Gospel Simplicity Podcast

I've spent the last seven years learning about Catholicism, and I like to think I've learned a bit along the way. However, there are more topics to research than there is time in the day, and, inevitably, a host of secondary and tertiary issues have come up that confused me but I haven't had the time to properly research.

So, in this episode, I sat down with Catholic Answers apologist and author Joe Heschmeyer to talk about these topics and see if he could help me make sense of them.

If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out Joe's channel:  @shamelesspopery

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00:00 Intro
01:01 The Brown Scapular
13:42 Plenary Indulgences
29:55 Mortal Sin
52:13 Jesuits
54:50 Catholic Social Teaching
01:00:39 Natural Family Planning
01:13:56 Eucharistic Miracles
01:19:57 Female Deacons
01:21:41 Mass Stipends
01:24:54 Is Catholicism Good News?
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The Lord's Prayer is a centerpiece of the Christian tradition. Most Christians have memorized it and many pray it daily. But the very familiarity of the Lord's Prayer can mask its depth.

In this video, I'm going to take you through the Lord's Prayer line-by-line, looking at what St. Augustine, St. Cyprian, Tertullian, and Origen have to say about this prayer which they believed contained the entire gospel.

Book mentioned: https://amzn.to/3LjsK7N
Augustine's Sermon: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/160307.htm
Bible/Church Fathers Resource: https://churchwritings.com

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In this interview, I'm joined by Dr. Nathan Jacobs, a philosopher, theologian, and filmmaker, to discuss the core differences between Orthodoxy and Catholicism, tracing the roots of divergences in thinking between the East and West.

His channel:  @TheNathanJacobsPodcast
His course: https://www.thenathanjacobspodcast.com/the-east-west-series
His Substack: https://theologicalletters.com/

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In this interview I'm joined by Dr. Michael Peppard, Professor of New Testament, Early Christian Studies, Religion and Public Life at Fordham University, to discuss his new book, How Catholics Encounter the Bible. 

Over the course of the interview, we talk about why Catholics don't read the Bible the way Protestants do, the interplay of liturgy and Scripture, and what's great, and not so great, about the Catholic lectionary. 

Dr. Peppard's book: https://amzn.to/4jkPmBp
Dr. Peppard's other writings: https://www.michaelpeppard.com/

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In this interview I'm joined by Dr. Brandon Smith to discuss his book, Taught by God: Ancient Hermeneutics for the Modern Church. We talk about how Christians have read Scripture over the course of history, what we can learn from the way the Fathers, the Reformers, and others read Scripture. We also talk about what this looks like in a Protestant context.

Smith earned a B.A. in Biblical Studies from Dallas Baptist University, an M.A. in Theological and Biblical Studies from Criswell College, and a Ph.D. in Theology from Ridley College (Melbourne). He is the author of numerous books, book contributions, and journal articles. His books include The Trinity in the Book of Revelation (IVP Academic, 2022), The Biblical Trinity (Lexham, 2023), and Taught by God (B&H Academic, 2024).

Read the Book: https://amzn.to/4qcvdQ6
Check out his channel:  @churchgrammar

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