How the Church Fathers Made Me Catholic
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- Опубликовано: 19 апр 2024
- A Former Protestant’s Journey to the Catholic Church.
Joshua Charles is one of the rising stars of the Millennial generation. A bestselling author, historian, researcher, and international speaker, he is a passionate defender of America’s Founding Principles, Judeo-Christian civilization, and the Catholic faith, to which he converted in 2018. He loves telling, and helping others tell, great stories that communicate great truths.
I was protestant growing up and then I became an atheist because Christianity seemed stupid as a seventh day Adventist teenager. I have come back to Christ and decided to be diligent with what denomination I would choose and Catholicism one with zero difficulty. I can’t wait to join the church Easter of 2025. Pray for me.
I will pray for you. Not a criticism but since you desire to become Catholic I think it's something you would want to know. The Catholic Church is not a denomination. Denominations came out of the Reformation. The Catholic Church is the one true Church.
leaving for mass in10 minutes will do
@@liztesta9088 thank you for the correction!
@@Nrev973 welcome!!! I hope your dream comes true 2025!!!
Do it!
Wow. Investigating the Catholic church. Please pray for me.
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Ask Mary to pray for you. Hope she hears you. She not doing anything about her child molester costume holymen.
I pray you keep searching and are lead to the truth. Some books which helped me better understand the Catholic faith, surprised by truth by Patrick Madrid, Jesus and the Jewish roots of the Eucharist by brant pitre, fundamentals of the faith by Peter kreeft. Any bishop Barron video. God bless you!
Read: The Jewish Roots of the Eucharist by Brant Pitre. It will absolutely convince you of the true blood and true body in the Eucharist. Fantastic read!
@@johnbrion4565 I’ll be looking for it. ❤️Thank you and God bless..
Happy to have left Protestantism for the true Apostolic Church. Glory to Jesus Christ!
Me too! Thirty-three years ago this Pentecost!
@@kellyschroer2114 My journey started on Lent this year and starting RCIA this September.
Congratulations brothers and sisters! You found it! Welcome home!
@@dankmatter3068 I feel like I'm home too.
God bless you! I admire the many Protestants who sacrificed worldly approval by family and friends, to seek truth at all costs.
Former Protestant here, and a brief inquirer into Orthodoxy as well. I attended my first Mass last Sunday and am looking forward to attending my second tomorrow. Jesus Christ be praised!
Amen.. welcome home and praise to the Lord for your journey back home!!
God bless Andrew. The orthodox church is more organic and is more about the heart. And when you study history deeply it will make more sense.
@@kianoghuz1033But the main thing is that ONLY THE SON OF GOD CAN BUILD HIS CHURCH. Jesus build ONLY ONE CHURCH through His Apostle Peter only not even to His 11 Apostles and the popes are the successors right from His Apostle Peter. But now there are thousand of churches build by men were reject and against His Church.
When Jesus build His Church He gave the power and the authority to His Apostles.
Luke 9:1-2 - "and He called His 12 Apostles together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and He sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal".
Luke 10:16 - Jesus told to His Apostles "he who hears you hears Me and he who rejects you rejects Me and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me".
Luke 10:19 -Jesus say to His Apostles "behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you".
John 10:9-10 Jesus say to us "I am the door, if anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life and have it abundantly".
John 6:64-65- Jesus told us "but there are some of you that do not believe. For Jesus knew from the first who those were that not believe and who it was that betray Him. And He said, "this is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless it is granted him by the FATHER".
John 8:51 Jesus say "truly truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps MY WORD, he will never see death".
@@kianoghuz1033 Not sure… Maybe we have to be careful about the superficial “organicity”. By reading Acts and the Pauline letters, for example, we see that St. Luke describes loads and loads of trouble in the very heart of the early church and Paul tries to address the issues within the communities to whom he writes. Some of the problems addressed by Paul have lasted until our times…
The church has to be one… Nevertheless, we can see that, despite of their apparent organicity, the Orthodox Churches don’t want to be together with one another. But all of them are “organic” and “beautiful”, but separately.
You entered the Catholic Church or are still discerning?
I love being catholic, lots of people try to preach Protestantism to me but I’ve been watching lots of Catholicism videos and has really helped me understand my faith and to defend my faith. Thank you
Lots of good Catholic videos from these RUclips channels: Catholic Productions, Shameless Popery, Ascension Presents.
Have you come across the Bible in a Year podcast with Fr. Mike Schmitz? Changed my life! 🙏
@@jhamberg8968 love fr mike
How to Be Christian is a pretty fun resource for combating Protestantism.
The Catholic Talk Show is awesome if you're looking for something a bit more laid back. Their chemistry is unmatched.
Trent Horn, Jimmy Akin, Scott Hahn, John Bergsma, and Keith Nester put out some pretty great stuff as well.
Pints with Aquinas can be profound when Matt resists his tendency to be a pesky little rad Trad lad. (I ❤ Mother Natalia!)
Michael Lofton is an incredible source of legitimate information among all the manufactured anti-Pope Francis hype.
Fr. Casey is good for the youth, even though he can be a tad liberal for my liking. His stuff with Fr. Pat is charming.
*Avoid borderline schismatics like Michael Vorris and Taylor Marshall at all costs.*
God bless!
