#224 Ranking the Best And Worst Catholic Dioceses in America
Joe unpacks a new article that evaluated the “spiritual fruitfulness” of all the dioceses in the US. The results will surprise you!
Transcript:
Joe:
Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to take a deep dive in the numbers to see where we find America’s most fruitful diocese, where we find America’s least fruitful diocese and why? Now, if you know me, you might’ve noticed by now on Thursdays, I like to do a longer episode, and I often like to do a little bit of a deep dive. Sometimes it’s on the Bible or theology or philosophy ...
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#223 Does Luke 2 DISPROVE Mary’s Sinlessness? - Joe Heschmeyer
Joe dissects the argument that the Presentation at the Temple in Luke 2 is proof that Mary sinned, because she had to make a "sin offering."
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#222 Did The Vatican Just REVERSE Its View On Mary?
Joe reviews the Vatican’s latest document on Mary, “Mater Populi Fidelis.” Some Catholics are concerned that age-old titles of the Blessed Virgin (Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix) are being banned. Is that actually the case?
Transcript:
Joe:
Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to explore some controversial Marian titles and the Vatican’s recent intervention into whether we should use these kind of terms or not. And the two in particular I want to focus on are the terms whether we should call Mary Co-Redemptrix and whether we should call her Me...
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#221 Gavin, “Quote-Mining,” and The Didache… - Joe Heschmeyer
Joe replies to Gavin’s video examining his position on the Didache and it’s scholarship, as it applies to the Papacy.
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Joe:
Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I have to apologize in advance. I’m losing my voice a little bit, so this may be a little raspier than usual, but I wanted to reply to Dr. G Orland’s recent video about bishops in the early church and a controversy over the meaning of the did decay. So does the earliest Christian evidence disprove Catholicism on the papacy or does it actually disprove the belief many Protesta...
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#220 5 Hilarious Ironies of Reformation Day - Joe Heschmeyer
Joe highlights a few ironic things that some Protestants do when they celebrate Reformation Day.
Transcript:
Joe:
What’s actually happening in the Reformation is no less dark. It’s still celebrating sin only. Now it’s the sin of schism. It’s less spooky maybe, but it’s not less sinful. Thesis number 25 says that the power which the Pope has in general over purgatory corresponds to the power which any bishop or curate has in a particular way in his own diocese. And per, I don’t know of a lot of Protestants who would agree with that. If you’re imagining ...
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