104 Should a Catholic Always Obey?
The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard
Matthew Leonard
4.9 • 831 Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Is there ever a time when obedience is no longer a virtue? Is there a point when a Catholic can abandon ship? What about when there are doubts concerning particular matters or teaching?
These are real issues and can confusing to a lot of Catholics.
On this Art of Catholic, Matthew Leonard lays out some basic principles for Catholics to keep in mind. After laying out some preliminary remarks and advice, he then shares a video lesson on the virtue of obedience from the Science of Sainthood in Next Level Catholic Academy.
Given all the confusion in the Church right now, we need to know our responsibility as faithful Catholics.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Art of Catholic. |
| 0:05.6 | Or as by the one man's disobedience, the many were made sinners. |
| 0:19.1 | So by the one man's obedience, the many will be made righteous. |
| 0:24.7 | That's Romans 519. |
| 0:26.9 | Welcome to the art of Catholic. |
| 0:28.1 | I'm Matthew Leonard. |
| 0:29.0 | Glad to have you with me. |
| 0:31.0 | This is going to be a bit of a different episode |
| 0:32.7 | because I want to address something |
| 0:34.9 | that is kind of the elephant in the room |
| 0:37.2 | in a lot of ways in the Catholic world. |
| 0:40.3 | And to say that these are interesting times |
| 0:41.8 | in the life of the church would obviously |
| 0:43.4 | be a mild understatement. |
| 0:45.5 | There's a lot of information and misinformation, and in some places, frankly not a lot of charity. |
| 0:53.0 | An imprane about it and for many of those involved in some more highly visible roles, |
| 0:57.6 | I thought it might be a good idea to revisit a central but sometimes misunderstood and |
| 1:02.5 | forgotten virtue. Namely, the virtue of obedience. |
| 1:07.4 | And if you're like, seriously, I get it. |
| 1:10.3 | It's a hot and it can be an uncomfortable topic as well. |
| 1:13.0 | But I'd encourage you to take a listen |
| 1:14.2 | because it's extremely important |
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