@@jhamberg8968 yes I listen to the podcast on the hallow up every day
You love being catholic? That is not good. Aren't you aware that your baptism did not deliver you?
am thankful for all the converts, they are helping me understand and appreciate my Catholic faith… cradle Catholic here
Converts make up some of the best Catholics like Steve Ray and Scott Hahn
I should have become Catholic as a child. I was baptized Catholic at 3. But my dad left the faith and I grew up Presbyterian and stayed there until 63, a total of 55 years. I was an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church. But their liberal teachings isn't in the Bible and that led me to go deeper and study the Bible, study the history of Christianity. Study the beliefs of the different faiths. That all led me to the Catholic Church. Now I defend the faith and been doing so since my first RCIA class
Likewise. Joshua is a perfect example of these awesome converts who strengthen the faith of the Body of Christ.
@@emoore1439 Don't forget John Bergsma and Peter Kreeft too, very humble men.
My Priest once said that converts are the best Catholics!
Famous Cardinal Newman quote. : “To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant.”
He was a convert from Anglicanism.
Newman, the poster boy of the catholic church, had himself buried on top of his boyfriend so he could be with him forever.
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No…. Newman’s Soul is in Heaven. Try again.
Get behind me devil
@@WT-Sherman Make no mistake ,homosexuals will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
@@peterzinya1you’re a fool.
My soon 21 year old son and I converted from protestant to catholic last October after learning the truth about the Eucharist and getting to know our church priest Father John. All glory be with our Lord God King Jesus! May God's grace bestow upon all of you, reading this. Shalom ❤
So were your sins paid for when Christ died on The Cross, perfected once for all or???
@@dand4485Catholics believe jesus sacrifice was infinitely fulfilling
@@dand4485 One answer equally to your question.. shut up.
Awesome testimony! I was converted by the Church Fathers & the Eucharist.🙏❤️
So who appointed the church fathers? Why should we treat them as authorities? And please don't tell me one of them knew a guy that once talked to a guy that went to school with an apostle
@@kevinkelly2162 The Church Fathers show the continuity of the apostolic teaching. Plus if someone was a disciple of an apostle, don’t you think they have a better chance of getting the full teaching of Jesus than someone who’s hundreds or 1500 years later?
@@TrixRN If you read Paul it is obvious that there was no clear church techings in the early church(es). You are doing history backwards to give the early church leaders an authority they did not have. I used to be a catholic and have seen church teaching change immensley just in my lifetime not to mention 1500 years. Don't kid yourself your beliefs resemble the teachings of Jesus.
@@kevinkelly2162 “who appointed the early church fathers, but don’t tell me they knew apostles”.
Titus, Timothy, Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp of Smyrna were all made bishops by apostles. There are more as well. Titus, Timothy and Clement are all mentioned in scripture.
Yeah, who cares what they say?!
I do and so should you.
Definitely don’t read them if you want to stay Protestant.
@@mikelopez8564 Atheist actually. And 'apostles' is not really a good enough answer. Which apostles? Paul never met Jesus and of his 14 letters only 7 are considerd genuine. Not a ringing endorsement for a qualification as scripture.
As bad as the internet is sometimes…RUclips has become a major catechetical battleship for many Catholics now. So many lamp stands have been lit…so many beautiful Protestants have come home..God is good and wondrous in his mystery! I thank God each time a Protestant challenges my faith..I grow in the fire so much more 🔥 Deo Gratis
Oh my goodness!! I was on the RCIA team who brought your father into the Church!! He spoke about you a lot and very fondly. I’m so happy to hear your story ❤ say hi to Don for me!
13:53 My man! I got baptized this Easter and St. Ignatius of Antioch (my beloved) was also my Confirmation Saint
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Congratulations. Welcome and may God bless you and may you continue to grow in holiness and love for the Lord and others.
Being Protestant raised! I grew up southern Baptist. I have been through several denominations but I always found contradictions in the theology there are so many denominations which definitely are divisions. So I studied the church history. I am now a baptized and confirmed Catholic! I’ve never been happier!! Thanks be to God the Father and Our Lord Jesus Christ!!!!! 😊
This is a tremendous apologetic summation of why Catholicism is the only answer when Christianity is the question. Well done Mr. Charles.
I am Catholic. Sent this to my “Bible only” son-in-law who pastors a Bible church.
Some great books which helped me and my friends and family are surprised by truth by Patrick Madrid, fundamentals of the faith by philosopher Peter kreeft, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist by brant pitre. And of course anything by GK Chesterton.
Excellent recommendations from @johnbrion4565. I would add Scott Hahn's Rome Sweet Home, plus watching the Coming Home Network videos as well as Bishop Barron here, and the CatholicAnswers website.
Good talk, let us know how he responds.
I like this man’s style, it is easy to follow, logically presented and he makes so many good points.
E X C E L L E N T.
I wish more Protestants would read about the lives of the saints. I think it would seriously help to dismantle people’s negative opinions about the Catholic Church. Hearing the Catholic faith from the mouths of the saints breaks your heart open and it was one the things that solidify the Church’s legitimacy for me.
Which saints would you recommend?
@@gfujigoI just read a short piece just a couple days on Maximillian Kolbe. Had heard about him on another podcast. Fascinating story and life.
@@jmfrmf5342 Thanks. I will look him up.
@@gfujigo I recommend St Tomas De Torquemada.
