authenticity of this is vehemently rejected by some traditionalist Catholics, including those at Fatima Centre, namely Father Nicholas Gruner, Christopher Ferrara, the SSPX, among others, who support claims of parallelism to the alleged Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Akita in 1973. In addition to this Consecration, Pope Pius XII (1942), Pope John Paul II (1984), Pope Benedict XVI (2010) and Pope Francis (2013) have consecrated “the world” to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Pope Pius XII verbally consecrated "the peoples of Russia" in 7 July 1952 via his Papal bull “Sacro Vergente”. To date, no ceremonial rite of Papal consecration has been specifically addressed to “Russia” per verbatim, nor invoked with the physical presence of the sum total of Catholic bishops present at the Vatican. God bless 👍🙂
@@drjanitor3747 You're a blind fanatical SSPX I can tell or a similar facsimile. To call a holy man such as SAINT John Paul II an 'anti Pope' when even the most staunch supporters of Bishop Lefevbre would agree he was elected Pope fair and square and in perfect agreement with ALL Canon Laws of the Holy Catholic Church is pure ignorance to the fifth power borne out of pure hatred and stupidity. Heck, even the heretic Pope Francis was elected fair and square!!!! Go back to Faith School buddy!
I understand the criticism against BB. I think there's another angle though that people aren't talking about, and I can't help but wonder if he's purposefully playing these cards close to the chest. BB is a doorway to people who would otherwise remain outside the fold. Fire and brimstone isn't a one size fits all evangelical approach. BB is drawing people in with gentleness, non-aggresiveness, God as Good, and True, and Beautiful. He's warming them up, which they so desparately need, and softening the blow. Many people are hypersensitive to Christianity, especially the Church, and so you HAVE to meet them where they're at, even if that means giving them just "the good stuff" so to speak, for now. People are already in so much pain, the idea of going to hell afterwards just because you're not part of an, at times, historically incredibly corrupt institution that is, by all appearence, at the hands of men who are just as sinful and fallible as anyone else, is incomprehensible. Another way of putting it, BB is casting a wide net; Jesus can sort it out later. Yes, some may never come to fully accept the Church in ALL Her teachings, some may never accept Jesus Christ, but others will, in time. People are so broken right now, and it's not because they're bad. We're getting our butts kicked by generational sin. So much conflict and war and treason and betrayal and lies. So many broken families. People didn't fight in WWI and WWII and come back without any problems. My grandpa, who was otherwise a good Catholic man, daily mass-goer, was in some ways a horrible father. Way too strict and disciplinarian with my Uncles, all of whom fell away from the faith, while my grandpa was supposed to be this great Catholic? No. The world is sick, and God knows it. I think that's one of the main reasons the Church appears so soft these days; it is! Yes, it's corrupted, and wicked people are trying to subvert it and take advantage of God's mercy, twisting and perverting it. But people are at a place right now where they need to be able to call out to God in anger and frustration and hurt, to really lean on Him as a father, who is all patient and kind and merciful, and not be rebuked for drowning in the misery of sin, so much of which was passed on to them by others. The culture is ripe for harvesting, and I get the unfortunate suspicion that many otherwise well-meaning "traditional Catholics" are thwarting the movements of the Holy Spirit in the Church, because they see the corruption and are conflating the two. God help us.
This is a really thoughtful analysis of the situation. Even though your comment is so long, I found every line was meaningful. Bishop B is indeed casting a wide net and it's effective. Sometimes, people who have been in the church for a long time and are hyper-aware of all the do's and don'ts can become so afraid of not doing everything "properly" they cease to see how people outside that faith sees the world, and so are ineffective in bringing them in.
Thank you for this response, you have explained perfectly what I wanted to say but was too annoyed to verbalise. You don’t go looking for the lost sheep with a gun. You have to bring the sheep back to the fold first. Thank you.
"Another way of putting it, BB is casting a wide net; Jesus can sort it out later. Yes, some may never come to fully accept the Church in ALL Her teachings, some may never accept Jesus Christ, but others will, in time." These are great and beautiful words!
No offense, but I'm going to give your comment a big "DUH". You are right 1000%. But my real question is: How do you guys not realize this???? Have you spent time outside of the Church at ANY point in your life? I fell away for 14 years. The idea that brimstone would have brought me back? You guys are larping like it's the middle ages. You're up against Nihilism.
Well, I did hear the same answer like bishop Barron 's answer on EWTN. Why does this topic continue with him? He did a video responding to Bishop Barron already. When I see video like this, it makes me feel sad. Because we are as catholics, we shouldn't tear others down.
I would also like to point out that sometimes the conversion happens, through the grace of God, and seeing the brokenness around you; being a witness to the evils that walk this earth can create a conversion in someone's heart. This is what happened to me. It was a wake up call to how I lived my life and how I NEEDED to follow my Catholic faith not only for the saving of my soul but because I believed that there is more to life than the emptiness of this world. And this is what lead me back to the truth of the Church.
This is exactly what happened to me. God's grace definitely reached me at my lowest but I ignored it until recently. Finally, seeing how disgusting the world is becoming and being horrified made me realize if we all just do whatever we want and live however we want, the whole thing turns to crap awfully fast. I craved morality and goodness and truth, which of course comes from God and I reverted back to my Catholic faith.
I appreciate the reference Dr Ralph Martin made to the last few sentence of lumen gentium 16. I re-read the section and noticed the beginning of the this sentence: “But often men, deceived by the Evil One...” Deception by the evil one does not happen rarely, or occasionally, but OFTEN. 🤷♂️ How can we have a reasonable hope that all are saved when “often men, deceived by the Evil One.... exchanged the truth of God for a lie” Thanks for your work Matt. 👍
Hey Ken - thoughtful comment! I would counter with this - does a mother hope that all her children will graduate from public school, even if it seems unlikely that all will?
How can we have a reasonable hope that all men shall be saved? Because the Bible teaches it. Because the Church for the first 500 years up until Augustine, widely taught this. Because holy saints of God have taught it, men such as St. Gregory of Nyssa and St. Isaac of Syria taught it and have NEVER been declared heretics by any ecumenical council. Because God has defeated death by His death, so that there is no way that death can win and hold even one person. Because God is just and eternal torment would be the most unjust thing that God could do.
I agree with much of what's said here. However, I also think that Bishop Barren had done as much or more than any single priest, Bishop or lay person in bringing people to God and thinking about our faith in a true and mature way. Despite this stance you're taking about here, he has done a startlingly amazing job at evangelization. So... Anyway, he has said some things that seem too wishy washy, but has done so much good for souls and bringing them to God that his fruit is easily seen as good.
Maybe he could consider revising the wishy-washy bits. The problem with his statements around Hell is that they can invite a lazy attitude not only towards spreading the gospel but also in committing to it. As Ralph Martin points out, that wishful thinking attitude rather than a careful listening to what Vat II actually said has not served the Church's mission well. Fr Avery Dulles SJ addressed this issue well.
Sorry, but stating that "Jesus is the privileged way" is FAR MORE THAN wishy washy... What good is being an amazing evangelizer when APOSTOLIC TRUTH is not proclaimed at its most basic level??
@@dija5578 Yes, I take your point. Jesus did NOT say "I am the privileged way, the better truth and the best life". Another thought - "How many people end up in Hell?" is the WRONG QUESTION. It's none of our business: see John 21:21-22.
Ralph Martin is one of my very favorite Catholic apologist and have been a fan of his for years! I believe Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar were responsible for bringing in this church of nice, spirit of the age, theology into the church in the 60's. Unfortunately, Bishop Barron appears to be a huge fan of theirs. I agree with Martin, the 60's theology hurt the church and was happy to hear him say some bishops are finally recognizing it.
Bishop Barron talks to and challenges those who do not believe. He goes out into the world as a true evangelist should. My experience with Matt Fradd is inviting only like minded people to his show while wagging fingers outwardly to others. I find him helpful to listen to occasionally as I find his guests enlightening but always using at least an ounce of discernment. In addition Bishop Barron has been immensely helpful in explaining the Gospel. It is possible to bring the joy and love of Christ to all without watering down the faith or beating them over the head with it.
Thank you for this. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who thinks this way. I like them both, but I think Matt's wrong on this point on evangelization
I strongly agree. Bishop Barron has done so much good, and is so intellectually amazing, that it feels deeply wrong and not pragmatic to criticize him at all. Matt Fradd can sometimes be a bit cheeky.
Wonderful reply and I agree completely. Bishop Barron is interested in expanding his church. Unfortunately, there's a lot of elitist snobbery in certain circles. The condescending way that Fradd laughs off the idea that "everyone is going to heaven" is proof of that. As if these two are in on some joke that the rest of us idiots can't comprehend.
Bishop Barron is concerned with appearing "nice" not with conversion. Look no further than the interview that is cited in this clip with Ben Shapiro. Barron makes zero attempt to invite him to the faith and actually implies Ben is just fine the way he is. Approach this from another angle; Barron believes all are likely saved. If thats the case, why do any hard work reaching out and evangelizing? His own position on this issue robs him and others of the motivation to actually go into the world and convert people. Finally, you are dead wrong about Matt inviting likeminded people. He has literally hosted over a dozen debates with people who he disagrees with. His last debate was literally a month ago (oct 20). Your either ignorant of his work (which begs the question why claim to know what he does) or a liar. In contrast, Bishop Barrons hides from debate with Catholics who disagree with him (just see here him dodging Mr. Martin who is a scholar on this exact topic). Can you name one time Bishop Barron didnt hide from Catholics disagreeing with him? When he was on Catholic Answers, he has them screen his calls to avoid anybody who will disagree with him. He is cowardly. In contrast to Matt who actually puts himself out there and has genuine debate with people. Matt's discussion with Tim Gordon, for example, was one of constant debate and disagreement.
so impressed with the firm, but gentle handling of this topic and the commitment to speak out the whole truth--even those parts that are less palatable. Kindness matters, but truth is truth.
I don't want to contribute with any fingerpointing myself, but I'm seeing a lot of that in the comments here. I don't think this is healthy; provided we're charitable, respectful and interested in honest, informed dialogue aiming for the larger purpose that the Church was built for, there is zero problem in voicing theological disagreements with a Bishop, or Cardinal, or even the Pope. The point isn't to knock some people down a peg; it is, ultimately, to lead everyone a bit closer to Heaven.
It seems like we’re only allowed to “disagree” with the church from a right wing stance. What about standing up and demanding more compassion and kindness towards marginalized groups and people who are different from us, more of an emphasis on helping the needy and oppressed in this life? Seems like that always gets written off as a heresy
@@thebacons5943 What about it? That's just the standard Christian ethos - which is not to say that, therefore, prostitution and gender disphoria and a plethora of things promoted and celebrated by groups branded (with more or less reason) as "marginalized" are themselves to be promoted. If you ask _my_ opinion, though, I'd say all this talk of Right and Left is ultimately a pointless secular red herring; Christianity stands on its own feet as a complete cosmovision with inbuilt sociopolitical implications and aspirations - moreso if we recall it is the foundation of our modern Western civilization.
If we attempt to align ourselves of things of this world, we are doomed to fail. The modern world needs to embrace the church, not the church needs to embrace the modern world.
EWTN Bible Luke 13:23 23 And some one said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them, 24 "Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. I am looking for the narrow door.
I was born a Catholic and had no clue how I needed to pursue a relationship with God every day by repentance and faith, no clue. Only by joining with holy people and being taught by them am I learning. If I were born as a non believer I know I would have founded some evil cult and the world would have celebrated it because I'd wear flowers in my hair all the time. Thank you Ralph Martin for speaking the full truth.
I think that's a very common story, and mine too. I think post-Vatican II catechesis in the Church has been awful. We grow up knowing nothing about our own faith.
Right. Many say that those ignorant of the faith are not to blame. True, but those who keep them in ignorance are then to blame. Imagine how many souls have been deprived of the Truth because too many in the church don't want to tell them the hard truths.
I enjoy and appreciate your shows; I don't always agree with your approach to the faith but those times aren't many! This is one of those times. Bishop Barron has more than proven to be a loyal son of the Church; as a Bishop, he is a successor of the Apostles; neither of you are. In large part, my return to the Church can be credited to first and foremost, God's grace and His choice of Bishop Barron to be a conduit of that grace. I'll stick with Bishop Barron in spite of your reservations.
In this video they completely misrepresented bishop Barron. He said explicit faith and practice of the Christian faith is the normative(privileged) way to heaven and that is the belief of the church. People should mind who they are and how little they know before attacking bishops. This is disrespect of authority and individualism.
@@pk47831 While its unfortunate that Bishop Barron's position was deplorably straw-manned and caricatured, I really doubt that it was intentional considering that they maintained a rather respectful (albeit mildly condescending) tone throughout the video.
@@Wanderer-s2c Explain how it was a strawman? I have read Bishop Barron's own explanation of his belief on his website, and he is not in line with what even VII says let alone, the Fathers, Scripture, the Doctors etc. It isn't disrespectful, or attacking. How is this disrespect of authority? It is libel to say they are disrespecting authority by criticizing a bishop. Bishops can, have, and will be wrong. Just because he is a bishop doesn't make him right.
@@pk47831 he said the word privileged and that word has different meanings and can be interpreted in different ways. He needed to mention Jesus, the Gospel and Isaiah 53.
I used to have a perspective like Bishop Barron. I had read a book by Fr. Neuhaus, "Death on a Friday Afternoon" and it proposed that perhaps Hell is empty. The way he stated it seemed loving and it appealed to me emotionally. Without getting into too much detail, I had a wild religous experience after being away from the church after 12 years. Gosh, like the next day, I was looking for a priest to go to confession and did like 3 confessions over the next month because I kept remembering stuff from the last decade and wanted to be sure I made a good confession. I have a lot of sympathy for Bishop Barron's views because I used to share them. In hindsight, I see those views weren't merciful. Kudos to Mr. Martin for reaching out to Bishop Barron. It's so easy to believe that being merciful is affirming other people's lives and values. What a wakeup call the last few years have been for a lot of us.
