Your Protestant Objections ANSWERED (Dr. John Bergsma) | Ep. 583
6/15/20263 hr 5 min
Biblical Scholar, Dr. John Bergsma, a former Protestant pastor who converted to Catholicism, tackles the most common Protestant objections to the Catholic faith from confession and icon veneration to sola scriptura, papal infallibility, and the development of doctrine, using Scripture, early Church history, and his own conversion story. Ep. 583
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Matt Fradd· Host0:25
When I ask you, "Why should I trust the church?" you appeal to scripture. And when I say, "Why trust scripture?" you appeal to the church. You seem to be assuming, the Protestant might say, that tradition is different to the word of God. Why think that?
John Bergsma· Guest0:39
Because 2 Thessalonians 2.15 says, "By word of mouth," as opposed to in a written form.
Matt Fradd· Host0:43
Why think that wasn't eventually written down in what we have?
John Bergsma· Guest0:46
So you take the position that everything that was passed down by word of mouth was written down. Let's talk about icon veneration. People have a, a problem with that because it seems like idolatry.
Matt Fradd· Host0:54
There's a big difference between kissing a photo of my wife and then having a carved image that I can pray to.
John Bergsma· Guest1:00
You're asking for the prayers of the saint who's portrayed. And, um- Geez, I mean, that's semantics, isn't it?
Matt Fradd· Host1:06
I mean, that's what- No, it's not semantics.
John Bergsma· Guest1:07
It's hugely different ...
Matt Fradd· Host1:08
prayer, prayer means to ask, in a sense.
John Bergsma· Guest1:09
Not everything that Muslims believe about God is wrong.
Matt Fradd· Host1:12
Is it possible to have such a perverted notion of God that we can no longer say you believe in God? The Immaculate Conception of Mary seems like you have to do a lot of theological gymnastics to get to that belief.
John Bergsma· Guest1:24
Actually, the Immaculate Conception is one of the simplest of doctrines. She was normal. The rest