I agree. I’ve always felt a big difference is that Catholicism is a call to holiness where as I’ve heard so many Protestant friends say they’ve done enough and are saved. That seems to miss the point to me. The point is not for us to be whisked away to heaven. It’s to have fullness of life by turning away from sin and aligning our will with God’s. There have been Protestant saints I’m sure. But it seems there are so many more Catholic saints throughout history who lived lives of complete devotion to God regardless of circumstances. In fact offer despite horrible circumstances.
Misunderstanding from Protestants about Catholics is like a badly divorced couple with children. The children keep hearing one-sided accusations and blaming from the scorned mother and very soon it becomes ingrained in their minds that their father is really horrible and completely at fault without even knowing all the facts and truth from the father.
Great analogy.
Yeah, very apt analogy. One way or another you have to justify why you left, and explain it to people who are trusting you to guide them. So there's a pressure to perpetuate lies about Catholics, and a big disincentive against doing research that might prove them to be false, since then you or your flock would find out that you were wrong. People are disinclined to admit being wrong about anything, even such transitory matters as political beliefs. But this is one particular belief where the stakes could not possibly be higher, the eternal souls of you and everyone you know, and all your ancestors. Who wants to believe that their parents might be suffering in hell for eternity because they happened to be born into a phony schismatic church? Of course, we hope no one is damned for something like that, but it's impossible to have _confidence_ that it won't happen. It's so much more comfortable to just carry on believing that you and your parents and your parents' parents just happened to be born into the true church that, through the power of reason, managed to recover the true faith of the Apostles after over a thousand years of suppression and marginalization by the united Church of all of Christendom, so there's nothing to worry about and you'll all go to heaven. And to defend those who defected, who effectively brought you to whatever protestant church you were born into, it's not effective to say "our church is just as valid as yours," since if it's just equally good, then why leave? The decision to abandon a united church demands a more serious justification; something must have been positively _wrong_ about the original church.
So every little difference between Protestant and Catholic (and even some fake differences that don't actually exist except in Jack Chick tracts) is magnified a thousandfold and ripped out of context, so that the Catholic Church begins to appear like this intolerable, demonic tyrant. Locking Bibles up with chains so they can't be read is a great example of how something noble the Church actually did - creating Bibles and letting anyone read them for free, in a time when each copy cost the equivalent of thousands of dollars (or even millions for some illuminated manuscripts) to produce - is distorted into something almost cartoonishly villainous - rather than tying the Bibles to chains so you couldn't walk out of Church with them (the same thing tech stores do today, chaining down phones and laptops so you can try them but can't steal them), we hear they were chaining down Bibles so only the priests with the keys could read them. It's hard to imagine anyone believes this, since if the Church didn't want people to read the Bible, why bother producing so many Bibles and tying them to the floor, when you could just... not leave Bibles out in the open of every chapel, cathedral, and library. But this is a persuasive myth because it's recounted to people when they are still children. Once the lie is locked in, it's rarely ever reevaluated. And in that sense, the analogy to divorce is very strong, since it's exactly why children can be poisoned against their fathers. Some beliefs are reevaluated in adulthood, but not all of them. People employ a scattershot approach, spamming the child with so many lies that it's just a numbers game; it's statistically impossible to reevaluate all of them, and perhaps psychologically impossible to do so without deconstructing your entire personality.
Anyway, it's a good thing Catholics have a great answer to Protestants' fear that accepting Catholicism means acknowledging that hundreds of their ancestors are probably damned to eternal torment: purgatory. It's true that Protestants know the Catholic Church exists and can engage with the arguments and historical evidence to see that it's the original Church that Jesus established and has not committed some great apostasy, so they do technically sin by remaining in schism. But Catholic soteriology incorporates a nuanced philosophy of culpability. Someone who has been taught hundreds of lies about Holy Mother Church from early childhood has diminished responsibility for remaining in schism. Even if it's technically possible that he could have sorted through all those lies and figured out the truth, the sheer difficulty of such a task ensures he is less culpable. And diminished culpability is generally considered to be one of the reasons for purgatory to exist. You also can't repent of a sin you don't know you've committed, so you have diminished culpability for failing to repent also. So it's entirely possible that most protestants are redeemed through fire rather than damned. Which means you don't need to live in denial of the obvious testimony of the early Church Fathers and the words of Christ vis-a-vis the Eucharist and the appointment of Peter to avoid the unbearable thought of everyone you know being damned.
We also believe that one person's intercession can save many. If you do convert, you may be able to persuade God to save all your ancestors, especially if you ask the saints to intercede for them as well. After all, the Bible clearly says that the prayers of the saints are more powerful than the prayers of sinners. It doesn't mean that you're doing the saving. God almost always works through his creatures, to give them an opportunity to be charitable, loving, and faithful of their own accord. He's trying to teach us something. Perhaps interceding with him on your ancestors' behalf is one of God's purposes for you: to be the final linchpin in God's plan to save all those people, and in so doing to become Christlike yourself. Pure conjecture, of course. But it's worth thinking about before you dismiss Catholicism as a live option on account of what it would mean for all your forebears.
Real history does not lie, just as the Bible does not lie...😊
Jimmy Akin, (Now Catholic) was studying to be a Baptist preacher has a book titled; "The Fathers know best" and the reason he became Catholic.