I feel like I could have written a lot of this. I like Bishop Barron but I think an honest and firm approach is needed. Not an apologetic one. The church needs to stop apologizing and start telling people like me (a millennial) the truth. We are SO hungry for the Truth, when the church starts shouting it, that's when we will see massive conversions, IMHO.
@@lahair5751 I know. This generation has been handled with so much political correctness by the world, it's incredibly difficult when we get mixed messaging from the church. There is a great danger in the Church posturing to be politically relevant with younger generations--it leaves a gapping hole for the state to become religiously relevant for the people who are looking for a moral authority and finding none.
Bishop Barron is the most important, influential, smartest Catholic whom I've experienced that's largely brought me back to the Catholic Faith. He's kept his focus on Jesus and the Faith instead of divisive Catholic culture wars. Grateful for Bishop Barron, the Word on Fire team, and I thank God for them.
Bishop Barron is an immeasurable asset to our faith! I have not seen someone who can explain things as well as he can in my lifetime. The spirit is in him for sure!
Matt why not have Bishop Barron on your show? Maybe Dr. Larry Chapp. Why lean towards folks that lean towards rad trad. I don't mean Ralph, and not other orthodox Catholics with a different perspective? I think you owe Bishop Barron or someone associated with Word on Fire abplace at the table. Let him explain his position. You and Ralph are great, but I think your short changing Bishop Barron. But of course like any media person you will probably only pick guests whose viewpoint you totally agree with. But Bishop Barron would make a great guest and there is much you would agree on and you could let him set the record straight. Anyway wish you and Ralph well.
you seem to be making a lot of assumptions here. bishop barron has one of the biggest platforms of any american catholic. if his position needs clarifying, it's not matt's fault lol
Ralph Martin…Thank you so much, for clarifying what Barron said. I saw that interview with Shapiro. It sounded so nice & charitable, but I really felt like something wasn’t quite ‘right’ about what he said. But I couldn’t articulate it. I couldn’t explain why it was ‘wrong’…. So thank you so much. I’m going to share this video with a few people who need to hear it. I think it might help. Will keep you both in my prayers. 🙏🏼✝️
I get what you're saying: that since Bishop Barron isn't so clear what he's saying is verging on heresy and other people might fall into a kind of complacency when it comes to evangelization and the saving of souls. What I notice and have experienced in his ministry though is he is still very faithful to the catholic faith and extremely passionate about evangelizing the culture without compromises (just look at the work he and his team have produced). He's brought so many people to God and the catholic faith in a non-threatening exclusivist finger-pointing way that most catholic evangelists do cause he focuses on how beautiful God is rather than how impossible salvation is. Therefore we focus on God's strength rather than ours. The thing is, I think his goal is to draw people in first so that we can allow grace to work. Once we are open, we become ready to accept the difficult teachings and become willing to start evangelizing ourselves. That's my experience at least, and the many testimonies of people he's reached is witness to that.
That's a very good point, I think it's just disconcerting to practicing Catholics who (should) know it's not that simple for salvation. Focusing on the loving majestic God who loves us as a Father is so important as well.
Thank you for this comment, I was hoping to see an objection to this critic of Bishop Baron. The finger-wagging approach to evangelism will not get young people to see the beauty and love of God which is the reason for our salvation. Christ came to call sinners to repentance and not condemn them.
@@fhdhjydv1547 God will judge based on knowledge too, if they don't know for no fault of their own God will not be unfair. That's why priests will have a lot more work to do.
I understand what your guys are saying, and I agree this post Vatican mindset - all can go to heaven after all - is now embedded in the Church. However, I didn't take Bishop Barron's comments as meaning that at all. I believe he was simply exploring the question, "Well, we know that God is abundantly merciful.... How far does that wonderful mercy go? What if, what if God has provided a way for most people to be saved?" I think he knows very clearly that most will not be saved and that hell is very real, but let's push these things a bit further.
I enjoy and respect Bishop Barron but he honestly doesn't challenge me very much. He says a lot but rarely with full clarity and boundaries. I'd much rather hear a teaching in simple language that makes a muddy world more clear. I lean more traditional but I have to say I have yet to be let down by Fr Mike (Schmitz), he is a regular guy, regular language, and yet-he has never, ever missed an opportunity to challenge his viewers/listeners in his teachings. I appreciate that so much!! He played a huge role in bringing me back to the Church and in my husband's conversion from a fully devoted Protestant to an even more fully devoted Catholic (he entered into the Church on Pentecost Sunday).
Welcome home to your husband! That is fantastic news. Thanks be to God. Regarding Bishop Barron, it appears to me that he's gotten soft since his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop.😕
New subscriber! I learned so much from this short clip. Can’t wait to see more videos. Thank you for the content. Praying for renewed faith and conversion of the whole world this Lenten season. I struggle with evangelizing as I don’t want to impose on others but goodness it’s so important.
I love Bishop Barron and he has been such a big part of my return to the Church. I understood what Bishop Barron mean’t when he said these things. So do many. The people who harp on Bishop Barron ought to listen to everything he actually said.
Bishop Baron is 100% orthodox and HE was pivotal in my return to faith after years away from it. He has reached a huge amount of lasped Catholics and those outside the faith. I didn't agree with this take on him at all and imho he did explain the conditions without going into the detail that someone that did a PhD in that particular area might like him to. It was a general interview to reach a huge audience. If he had answered in great detail it might have been understood as nobody ever gets saved , so he would be damned by another for something else. This is criticism from the prayer on the bench not the one playing the ball with more talent and a bigger strategy.
Not addressing very serious sins that are DESTROYING your country is dereliction of duty. Plus he also ignores that targeted individuals are being remotely tortured. 🤷
Jonathan, I agree with some of what you said because like you I did hear the words of the Holy Spirit speaking through Baron during my reversion. But the biggest issue is his utilization of Von Balthazar’s theology is which is demonic because it goes against the truths spoken by Christ Himself. Further he needs to correct his words to Ben Schapiro when he essentially told him that he didn’t need to convert to Christianity to merit (favorable) eternal life. I remember when the Ben Schapiro-Bishop Baron video dropped, a couple of my non-practicing Christian friends saw the video and saw this crescendo of beautiful philosophy and metaphysics only to be let down by Baron’s indifference to Christianity when Schapiro asked him if he needed Jesus to merit eternal life. Instead of leading these souls to Him, my friends made the inevitable cosmic shoulder shrug since the pastor they heard from gave them the ultimate message of indifference to His eschatological master plan.
@CatholicTruth101 you putting my much more nuanced response in a simple way does not mean I what I said equates to your statement, so why don't you read again.
@@rickdockery9620 bruh, why'd you even go through the trouble of finding someone's net worth? Plus, nothing good is gonna come out of judging someone based on how much they earn.
@@rickdockery9620 firstly secular priest don't take a vow of poverty.. Secondly Joel Osteen net worth is oil the 100's of millions .. Talk about blowing things way way out of proportion ... lol
I don't agree with Mr. Martin's take on Vatican II, it seems he's positing that VII represents a hermeneutic of rupture, that is a breaking with tradition, but the vast majority of the pontiffs at the time (both left and right) as well as Benedict XVI and JPII were of the opinion that it in no way breaks with Church tradition but radically affirms it.
What I see when a bunch of Catholics trash Vatican II is that they freak out over the apparent lack of belief in the Eucharist in others but fail to see their lack of belief in the legitimacy of Church Authority. 🤷♀️
I totally agree with Bishop Barron though. The Blessed Virgin Mary herself sent an angel to teach the three young children in Fatima a prayer she wants added to the end of every decade of Her rosary. It's a prayer of extreme Faith in God's infinite Mercy, Hope, and Love. The Fatima Prayer/Decade Prayer: “O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead ALL SOULS to Heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.”
I like Ralph Martin. He is a soft speaker BUT he is super intelligent and tells it like it is. I would love to see Fr. Isaac Mary Relyea give his input on the Bishop of the Internet.
Thanks forgoin a bit deeper on this. I grew up pre Vatican II. The approach of focusing so much on hell left me thinking there was little hope. In a way it opened up my scape goating and blaming others in order to protect my false self from being seen. What you and Bishop Barron are saying is the importance of focusing on Christ who is hope. One of the key breakthroughs for me has been meditating on the Lord's prayer regarding asking God for forgiveness as I forgive those I judged/scapegoat/blame. In my reflections it extends to Christ giving the church the power to forgive sins. In a way it extends the priests role in the sacrament of reconciliation. It is part of our royal priesthood to forgive. Why because forgiveness frees the one forgiving from self protecting compulsive behaviour to recognising and taking responsibility for our sin and opening to hope that God loves us and wants the same for me a sinner hasn't deserved forgiveness. All part of celebrating the mass. This opens the possibility that all can be forgiven yet maintains Christ's own words to the apostles that not all will be saved(it takes away some of the ambiguity for me). It comes down to the core of free will which is yes to Jesus or no to Him. It puts responsibility in my hands to seek Christ by reconciling myself to my encounters with him in the guise of others sharing this planet with me. It re-emphasises Mother Teresa's call to the poor. The Same message St Francis of Assisi, St John of God (thrown into prison starting his vocation to the sick ) and so many more saints. Jesus prayer for unity is entwined with this. Who then as Christians condem others? We cannot but we can warn of the dangers of poor choices. A strong case for responsibility over rights. Sin is missing the target that is Christ Jesus.
Matt: as far as I'm concerned Bishop Barron is doing more good right now than just about any English speaking Catholic in the world. If anyone thinks he is fluffy in the slightest on the need for repentance and conversion, they haven't watched or read enough of him. He has been attacked from all sides on points like these (and in a particularly malicious way) by the extreme right for his views on the "dare we hope" piece. They are always such misunderstood characterizations of his positions. He has spoken out extensively against these 'critiques', including the ones you discussed with Dr. Martin in this video. His interlocutors just don't seem to want to care about what he has to say in response. That said in no way am I saying that Bishop Barron is above reproach. But there is a great deal of difference between legitimate criticism and calumny. And the thumbnail that you used for this video is silly. I get you're trying to be a bit edgy and get views, but come on. And Dr. Martin is a great guy and I'm usually aligned with most of his thinking. But parts of his recent book, especially his take on Adrienne von Speyr and Hans Urs von Balthasar, is a big head scratcher.
100% agree with you. The claims made in this video and in Dr. Martin's book are seriously questionable. Bishop Barron's position is far more tenable and needs to at least be acknowledged instead of mischaracterized.
I couldn't agree more with your accession. This cuddling up to the world hasn't worked, isn't worked and will never work. As a lay 45 years old man, I can clearly see it and I find it impossible to believe that our bishops and priests can't.
I love Bishop Barron, he has done so much for the Catholic church, have learnt so much from him. He is the reason why I am so proud to be Catholic. Bishop Barron has clarified more than once on this subject - don’t see why this needs to be brought up and discussed again.
Although Bishop Barron has posted videos reiterating how he follows Balthasar in his understanding of LG 16, he has not responded to very basic questions concerning why we should trust Balthasar when he was influenced by Barth's exclusive attention to God's role in our salvation (the Protestant reformed position) as though we don't need to cooperate with grace (the Catholic position).
@@johnpglackin345 no John - there will be no recanting, since it's not a teaching of the Church that a particular human soul is currently in hell -- theological speculative debate is permissible in the Catholic Church
@PintsWithAquinas - Thank you so much for posting this. I am a Protestant who has been doing some soul searching and investigating into Catholicism. A number of Catholic doctrines have made sense to me. But when I encountered Bishop Barron’s interview with Ben Shapiro, I thought I had finally come to the point where I had to reject the Catholic faith. What Bishop Barron said was, imho, indistinguishable from universalism and a heresy. Christ did not sacrifice himself on a cross to upgrade our salvation tickets from economy plus to first class-the so-called “privileged route” to salvation, in Bishop Barron’s words. I’ve been searching for the last two days to find some response-either Catholic or Protestant-rejecting Bishop Barron’s statements. I’d almost given up until I saw this video, at the top of my recommended algorithm. I cannot express how deeply grateful I am to you for uploading this response, and how relieved I am to know that a cheap view of Christ’s death is not an essential holding of the Catholic faith. My exploration of Catholicism can resume!
I agree with your sentiment, but it is still very much an orthodox view that Christ's death is rather so 'expensive' that His Grace and salvation extends further than just to Christians, yet still limited as outlined by Ralph Martin. But thus their salvation is still not possible without Christ's saving Grace outpoured on the Cross. That said, Universalism is undoubtedly a heresy and in clear contradiction to Scripture, including many direct utterances of Our Saviour. It has clearly not been the experience of the great mystics of the Church, that should never be discounted, nor the Marian messaging of Fatima. God sped you on your journey, brother.
Very very few are saved, but those that are, are through the Catholic Church. I cannot do it without the grace of God and neither can anyone else. There are very very many heresies in the church, you should look up the pure truth which is Catholic Dogma and De fide and Ecumenical Councils(don’t read Vatican 2)
Matt, spot on: “It’s like a 40-year-old man trying to be hip with the teens.” It comes off insecure, pathetic, and creepy. It arouses suspicion in the teens and drives them away. I think they’d be far more impressed with the man if he was firm in his beliefs, unapologetic and unconcerned with their opinion of him. If nothing else, it would set an example to them, maybe even arouse their admiration. “Yo, old Bob’s a badass. That guy spits facts and doesn’t budge on anything.” That’s the Church I think many of us long for: firm, unapologetic, uncaring of the opinions of the world. What a taunt to the Enemy that would be. One of the best analogies you’ve ever made on your show. Your whole talk with Ralph Martin was excellent. Love Bishop Barron and his work dearly as well: his work helped rescue me from atheism and return to the Catholic Church. You're both great forces of good in the world. God bless you, Dr. Martin, Bishop Barron, and the Holy Church. Christ, have mercy on us!
