017: The Bible and the Church Fathers

The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

Matthew Leonard

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 27 October 2015

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

We all want to know where we come from. What are our biological roots? Who are we related to? People spend a lot of money every year tracing their family tree (hoping it forks!). As Christians, we should desire to know our family tree, too. Like in our natural families, we should want to know who has gone before us in the Faith and what they believed. We should want to know our history. Now's our chance. In this Art of Catholic episode, I'm featuring the first half of Lesson One of The Bible and the Church Fathers. This study is part of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology's Journey Through Scripture Bible study program...and you're going to love it. It's a great primer on the men upon whose shoulders we stand. I've been presenting Journey Through Scripture all over the country (and world) for more than eight years. While I wrote the study, much of it is based upon Mike Aquilina's book The Fathers of the Church (3rd edition). As I mentioned, what you're about to hear is part 1 of Lesson One, which is titled Introduction to the Fathers. In my next episode, I'll have part 2. For now, pour yourself a nice tall cup of coffee, sit back, and enjoy... God bless! Matthew "All who have been lost were lost because they did not pray." St. Alphonsus Liguori. Don't be lost! Grab your FREE copy of my quick guide to deeper prayer 8 Ways To Jumpstart Your Prayer Life! It's an easy step-by-step summary of the spiritual giants of the Church designed to help you rocket to God! Already enjoyed the show? Please take a moment to leave a rating! Doing so helps promote the podcast and gets Catholic material in front of people who may never otherwise be exposed to the faith. Thank you!!

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0:00.0	This is the Art of Catholic.
0:06.0	For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers.
0:18.9	For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the Gospel.
0:23.2	Hello everyone, my name is Matthew Leonard
0:25.3	and you have found the art of Catholic podcast,
0:28.5	which is recorded in lovely studio number two
0:31.0	at the St. Paul Center of Republic of theology
0:33.1	in Dubinville, Ohio.
0:35.5	You know that declaration of St. Paul
0:37.0	in 1 Corinthians 415, which I quoted at the beginning here.
0:41.0	It causes a lot of our separated brethren fits.
0:44.1	Since it apparently contradicts Jesus's admonition in Matthew 23.9 when he says,
0:49.2	call no man your father on earth for you have one father who is in heaven.
0:54.6	So how can Paul call himself a father? Sneak contradict Jesus? No, it doesn't
1:01.4	really bother Catholics because we know that Jesus was talking about how the Pharisees
1:06.1	lorded their position as spiritual fathers over the Jews, not acting in the manner they were supposed to.
1:10.6	And evidence of the fact that Jesus didn't mean that Catholics can call priests father or that any man could actually use the title father
1:21.0	and that Jesus was speaking hyper-bolicically, exaggerating here, is found in the
1:26.4	fact that in 17 and 18, you see a Levite priest called Father. Now, some of you are like, well,
1:33.5	Matt, that's the Old Testament. That was before Jesus made a statement. That's true. But in the new
1:38.0	Testament, even after Christ makes His statement, you see St. Stephen refer to our father Abraham.
1:45.8	And in addition to referencing himself as a father,
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