One of the best and most exhaustive books on the Church Fathers. ❤
This inspires me to go deeper into the fathers of our faith.
I was baptized Catholic, but my parents joined a doomsday religious cult which I was raised in, and exited in 1993 and became protestant. In 2020 I converted to Catholicism, I love my Catholic faith!
Joshua Charles is a gem 💎
He really is.
It's always the converts who understand the truth of Catholicism more. Bless you Joshua Charles. As a cradle Catholic, I feel I need to learn more.
Love my faith,has change my life 1992 I lost my daughter 17 years It was like a storm passed through our lives I lost sense of time and my other 4 children suffered because they lost a sister and their mother. When home to PuertoRico and it happened I found the Catholic Church ❤Time passed and lost another daughter 48 years but I was stronger and My husband came to the faith at70 years old When we lost Iris our third child 😢It was very hard but this time we have our faith and a community that help us through the pain We suffered and struggle but My husband and I are proud to a catholic and talking to our children about the Faith ❤
May Lord Jesus bless you and your family. Amen.
May Mother Mary, intercede for you and your family. But remember they're in Heaven
My sincere condolences and I’ll pray for your love ones and all the souls on earth.
The journey to Catholicism from the “maze” of Protestantism is fraught with many hardships. The best approach is the one offered in this video/testimonial- research, research, research! 😊😊😊
Love it
This is my story almost to a T..amazing to have another brother in the faith come home!
Such a shame my loved ones that left the Catholic Church will not watch this and Joe Herschmeyer. If they could ever listen with an open mind perhaps they could find Christ's true one holy Catholic and apostolic Church, we know today as the Roman Catholic Church.
And it is sadly those ex-Catholics those with the sharpest of tongues, they add “when I was Catholic we didn’t read the bible or they didn’t let us read the bible” or many other untrue comments.
It’s like spiritual warfare, the fallen angels can grab a hold of an ex-Catholic in a stronger way. There is a quote somewhere in the bible that says, if you were with us and you turn away from the Church, it would have been better for you to have never known. I am totally paraphrasing and I think it was Jesus that said. But please do not quote me on it. I just remember something like it.
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2 Peter 2:20-22
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”
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But there is hope. Pray for their return & for repentance.
Pray as St Monica did for her son.
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I prefer Lk 15 - the parable of the Prodigal Son - to understand this.
Praying for them now!
My son came back after 8 years away
St. Monica novena
Divine mercy chaplet!
I just stopped talking and debating and went into hard prayer!
I treasure the opptys to hear from these well-educated & studied converts who so aptly explain the validity of the Catholic faith. God’s Blessings on their work. 😔🙏🏻
If you're not following Joshua Charles on FB or X, please do...his content is next level. Thank you Joshua Charles for all that you do! Huge fan!
St. Ignatius of Antioch and Polycarp were Direct Disciples of St. John the Apostle and St. Ignatius of Antioch used the Greek word, Katolicós, (UNIVERSAL) to describe the Catholic Church in 107A.D.
Grew up Catholic, went to Catholic High School and have never forgotten those roots. I’ve gone to Non Denominational Churches that were effectively Protestant for over 20 years. Some were good and some not so much. I’ve had a draw to come back and am following those steps
@Z25MikeD I've experienced nondenominational churches, too. Heartfelt, but lacking theological coherence (more emotion than reason) and historical context, and oddly very anti-Catholic, almost as justification for their separation. When I visited several different nondenominational churches, I asked why they've splintered so much and how they resolved differences in interpretation (final human authority) and couldn't get reasonable answers. They kept pointing me to the Early Church, those closest to Christ, "before Constantine". So, I read about the Early Church and found Didache, Ignatius of Antioch, Irenaeus, and Tertullian, and I learned more about the "sacraments" and hierarchy in the Early Church. I thought about how the Apostles spoke to their disciples about Jesus' teachings, sharing verbally until the first Gospel, Mark, was written about 20 years after Jesus' Resurrection. And I realized that before the New Testament was written (through Revelation), it was faithfully transmitted and taught verbally by the Apostles and their chosen disciples (bishops and priests) to early Christians across generations. This oral transmission and teaching is called Sacred Tradition. Sacred Tradition determined what should and shouldn't be included in the official canon of the New Testament. Hundreds (later thousands) of bishops gathered in councils, called by the Bishop of Rome, to debate and decide the canon, dogma and doctrine, not just one man. The councils condemned heresies (untruths), which often come from one man who breaks from the Church to start his own church, like Montanus (a new "prophet", who spoke in tongues, appointed himself above the Church, and predicted Jesus' imminent Second Coming to his hometown), Arius ("Christ was merely human"), the Gnostics ("Christ was not human", because all Creation is evil), and Pelagius (God's grace is not needed--we can save ourselves by our own efforts). In light of what I found about the Early Church, and after some further research into the beliefs of a number of nondenominational (and Protestant) churches, I could find no reason to belong to anything but the Catholic Church.
Hello, please listen to EWTN radio and Relevant radio in the morning- Patrick Madrid on Relevant- I’ll pray for you.
Catholic Answers you are such a blessing! Thank you so much! God Bless!🙏❤️
I love questions: “the harder the better”. That can be an uncomfortable place to live, but is the most rewarding.
I am glad you found the treasures of the Catholic Church. Praise the Lord
Welcome home , Joshua.