Time and time again Bishop Barron would be unable to square up to Pope Felix III: "Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it, and indeed to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them"
i was studying Islam when Jesus spoke to me and told me I was Christian...i was trying to save my marriage to a muslim man...i was away from the Church when i married him..but was a baptised Catholic...i was willing to convert...but i needed to find truth...i did ..he came to me...seek AND YOU WILL FIND,,
Matt - agree with Catholic Bard - invite Bishop Barron on your show and have an open, honest dialogue with him instead of constantly saddling up with the Rad Trad echo chamber. Bishop Barron explained this whole issue on his Word on Fire website quite extensively. He is a real light and force in Catholic evangelization without having to do the trick-pony allegiance to anything related to Donald Trump.
I'm a subscriber to Martin, Matt and Barron. I avoid the divisiveness talks that have been so prolific lately. We have one commandment of Jesus, love one another. Bishop Barron projects with much love and hope, Ralph Martin explains it with love. Two purposes two great Catholics. Everyone needs to accept their roll in Gods plan. If I hear divisiveness I hear disunity. Am I wrong for not listening? Am I missing salvation? Perhaps, but so often when I see, "he said, she said" tag lines I see prideful attempt to capture headlines. It is not about our will but Gods. His will... will be done regardless of what any of us believe, to seek is innate. To discover is by grace. To follow is our choice. Agape et Shalom
He technically did that when we were nailed with Him to the Cross😆 “If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!” - Ps. 139:8 His mercy is that no matter what you choose, He’s never gonna let you go, anymore than a loving father would let their child jump off a bridge without, first, doing everything in their power to make sure that never would happen. A human life is far more precious than its will to self-destruct. At the end of the day, if our “no” (which is subjected to change) has the final say over God’s eternal “yes”, then we are more sovereign than God. Unless your beliefs are Calvinistic, and you believe that God wills some to paradise while willing others to damnation, then that would be a different position of faith altogether. “God does nothing as a judge that he wouldn’t do as a father. And I will accept nothing in the description of God that I would find abhorrent in a man.” - George MacDonald
You are saying Bishop Barron's strategy "doesn't work anymore", but I don't know a Christian who has helped convert more people to the true Church, and he still does it today... So Idk about this one, I get the point about some comments he has said, but overall I think he's such a great evangelist
Exactly he offers a mystical approach to understanding. He’s not gonna beat you over the head with tired talking points that do come from a place of love but are nonetheless tired. People aren’t looking to be moralized or brow beaten, they want a place of spiritual and intellectual refuge which bishop Barron demonstrates is contained in the Catholic Church. But at the same time bishop Barron understands that truth exist in a hierarchy
If you look at the numbers of practicing Catholics now, the number of baptisms, the number of Catholic weddings, the number of vocations now and compare them to prior to Vatican II, it is blindingly clear the strategy has not worked, just like Dr. Martin said.
@@eamonob84 It is clear that overall whatever the church has done since Vatican 2 has not worked, but Bishop Barron has had success. You cannot deny that. Maybe it's that he understands better what the council actually was asking for and he accomplished it better.
To all in this comment section, what it comes down to is if (and if yes, how much of) there is a distinction between the methods of Vatican II and the methods of Bishop Barron.
A small part of me will always believe in universalism, through one man (Adam) all fell, through one man (Christ) all were saved. Also nothing unclean shall enter heaven so purgatory is where most people will be purified
@@AJMacDonaldJr Even well known verses that are talking about hell (gehenna) are debatable, for example ‘everlasting punishment’ is correctly translated from Greek as eonian (age of) chastisement - which pertains to the view of correction. Theres also verse like 1 Tim 4:10 which flat out say “we have put our hope in the living God who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe”
@@Mickyboi1 The Sheep and the Goats. "And these [goats] shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal" (Matthew 25:31-46).
Look at bishops Barron interviews with Ben Shapiro and David Rubin. They ask if they need to change their lives-. Barron’s answer: Christianity is the privileged way and atheists go to heaven too. That’s not traditional Catholic teaching. He did not say Christ is the way, truth and the life. He implied no need to convert. Cringeworthy
So true.. What part of John 14:6 does BP Barron not comprehend? It doesn't take a bunch of letters after my name to understand that chapter and verse very clearly.
When I disassociated from the Catholic Church at about 18 yrs old (am a Protestant now), my local parish's lack of fidelity to the Gospel was the biggest reason. When reading the Bible started producing doubts about what my church taught me, I had a long conversation with my church's Deacon and he couldn't have made it more clear you don't have to believe the Gospel/in Jesus in order to be saved. It's refreshing to hear Catholics defend the Gospel and not just the rightness of the Catholic Church. To be honest, I doubt I will ever go back to Catholicism, but it would no less be a joy to see Catholic parishes get this right.
I'm glad I found this. I love watching Bishop Barons stuff but he got me closing the door to my could be conversion when I heard him say that. But its good to see that not everyone thinks that way in the church.
Hi Rico. I think they have misread Bishop Barron. Have you seen his latest video on the subject, where he makes it very clear that he is exploring the HOPE that all will be saved, as per the Catholic Catechism. He is such a force for truth for the Church whom the Lord has used to touch more people than we can probably imagine. The enemy would do anything to destroy, including using his "friends" and brothers in Christ.
Bishop Barron's ministry brought me into the church. Admittedly, I roll my eyes when people bring up their concerns about the Bishops remarks on this subject. If I ever met one person who cited Bishop Barron and said "all people go to heaven" I'd agree with Matt. However, I have never ever heard anyone say that. This conversation is old news, and it's just for rage-clicks.
@Skelley-PriestYou're quite right. But - to quote the old saying - why let the truth get in the way of a good story? I have learnt so much from Bishop Barron's weekly homilies. He has done so much to deepen people's faith. Given the generally poor level of adult catechesis in the church, he is literally a godsend.
Some of the early church fathers believed this. Everyone is called into the presence of God. Which is a powerful light. To those in grace the light is beautiful and soothing. To those not in grace that same light is an everlasting torment.
Everlasting? Why? How do you know this? If God maintains them in a state of everlasting torment, then the Cross is a magnificent FAILURE! Jesus came to save THE WORLD, not some "elect of God known only to Him" (i.e., Calvinist hogwash!). If eternal torment is true, then God is going to maintain sin, death, and separation from Him forever, which contradicts the purpose of the Cross. I thought Jesus came to defeat death, the devil, and hell. If eternal torment is true, then guess what - the devil wins.
@@rudymatheson1415 It is absolutely a denial of hell. There is no such place. It comes from paganism, and the vicious and hateful pagan gods and their hate for mankind. That is not our loving Heavenly Father of whom the Bible says wills to save all mankind. Now don't get me wrong. There is torment after death of the wicked. The Saints of the church taught that the wicked experience God's love as torment. But this torment does not last forever. The purpose of it is to restore the soul through chastisement. God is just and would never do such a thing as eternal torment. That is a pagan idea from darkened minds.
@@rudymatheson1415 It's not a contradiction to the Christian faith because it was taught for the first 500 years of the Church without anybody declaring it a heresy. It was the Roman Catholic Church that attacked it, and the Church attacked it in order to keep people in line through fear. For me, not being Roman Catholic, I really don't care if it's one of their dogmas. They can say or teach anything they want to, doesn't mean it's the truth. I'll go with the Holy tradition of the Church and the Sacred Scriptures.
"Obviously, there is no easy answer to the question of who or how many will be saved, but one of the most theologically accomplished popes in history, writing at a very high level of authority, has declared that we oughtn't to hold that Hell is densely populated. To write this off as “remarks” that require “clarification”(referring to Dr. Martin's footnote from his book) is precisely analogous to a liberal theologian saying the same thing about Paul VI’s teaching on artificial contraception in the encyclical "Humanae Vitae." It seems to me that Pope Benedict’s position - affirming the reality of Hell but seriously questioning whether that the vast majority of human beings end up there - is the most tenable and actually the most evangelically promising."-Bishop Barron.
@@bloodofthelamb13 As Bishop Barron would say, “Come on, friend” if you pay even the slightest bit of attention to the Rosary you would see how inextricably Biblical it is. The same principle holds true for the passage of the narrow gate in reference to the argument at hand. If you paid the slightest bit of attention you’d see that Bishop Barron,Dr. Martin, Matt, etc are all highly cognizant of the passage in their arguments.
I think that we have the right to hope that the Lord have a way to save as many people as possible. I do not understand this way of continually criticizing Bishop Barron on a ground that is not heretical at all.
@@bloodofthelamb13 Concerning the current state of the Church with Bergoglio at the helm, I recall the late, great Jesuit Fr. John Hardon said, notwithstanding Jesus' promise, there is no guarrantee the Church will survive in every town, diocese, or country.
"Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of your mercy". Of course we pray for the souls of all, even our enemy. But we also know that the road is wide that leads to destruction. And many are going down it.
Ralph always speaks Fire!!!🔥🔥🔥He is filled with the Holy Spirit! He is also very humble. Thank you Ralph for speaking truth! Never stop proclaiming the Gospel!
Matt, I like your show and I have benefitted greatly from the beautiful truths and insights shared by many of your guests. This clip however is a low blow. Bishop Barron is an orthodox bishop. His teaching is faithful to the teaching of the Magisterium. This is sowing division where none need exist.
If my church history remembers that Orgin, and one of the 13 century saints taught that . I left the church, I was a Southern Baptist for a bunch of years . I was drawn to them because of the doctrine of Once saved always saved. However, upon reflection on it . I could see the danger in that. Especially when there is no one to hold you accountable for your sins. Returned to Holy Mother the Church. I am sorry that I ever left. Let me say though I did learn a lot.
I am pretty conservative, and to me universal reconciliation makes the most sense. I find it deeply insulting to God to assume that we can somehow control the outcome by having all the right beliefs, the right faith, the right convictions, doing the right things, etc. This would essentially make us more powerful than God. It makes God our slave: ie, God HAS TO save me, because I did XYZ. If salvation exists at all, it is happens because of God's choice and God's power - NOT because we checked all the right boxes and earned our ticket. If hell exists, it is corrective and temporary. ie, even if you had to stay there a million years before you were made right, so be it. You should seek theosis (union with God) because it is good for you. You live right because doing so makes you a better person. If you can't figure that out, that is your problem.
The reason that the "opposite" occurred after Vatican II Is that because concepts introducing the approach of embracing the world instead of condemning it were immediately dismissed by the hierarchy. I pray that one day, people will actually read the products of Vatican II and prayerfully consider them. Bishop Barron adheres to the Catechism of the Catholic Church to the letter. I hope that both of you have read everything he has written, and you would clearly see that.
The issue is, that the idea of a single person in hell is so revolting, that it seems impossible for anyone to be happy knowing that one soul is there.
I really like a lot of what was said here. It has given me a lot to think about. However, to think that preaching to non-Catholics is as simple as saying 'repent and believe in Jesus, so you can go to heaven' is also 'naive'. If this was the best way to preach than JWs with megahorns at train stations would be raking in the converts everyday. I believe that it is from depth of understanding of the teachings of Jesus, as well as the joy and peace of the Gospel life, that we can genuinely evangelize others in a way that touches their hearts.
I will follow the narrow way that leads to life and not the universalist "everyone will be saved" stuff. If people really think hell will be only populated by demons, think again and study St. Teresa of Avila vision of hell (you will find it interesting to say the least). Don't @ me i don't have the time and i'm fixed on my beliefs. God Bless.
"The devil had a plan to counter the good the Holy Spirit was trying to do in Vatican II". If the Holy Spirit wants/plans to do something it happens and no devil can ever counter it.
The devil certainly can, because of free will. The holy spirit only acts on people who WILL the will of God. Don’t you think Adam and Eve had the Holy Spirit? They had it indeed at first, but immediately left when they disobeyed.
I see many people that want to believe in Universal Salvation use the Fatima prayer( " O my Jesus forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell and lead ALL souls into Heaven, especially those in need of Thy mercy") as proof that all souls will be saved. However, in that same series of apparitions, the Mother of God showed the shepherd children a vision of Hell in which the children saw HUMAN souls in Hell. Then she said to them , "You see Hell where the souls of poor sinners GO! In order to save sinners God wishes to establish devotion to my Immaculate Heart..." She also told the children to pray and do Penace for sinners. ( That's all of us on the Earth or in Purgatory). You may say , "well that vision the children saw was private revelation and i don't have to believe it ". I would agree. However, if you are going to recognize the Fatima prayer, then it follows logically that you should recognize the vision of Hell and the warning that souls do GO there. She also told Sister Lucia ( one of the shepherds) that more souls go to Hell for sins of the flesh than any other sins. So if your desire for Universal salvation is caused by anxiety about someone in your life, I suggest you pray and fast for him or her. Not seek comfort in a FALSE teaching. God bless.
I don't how videos like this one helps to the unity of the Church. I know there are false prophets and probably Bishop Barron has helped more than any other apologist out there, but lay people publically attacking or getting into confrontation with a successor of the apostles doesn't help much the Church.. In the end, Bishops in communion with the Pope have the power of binding and loosing not lay people with Phds like Taylor Marshal and others.
Bishop Barron has been extremely careful in his approach specially on doctrines because He does not want to spark debate or polarization in communities. Rather, He wants to inspire self-conscience to seek the Divine will by themself. Remember, it is a free will. It is not FEAR but LOVE. Bishop Barron has done tremendous job!
So where's the link to Ralph Martin's video explaining "will all be saved"? Matt Frad ask a staffer to add the link below this video. I don't see it. Please advise.
