Video description
What do Catholics actually believe about the Trinity, prayer to the saints, the humanity of Jesus Christ, salvation, and mortal sin?
Many people reject Catholic teaching based on definitions the Catholic Church itself does not hold. In this focused biblical discussion, Sam Shamoun addresses four foundational areas of historic Christian theology.
CHAPTER 1 — THE TRINITY
How can the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit each be Yahweh while remaining three distinct divine Persons? Can Christians pray directly to Jesus and invoke all three Persons in prayer?
CHAPTER 2 — PRAYER AND THE SAINTS
Does asking a saint for intercession constitute worship? Are the saints dead—or alive and perfected in Christ?
CHAPTER 3 — CHRIST’S HUMANITY
Why does the glorified Jesus call the Father “My God”? Did Christ cease being human after His resurrection, or does He remain fully God and fully man?
CHAPTER 4 — SALVATION AND MORTAL SIN
What is saving faith? Can faithfulness be separated from obedience? What does Scripture mean by a “sin that leads to death”?
This is what Catholics actually believe—explained from Scripture, apostolic Christianity, and the historic faith of the Church.
Biblical references
The Trinity
Deuteronomy 6:4
Matthew 28:19
John 1:1–3, 14
John 17:3
Acts 5:3–4
Acts 7:59–60
2 Corinthians 13:14
1 Thessalonians 3:11–13
2 Thessalonians 2:16–17
Prayer and the saints
1 Chronicles 29:20
Luke 20:38
John 11:25–26
James 5:16
Hebrews 12:1
Revelation 5:8
Revelation 8:3–4
Christ’s continuing humanity
Luke 24:39
Acts 17:31
1 Timothy 2:5
Philippians 3:20–21
Revelation 3:12
Salvation and mortal sin
Genesis 18:25
Galatians 5:6
Philippians 2:12–13
James 2:24
1 John 5:16–17