For some reason I couldn’t post on the other post. I’m not really sure why. Sometimes channels discriminately block repeated post from certain biased oppositions. I’m not really sure why they do that. Then again sometimes it’s just RUclips being stupid
Paul John and all of the apostles do not use free choice language. They use absolute language. You’re either one, or the other. Where one has certain attributes the other has the opposite. They never say you must do this or you must do that. They never say- choose to do.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them" (Eph. 2:8-10).
We have been saved by grace through faith, and not of works. No man has any cause for boasting. We are not saved by good works, but we are in fact saved to good works. We are created in Christ Jesus to good works, works that were ordained beforehand for us to walk in. As foreordained works, this means that they necessarily follow salvation by grace. And, as such, there is no inconsistency when God uses them as an infallible indicator that salvation by grace has in fact occurred.
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. (Phil. 2:12-13)
We are to work out our salvation, but this is only possible as we are working out what God is working in. And so it is that we are saved by works the work of Christ on the cross, and the works of the Spirit within us, which works are, from our perspective, entirely and utterly gracious.
That was outstanding. I’ve never heard of this guy before, but his short talk was truly outstanding- especially that final “gotcha” regarding James White’s commentary on Vatican I.
I've been catholic since I was a baby 31 years
Might be late but, still I have to say: "Welcome home, Joshua Charles".
Wow Welcome to Jesus Church. I wish and hope i could send this video to my daughter she become Prostant 14 years ago. Afther been rice catholic. It been the greater pain in our heart . Is a big ceparation for the family.Thank you . your talk give me hope that she will come back home.
Welcome home brother! I have a feeling that you will do great things for Christ Church. God bless you and protect you
I have found Joshua’s website to be very informative. Thank you Joshua, for all your work and your love of truth!
Now if Charles can work on bringing Glenn Beck home. Would love to see Glenn interview Charles today after their co-author project back in 2011.
The Bible is a Liturgical Book . Taking the Bible outside of the Church , has led to heresy after heresy .
Out of curiosity, what do you mean? What do you mean by the Bible being a liturgical book? What do you mean taking the Bible outside of the church?
Thanks.
@@gfujigothe Holy Bible is a collection of books the Catholic Church put together. The Bible is a Catholic book . It was compiled by the Catholic Church for Catholics . It was read by the ordained clergy in the Catholic Church . It didn’t come from the sky and drop into the hands of random people to interpret it anyway they want .
@@gfujigoin addition to what Benjamin said, I remember being quite shocked to find out that one of the primary criteria’s used by the Catholic Church in determining whether a competing scroll was to be considered inspired scripture or not was whether the book they were reviewing was historically read during mass. It gave the book more credibility because of its historicity which made it a more reliable source to be considered since it was already being read “as scripture” from the very beginning.
@@Lawdawgsteve Thanks for answering my question. I appreciate it.
@@gfujigo hope that helps my friend. God bless you on your faith journey. A good couple of books on the canon of scripture are “Where we got the Bible, our debt to the Catholic Church” by Henry Graham and Why Catholic Bibles are bigger by Gary Michuta. God bless you.
Love hearing conversion stories!😊❤
Such wonderful truthful information about the One and ONLY Catholic Church that Our Lord Jesus Christ founded along with the Apostles in 33A.D. May Almighty God, Our Most Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit and Almighty God's Heavenly Host bless you abundantly. GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO!
Thank you for this talk. It’s inspired me to look deeper into the church fathers.
POPE BENEDICT XVI: “People should not fear God, thinking he is always ready to punish, but rather they should love him because he is always ready to forgive.
God is not a relentless sovereign who condemns the guilty, but a loving father whom we must love not out of fear of punishment, but because of his goodness.
The Lord is a God who is just, but always ready to reveal himself as merciful and compassionate.”
At the ten minute mark, he said he couldn’t square away Paul with Christ. That’s an issue I have with Protestants because I feel that they read Christ’s words in light of Paul as opposed to Paul’s words in light of Christ.
This video has been persistent in my feed, and I largely ignored it. But watching it this day, honestly, it was incredibly invaluable
Aww I finally get to see you other than read your posts on social media! I teach RCIA and follow you because of your gentle eloquence and purity as you defend the faith. Thank you for teaching me so much!
St. Ignatius of Antioch and Polycarp were Direct Disciples of St. John the Apostle...BTW, St. Ignatius of Antioch first used the Greek word; "Katolicós" (UNIVERSAL) to describe the Catholic Church in 107A.D.
This was a great talk. Thank you. For anyone discerning books that helped me better understand the Catholic faith; surprised by truth by Patrick Madrid, Jesus and the Jewish roots of the Eucharist by Brant pitre, fundamentals of the faith by Peter Kreeft. Jesus and the Jewish roots of Mary by brant pitre.
Thanks for your testimony! Guess I’ll start with St. Ignatius of Antioch! 😊
We need to meet non-Catholics where they are in the faith journey, with compassion and patience. Ask them what they think Catholicism is and their objections. Many will have been repeatedly taught many falsehoods about Catholicism. If they seem open to discussion and evidence, invite them for coffee or a meal, saying you'd like to show the Biblical basis for Catholicism, since many of them will argue for sola scriptura, even though the Bible never indicates that Scripture is the only authority. Using the Revised Standard Version, which Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox can agree on for translation, address their objections. Here is an example:
Regarding the Pope and the Church's authority, Apostolic succession, their healing and teaching authority, and the sacrament of Confession, Penance, and Reconciliation, consider reading together:
Matthew 16:16-19. Peter, the rock (not pebble) which Jesus built his Church and is given the keys to the kingdom of Heaven and the authority to bind and loose on earth and in Heaven.