A true Christian “Universalist” (if said Christian subscribes to that label) believes in the inevitability that all will repent and behold the Living Son of God. So repentance is still absolutely necessary and involved in that position of faith. No one gets away with anything.
I am disappointed at this critic of Bishop Baron. He speaks to young people about the love of God which is greater than any sin and the source of our salvation. Christ came to call sinners to repentance, He condemns the sin and not the sinner. Bishop Baron emphasizes that the church need to build walls and bridges; to protect its values but also reach out to the bring the world. That finger-wagging approach to the gospel will not get this generation out of scientism. Bishop Baron is doing great work and should be encouraged.
I don't think any of that good work by Bishop Baron is being dismissed. Ralph is being pretty specific about the one concept Barron appeared to express to Ben Shapiro that everyone will go to Heaven. We know from Christ himself that this is NOT the case. I suspect that Bishop Barron, who I greatly respect and enjoy his messages, was trying to be "charitable" to Jewish Ben Shapiro during his interview with him, but more charitable, as Ralph says, would be to say that the only way to the Father his through his Son. Knowing Ben, he would not have compromised his Jewish faith in an effort to be "nice." Neither should we.
Interestingly enough, here we are, two years later, and the Holy Father has suggested similar misinformation - that all faiths lead to the one God. That's NOT what the Church teaches, and expressing otherwise is not kind nor charitable to others.
Excellent commentary🙏 It’s time for the successors to the Apostles to adopt a tougher line because so so many are living in hell because the one true Church is failing in its duty to preach the full truth devoid of Modernism🙏
With a name and spelling like yours, you must be from Ireland. 🇮🇪 ☘ I'm in the States, but my Mom was born in Co. Clare and she grew up in Co. Kildare. I was an international Irish dancer, and the surname of one the families who played the accordion at the feiseanna was Early.🙂 It's encouraging to see faithful Catholics in Ireland, because I've heard that church attendance is low.😥
Despite the supportive comments for Bishop Baron below, I think that the Bishop must know what he is doing, he must know that he avoids saying certain things and probably in order to keep in with the Francis pontificate. He is not stupid. For goodness sake, he is a Bishop, after all. Knowing this, his not telling the whole truth is tantamount to telling a lie and it is very serious indeed, especially for one in his position. It certainly appears that he is putting politics before Church teaching.
Clickbait titles and thumbnails are usually cool but I feel like this one's not in good taste. Your video does good explaining the occasional ambiguity of his language, but not everyone on TH-cam is going to watch a video fully; many times they just watch the first few seconds or just look at the title and description. It's also his birthday today so maybe it's not the best time to be criticizing him; it'd have been better to publish this a different day. I love your content brother, and I'll keep supporting you with my views, but I'd love to see you exercise better judgement in the future when it comes to publishing content like this.
@@OrthoLou okay, but you’re still risking some else’s reputation. It’s different if you’re creating a misleading title about yourself but when it’s about others it’s rude and uncharitable.
@@OrthoLou maybe but that's a fairly prevalent epidemic among online content consumers. TikTok saw that people's attention spans were getting shorter and capitalized on that; that's why TH-cam started implementing shorts. So maybe it's on the consumers, but then the content creators are also not helping the situation if they don't change how they handle their videos.
@@pintswithaquinas thank you! Don't give your team too hard of a time, they probably didn't mean to make him come across like that. You're a good man Matt 🙂
ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: “Can God, who loves man so much, permit the man who rejects him to be condemned to eternal torment? The silence of the church is, therefore, the only appropriate position for Christian faith. Even when Jesus says of Judas, the traitor, “It would be better for that man if he had never been born” (Mt. 26:24) his words do not allude for certain to eternal damnation.” ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: “Eternal damnation remains a possibility, but we are not granted, without special divine revelation, the knowledge of whether or which human beings are effectively involved in it. The thought of hell and even less the improper use of biblical images must not create anxiety or despair... The concept of hellfire, the fiery furnace and the unquenchable fire of Gehenna need to be interpreted as symbolic language... The risen Jesus has conquered Satan, giving us the Spirit of God who makes us cry, ‘Abba, Father!’ (Rm 8:15; Gal 5:6).”
Hi. Listening to this again with two men I respect highly, Ralph Martin and Matt Fradd, both of whom have impacted my life in different ways for the good. However, I feel that until conversations have been had with Bishop Barron about this topic, I don't think he should be judged and condemned because of one video. It seems that all the incredible work that he has done - engaging with and evangelising the churched and the non-churched alike - is in danger of being eradicated in a cloud of suspicion and innuendo. I think it is particularly unhelpful doing so in a public forum, especially in social media. I commend Bishop Barron on not responding - to my knowledge - to the criticism meted out, some of which has been foul. I think it would serve the Church much better if pundits sought this as an opportunity to bring further healing and unity to the Church and not an opportunity to pick at one dubious talk. Today our gospel reading is Jesus sending out the disciples (the Church) on mission. Maybe we should be concentrating on this and not debating the possible sins of our brothers.
Apologies for the original thumbnail. My team put that together and as soon as I saw the video live I asked them to change it, which they did immediately.
You're the man, Matt.
Wuduyumean I actually liked the original one better.
God bless you for the fraternal correction of your team. I saw the original thumbnail this morning - not sure how if you took it down 2 days ago (a TH-cam problem?). I seldom leave comments, but I was going to on that one. I was concerned that the reference to BB was unnecessary. It was provocative CLICKBAIT. I am glad that you saw fit to change it. For me, the cheap clickbait left a bad taste in my mouth after listening to the excellent talk with Ralph Martin. Even at 2-1/2 hours it is definitely worth a second listen.
@@JackFalltrades they replaced Bishop Barron with Dr. Ralph Martin in the thumbnail. Personally I thought the original was better from an artistic and TH-cam standpoint, but it's fine.
@@JackFalltrades no just the fact that he was in the thumbnail I think. I don't see the need for the change myself, but it is what it is.
As a gen Z Catholic convert, when Ralph began to talk about the failure of befriending the world, brought upon by Vatican 2 & various social movements, I began to get excited. He mentions bishops now recognizing the failure of this strategy I couldn’t help but shout “yes!” It’s time the Church stands in it’s whole beauty, not withholding any of the glory she brings to Christ!
As a part of gen z, I can confirm, the nice guy role certainly will not work with my generation. The Church should proclaim the gospels, boldly, & unapologetically.
AMEN!
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And what is the truth? The Church of hundreds of years ago said that nobody but Catholic's will be saved. The Church of Vat II says that it is possible for people to be saved outside the Church. How can both teachings be harmonized with what Scripture says, that is the real question that should be answered?
@@778FraxK
I should have been more clear, I was referring specifically to the Papal Bull of Eugene IV (Council of Florence 1438-1445) when it says;
It firmly believes, professes, and proclaims that those not living within the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics cannot become participants in eternal life, but will depart “into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels” [Matt. 25:41], unless before the end of life the same have been added to the flock; and that the unity of the ecclesiastical body is so strong that only to those remaining in it are the sacraments of the Church of benefit for salvation, and do fastings, almsgiving, and other functions of piety and exercises of Christian service produce eternal reward, and that no one, whatever almsgiving he has practiced, even if he has shed blood for the name of Christ, can be saved, unless he has remained in the bosom and unity of the Catholic Church.
I believe that even this seemingly harsh statement must be able to be reconciled with what Vat.II says. Possibly when it speaks of being "added to the flock before the end of life", it may at the very least, leave open the door for God to intervene in some mysterious way unknown to us, into the life of the one outside the Church, to reveal Christ and His Church to them, and allow them to either accept or reject Him at that point, even if it occurs as late as being at the moment of death.
" The Church should proclaim the gospels, boldly, & unapologetically."
The problem with that view is that it can lead catholics to go into simply telling "convert to Catholicism or you will go to hell" and that obviously doesn't bring no one into the faith, that's what Bishop Barron understands that trads don't.
@@elizabethkraszewski6603 I have never said that we shouldn't preach the truths of the faith. What I said, is starting with threats with hell is not how should we do it, if it was, then the Westboro Baptist Church would clearly be the church with most converts. Besides, the goal of being a catholic is not merely avoiding hell but being a saint both on earth as in heaven. A Catholicism fueled only by a fear of hell doesn't produce saints, it produces puritans. We should be catholics out of love of God and neighbor first and mostly and that's what we should always share. In fact, hell is no other thing than the absolute self-exclusion of God's love, as the Catechism says.
Bishop Barron has a wonderful way of relating to people. By listening to him for the past 5 years, I was able to find my way back home to catholicism
Do you think catholicism is true?
@@kevinjunior_kid yes do you
@@parissturt2788 No... Because some of the teachings are against the Bible
@@kevinjunior_kid No book will interpret itself to us. Not even the Bible. Ultimately, it seems, the Bible is subject to your interpretation. I hope you are an infallible interpreter. Thousands of Protestant churches exist because they thought the other Protestants were teaching against the Bible.
@@bradleymosman8325 Alright then.. Who is Jesus Christ according to your faith..
O My Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell and lead ALL souls to Heaven, especially those who are in most need of Thy mercy.
That is the Fatima prayer that the Mother of God taught the 3 shepherd children: Lucia, Francesco and Jucinta.
She also showed them a vision of HELL where the children saw HUMAN SOULS. The children were frightened nearly to death on seeing it. She also told them that more people go to Hell for sins of the flesh than any other sins and that they should pray and do penance so that others won't go there.
If you say" that's private revelation, we don't have to believe that " , i shall agree with you. However , that prayer comes from private revelation from the same series of apparitions. You can't dismiss one without the other.
So, if you are dismissing that human souls DO GO TO HELL, I suggest that you pray and FAST for those for whom you are hoping they don't go there.
You are both correct , While we pray for God's mercy, we must rember the old version of the Act of Contraction. "Because of the loss of heaven and the pains of Hell, "remember this old quote "the streets of hell are paved with the skulls of Bishops.
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there is no place as hell, hell fire is a fire that annihilates the wicked then the fire goes out, there is no limbo or purgatroy...and a priest cannot forgive your sins because he has enough of his own
Where and when was hell created in the creation story and why is the concept basically absent throughout the whole Bible?
I've listened to both Bishop Barron and Ralph Martin on this topic and I can't see where they differ. They both emphasise exactly the same points. Neither is unclear or divergent in their interpretation. If you're seeing a conflict, it's because you're not hearing either party properly. It's the style that differs between the two men only. The doctrine is clear on this - specifically being a Catholic has the greatest chance of getting you into heaven but we honestly don't know for certain. It isn't as easy as simply believing in God and being a Catholic, you actively have to be genuine in the practice of your faith and faith can be an extreme struggle at the best of time. Had I listened to people like Ralph Martin when I was agnostic I simply would have put him in the 'radical Christian' box and continued to live my life not believing in hell or the devil and not being convinced by the existence of God. I came back to religion because I was convinced that God truly loves me. Some people need the stick to be convinced and will be really won over by Ralph's style of argumentation, others like me need the carrot and are far more convinced by the Bishop Barron type approach. It's why we have a diversity amongst styles of Catholic preaching. The issue I have with Catholics like Matt Fradd (although I watch his content regularly and agree with most of it) is just the underlying need to sew division amongst Catholics. On one hand he criticises Bishop Barron for not calling Ben Shapiro to repent of his sin of adherence to Judaism (which is not a sin per se) and yet he gets defensive when others call him out to do the same to Dave Rubin. It's far more fruitful to focus on the Christian principles that both men already agree to. Ben is an extremely vocal pro-life advocate that we should support and Dave Rubin is a model example of appropriate dialogue between disagreeing parties. Will both go to hell for not being Catholic? We don't know, maybe, but I hope not. Who knows, in time both may become Catholic because of their engagement with Catholics like Bishop Barron.
I agree completely. Really great comment.
I also completely agree. Thanks for your eloquence.
Good comment. We should strive at all times to avoid infighting.
Awesomely said.
Love this comment. I agree with a lot. But just agreeing where we agree and not asking people to repent of non Christian ideals is how we have grown men who claim they feel like women in little girls' changing rooms. How do we ask people to consider their selfishness and sins and still spread God's bigger message of love? Repentance and doctrine is a tough message. The carrot approach is how Jesus got reduced to a happy hippie when He preached often about the reality of hell. I dont have an answer but I agree with you that both Barron and Martin are right and their messages appeal to us at different times on our journey towards heaven.
I financially support Word on Fire AND Pints with Aquinas. I have learned so much and been very blessed by BOTH of these apostolates. Also, Bishop Barron was instrumental in bringing me back to my faith.
Like you I send $$ to PWA & WOF and also RM @ Renewal Ministries. Appreciated this talk and the thoughtful differences among all three platforms. I hate to see listeners spin it into division.
Same!
There is no HEll or Limbo or Purgatory...and a priest cannot forgive sins
@@DavidKing-qd3sp Is there Heaven? Can Jesus forgive sins?
@@montyrock4 .............Yes,
I am nourished and still I am by Bishop Baron’s talks . Thank you Bishop Baron. 🥰
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,
save us from the fires of hell;
lead all souls to heaven especially those who are in most need of
Your mercy.
Amen.
I do love Bishop Robert Barron and he has done so much in my life and I am sure a lot of lives. By the way, today is his Birthday, thank God for him.
I love Bushop Barron too. He managed to explain the presence of Christ in the Holy Spirit especially.
I do watch his videos every Sunday
He’s done a lot for me too. Happy birthday to him. And God bless him. He’s a powerful evangelist. To me it’s not that his opinion is at all that will be saved. Its that the Lord‘s mercy is so infinite and his love for us is so unlimited to assume that you’re damned because you’re not a part of this small club… well
I love Bishop Barron as well but he is soft peddling the Gospel. It doesnt mean he is the AntiChrist,it just means he is wrong.
