Does Church History Really Make You Catholic? | Bread and Banter | EP.4

In this episode, we sit down with Jack Smith to talk church history, the Protestant/Catholic divide, and why so many young Christians are suddenly interested in Rome and Orthodoxy. We get into everything from Marian dogmas and Sola Scriptura to Venmo etiquette and clapping when planes land.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Cold open / church history teaser

1:30 Intro / meet Jack

12:59 “To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant”

18:10 Why is it important to learn about church history?

23:53 The history, importance, and different views of the Eucharist

33:52 Eucharistic miracles

38:13 Marian apparitions

44:57 Assumption of Mary

46:20 The main reason Jack is not Catholic

47:27 Why remain Protestant over Catholicism?

52:42 How do Catholics view salvation?

1:00:48 Do Catholics think Protestants are going to heaven?

1:05:22 Can Catholics / Orthodox go to heaven?

1:08:53 Sola Scriptura

1:17:00 Do Protestants just follow their own interpretation of Scripture?

1:18:54 Why do Catholics have more books in the Bible?

1:23:42 Did Martin Luther take books out of the Bible?

1:25:13 How did we get the Bible?

1:30:17 Are Christians really just following Paul?

1:34:39 Answering questions from Catholic audience members

1:46:01 UNFATHOMABLE Venmo Requests (banter begins)

1:49:24 Clapping when planes land

1:51:29 Andrés’ LUDACRIS DoorDash story

1:55:19 Michael’s favorite basketball ball handling drill

1:57:07 Typical British snarky comments

1:59:23 Boys take on “cultural commentary”

2:02:40 Closing / shameless plugs

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