#11191 Scriptural Apologetics - John Martignoni

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🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Questions Covered: 09:14 – Would It be ok for Catholics to believe extra books of the bible like 3rd and 4th Maccabees as inspired scripture? 15:23 – Where do we see in the bible passing on of the diaconate, priesthood and episcopacy? 22:15 – Could we use Mt.18 as evidence for confession? 29:22 – What’s the difference between Catholics and Protestants? 38:45 – Gal 1:17 used as evidence for not needing apostolic teaching but for individual interpretation. What’s the rebuttal? 42:56 – It seems that John 20 is sufficient for salvation. What is the Catholic Rebuttal? 47:00 – How do we understand sin based on the bible, and how does that correlate with Jesus giving authority to forgive those sins?] 50:24 – I’m a convert. The Methodists are the only exception with more authorities than scripture. …

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to Cat the Gansers live. I'm Sy Kelly, your host. Thanks so much for
0:19.9	being with us. It sure feels good to be back here on a Monday afternoon here in Southern
0:24.6	California, where the summer sun is yet to shine. I'm not complaining. I mean, it's hard to
0:30.6	complain living in Southern California. This is odd that we haven't seen any sun yet this year.
0:34.8	It'll come at some point about, boy, we have a good Monday show for you a second hour. We're
0:41.1	going to talk about suffering, but we'll, you know, and sometimes people are, oh, really,
0:45.4	do I want to listen on? Yeah, because you do, because understanding the theology of suffering and
0:52.2	God's accompaniment of us in our suffering and the meaning of our suffering, and you get a whole
0:56.9	insight into the, the meaning of the Christian faith, why we do this and what it is that we're doing.
1:03.1	This hour, however, we have John Martin Owning with us, and you better dial now if you want to
1:07.6	talk with him, 8883187, 8884, we'll do a little scriptural apologetics. Can you use the scripture
1:14.7	to defend the Catholic church? Can you use the scripture to defend your Christian faith, 8883187?
1:22.4	If you'd like help in that regard, John Martinoni is the guy to give you that help. He's the director
1:28.3	of the office of evangelization for the diocese of Birmingham and Alabama. You know him from years
1:33.7	and years on EWTN Open Line and other media outlets, and also the founder of the Bible Christian
1:40.2	Society. John Martinoni, thank you very much for being here with us.
1:44.2	Science, my absolute pleasure to be with you once again. I always love being on Catholic
1:49.0	cancer's line. Well, thanks. It's an awful good way for us to start the week. This is pretty good.
1:53.4	I start with you, and I recently heard about a really cool initiative you're doing with the
1:59.8	Bible Christian Society, and while people are dialing, I want to ask you about that, and you can
2:04.2	dial now 8883187, 8884. If you have questions about using scripture to defend your faith,
2:11.8	you're reaching out to dialogue with Protestant ministers via the Bible Christian Society.
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