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Considering Catholicism

The Catholic Church, its faith, culture, and history are explained clearly and simply for anyone curious about historic Catholicism. Faithful to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Philosophy Christianity Society & Culture History Religion & Spirituality:Christianity Religion & Spirituality
Update frequency
every 3 days
Average duration
34 minutes
Episodes
383
Years Active
2022 - 2025
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Does Doctrine Even Matter Anymore? (#103)

Does Doctrine Even Matter Anymore? (#103)

Does it even matter what we believe anymore? In 21st century Christianity, isn’t what we do more important than what we believe? Is your “conscience” and spiritual intuition the supreme authority? Th…

00:35:47  |   Mon 13 Mar 2023
A Protestant Asks, ”Why is Catholic Art...Weird?” (#102)

A Protestant Asks, ”Why is Catholic Art...Weird?” (#102)

Ed the Protestant looks at a lot of Catholic religious paintings and statues and ask, "Why are they kind of weird? The composition, the colors, the subject matter seems so out of step with modern aes…

00:33:50  |   Thu 09 Mar 2023
Explaining Lent to a Protestant (#101)

Explaining Lent to a Protestant (#101)

Ed the Protestant asks, "What is Lent, where does it come from (not in the Bible), and why do Catholics practice it?"

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00:37:07  |   Mon 06 Mar 2023
What is Hell? (#100)

What is Hell? (#100)

What is Hell? Why would God send anyone there? Didn't the Catholic Church just make it up to scare people into obeying? Greg and Ed continue their discussion of the "Last Things."

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00:33:17  |   Thu 02 Mar 2023
What is Purgatory? (#99)

What is Purgatory? (#99)

What is Purgatory? If Jesus saves us by grace, why should anyone go there? And if it isn't mentioned in the Bible, did the Medieval Catholic Church just invent it? Greg and Ed continue their conversa…

00:33:03  |   Mon 27 Feb 2023
What is Heaven? (#98)

What is Heaven? (#98)

What is heaven? What would it be like? And why would you want to go there? Also, will your dog or cat get to go with you? Greg and Ed continue exploring the "Last Things" of Catholicism.

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00:36:49  |   Thu 23 Feb 2023
Funerals, Families, Food, and Sex, Part 2 (#97)

Funerals, Families, Food, and Sex, Part 2 (#97)

Greg and Cory continue their discussion of how the historical Christian, particularly Catholic, understanding of funerals is at odds with current cultural trends. (Part 2 of 2)

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00:33:59  |   Mon 20 Feb 2023
Funerals, Families, Food, and Sex, Part 1 (#96)

Funerals, Families, Food, and Sex, Part 1 (#96)

How are current trends in the format of funerals in America and Europe a significant break with historic Christian understandings of the body, death, and the central claim of the Gospel? (Part 1 of 2…

00:28:58  |   Thu 16 Feb 2023
Movie Club: ”The Mission” (#95)

Movie Club: ”The Mission” (#95)

Greg and Ed review one of the most well-done Catholic films of all time: the 1986 Academy Award-winning masterpiece "The Mission," starring Robert DeNiro and Jeremy Irons.

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00:39:55  |   Mon 13 Feb 2023
Common Decency (#94)

Common Decency (#94)

Greg and Cory talk about the natural moral law that is necessary to hold communities together, even if it is made up of diverse religions.

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00:35:00  |   Thu 09 Feb 2023
Is This All There Is? (#89)

Is This All There Is? (#89)

Greg and Ed the Protestant discuss Christianity's belief in the transcendent realm, and why it reject's the atheistic or materialist notion that the physical world is all that is or all that counts.

00:35:02  |   Mon 06 Feb 2023
Sex, Personal Morality, and Catholicism (#88)

Sex, Personal Morality, and Catholicism (#88)

Greg and Ed the Protestant discuss why Catholicism holds the line on historic Christian doctrines of sex and personal moral accountability.

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00:38:05  |   Thu 02 Feb 2023
Why Not “Mere Christianity?” (#93)

Why Not “Mere Christianity?” (#93)

On the first anniversary episode of this podcast, Greg explains to Ed why he asks listeners to consider Catholicism rather than C.S. Lewis-style "mere" or generic Christianity: because mere Christian…

00:37:53  |   Mon 30 Jan 2023
How to Read the Bible (#92)

How to Read the Bible (#92)

Greg and Cory's discuss how Pope Benedict XVI taught us to read and respect the scriptures. The last of three conversations about Benedict's intellectual legacy and contributions to Catholicism.

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00:30:32  |   Thu 26 Jan 2023
The Dictatorship of Relativism (#91)

The Dictatorship of Relativism (#91)

Greg and Cory discuss Pope Benedict XVI's warnings against the "Dictatorship of Relativism" that threatens to oppress the 21st century. This is the second of three conversations about the Benedict's …

00:39:09  |   Mon 23 Jan 2023
Faith and Reason (#90)

Faith and Reason (#90)

Greg and Cory discuss the legacy of the recently-departed Pope Benedict XVI, focusing on his encouragement to "be not confused" by the false conflict between faith and reason, religion and science, o…

00:38:37  |   Thu 19 Jan 2023
Will I Be Judged? (#86)

Will I Be Judged? (#86)

When we die, do we go straight to heaven, or are we judged? And does it really matter, if "Love Wins" in the end? Greg and Ed talk about what historic Christianity and the Catholic Church teach about…

00:42:05  |   Mon 16 Jan 2023
A Good Death? (#85)

A Good Death? (#85)

The Christian faith should prepare us for death. In fact, it should prepare us to face death without fear, and to die well. In fact, Catholicism has a long tradition of something called “The Good Dea…

00:35:46  |   Thu 12 Jan 2023
The Year Zero Problem (#84)

The Year Zero Problem (#84)

Greg and Cory explore one of the biggest barriers in dialogue between Catholics and Protestants: Tradition vs. Primitivism.

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00:36:51  |   Mon 09 Jan 2023
Pop Culture and Catholicism (#83)

Pop Culture and Catholicism (#83)

Greg and Ed chat about American pop culture, comparing and contrasting it to the timeless nature of Catholic civilization.

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00:39:01  |   Thu 05 Jan 2023
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