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#11129 Why Aren’t You Catholic? - Michael Lofton

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 β€’ 2.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Questions Covered: 06:38 – I am not Catholic because I grew up as a Lutheran. 16:20 – Why does Rome accept the apostolic succession of the Roman Catholic Church, but not Anglican Church? 21:29 – I am Anglican and struggle with the intercession of the Saints and praying to Mary? 33:45 – I am not Catholic because the priest at my church denied me reconciliation after not attending enough RCIA classes. 45:41 – I am not Catholic because I struggle Papal supremacy. …

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Cat the Gansers live.

0:18.2

I'm Si, Kellet, your host, a very, very fine show today.

0:23.5

Second hour, you may not know the name, but you're going to love the hour.

0:27.1

Jeremy Christensen will join us.

0:28.8

You might know the name if you're frequent on our podcast, Cat the Gansers focus, but

0:34.1

he's got a book out called From the Susquehanna to the Tiber, and it's about his, it's a

0:39.6

memoir of his conversion from Mormonism to the Roman Catholic Church.

0:43.4

And he's also just, I mean, lots of people have books, but he's a fascinating guy and a

0:47.4

wonderful insights into kind of the psychology of conversion, you know, what he went through

0:53.0

himself, but also specifically about the move from Mormonism to the Roman Catholic Church.

0:58.4

So if that's of interest to you, hang around for the second hour, give a call, he'll be happy

1:03.1

to take your calls and we'll have a nice conversation.

1:05.5

This hour, why aren't you Catholic?

1:07.9

We're just going to hold the lines for people who are not Catholic and not the kind where

1:11.8

you go, well, I actually am Catholic, but I have a friend who's not Catholic.

1:15.2

No, we're going to ask you if you're Catholic to wait for another time.

1:19.0

If you're not Catholic and you'd like to call and tell us why, we love those conversations,

1:24.4

whether it's, you have rejected God, you know, you've come to the conclusion there is no God,

1:30.8

or maybe Jesus, not your cup of tea, and you don't see the reason behind people accepting

1:38.0

him as the son of the living God, or maybe it's the Catholic faith in particular, maybe you

1:43.2

do accept Jesus and the wider church and all of that, but you just don't see, you don't

1:50.1

accept the Catholic claims, whatever it is, you're welcome to call 888-318-7884.

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