Early Church Fathers

Wes Huff’s Canon Dilemma pt 4: Enoch, Jude, Papias, Justin Martyr, Eusebius – SHAMOUNIAN

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I finish off my series on the Achilles’ heel of Protestantism in respect to Sola Scriptura, which is the issue of the Canon. I show how Jude’s referencing sources such as Enoch poses problems for Huff and others, I then look at the statements made by Christian writers like Eusebius concerning th debates over the […]

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Why Be Catholic and Not Just Christian? – Brian Holdsworth

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“How do you know what the Christian faith is? How do you know what doctrines and practices are admissible and which should be excluded? Did Jesus appoint you with the authority needed to make those kinds of decisions? Or did he set you under a particular authority to reveal that to you? Almost all Christians

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Why a Lutheran Became a Catholic Priest (Fr. Brad Elliott) | Ep. 82 – Eternal Christendom (with Joshua Charles)

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In this episode, we interview Fr. Brad Elliott, OP, a priest of the Dominican Order who converted to the Catholic Faith from Lutheranism. In addition to sharing his conversion story, he also shares prescient warnings about how modern people relate to technology. Fr. Elliott is an Assistant Professor of Theology at the Dominican School of

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The early church was Catholic. Not Baptist or Protestant. – I Miss Christendom

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History tells us that there was one church for the first 1000 years of Christianity, and then that Church split into 2. The Eastern church is called Orthodox, and the western church is called Catholic. Then about 500 years later several groups broke off from the Catholic church and divided into thousands of denominations. this

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The Sacraments, Apostolic Succession, and Early Church | Brian Davila Interviews Sam Shamoun

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In this powerful interview on Brian Davila’s channel, Sam Shamoun opens up about salvation, Protestantism, Catholicism, Orthodoxy, the ancient church, the sacraments, and why studying church history changed the way he understood Christianity. Brian Davila asks Sam Shamoun deep questions about whether Protestants, Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and even people outside the visible boundaries of the

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In 96 AD, the Apostle John was still alive.

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Yet when a crisis erupted in Corinth, the church that wrote to fix it was in Rome. That detail should stop every Protestant cold. A thread. The Corinthian church had deposed its legitimate elders. A faction had seized control. Clement of Rome intervened. Not with a pastoral suggestion. With authority. He wrote: “If anyone disobey

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Eucharist Snapshot: 1st Century Catholic Worship in the “Didache” | Ep. 78 – Eternal Christendom (with Joshua Charles)

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Today we are inaugurating a new mini-series: the “Eucharist Snapshot.” Like the “Papal Snapshot,” the Eucharist Snapshot will go document-by-document to prove the ancient roots of Catholic belief about the Eucharist. This first “Eucharist Snapshot” will cover the Didache, perhaps the most ancient Christian document outside the Bible, and the incredibly Catholic things it says

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How This Church Father “Red Pilled” Me on the Catholic Church, Part 1 & 2 – Eternal Christendom (with Joshua Charles)

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Part 1: In this episode, we finally dive into the writings of the Church Father who “red pilled” me on the Catholic Church while I was still a protestant: St. Ignatius of Antioch. He was ordained by the Apostles, and barely 70 years after Christ’s Ascension wrote astoundingly Catholic things about: the Real Presence of

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The Church Fathers SHATTERED My Protestant Faith – Joshua Charles

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Catholic convert Joshua Charles reveals how Scripture, history, and the Church Fathers led him out of Protestantism and into the Catholic Church. He breaks down the core contradictions he found in sola scriptura, how early Christian writings confirmed the truth of the Eucharist and apostolic succession, and why the modern Church crisis was foretold long

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How the Earliest Christians Worshiped (In their own words) – Inquietum Corda

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In this video, we examine writings of the early Christians from C. 50AD to C. 155 AD to ask: How did they worship? What were some of their practices? and How were their churches structured? After a brief look at some of the New Testament books, we dive into non-biblical writings of other ancient Christians.

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