Matthew 10:1 (authority to heal and cast out evil spirits) and Matthew 10:40 ("whoever receives you receives me"), repeated in Luke 10:16 and Luke 22:28-30 (authority)
John 20:21-23 (Jesus giving the Apostles the power to hear Confession and absolve sins).
See ScriptureCatholic and CatholicAnswers for many more direct scriptural quotes.
Also, introduce them to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which provides all of the sound reasoning and scriptural support for the Catholic Church as the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church that Christ established. Share the Ascension app with them, which has the Bible and Catechism, very nicely organized and hyperlinked, plus Fr. Mike Schmitz' "Bible in a Year" and "Catechism in a Year" programs.
May God bless you as you share the Faith!
Absolutely powerful testimony! thank you Joshua Charles!
Jesus said what he said and meant to what he said in John 20:23. There is no symbolism in those words. Yes, I'm a former Protestant myself.
The Apostolic and Ante-Nicene Fathers writings made me English Catholic (Anglo-Catholic) and I'm so thankful to the Apostolic Tradition. I may have become Eastern but there are no Orthodox parishes here where I live.
There’s a reason the Orthodox Church does not appeal to the early church fathers - they’re too Catholic.
"Anglo Catholic" is not Catholic. Even if an Anglican body acquires apostolic succession through Orthodox ordination, like the Orthodox they still lack the unifying and authoritative office of Peter.
Another option is the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter. They are actually Anglo Catholic.
@@mikelopez8564 No, The Ordinariate is not "Anglo-Catholic". Anglo Catholic is a contradictory term, a myth. The Ordinariate is Catholic.
Please consider the Ordinariate, lad. Praying for your conversion
Thank you! This is such a wonderful talk! I have already listened twice and will be listening more!
Great witness!
Studying history, going from the book of acts to the 2nd and 3rd century Church.. tracing that forward:
I have arrived at the ancient doors of the Catholic Church.
I’ll die a Catholic!
Glory be to the triune God!
Polycarp of Smyrna, Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Melito of Sardis to Irenaeus of Lyons is where I began! Justin Martyr was also an excellent source for me, specifically his ‘Dialogue with Trypho’ and Athanasius of Alexandria, On the Incarnation..
St. Jerome and John of Chrysostom are wonderful Exegetes (showing the paralleling of Old and New)
I’m studying them in online class for 1st time. So interesting!! But I’ve fallen behind in reading & thinking I should quit… Cradle Catholic.
@@marybeth1747 That’s too easy.
Endure until the end.
I deal with family and friends/acquaintances who are mercilessly against the Catholic Church, to such a degree, I won’t even bother talking to them about it, and if they bring anything up to me, in spite or in some sense of mockery.. well.. they get chastised for it. .
They are Protestants who think they know it all for the most part.
Cant reason with them.. only pray.
Trying to reason with that, it can burn you out.
Idk if you deal with that but a lot of us do.
Love it!
Why does d rc church look to the church fathers MORE than to the Bible?
Why be so afraid of different / varied teachings in Protestantism on the minor issues, when that is to be expected with respect to the uniqueness of each man/woman made in the image of God...n...
Why MAKING of THIS UNIQUENESS as if it's TO BE SHUNNED???
In Truth, true Biblical Christianity as opposed to mandated christianity is NOT A RELIGION but a way of life thro which God reaches down to each man thro the Holy Spirit to meet the needs of individuals...unlike religion where man adds their own ideas, wants n instructions...that are then "OFFICIALISED" by men of religion ... n then forced upon OTHER ("lower class"/ laity in contrast to clergy) MEN TO HV THEM COMPLY failing which, the man/woman is accused of being a HERETIC...but hv U EVER thought "heretic with regards to WHAT / WHO ?"...n this is KEY to Right N Wrong, Truth n falsehood according to God...not to man...unless that man / those men ARE THEMSELVES FIRSTLY IN LINE ACCORDING TO GOD!
So, hv U CHECKED WHY ONLY THESE (that are commonly known / named as church fathers by rc itself) ...are used almost like a YARDSTICK TO FAITH N TRUTH that is taken to be about at PAR WITH The Word of God Itself???...WHY???
@@christlyn1830 Protestantism is basically all ancient heresies, long refuted, rolled into a ball and brought back into the modern world with the “age of enlightenment” Gnostic nonsense , refashioned and redefined.
Mainly gnostic/Manichæism…
1 Timothy 3:15 it’s the CHURCH that is the pillar and foundation of the truth.
2 Thess. 3:6 We are commanded in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to depart and have no fellowship with anyone among the churches that forsake and abandon the tradition, the sacred tradition passed down from the apostles.
You need your footnotes and commentaries and favored pastors to read through the Bible. To even know anything about cross referencing/exegesis/hermeneutics, fulfilled prophecy and so much more…
Bible does not make the claims of itself, that Luther imposed on it:
“You can be your own pope.. you are your own church…”
And without Luther’s ideologies being the head of all Protestant theology.. there would be no Protestant theology. Protestantism would not exist.
