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Suan Sonna argues against Gavin Ortlund that not only is "a fallible list of infallible books" a disaster but that a case can be made from the canon to the infallibility of the Church on at least one occassion. 

British Catholic Apologist Peter D. Williams argues that Protestants don't have the resources within their own system to justify any knowledge claim of the biblical canon.

Suan Sonna (Roman Catholic - Infernalist) and Hunter Coates (Eastern Orthodox - Univeralist) talk about Hunter's new book in defense of universalism "Grace Abounds: A Holistic Case for Universal Salvation". 

Catholic Answers Apologist Dr. Karlo Broussard defends the practice of venerating and praying to saints. 

Suan Sonna lectures on Pope Benedict's approach to biblical studies. 

Catholic theologian Matthew J. Ramage compares the approaches of Bart Ehrman and Pope Benedict XVI with respect to the study of Sacred Scripture. Along the way, Ramage discusses the Catholic Church's relationship to Biblical scholarship. 

Erick Ybarra and Daniel Vecchio debate about Pope Francis' comments in Singapore about world religions. 

Isaac Hess, an ex-Mormon convert to Catholicism, critiques the presenation of Mormon apologist Jacob Hansen on Pints with Aquinas. 

Philosopher Gregory Stacey addresses Protestant and Orthodox objections to purgatory from a philosophical-theological perspective. 

Kipp Davis argues that the Conquest of Canaan did not happen as described in the Hebrew Bible. 

Kipp Davis explains the meaning of the Conquest of Canaan in the Hebrew Bible. 

Catholic philosophers Tyler McNabb and Gregory Stacey philosophically scrutinize the confidence of certain Protestants in sola scriptura. 

Catholic philosopher Tyler McNabb addresses concerns over Pope Francis' comments in Singapore about whether all religions are paths to God. 

Catholic theologian Matthew Ramage and Suan Sonna tackle the reality and specifics of the dark passages of the Bible, bringing along St. Thomas Aquinas and Pope Benedict XVI as guides. 

Suan and Gideon discuss the relationship between the literal sense of scripture, the human and divine authorial intent, and Catholic doctrine. They closely discuss the issue of slavery in the Bible, clarifying and assessing Suan's position. 

Suan discusses a possible theological reading of scripture that explains why God allowed for slavery passages in the Bible. Rather than denying that slavery is intrinsically evil or affirming that the Bible is errant, Suan finds a different avenue using resources only available to a Roman Catholic theologian. 

Fr. Gregory Pine, OP explains how exactly Catholics venerate the blessed Virgin Mary without falling down the slippery slopes Protestants fear. 

Thomas Farrar continues his case against Edward Fudge's arguments for annihilationism. Last time he covered the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple literature. He now addresses the conception of hell in the New Testament. 

Thomas Farrar argues against Edward Fudge's case for annihilationism from the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Jewish literature. 

Yale professor emeritus Harold W. Attridge discusses a class he, as a Roman Catholic New Testament scholar, taught at Yale about Catholics and the Bible. 

New Testament scholar Jason Staples argues that Paul saw Gentile inclusion as part of the restoration of the northern kingdom Israel. 

Dr. Michael Barber debunks some popular misconceptions about ancient Judaism and early Christianity. 

Joe Heschmeyer debunks some popular myths about the Protestant Reformation.

Fr. John Ramsey (Orthodox) and William Albrecht (Catholic) debate the doctrine of original sin. 

Suan Sonna reviews a dialogue on slavery in the Bible. 

Suan Sonna presents two new arguments against Sola Scriptura, the Problem of Slavery and the Checks and Balances argument. 

Dr. Michael R. Licona talks about why the gospels tell the same stories differently and what this means for the doctrine of inerrancy. 

Profs. Timothy Pawl and Christopher Tomaszewski discuss the coherence of the Christology of the first seven ecumenical councils. What strategy is most effective for dealing with objections to the coherence of Christ being God and man? 

In this episode, Suan Sonna explains why Protestants cannot begin with Protestantism as their default when investigating Catholicism. He shows how Protestantism is itself highly controversial, especially on the issues of sola scriptura and sola fide. 

Suan discusses in this episode seven problematic trends in online apologetics.

Suan Sonna talks to Michael Lofton about his (Michael's) approach to handling controversies in the Catholic Church. 

Casey Chalk, author of The Obscurity of Scripture, discusses why we need a magisterium and cannot rely upon the supposed clarity of the Bible alone for our theological disputes. 

Fr. Gale Hammerschmidt of St. Isidore's Catholic Student center answers questions from fans about spiritual matters. Fr. Gale confirmed Suan into the Church! 

Michael P. Barber of the Augustine Institute debunks popular misconceptions about the New Testament. 

Michael P. Barber of the Augustine Institute examines popular misconceptions that people have aobut the first Christmas.

Dr. Michael P. Barber of the Augustine Institute debunks multiple misconceptions that people often have about the Bible.

Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP presents a view of Jesus and the historical critical method that is consonant with Church teaching. 

Erick Ybarra discusses three famous episodes of papal failure and how to reconcile them with Catholic teaching on the papacy. 

New Testament scholar Matthew J. Thomas and Catholic Apologist Gary Michuta discuss the case for the Catholic canon of the Old Testament from their respective approaches. 

Michael Licona discusses why there are differences in the Gospels based on ancient writing conventions. He also touches on inerrancy and his forthcoming book. 

Fr. Thomas Crean, OP and Erick Ybarra defend the Filioque on philosophical, historical, biblical, and theological grounds. 

Suan explains the problem with "historical retrieval" as stated by Gavin Ortlund in this 5-minute case for Protestantism (2:43): "And to be sure many contemporary Protestants do have a shallow historical consciousness. But Protestantism as such is nothing other than an effort of historical retrieval. The magisterial reformers appealed to the church fathers just as much as, and sometimes more than, they appealed to scripture to oppose what they saw as the novel accretions and innovations of the medieval west." In short, historical retrieval eventually became the extreme secular form of the historical critical method. 

The Cordial Catholic (Keith Little) shows that although Jerome taught that presbyters and bishops are equals, Jerome also shows that the apostles universally decreed that one bishop-presbyter should be placed over the other bishop-presbyters. In other words, the monarchical episcopate, the structure of the Catholic Church, has its origins in the apostles. 

Alan Fimister, an atheist convert to Catholicism, argues that the Protestant reformation led to secularism. 

Suan summarizes his position on Nicaea II and further defends his thesis. He shows that Nicaea II is simply silent on whether or not the apostles venerated icons like the 8th century iconodules. That's not the way of reasoning at the Council. Moreover, Suan explores the forgeries used at Nicaea II, finding them to not endanger any central teachings of the Council or his thesis. 

Thomas Farrar argues for the deity and personhood of the Holy Spirit. We conclude by reflecting on the meaning and significance of the Trinity. 

Thomas Farrar summarizes his previous presentation and provides MORE evidence that Jesus is God. 

Thomas Farr presents scriptural evidence for the deity of Christ. 

Erick Ybarra presents seven propositions on Melchizedek and the Last Supper that, together, constitute a case for transubstantiation. Erick discusses Paul's eucharistic texts and Orthodox and Protestant objections. 

Joe Heschmeyer discusses how Pope Leo took down the robber council "Ephesus II" (449 AD) and what this means for the debate between Catholics and Orthodox on papal authority.