@@PerfectNormal exactly
Bishop Barron has never maintained that all people will go to Heaven.
He is quoting from the Catholic
Catechism - that we may have hope that all may be saved.
Read St. Paul - letter to the Corinthians about the Excellence of
Love.
Love is patient, Love is kind. Love is not boastful or envious or arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” St. Paul, First Letter to the Corinthians Chapter 13 verses 4-7
“ Love...bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. “
Perhaps you also disagree with St. Paul who says love “ hopes all things “.
Thank you for not misrepresenting Bishop Baron's comments like I've seen Michael Voris and Mother Miriam have. He hasn't said that "everyone will go to Heaven" only that we can hope everyone will accept the grace God gives them, if even only at the moment of their death.
I love bishop Barron before my returning to the faith of the church I've never heard anyone so well spoken in the matters of catholicism, the life, the meaning, the beauty. Ive watched the growing numbers of controversies on both sides about his approach, but my faith is in Bishop Barron he has called out so many to return to the church, many of this generation, the young that want a deeper embodying of tradition the value true religion holds. God bless him for it, and happy birthday, Amen
for real, he has done SO MUCH, and he has done so with intelligence, passion and love for all those who have fallen away! That's why so many people respond to him.
I suggest your Faith be in JESUS, not a sinner. The question is very simple, is Bishop Baron's statement consistent with what Our Blessed Lord said in the Gospels or not? If it is, KUMBAYA! Otherwise...be careful of the wolves dressed in Shepperd's clothing!!!!
The Fatima secret was meant to be revealed in 1960 , it wasn’t, Russia was meant to be consecrated, it wasn’t.
But in 1965 we have Vatican 11 and the new mass, and this was to bring unity with the Protestant faiths, and as the years have past trying to bring unity to all religions, ideologies, democracy, etc etc.
The Fatima secret holds the key to everything that is happening in the catholic and apostolic church today and the future, and the secrets from our blessed mother have been coming and warning mankind since her earliest apparitions.
God bless.
Janitor @ I’m afraid it you’re wrong and just saying it is proves nothing , Even the chief exorcist in Rome father Gabriel Armoth said Russia was never mentioned in any consecration by any pope.
The Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary by a specific act of a reigning Pope along with all the other Catholic bishops of the world was ordered in a Marian apparition by Our Lady of Fátima in 13 July 1917. Sister Lúcia dos Santos, one of the three visionaries publicly stated that at different times the Virgin Mary had given her a message of promise, that the consecration of Russia (as a country) would usher in a period of world peace.
A religious statue depicting Our Lady of Fatima, with her Immaculate Heart surrounded with thorns, a necklace chain of golden ball (of light) and barefooted as described by Sister Lúcia dos Santos at the Pontevedra and Fátima Marian apparitions.
The Vatican stated that Sister Lúcia declared to them in private correspondence during the 1980s that the consecration offered by Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square on 25 March 1984 had been properly accomplished and was “accepted in Heaven”.
The authenticity of this is vehemently rejected by some traditionalist Catholics, including those at Fatima Centre, namely Father Nicholas Gruner, Christopher Ferrara, the SSPX, among others, who support claims of parallelism to the alleged Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Akita in 1973.
In addition to this Consecration, Pope Pius XII (1942), Pope John Paul II (1984), Pope Benedict XVI (2010) and Pope Francis (2013) have consecrated “the world” to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Pope Pius XII verbally consecrated "the peoples of Russia" in 7 July 1952 via his Papal bull “Sacro Vergente”.
To date, no ceremonial rite of Papal consecration has been specifically addressed to “Russia” per verbatim, nor invoked with the physical presence of the sum total of Catholic bishops present at the Vatican.
God bless 👍🙂
@@drjanitor3747 You're a blind fanatical SSPX I can tell or a similar facsimile. To call a holy man such as SAINT John Paul II an 'anti Pope' when even the most staunch supporters of Bishop Lefevbre would agree he was elected Pope fair and square and in perfect agreement with ALL Canon Laws of the Holy Catholic Church is pure ignorance to the fifth power borne out of pure hatred and stupidity. Heck, even the heretic Pope Francis was elected fair and square!!!! Go back to Faith School buddy!
I understand the criticism against BB. I think there's another angle though that people aren't talking about, and I can't help but wonder if he's purposefully playing these cards close to the chest.
BB is a doorway to people who would otherwise remain outside the fold. Fire and brimstone isn't a one size fits all evangelical approach. BB is drawing people in with gentleness, non-aggresiveness, God as Good, and True, and Beautiful. He's warming them up, which they so desparately need, and softening the blow. Many people are hypersensitive to Christianity, especially the Church, and so you HAVE to meet them where they're at, even if that means giving them just "the good stuff" so to speak, for now.
People are already in so much pain, the idea of going to hell afterwards just because you're not part of an, at times, historically incredibly corrupt institution that is, by all appearence, at the hands of men who are just as sinful and fallible as anyone else, is incomprehensible. Another way of putting it, BB is casting a wide net; Jesus can sort it out later. Yes, some may never come to fully accept the Church in ALL Her teachings, some may never accept Jesus Christ, but others will, in time.
People are so broken right now, and it's not because they're bad. We're getting our butts kicked by generational sin. So much conflict and war and treason and betrayal and lies. So many broken families. People didn't fight in WWI and WWII and come back without any problems. My grandpa, who was otherwise a good Catholic man, daily mass-goer, was in some ways a horrible father. Way too strict and disciplinarian with my Uncles, all of whom fell away from the faith, while my grandpa was supposed to be this great Catholic? No.
The world is sick, and God knows it. I think that's one of the main reasons the Church appears so soft these days; it is! Yes, it's corrupted, and wicked people are trying to subvert it and take advantage of God's mercy, twisting and perverting it. But people are at a place right now where they need to be able to call out to God in anger and frustration and hurt, to really lean on Him as a father, who is all patient and kind and merciful, and not be rebuked for drowning in the misery of sin, so much of which was passed on to them by others. The culture is ripe for harvesting, and I get the unfortunate suspicion that many otherwise well-meaning "traditional Catholics" are thwarting the movements of the Holy Spirit in the Church, because they see the corruption and are conflating the two. God help us.
This is a really thoughtful analysis of the situation. Even though your comment is so long, I found every line was meaningful. Bishop B is indeed casting a wide net and it's effective. Sometimes, people who have been in the church for a long time and are hyper-aware of all the do's and don'ts can become so afraid of not doing everything "properly" they cease to see how people outside that faith sees the world, and so are ineffective in bringing them in.
Thank you for this response, you have explained perfectly what I wanted to say but was too annoyed to verbalise.
You don’t go looking for the lost sheep with a gun. You have to bring the sheep back to the fold first. Thank you.
This is so beautiful. Thank you and God bless you. 🙏
"Another way of putting it, BB is casting a wide net; Jesus can sort it out later. Yes, some may never come to fully accept the Church in ALL Her teachings, some may never accept Jesus Christ, but others will, in time." These are great and beautiful words!
No offense, but I'm going to give your comment a big "DUH". You are right 1000%. But my real question is: How do you guys not realize this???? Have you spent time outside of the Church at ANY point in your life? I fell away for 14 years. The idea that brimstone would have brought me back? You guys are larping like it's the middle ages. You're up against Nihilism.
Well, I did hear the same answer like bishop Barron 's answer on EWTN. Why does this topic continue with him? He did a video responding to Bishop Barron already. When I see video like this, it makes me feel sad. Because we are as catholics, we shouldn't tear others down.
He is giving fraternal correction. Whoever heard what Bish B said didn’t hear truth. Martin is correcting that with footnotes
Because are priests and bishops must speak the truth at all times. And act on the Truth. We can't have unity on falsehoods.
I would also like to point out that sometimes the conversion happens, through the grace of God, and seeing the brokenness around you; being a witness to the evils that walk this earth can create a conversion in someone's heart. This is what happened to me. It was a wake up call to how I lived my life and how I NEEDED to follow my Catholic faith not only for the saving of my soul but because I believed that there is more to life than the emptiness of this world. And this is what lead me back to the truth of the Church.
This is exactly what happened to me. God's grace definitely reached me at my lowest but I ignored it until recently. Finally, seeing how disgusting the world is becoming and being horrified made me realize if we all just do whatever we want and live however we want, the whole thing turns to crap awfully fast. I craved morality and goodness and truth, which of course comes from God and I reverted back to my Catholic faith.
Bishop Barron is awesome and amazing nevertheless. I'm very grateful to him for his sharing of knowledge so generously and lovingly.
I appreciate the reference Dr Ralph Martin made to the last few sentence of lumen gentium 16. I re-read the section and noticed the beginning of the this sentence: “But often men, deceived by the Evil One...” Deception by the evil one does not happen rarely, or occasionally, but OFTEN. 🤷♂️
How can we have a reasonable hope that all are saved when “often men, deceived by the Evil One.... exchanged the truth of God for a lie”
Thanks for your work Matt. 👍
Hey Ken - thoughtful comment! I would counter with this - does a mother hope that all her children will graduate from public school, even if it seems unlikely that all will?
@@angelicdoctor8016 apples and oranges
@@stevenhotho4094 both involve hope for the unlikely -- apples and apples
How can we have a reasonable hope that all men shall be saved? Because the Bible teaches it. Because the Church for the first 500 years up until Augustine, widely taught this. Because holy saints of God have taught it, men such as St. Gregory of Nyssa and St. Isaac of Syria taught it and have NEVER been declared heretics by any ecumenical council. Because God has defeated death by His death, so that there is no way that death can win and hold even one person. Because God is just and eternal torment would be the most unjust thing that God could do.
@@IrishEddie317 I really don't know what gospels you are reading.
I agree with much of what's said here. However, I also think that Bishop Barren had done as much or more than any single priest, Bishop or lay person in bringing people to God and thinking about our faith in a true and mature way. Despite this stance you're taking about here, he has done a startlingly amazing job at evangelization. So... Anyway, he has said some things that seem too wishy washy, but has done so much good for souls and bringing them to God that his fruit is easily seen as good.
that is soooo true.
Maybe he could consider revising the wishy-washy bits. The problem with his statements around Hell is that they can invite a lazy attitude not only towards spreading the gospel but also in committing to it. As Ralph Martin points out, that wishful thinking attitude rather than a careful listening to what Vat II actually said has not served the Church's mission well. Fr Avery Dulles SJ addressed this issue well.
He said multiple times its with Balthasar, that we should hope that hell is empty, which is a totally different thing.
Sorry, but stating that "Jesus is the privileged way" is FAR MORE THAN wishy washy... What good is being an amazing evangelizer when APOSTOLIC TRUTH is not proclaimed at its most basic level??
@@dija5578 Yes, I take your point. Jesus did NOT say "I am the privileged way, the better truth and the best life".
Another thought - "How many people end up in Hell?" is the WRONG QUESTION. It's none of our business: see John 21:21-22.
Ralph Martin is one of my very favorite Catholic apologist and have been a fan of his for years! I believe Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar were responsible for bringing in this church of nice, spirit of the age, theology into the church in the 60's. Unfortunately, Bishop Barron appears to be a huge fan of theirs. I agree with Martin, the 60's theology hurt the church and was happy to hear him say some bishops are finally recognizing it.
Bishop Barron talks to and challenges those who do not believe. He goes out into the world as a true evangelist should. My experience with Matt Fradd is inviting only like minded people to his show while wagging fingers outwardly to others. I find him helpful to listen to occasionally as I find his guests enlightening but always using at least an ounce of discernment. In addition Bishop Barron has been immensely helpful in explaining the Gospel. It is possible to bring the joy and love of Christ to all without watering down the faith or beating them over the head with it.
Let’s say you’re right about Matt Fradd. How does it follow that he is wrong in critiquing him on this point? Careful not to commit the ad hominem!
Thank you for this. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who thinks this way. I like them both, but I think Matt's wrong on this point on evangelization
I strongly agree. Bishop Barron has done so much good, and is so intellectually amazing, that it feels deeply wrong and not pragmatic to criticize him at all. Matt Fradd can sometimes be a bit cheeky.
Wonderful reply and I agree completely. Bishop Barron is interested in expanding his church. Unfortunately, there's a lot of elitist snobbery in certain circles. The condescending way that Fradd laughs off the idea that "everyone is going to heaven" is proof of that. As if these two are in on some joke that the rest of us idiots can't comprehend.
Bishop Barron is concerned with appearing "nice" not with conversion. Look no further than the interview that is cited in this clip with Ben Shapiro. Barron makes zero attempt to invite him to the faith and actually implies Ben is just fine the way he is.
Approach this from another angle; Barron believes all are likely saved. If thats the case, why do any hard work reaching out and evangelizing? His own position on this issue robs him and others of the motivation to actually go into the world and convert people.
Finally, you are dead wrong about Matt inviting likeminded people. He has literally hosted over a dozen debates with people who he disagrees with. His last debate was literally a month ago (oct 20). Your either ignorant of his work (which begs the question why claim to know what he does) or a liar.
In contrast, Bishop Barrons hides from debate with Catholics who disagree with him (just see here him dodging Mr. Martin who is a scholar on this exact topic). Can you name one time Bishop Barron didnt hide from Catholics disagreeing with him? When he was on Catholic Answers, he has them screen his calls to avoid anybody who will disagree with him. He is cowardly. In contrast to Matt who actually puts himself out there and has genuine debate with people. Matt's discussion with Tim Gordon, for example, was one of constant debate and disagreement.
so impressed with the firm, but gentle handling of this topic and the commitment to speak out the whole truth--even those parts that are less palatable. Kindness matters, but truth is truth.
