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The Counsel of Trent

#1158 - I Had a Friendly Chat with Gavin Ortlund

The Counsel of Trent

Catholic Answers

Religion & Spirituality

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Trent sits down with Protestant apologist Gavin ortlund to discuss what they agree and disagree about.

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0:00.0

What is Christianity?

0:02.0

And you and I can recognize each other. I would say you're my fellow Christian, but I would say we have a different vision of where we set the boundaries. I don't think it happened. That's my issue is I don't think it is true. Criticizing us for disagreement, but you have disagreement too. It's just oriented in a different direction. That's a fair critique. I've always said the best argument against Protestantisms,

0:26.4

I think, is disunity, and I think is the fragmentation impulse. But, you know, so if someone were to say,

0:30.6

well, why don't you think that's like a decisive knockdown objection? I think one thing I'd observe is, I don't know that I see in the other direction the solution.

0:36.6

Huh.

0:37.1

Yeah. see in the other direction the solution.

0:43.9

Welcome everyone to the Council of Trent.

0:49.6

My guest today is someone I have crossed paths with many times in person and online and videos.

0:52.4

He is Gavin Ortland, the host of Truth Unites.

0:55.4

He engages in a wide array of apologetics content.

0:59.9

And I'm just really jazzed you're here. Gavin, welcome the council Trent. Fun to be here,

1:04.5

glad to be in person together. Looking forward to this. I know. You already had a treat. I'm glad you're able to come visit me here in Dallas because I was able to at least restore one of the things you lost

1:09.7

after leaving California got to have in and out.

1:12.7

One of the big grievances of leaving California. So in and out has come to Tennessee,

1:17.6

but I think I mentioned to you, there was like a three hour wait, the first day that it opened

1:22.4

because it was such a craze to go. So I still haven't been since it's there. So this is the first

1:27.1

time I've had it in years. I think I've found now in doing debates in a lot of places, I think it truly

1:32.7

has a ecumenical power to it. I have not seen in any other establishment. I've seen so many

1:39.7

pictures of people doing theological debates and they end up together. Exactly. I think the last time I was there in and out, I was there with a Presbyterian, a Baptist, a

1:50.3

Muslim, all a bunch of people from the TGT, the Gospel Truth Conference.

1:57.2

So we're able to do that here.

1:59.7

We'll take the ecumenical progress however we can get it.

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