But for Protestants, all of you claim the novel “sola scriptura”, yet have continued factions after factions splitting from one another. Still unable to settle on key doctrine/dogmas and elementary principles of the Faith.
Yet all are claiming to be “hearing from the Lord”
And ironically are the very group (Protestants) that played your own pontiffs, with no authority and removed the deuterocanon as per 1820s-1880s, whereas there was never a distinction in the Old Testament… All of it is inspired scripture, divine revelation from the Holy Spirit of God. (Try the channel: ‘Apocrypha Apocalypse’ and ‘Patristic Pillars’)
Also,
“Apocrypha” is a title from the ancient SAINTS for the damnable Gnostic “gospels” and your peoples knew that when they began calling the “Deuterocanon” as “Apocrypha..”
An utter blasphemy…
But see.. you can’t know any of that, apart from knowing the very history and tradition of a faith you claim to believe with your whole heart, mind and soul.
You can’t know the history of how you get a Bible to begin with without a tradition to look to. You can’t know about the author of Hebrews. You can’t know about 2 Peter. Luther challenged James as not from an apostle, therefore, you can’t know about James..
Luther even challenged Apocalypse of John, as “not apostolic” whereas these are all utilized and written extensively on, as divine scripture by the ancients!
And your self appointed group, guided by your secret pope:
Luther and his theology..
Can’t know any of that with “sola scriptura”
“If it isn’t in the Bible, I don’t want anything to do with it..”
You can’t know about the Arian heresy and how to properly deal with heresies when they begin influencing a lot of people in Protestantism… Because these days, an Arian and a trinitarian Protestant are both still.. PROTESTANT.. Both still have “only Bible” to argue about, between the two of you.
Neither party has a consensus/history that supports anything about “your interpretation”
No matter who “wins the argument” between either. No matter if both parties have “doctorate degrees”
Luther had a doctorate’s degree.. and wiped his arse with it… like Bart Ehrman.. like a lot do indeed…. Shamelessly.
”Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation-as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.“
II Peter 3:14-18
Joshua is an amazing guy. Love seeing him on Twitter regularly posting fantastic rebuttals to Protestants, always furthering the intellectual side of the faith along with the spiritual aspects, and not apart from it. God bless Joshua and all like him.
I love your insights and comments on X and I’m so happy to hear your conversion story. So many good anecdotes! Thank you!
Welcome home 🙏🙂
I’m at a loss of words when people claim that the Catholic Church had sometime in history had ended by the death of the last apostle or that they use the part in scriptures which talks about the apostasy of the church meaning that they claim that all of the church that Jesus had started upon the Apostles had ended,now right there I want to stress that this is a big FAT LIE.Why because Jesus told Peter and the other apostles that the GATES OF HELL SHALL NEVER PREVAIL AGAINST HIS CHURCH THAT WAS STARTED UPON PETER AND THE OTHER APOSTLES,and furthermore Jesus says go and preach the gospel to all the world making disciples baptizing them in the name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit,and also says to his Apostles and know that I am with you ALL DAYS EVEN TO THE CONSUMMATION OF TIME now it seems clearer than the NOON DAY SUN THAT THE CHURCH JESUS HAD STARTED FROM THE BEGINNING UPON HIS APOSTLES WILL NOT END TILL HE RETURNS ON THE LAST DAY TO JUDGE EVERY ONE AND END TIME AND EXISTENCE?
Many years ago, when I returned to God, I took my family to both an E-Free church in the morning and Catholic mass in the early afternoon. We did this for nearly 1 years. It became a bit wearing on my family, but I couldn’t choose. So I prayed to God. I asked God to let me know where he wanted me to go. The answer was clear as day.
To all my brothers and sisters in Christ, we are one Church, one bride of Christ. The Holy Spirit will guide your steps if you ask for guidance and listen for the small whispers from God.
That was wonderful! God bless him. Thanks be to God for such a beautiful, intellectual, articulate convert.
When he said -He found Jewels thru the church father books.. 😁 my imagination truly was like there were jewels and treasures in his hands...😅 Truth is too precious.🥰👑👑👑 welcome home🥰
I love Joe Heschmeyer's books and Shameless Popery.
Amazing testimony! Thank you so much.
Being freed from demon oppression. The catholic priests, nuns and of course the beautiful powerful rosary. Thank you
"How reading cherry-picked snippets of the church fathers made me Catholic" would be more accurate.
Beautiful! Thank You.
Loved this. Thank you
Outstanding talk! I’ll use this for evangelization.
Protestant systematic theology has an interesting history. Originally it started off with (1600s) 1. God therefore Bible, but it eventually changed to 1. Bible therefore God (1700s) and has remained that way ever since. When the Bible is the means to God, it is essentially the tangible becoming the means to the intangible and thats a direction from you through a book to God so the focus becomes on the book. Whereas the Catholic Sacraments is the opposite direction God the intangible works through the tangible to bestow grace on us.
Beautiful lecture.
Thanks for this video ❤
Welcome brother God is Good AMEN and be faithful to the end 🙏
Please pray that my cradle Catholic daughters return to God's Catholic Church. The world has taken them, and they are in the cult of Woke.
My son returned to the church after8 years of atheism.
Pray the st. Monica novena and the chaplet of Mercy.