I don't want to contribute with any fingerpointing myself, but I'm seeing a lot of that in the comments here. I don't think this is healthy; provided we're charitable, respectful and interested in honest, informed dialogue aiming for the larger purpose that the Church was built for, there is zero problem in voicing theological disagreements with a Bishop, or Cardinal, or even the Pope. The point isn't to knock some people down a peg; it is, ultimately, to lead everyone a bit closer to Heaven.
It seems like we’re only allowed to “disagree” with the church from a right wing stance. What about standing up and demanding more compassion and kindness towards marginalized groups and people who are different from us, more of an emphasis on helping the needy and oppressed in this life? Seems like that always gets written off as a heresy
@@thebacons5943 What about it? That's just the standard Christian ethos - which is not to say that, therefore, prostitution and gender disphoria and a plethora of things promoted and celebrated by groups branded (with more or less reason) as "marginalized" are themselves to be promoted. If you ask _my_ opinion, though, I'd say all this talk of Right and Left is ultimately a pointless secular red herring; Christianity stands on its own feet as a complete cosmovision with inbuilt sociopolitical implications and aspirations - moreso if we recall it is the foundation of our modern Western civilization.
If we attempt to align ourselves of things of this world, we are doomed to fail.
The modern world needs to embrace the church, not the church needs to embrace the modern world.
EWTN Bible
Luke 13:23
23 And some one said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them,
24 "Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
I am looking for the narrow door.
I was born a Catholic and had no clue how I needed to pursue a relationship with God every day by repentance and faith, no clue. Only by joining with holy people and being taught by them am I learning. If I were born as a non believer I know I would have founded some evil cult and the world would have celebrated it because I'd wear flowers in my hair all the time. Thank you Ralph Martin for speaking the full truth.
I think that's a very common story, and mine too. I think post-Vatican II catechesis in the Church has been awful. We grow up knowing nothing about our own faith.
if you had no clue then u failed to listen. You are now being led astray by heretics
@@SoCal9705 thats so truth, they have watered down so much
Right. Many say that those ignorant of the faith are not to blame. True, but those who keep them in ignorance are then to blame. Imagine how many souls have been deprived of the Truth because too many in the church don't want to tell them the hard truths.
I enjoy and appreciate your shows; I don't always agree with your approach to the faith but those times aren't many! This is one of those times. Bishop Barron has more than proven to be a loyal son of the Church; as a Bishop, he is a successor of the Apostles; neither of you are. In large part, my return to the Church can be credited to first and foremost, God's grace and His choice of Bishop Barron to be a conduit of that grace. I'll stick with Bishop Barron in spite of your reservations.
In this video they completely misrepresented bishop Barron. He said explicit faith and practice of the Christian faith is the normative(privileged) way to heaven and that is the belief of the church. People should mind who they are and how little they know before attacking bishops. This is disrespect of authority and individualism.
@@pk47831 While its unfortunate that Bishop Barron's position was deplorably straw-manned and caricatured, I really doubt that it was intentional considering that they maintained a rather respectful (albeit mildly condescending) tone throughout the video.
@@Wanderer-s2c Explain how it was a strawman? I have read Bishop Barron's own explanation of his belief on his website, and he is not in line with what even VII says let alone, the Fathers, Scripture, the Doctors etc. It isn't disrespectful, or attacking. How is this disrespect of authority? It is libel to say they are disrespecting authority by criticizing a bishop. Bishops can, have, and will be wrong. Just because he is a bishop doesn't make him right.
They're not talking about loyalty, they're talking about theology. And what a mess implementing Vatican II was and still is.
@@pk47831 he said the word privileged and that word has different meanings and can be interpreted in different ways. He needed to mention Jesus, the Gospel and Isaiah 53.
I used to have a perspective like Bishop Barron. I had read a book by Fr. Neuhaus, "Death on a Friday Afternoon" and it proposed that perhaps Hell is empty. The way he stated it seemed loving and it appealed to me emotionally. Without getting into too much detail, I had a wild religous experience after being away from the church after 12 years. Gosh, like the next day, I was looking for a priest to go to confession and did like 3 confessions over the next month because I kept remembering stuff from the last decade and wanted to be sure I made a good confession.
I have a lot of sympathy for Bishop Barron's views because I used to share them. In hindsight, I see those views weren't merciful. Kudos to Mr. Martin for reaching out to Bishop Barron. It's so easy to believe that being merciful is affirming other people's lives and values. What a wakeup call the last few years have been for a lot of us.
I feel like I could have written a lot of this. I like Bishop Barron but I think an honest and firm approach is needed. Not an apologetic one. The church needs to stop apologizing and start telling people like me (a millennial) the truth. We are SO hungry for the Truth, when the church starts shouting it, that's when we will see massive conversions, IMHO.
@@lahair5751 I know. This generation has been handled with so much political correctness by the world, it's incredibly difficult when we get mixed messaging from the church. There is a great danger in the Church posturing to be politically relevant with younger generations--it leaves a gapping hole for the state to become religiously relevant for the people who are looking for a moral authority and finding none.
I always enjoy listening to Ralph. God Bless you both. Viva Cristo Rey
Bishop Barron is the most important, influential, smartest Catholic whom I've experienced that's largely brought me back to the Catholic Faith. He's kept his focus on Jesus and the Faith instead of divisive Catholic culture wars. Grateful for Bishop Barron, the Word on Fire team, and I thank God for them.
Thank you, Ralph Martin, for your commitment and courage to speak with clarity and truthfully.
Bishop Barron is an immeasurable asset to our faith! I have not seen someone who can explain things as well as he can in my lifetime. The spirit is in him for sure!
Matt why not have Bishop Barron on your show? Maybe Dr. Larry Chapp. Why lean towards folks that lean towards rad trad. I don't mean Ralph, and not other orthodox Catholics with a different perspective? I think you owe Bishop Barron or someone associated with Word on Fire abplace at the table. Let him explain his position. You and Ralph are great, but I think your short changing Bishop Barron. But of course like any media person you will probably only pick guests whose viewpoint you totally agree with. But Bishop Barron would make a great guest and there is much you would agree on and you could let him set the record straight. Anyway wish you and Ralph well.
Rad trad, lol
you seem to be making a lot of assumptions here. bishop barron has one of the biggest platforms of any american catholic. if his position needs clarifying, it's not matt's fault lol
How are you supposed to fight the left wing media if you can't project that on your own congregants in the Church?
To be traditional is to be Catholic. If people don't like that they can go join a Protestant denomination.
@@espi371 Who knows what that means? I don't.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! If we love our neighbors we want them with us in eternity. Love them enough to tell them the truth 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thanks!
Acts 4:12
There is no name under heaven and earth by which we can be saved, except in the name of Jesus.
Ralph Martin…Thank you so much, for clarifying what Barron said. I saw that interview with Shapiro. It sounded so nice & charitable, but I really felt like something wasn’t quite ‘right’ about what he said. But I couldn’t articulate it. I couldn’t explain why it was ‘wrong’…. So thank you so much. I’m going to share this video with a few people who need to hear it. I think it might help. Will keep you both in my prayers. 🙏🏼✝️
I get what you're saying: that since Bishop Barron isn't so clear what he's saying is verging on heresy and other people might fall into a kind of complacency when it comes to evangelization and the saving of souls.
What I notice and have experienced in his ministry though is he is still very faithful to the catholic faith and extremely passionate about evangelizing the culture without compromises (just look at the work he and his team have produced). He's brought so many people to God and the catholic faith in a non-threatening exclusivist finger-pointing way that most catholic evangelists do cause he focuses on how beautiful God is rather than how impossible salvation is. Therefore we focus on God's strength rather than ours. The thing is, I think his goal is to draw people in first so that we can allow grace to work. Once we are open, we become ready to accept the difficult teachings and become willing to start evangelizing ourselves. That's my experience at least, and the many testimonies of people he's reached is witness to that.
That's a very good point, I think it's just disconcerting to practicing Catholics who (should) know it's not that simple for salvation. Focusing on the loving majestic God who loves us as a Father is so important as well.
Thank you for this comment, I was hoping to see an objection to this critic of Bishop Baron. The finger-wagging approach to evangelism will not get young people to see the beauty and love of God which is the reason for our salvation. Christ came to call sinners to repentance and not condemn them.
@@fhdhjydv1547 God will judge based on knowledge too, if they don't know for no fault of their own God will not be unfair.
That's why priests will have a lot more work to do.
I understand what your guys are saying, and I agree this post Vatican mindset - all can go to heaven after all - is now embedded in the Church. However, I didn't take Bishop Barron's comments as meaning that at all. I believe he was simply exploring the question, "Well, we know that God is abundantly merciful.... How far does that wonderful mercy go? What if, what if God has provided a way for most people to be saved?" I think he knows very clearly that most will not be saved and that hell is very real, but let's push these things a bit further.
I enjoy and respect Bishop Barron but he honestly doesn't challenge me very much. He says a lot but rarely with full clarity and boundaries. I'd much rather hear a teaching in simple language that makes a muddy world more clear. I lean more traditional but I have to say I have yet to be let down by Fr Mike (Schmitz), he is a regular guy, regular language, and yet-he has never, ever missed an opportunity to challenge his viewers/listeners in his teachings. I appreciate that so much!! He played a huge role in bringing me back to the Church and in my husband's conversion from a fully devoted Protestant to an even more fully devoted Catholic (he entered into the Church on Pentecost Sunday).
Welcome home to your husband! That is fantastic news.
Thanks be to God.
Regarding Bishop Barron, it appears to me that he's gotten soft since his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop.😕
New subscriber! I learned so much from this short clip. Can’t wait to see more videos. Thank you for the content. Praying for renewed faith and conversion of the whole world this Lenten season. I struggle with evangelizing as I don’t want to impose on others but goodness it’s so important.
Love Ralph. What a great light he has been for us in the Church. Thank you for Ralph, Lord Jesus!
I love Bishop Barron and he has been such a big part of my return to the Church. I understood what Bishop Barron mean’t when he said these things. So do many. The people who harp on Bishop Barron ought to listen to everything he actually said.
Bishop Baron is 100% orthodox and HE was pivotal in my return to faith after years away from it. He has reached a huge amount of lasped Catholics and those outside the faith. I didn't agree with this take on him at all and imho he did explain the conditions without going into the detail that someone that did a PhD in that particular area might like him to. It was a general interview to reach a huge audience. If he had answered in great detail it might have been understood as nobody ever gets saved , so he would be damned by another for something else. This is criticism from the prayer on the bench not the one playing the ball with more talent and a bigger strategy.
Not addressing very serious sins that are DESTROYING your country is dereliction of duty. Plus he also ignores that targeted individuals are being remotely tortured. 🤷
Jonathan, I agree with some of what you said because like you I did hear the words of the Holy Spirit speaking through Baron during my reversion. But the biggest issue is his utilization of Von Balthazar’s theology is which is demonic because it goes against the truths spoken by Christ Himself. Further he needs to correct his words to Ben Schapiro when he essentially told him that he didn’t need to convert to Christianity to merit (favorable) eternal life.
I remember when the Ben Schapiro-Bishop Baron video dropped, a couple of my non-practicing Christian friends saw the video and saw this crescendo of beautiful philosophy and metaphysics only to be let down by Baron’s indifference to Christianity when Schapiro asked him if he needed Jesus to merit eternal life. Instead of leading these souls to Him, my friends made the inevitable cosmic shoulder shrug since the pastor they heard from gave them the ultimate message of indifference to His eschatological master plan.
He is not 100 percent Orthodox.
@@johnpglackin345 yes he is
@CatholicTruth101 you putting my much more nuanced response in a simple way does not mean I what I said equates to your statement, so why don't you read again.
Thank the Lord our God for Bishop Barron.
His net worth 1-5 million. Not bad. He’s the Joel osteen of the Catholic Church. His Bible study is a joke.
@@rickdockery9620 bruh, why'd you even go through the trouble of finding someone's net worth? Plus, nothing good is gonna come out of judging someone based on how much they earn.
@@ABB14-11 yes cuz the apostles were after those $$$. Successor lol
@@rickdockery9620 nothing wrong with making money though, maybe he uses it for his ministry? you never know ya' know?
@@rickdockery9620 firstly secular priest don't take a vow of poverty.. Secondly Joel Osteen net worth is oil the 100's of millions .. Talk about blowing things way way out of proportion ... lol
Full of love in his speech and delivery. I wholeheartedly respect and agree with Ralph Martin!
I don't agree with Mr. Martin's take on Vatican II, it seems he's positing that VII represents a hermeneutic of rupture, that is a breaking with tradition, but the vast majority of the pontiffs at the time (both left and right) as well as Benedict XVI and JPII were of the opinion that it in no way breaks with Church tradition but radically affirms it.
No he fully supports Vat II. He's only talking about how it's implemented.
He’s clarifying what Vatican II actually says.
No he isn’t he’s talking about the misconceptions & abuses done “in the spirit of VII”
What I see when a bunch of Catholics trash Vatican II is that they freak out over the apparent lack of belief in the Eucharist in others but fail to see their lack of belief in the legitimacy of Church Authority. 🤷♀️
Why did Vatican II rescind the Oath against Modernism 🤔?
I totally agree with Bishop Barron though. The Blessed Virgin Mary herself sent an angel to teach the three young children in Fatima a prayer she wants added to the end of every decade of Her rosary. It's a prayer of extreme Faith in God's infinite Mercy, Hope, and Love.
The Fatima Prayer/Decade Prayer:
“O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell,
lead ALL SOULS to Heaven,
especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.”
I like Ralph Martin. He is a soft speaker BUT he is super intelligent and tells it like it is. I would love to see Fr. Isaac Mary Relyea give his input on the Bishop of the Internet.
