HeyJaredThe Brian Holdsworth Podcast
Interviews and commentaries from Brian Holdsworth. Topics include theology, philosophy, current events, culture, music, art, liturgy, tradition, education, and more - with an appreciation for the treasure of tradition.
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The Backlash to Joe Schmid Becoming Catholic (opens the original)
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Joe Schmid's return to the Catholic Church has generated a lot of of backlash from atheists and agnostics online. But how much of that criticism actually engages with his reasons for becoming Catholic?
Protestants Call This Pagan, Except Pagans Hated This (opens the original)
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"When Protestants today decry Catholics for what they claim is paganism… they actually sound exactly like ancient pagans who denounced the ancient Christians for the same thing." Support the channel by visiting: https://brianholdsworth.ca/help
Marriage Doesn't Automatically Cure Lust (opens the original)
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"If you're single and struggle with lust, you need to get married." Support the channel by visiting: https://brianholdsworth.ca/help It sounds biblical. St. Paul does say that it is better to marry than to burn with passion, and the Christian tradition has long described marriage as a remedy for concupiscence. But does that mean marriage actually cures the vice of lust?
Traditional Hell is More Merciful (opens the original)
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How can an all-loving God condemn people to Hell? Support the channel by visiting: https://brianholdsworth.ca/help It's one of Christianity's oldest and most emotionally powerful objections—but part of the problem may be that modern Christians have inherited an oversimplified picture of Hell. The older Catholic tradition, reflected vividly in Dante and developed through scholastic theology, understood damnation in terms of different degrees of guilt, culpability, deprivation, and punishment. Scr
How to Spot Bad Bishops (opens the original)
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"Not every man who carries a crozier is a true shepherd." Support the channel by visiting: https://brianholdsworth.ca/help In John 10, Christ warns that some men entrusted with his flock will act as hirelings: enjoying the position of a shepherd but abandoning the sheep when the wolves arrive. Saints such as Augustine and Gregory the Great applied this warning directly to bishops who seek worldly honours, temporal advantages, or personal security rather than the salvation of souls. So how can Ca
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