Praying for you now!
I shall , have masses said for her! Send her some good catholic conversion stories- Scott Hahn”Rome Sweet Home”.
Martin Luther loosing the battle against our Blessed mother Mary Alleluia praise the Lord Jesus Christ Alleluia
To God be the glory..
Welcome home Sir..
Excellent! Thank you 🙏🏼
I will be confirmed on the 18th of May, at 65, but I dont believe my soul would be in danger if i remained protestant. There are many good protestants out there....
It will if you know that the Catholic Church is the true church and refuse to enter it.
We need more than a picture book of the early Church fathers. We need good films about them, a la Passion of the Christ.
Thank you for your sharing
Beautiful story! Thank you
If there are Protestants reading this section….know that y’all have been distilling you love of the Bible…loving and living God’s word….understand we Catholics are always looking for Christ in all that we do…we are so very blessed to have so many resources because we know all people are different…but we all look to the Beatific Vision
I was raised Catholic, but during the 1970’s, I did not even hear any theology or anything that helped me stand up for Catholicism. I didn’t know what I believed. I married a Lutheran. We were both believers in Jesus so we jointly joined the a Methodist church. We moved and switched to the Missouri Synod Church. They told me all of the “bad” Catholic” beliefs. I didn’t believe them because I talked to my priest before I got married. My husband died and I stayed at that church…I moved and joined a different Protestant church, but after a few years, I am struggling and feel something is missing. I follow apologetics and listen to numerous Christian podcasts. I keep getting drawn to “Pints with Aquinas” and others that discuss Catholic conversion. I went to Mass tonight…I feel that I should return to Catholicism. I am also angry that despite going to a Catholic school and being Catholic for 23 years, I was never taught anything about being a Catholic.
God bless this man...and welcome home
Thankyou 🤝
Thanks
Mind blowing 🤯. How simply explained and how easy to understand. Like a child learning a new thing, got it, done, I believe.
Such a rich speech, thank You!
Tradition holds that St. Ignatius of Antioch was the young boy that Christ held when He said, "No one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he become like a little child."
That prayer to Mary is so touching. God bless you Joshua.
Thanks much for this video.
Beautiful testimonial! This needs to be shared with pur protestant friends. Also see the conversion of Keith Nester. God is good and definitely knows how to tell a beautiful story with our lives ❤🙏
Now, I am really looking forward to seeing the Museum of the Bible as a convert to the Catholic faith.
Hey, white guy wearing a rosary! You love to see it! Nb4 “it’s not jewelry” yeah, no shit Sherlock, it’s armor!
Very genuine question. Why would any early christian use the word Eucharist or the word Catholic. I have not read in the Bible that any apostle used those words.
Why would we believe Ignatius when no disiple who walked and learned from Jesus, wrote this in the Holy authenticated Bible?
There were many people who" knew" Jesus in that day, who spoke or taught untruths. The Apostle Paul, corrected many of them in his letters.
I'm truly sorry you fervently read the early church letters, "every day", and in this video you don't mention reading The Bible.
@@rtrouthouse1506 Thank you for your thoughtful questions. As a devout Catholic, I appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns and defend the richness of our faith tradition.
Firstly, while the specific terms "Eucharist" and "Catholic" may not appear verbatim in the Bible, their concepts are deeply embedded in Scripture and early Christian tradition. The Eucharist, for instance, is rooted in Jesus' words at the Last Supper when he instituted the sacrament of his body and blood under the form of bread and wine (1 Corinthians 11:23-26, Luke 22:19-20). Similarly, the term "Catholic" meaning "universal" was used by early Christians to signify the global and inclusive nature of Christ's Church, a concept exemplified in Jesus' commission to his apostles to preach the Gospel to all nations (Matthew 28:19).
Regarding the credibility of Ignatius of Antioch and other early Church Fathers, it's essential to recognize their invaluable contribution to Christian theology and tradition. Ignatius, a disciple of the apostle John, provides a direct link to apostolic teaching and offers crucial insights into the beliefs and practices of the early Church. While his writings may not be part of the canonical Bible, they are widely respected for their historical and theological authenticity, complementing rather than contradicting Scripture.
Moreover, your assertion that only those who directly walked and learned from Jesus can be considered reliable sources overlooks the significant role of apostolic succession and the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the development and transmission of Christian doctrine. The Catholic Church, founded on the apostles and entrusted with the teaching authority by Jesus himself (Matthew 16:18-19, Matthew 28:20), has consistently upheld apostolic tradition alongside Sacred Scripture as pillars of faith.
As for your concern about prioritizing early Church letters over the Bible, it's essential to understand that Catholics hold both in high esteem. While we cherish the teachings of the early Church Fathers, we also devote ourselves to daily Scripture reading and study. In fact, the Mass, central to Catholic worship, is deeply rooted in Scriptural readings and prayers, ensuring that the Word of God remains at the heart of our spiritual life.
In conclusion, while your questions are valid, I encourage you to explore the profound depth and beauty of the Catholic faith with an open heart and mind. Our beliefs are firmly grounded in Scripture, tradition, and the teachings of Jesus Christ, passed down through the ages by the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the witness of the Church.
Much respect for this fellow. Seeker of truth.
I hate how they pretend to care for the salvation of Catholics
Catholics dont need protestants telling us their opinion on who God is and what he teaches