Thanks forgoin a bit deeper on this. I grew up pre Vatican II. The approach of focusing so much on hell left me thinking there was little hope. In a way it opened up my scape goating and blaming others in order to protect my false self from being seen. What you and Bishop Barron are saying is the importance of focusing on Christ who is hope. One of the key breakthroughs for me has been meditating on the Lord's prayer regarding asking God for forgiveness as I forgive those I judged/scapegoat/blame. In my reflections it extends to Christ giving the church the power to forgive sins. In a way it extends the priests role in the sacrament of reconciliation. It is part of our royal priesthood to forgive. Why because forgiveness frees the one forgiving from self protecting compulsive behaviour to recognising and taking responsibility for our sin and opening to hope that God loves us and wants the same for me a sinner hasn't deserved forgiveness. All part of celebrating the mass. This opens the possibility that all can be forgiven yet maintains Christ's own words to the apostles that not all will be saved(it takes away some of the ambiguity for me). It comes down to the core of free will which is yes to Jesus or no to Him. It puts responsibility in my hands to seek Christ by reconciling myself to my encounters with him in the guise of others sharing this planet with me. It re-emphasises Mother Teresa's call to the poor. The Same message St Francis of Assisi, St John of God (thrown into prison starting his vocation to the sick ) and so many more saints. Jesus prayer for unity is entwined with this. Who then as Christians condem others? We cannot but we can warn of the dangers of poor choices. A strong case for responsibility over rights. Sin is missing the target that is Christ Jesus.
I forgot to add the revelation to me is about loving the person not the sin which is not easy.
Matt: as far as I'm concerned Bishop Barron is doing more good right now than just about any English speaking Catholic in the world. If anyone thinks he is fluffy in the slightest on the need for repentance and conversion, they haven't watched or read enough of him. He has been attacked from all sides on points like these (and in a particularly malicious way) by the extreme right for his views on the "dare we hope" piece. They are always such misunderstood characterizations of his positions. He has spoken out extensively against these 'critiques', including the ones you discussed with Dr. Martin in this video. His interlocutors just don't seem to want to care about what he has to say in response.
That said in no way am I saying that Bishop Barron is above reproach. But there is a great deal of difference between legitimate criticism and calumny.
And the thumbnail that you used for this video is silly. I get you're trying to be a bit edgy and get views, but come on.
And Dr. Martin is a great guy and I'm usually aligned with most of his thinking. But parts of his recent book, especially his take on Adrienne von Speyr and Hans Urs von Balthasar, is a big head scratcher.
100% agree with you. The claims made in this video and in Dr. Martin's book are seriously questionable. Bishop Barron's position is far more tenable and needs to at least be acknowledged instead of mischaracterized.
yo, I need to know what the original thumbnail was!
I couldn't agree more with your accession. This cuddling up to the world hasn't worked, isn't worked and will never work. As a lay 45 years old man, I can clearly see it and I find it impossible to believe that our bishops and priests can't.
I love Bishop Barron, he has done so much for the Catholic church, have learnt so much from him. He is the reason why I am so proud to be Catholic. Bishop Barron has clarified more than once on this subject - don’t see why this needs to be brought up and discussed again.
Although Bishop Barron has posted videos reiterating how he follows Balthasar in his understanding of LG 16, he has not responded to very basic questions concerning why we should trust Balthasar when he was influenced by Barth's exclusive attention to God's role in our salvation (the Protestant reformed position) as though we don't need to cooperate with grace (the Catholic position).
Because Bishop Barron needs to recant his position. Otherwise no one should listen to him.
@@johnpglackin345 no John - there will be no recanting, since it's not a teaching of the Church that a particular human soul is currently in hell -- theological speculative debate is permissible in the Catholic Church
@@angelicdoctor8016 I bet you worship the virus this past year and a half.
@@johnpglackin345 let me guess, John - you reject papal teaching on the morality of the vaccines
@PintsWithAquinas - Thank you so much for posting this. I am a Protestant who has been doing some soul searching and investigating into Catholicism. A number of Catholic doctrines have made sense to me. But when I encountered Bishop Barron’s interview with Ben Shapiro, I thought I had finally come to the point where I had to reject the Catholic faith. What Bishop Barron said was, imho, indistinguishable from universalism and a heresy. Christ did not sacrifice himself on a cross to upgrade our salvation tickets from economy plus to first class-the so-called “privileged route” to salvation, in Bishop Barron’s words. I’ve been searching for the last two days to find some response-either Catholic or Protestant-rejecting Bishop Barron’s statements. I’d almost given up until I saw this video, at the top of my recommended algorithm. I cannot express how deeply grateful I am to you for uploading this response, and how relieved I am to know that a cheap view of Christ’s death is not an essential holding of the Catholic faith. My exploration of Catholicism can resume!
I agree with your sentiment, but it is still very much an orthodox view that Christ's death is rather so 'expensive' that His Grace and salvation extends further than just to Christians, yet still limited as outlined by Ralph Martin. But thus their salvation is still not possible without Christ's saving Grace outpoured on the Cross. That said, Universalism is undoubtedly a heresy and in clear contradiction to Scripture, including many direct utterances of Our Saviour. It has clearly not been the experience of the great mystics of the Church, that should never be discounted, nor the Marian messaging of Fatima. God sped you on your journey, brother.
Very very few are saved, but those that are, are through the Catholic Church. I cannot do it without the grace of God and neither can anyone else. There are very very many heresies in the church, you should look up the pure truth which is Catholic Dogma and De fide and Ecumenical Councils(don’t read Vatican 2)
Look into traditional catholicism.
Matt, spot on: “It’s like a 40-year-old man trying to be hip with the teens.” It comes off insecure, pathetic, and creepy. It arouses suspicion in the teens and drives them away. I think they’d be far more impressed with the man if he was firm in his beliefs, unapologetic and unconcerned with their opinion of him. If nothing else, it would set an example to them, maybe even arouse their admiration. “Yo, old Bob’s a badass. That guy spits facts and doesn’t budge on anything.”
That’s the Church I think many of us long for: firm, unapologetic, uncaring of the opinions of the world. What a taunt to the Enemy that would be. One of the best analogies you’ve ever made on your show. Your whole talk with Ralph Martin was excellent. Love Bishop Barron and his work dearly as well: his work helped rescue me from atheism and return to the Catholic Church. You're both great forces of good in the world. God bless you, Dr. Martin, Bishop Barron, and the Holy Church. Christ, have mercy on us!
Time and time again Bishop Barron would be unable to square up to Pope Felix III:
"Not to oppose error
is to approve it;
and not to defend truth
is to suppress it,
and indeed to neglect to confound evil men,
when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them"
i was studying Islam when Jesus spoke to me and told me I was Christian...i was trying to save my marriage to a muslim man...i was away from the Church when i married him..but was a baptised Catholic...i was willing to convert...but i needed to find truth...i did ..he came to me...seek AND YOU WILL FIND,,
I love Jesus, Dr Ralph helped us in Syria
Praise God,Thank you Ralph Martin ,you are spot on keep saying this we need to hear 👂 this .🙏
Matt - agree with Catholic Bard - invite Bishop Barron on your show and have an open, honest dialogue with him instead of constantly saddling up with the Rad Trad echo chamber. Bishop Barron explained this whole issue on his Word on Fire website quite extensively. He is a real light and force in Catholic evangelization without having to do the trick-pony allegiance to anything related to Donald Trump.
What does Trump have to do with any of this? Are you a Christian or a Democrat first?
I'm a subscriber to Martin, Matt and Barron. I avoid the divisiveness talks that have been so prolific lately. We have one commandment of Jesus, love one another. Bishop Barron projects with much love and hope, Ralph Martin explains it with love. Two purposes two great Catholics. Everyone needs to accept their roll in Gods plan. If I hear divisiveness I hear disunity. Am I wrong for not listening? Am I missing salvation? Perhaps, but so often when I see, "he said, she said" tag lines I see prideful attempt to capture headlines. It is not about our will but Gods. His will... will be done regardless of what any of us believe, to seek is innate. To discover is by grace. To follow is our choice. Agape et Shalom
God's mercy and forgiveness are perfect and infinite, but he isn't going to nail your foot to the floor to keep you in his presence.
He technically did that when we were nailed with Him to the Cross😆
“If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!” - Ps. 139:8
His mercy is that no matter what you choose, He’s never gonna let you go, anymore than a loving father would let their child jump off a bridge without, first, doing everything in their power to make sure that never would happen. A human life is far more precious than its will to self-destruct. At the end of the day, if our “no” (which is subjected to change) has the final say over God’s eternal “yes”, then we are more sovereign than God. Unless your beliefs are Calvinistic, and you believe that God wills some to paradise while willing others to damnation, then that would be a different position of faith altogether.
“God does nothing as a judge that he wouldn’t do as a father. And I will accept nothing in the description of God that I would find abhorrent in a man.” - George MacDonald
Thanks for the inspiration, sometimes it's hard to believe that with all the evil people commit in the world especially abortion.
You are saying Bishop Barron's strategy "doesn't work anymore", but I don't know a Christian who has helped convert more people to the true Church, and he still does it today... So Idk about this one, I get the point about some comments he has said, but overall I think he's such a great evangelist
Exactly he offers a mystical approach to understanding. He’s not gonna beat you over the head with tired talking points that do come from a place of love but are nonetheless tired. People aren’t looking to be moralized or brow beaten, they want a place of spiritual and intellectual refuge which bishop Barron demonstrates is contained in the Catholic Church. But at the same time bishop Barron understands that truth exist in a hierarchy
If you look at the numbers of practicing Catholics now, the number of baptisms, the number of Catholic weddings, the number of vocations now and compare them to prior to Vatican II, it is blindingly clear the strategy has not worked, just like Dr. Martin said.
@@eamonob84 It is clear that overall whatever the church has done since Vatican 2 has not worked, but Bishop Barron has had success. You cannot deny that. Maybe it's that he understands better what the council actually was asking for and he accomplished it better.
To all in this comment section, what it comes down to is if (and if yes, how much of) there is a distinction between the methods of Vatican II and the methods of Bishop Barron.
A small part of me will always believe in universalism, through one man (Adam) all fell, through one man (Christ) all were saved. Also nothing unclean shall enter heaven so purgatory is where most people will be purified
Can't save Lucifer or force salvation on people who have freewill. For not everyone who says Lord Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven. Mt 7:21-23
If that were the only passage in the New Testament I might agree with you.
@@AJMacDonaldJr Even well known verses that are talking about hell (gehenna) are debatable, for example ‘everlasting punishment’ is correctly translated from Greek as eonian (age of) chastisement - which pertains to the view of correction.
Theres also verse like 1 Tim 4:10 which flat out say “we have put our hope in the living God who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe”
@@Mickyboi1 The Sheep and the Goats. "And these [goats] shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal" (Matthew 25:31-46).
@@AJMacDonaldJr yeah, people don't realize how long 'everlasting' is!
Look at bishops Barron interviews with Ben Shapiro and David Rubin. They ask if they need to change their lives-. Barron’s answer: Christianity is the privileged way and atheists go to heaven too. That’s not traditional Catholic teaching. He did not say Christ is the way, truth and the life. He implied no need to convert. Cringeworthy
So true.. What part of John 14:6 does BP Barron not comprehend? It doesn't take a bunch of letters after my name to understand that chapter and verse very clearly.
He’s horrible
When I disassociated from the Catholic Church at about 18 yrs old (am a Protestant now), my local parish's lack of fidelity to the Gospel was the biggest reason. When reading the Bible started producing doubts about what my church taught me, I had a long conversation with my church's Deacon and he couldn't have made it more clear you don't have to believe the Gospel/in Jesus in order to be saved. It's refreshing to hear Catholics defend the Gospel and not just the rightness of the Catholic Church. To be honest, I doubt I will ever go back to Catholicism, but it would no less be a joy to see Catholic parishes get this right.
I'm glad I found this. I love watching Bishop Barons stuff but he got me closing the door to my could be conversion when I heard him say that. But its good to see that not everyone thinks that way in the church.
Hi Rico. I think they have misread Bishop Barron. Have you seen his latest video on the subject, where he makes it very clear that he is exploring the HOPE that all will be saved, as per the Catholic Catechism. He is such a force for truth for the Church whom the Lord has used to touch more people than we can probably imagine. The enemy would do anything to destroy, including using his "friends" and brothers in Christ.
People need to hear the TRUTH even if it hurts! It's supposed to hurt, how else can you heal.
Bishop Barron's ministry brought me into the church. Admittedly, I roll my eyes when people bring up their concerns about the Bishops remarks on this subject. If I ever met one person who cited Bishop Barron and said "all people go to heaven" I'd agree with Matt. However, I have never ever heard anyone say that. This conversation is old news, and it's just for rage-clicks.
We shouldn't be tearing each other apart like this 😔 (in the comments specifically)
Spot on . Bishop Barron has never said this ....ever
Sad then that we are talking about it if he never said it. Why do we have to attack other Catholics? Division is the devils work.
@Skelley-PriestYou're quite right. But - to quote the old saying - why let the truth get in the way of a good story? I have learnt so much from Bishop Barron's weekly homilies. He has done so much to deepen people's faith. Given the generally poor level of adult catechesis in the church, he is literally a godsend.
Some of the early church fathers believed this. Everyone is called into the presence of God. Which is a powerful light. To those in grace the light is beautiful and soothing. To those not in grace that same light is an everlasting torment.
Everlasting? Why? How do you know this? If God maintains them in a state of everlasting torment, then the Cross is a magnificent FAILURE! Jesus came to save THE WORLD, not some "elect of God known only to Him" (i.e., Calvinist hogwash!). If eternal torment is true, then God is going to maintain sin, death, and separation from Him forever, which contradicts the purpose of the Cross. I thought Jesus came to defeat death, the devil, and hell. If eternal torment is true, then guess what - the devil wins.
@@IrishEddie317 is this a denial of hell? Or am I just misreading this.
@@rudymatheson1415 It is absolutely a denial of hell. There is no such place. It comes from paganism, and the vicious and hateful pagan gods and their hate for mankind. That is not our loving Heavenly Father of whom the Bible says wills to save all mankind.
Now don't get me wrong. There is torment after death of the wicked. The Saints of the church taught that the wicked experience God's love as torment. But this torment does not last forever. The purpose of it is to restore the soul through chastisement. God is just and would never do such a thing as eternal torment. That is a pagan idea from darkened minds.
@@IrishEddie317 this is a direct repudiation of the Christian faith and of Catholic dogma.
@@rudymatheson1415 It's not a contradiction to the Christian faith because it was taught for the first 500 years of the Church without anybody declaring it a heresy. It was the Roman Catholic Church that attacked it, and the Church attacked it in order to keep people in line through fear. For me, not being Roman Catholic, I really don't care if it's one of their dogmas. They can say or teach anything they want to, doesn't mean it's the truth. I'll go with the Holy tradition of the Church and the Sacred Scriptures.
"Obviously, there is no easy answer to the question of who or how many will be saved, but one of the most theologically accomplished popes in history, writing at a very high level of authority, has declared that we oughtn't to hold that Hell is densely populated. To write this off as “remarks” that require “clarification”(referring to Dr. Martin's footnote from his book) is precisely analogous to a liberal theologian saying the same thing about Paul VI’s teaching on artificial contraception in the encyclical "Humanae Vitae." It seems to me that Pope Benedict’s position - affirming the reality of Hell but seriously questioning whether that the vast majority of human beings end up there - is the most tenable and actually the most evangelically promising."-Bishop Barron.
So even Pope Benedict said the same thing. I wonder why so many lay people think they have the right to call bishop Barron a heretic.
@@bloodofthelamb13 As Bishop Barron would say, “Come on, friend” if you pay even the slightest bit of attention to the Rosary you would see how inextricably Biblical it is. The same principle holds true for the passage of the narrow gate in reference to the argument at hand. If you paid the slightest bit of attention you’d see that Bishop Barron,Dr. Martin, Matt, etc are all highly cognizant of the passage in their arguments.
I think that we have the right to hope that the Lord have a way to save as many people as possible. I do not understand this way of continually criticizing Bishop Barron on a ground that is not heretical at all.
@@bloodofthelamb13 My apologies I misunderstood your point regarding the Rosary.
@@bloodofthelamb13 Concerning the current state of the Church with Bergoglio at the helm, I recall the late, great Jesuit Fr. John Hardon said, notwithstanding Jesus' promise, there is no guarrantee the Church will survive in every town, diocese, or country.
It is true that a soul people who do not repent, but in the end, it is the mercy of God that will conquer all.
"Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of your mercy". Of course we pray for the souls of all, even our enemy. But we also know that the road is wide that leads to destruction. And many are going down it.
Ralph always speaks Fire!!!🔥🔥🔥He is filled with the Holy Spirit! He is also very humble. Thank you Ralph for speaking truth! Never stop proclaiming the Gospel!
Matt, I like your show and I have benefitted greatly from the beautiful truths and insights shared by many of your guests. This clip however is a low blow. Bishop Barron is an orthodox bishop. His teaching is faithful to the teaching of the Magisterium. This is sowing division where none need exist.
Bishop Barron is excellent and erudite .
If my church history remembers that Orgin, and one of the 13 century saints taught that . I left the church, I was a Southern Baptist for a bunch of years . I was drawn to them because of the doctrine of Once saved always saved. However, upon reflection on it . I could see the danger in that. Especially when there is no one to hold you accountable for your sins. Returned to Holy Mother the Church. I am sorry that I ever left. Let me say though I did learn a lot.
Origen is a condemned heretic
"We do not love God out of fear of Him. We fear Him out of love for Him."
“People make a big leap from possibility, to probability to virtual certainty”
I am pretty conservative, and to me universal reconciliation makes the most sense.
I find it deeply insulting to God to assume that we can somehow control the outcome by having all the right beliefs, the right faith, the right convictions, doing the right things, etc. This would essentially make us more powerful than God. It makes God our slave: ie, God HAS TO save me, because I did XYZ.
If salvation exists at all, it is happens because of God's choice and God's power - NOT because we checked all the right boxes and earned our ticket.
If hell exists, it is corrective and temporary. ie, even if you had to stay there a million years before you were made right, so be it.
You should seek theosis (union with God) because it is good for you. You live right because doing so makes you a better person. If you can't figure that out, that is your problem.
The reason that the "opposite" occurred after Vatican II Is that because concepts introducing the approach of embracing the world instead of condemning it were immediately dismissed by the hierarchy. I pray that one day, people will actually read the products of Vatican II and prayerfully consider them.
Bishop Barron adheres to the Catechism of the Catholic Church to the letter. I hope that both of you have read everything he has written, and you would clearly see that.
This!
Bishop B keeps being misunderstood. They should have a dialogue so they can clarify things!
If only the hierarchy dismissed it. Are you familiar with Hanz Kung?
@Harry Waddington No, Orthodox teaching is that there is no salvation outisde the Church "Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus".
@Harry Waddington never said that.
@Harry Waddington No because Vatican II clarified that they don't have to be part of the visible Church.
The issue is, that the idea of a single person in hell is so revolting, that it seems impossible for anyone to be happy knowing that one soul is there.
I really like a lot of what was said here. It has given me a lot to think about.
However, to think that preaching to non-Catholics is as simple as saying 'repent and believe in Jesus, so you can go to heaven' is also 'naive'. If this was the best way to preach than JWs with megahorns at train stations would be raking in the converts everyday.
I believe that it is from depth of understanding of the teachings of Jesus, as well as the joy and peace of the Gospel life, that we can genuinely evangelize others in a way that touches their hearts.
I will follow the narrow way that leads to life and not the universalist "everyone will be saved" stuff. If people really think hell will be only populated by demons, think again and study St. Teresa of Avila vision of hell (you will find it interesting to say the least).
Don't @ me i don't have the time and i'm fixed on my beliefs. God Bless.
yup...amen to that.
"The devil had a plan to counter the good the Holy Spirit was trying to do in Vatican II". If the Holy Spirit wants/plans to do something it happens and no devil can ever counter it.
Well said
He can when it involves Man's free will.
The devil certainly can, because of free will. The holy spirit only acts on people who WILL the will of God. Don’t you think Adam and Eve had the Holy Spirit? They had it indeed at first, but immediately left when they disobeyed.
Thank you, Ralph! This is truly enlightening!
I see many people that want to believe in Universal Salvation use the Fatima prayer( " O my Jesus forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell and lead ALL souls into Heaven, especially those in need of Thy mercy") as proof that all souls will be saved. However, in that same series of apparitions, the Mother of God showed the shepherd children a vision of Hell in which the children saw HUMAN souls in Hell.
Then she said to them , "You see Hell where the souls of poor sinners GO! In order to save sinners God wishes to establish devotion to my Immaculate Heart..." She also told the children to pray and do Penace for sinners. ( That's all of us on the Earth or in Purgatory).
You may say , "well that vision the children saw was private revelation and i don't have to believe it ". I would agree. However, if you are going to recognize the Fatima prayer, then it follows logically that you should recognize the vision of Hell and the warning that souls do GO there.
She also told Sister Lucia ( one of the shepherds) that more souls go to Hell for sins of the flesh than any other sins.
So if your desire for Universal salvation is caused by anxiety about someone in your life, I suggest you pray and fast for him or her. Not seek comfort in a FALSE teaching.
God bless.
God's mercy endures forever!
Full marks to Dr Ralph Martin with respect to James 4:4
They kept us away from church and the Eucharist long enough that many feel now that church is unnecessary.
Yeah that was a terrible move. Still can't believe that happened.
I don't how videos like this one helps to the unity of the Church. I know there are false prophets and probably Bishop Barron has helped more than any other apologist out there, but lay people publically attacking or getting into confrontation with a successor of the apostles doesn't help much the Church.. In the end, Bishops in communion with the Pope have the power of binding and loosing not lay people with Phds like Taylor Marshal and others.
Bishop Barron has been extremely careful in his approach specially on doctrines because He does not want to spark debate or polarization in communities. Rather, He wants to inspire self-conscience to seek the Divine will by themself. Remember, it is a free will. It is not FEAR but LOVE. Bishop Barron has done tremendous job!
Thank you for your spiritual depth!
So where's the link to Ralph Martin's video explaining "will all be saved"? Matt Frad ask a staffer to add the link below this video. I don't see it. Please advise.
A true Christian “Universalist” (if said Christian subscribes to that label) believes in the inevitability that all will repent and behold the Living Son of God. So repentance is still absolutely necessary and involved in that position of faith. No one gets away with anything.
Well said. As a universalist I completely agree with this. The wheels of justice move slowly.
The apostle Paul was a universalist. He clearly spoke on the “Restoration of all things” in his writing
@cloud1stclass372 At the name of Jesus, every knee will bow and tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
God's mercy endures FOREVER!
I am disappointed at this critic of Bishop Baron. He speaks to young people about the love of God which is greater than any sin and the source of our salvation. Christ came to call sinners to repentance, He condemns the sin and not the sinner. Bishop Baron emphasizes that the church need to build walls and bridges; to protect its values but also reach out to the bring the world. That finger-wagging approach to the gospel will not get this generation out of scientism. Bishop Baron is doing great work and should be encouraged.
I don't think any of that good work by Bishop Baron is being dismissed. Ralph is being pretty specific about the one concept Barron appeared to express to Ben Shapiro that everyone will go to Heaven. We know from Christ himself that this is NOT the case. I suspect that Bishop Barron, who I greatly respect and enjoy his messages, was trying to be "charitable" to Jewish Ben Shapiro during his interview with him, but more charitable, as Ralph says, would be to say that the only way to the Father his through his Son. Knowing Ben, he would not have compromised his Jewish faith in an effort to be "nice." Neither should we.
Interestingly enough, here we are, two years later, and the Holy Father has suggested similar misinformation - that all faiths lead to the one God. That's NOT what the Church teaches, and expressing otherwise is not kind nor charitable to others.
Excellent commentary🙏
It’s time for the successors to the Apostles to adopt a tougher line because so so many are living in hell because the one true Church is failing in its duty to preach the full truth devoid of Modernism🙏
With a name and spelling like yours, you must be from Ireland. 🇮🇪 ☘
I'm in the States, but my Mom was born in Co. Clare and she grew up in Co. Kildare.
I was an international Irish dancer, and the surname of one the families who played the accordion at the feiseanna was Early.🙂
It's encouraging to see faithful Catholics in Ireland, because I've heard that church attendance is low.😥
Despite the supportive comments for Bishop Baron below, I think that the Bishop must know what he is doing, he must know that he avoids saying certain things and probably in order to keep in with the Francis pontificate. He is not stupid. For goodness sake, he is a Bishop, after all. Knowing this, his not telling the whole truth is tantamount to telling a lie and it is very serious indeed, especially for one in his position. It certainly appears that he is putting politics before Church teaching.
Clickbait titles and thumbnails are usually cool but I feel like this one's not in good taste. Your video does good explaining the occasional ambiguity of his language, but not everyone on TH-cam is going to watch a video fully; many times they just watch the first few seconds or just look at the title and description.
It's also his birthday today so maybe it's not the best time to be criticizing him; it'd have been better to publish this a different day.
I love your content brother, and I'll keep supporting you with my views, but I'd love to see you exercise better judgement in the future when it comes to publishing content like this.
@@OrthoLou okay, but you’re still risking some else’s reputation. It’s different if you’re creating a misleading title about yourself but when it’s about others it’s rude and uncharitable.
@@OrthoLou still the title is too dirty and unstylish
@@OrthoLou maybe but that's a fairly prevalent epidemic among online content consumers. TikTok saw that people's attention spans were getting shorter and capitalized on that; that's why TH-cam started implementing shorts.
So maybe it's on the consumers, but then the content creators are also not helping the situation if they don't change how they handle their videos.
I completely agree. My team put that together. As soon as I saw it I changed it.
@@pintswithaquinas thank you! Don't give your team too hard of a time, they probably didn't mean to make him come across like that.
You're a good man Matt 🙂
ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: “Can God, who loves man so much, permit the man who rejects him to be condemned to eternal torment? The silence of the church is, therefore, the only appropriate position for Christian faith. Even when Jesus says of Judas, the traitor, “It would be better for that man if he had never been born” (Mt. 26:24) his words do not allude for certain to eternal damnation.”
ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: “Eternal damnation remains a possibility, but we are not granted, without special divine revelation, the knowledge of whether or which human beings are effectively involved in it.
The thought of hell and even less the improper use of biblical images must not create anxiety or despair... The concept of hellfire, the fiery furnace and the unquenchable fire of Gehenna need to be interpreted as symbolic language... The risen Jesus has conquered Satan, giving us the Spirit of God who makes us cry, ‘Abba, Father!’ (Rm 8:15; Gal 5:6).”
Hi. Listening to this again with two men I respect highly, Ralph Martin and Matt Fradd, both of whom have impacted my life in different ways for the good. However, I feel that until conversations have been had with Bishop Barron about this topic, I don't think he should be judged and condemned because of one video. It seems that all the incredible work that he has done - engaging with and evangelising the churched and the non-churched alike - is in danger of being eradicated in a cloud of suspicion and innuendo. I think it is particularly unhelpful doing so in a public forum, especially in social media. I commend Bishop Barron on not responding - to my knowledge - to the criticism meted out, some of which has been foul. I think it would serve the Church much better if pundits sought this as an opportunity to bring further healing and unity to the Church and not an opportunity to pick at one dubious talk. Today our gospel reading is Jesus sending out the disciples (the Church) on mission. Maybe we should be concentrating on this and not debating the possible sins of our brothers.
Thank you for the clarification Dr. Martin!