#12171 How Do I Explain the Atrocities of the Middle Ages to Protestants? - Trent Horn
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🗓️ 28 April 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Catholic history includes dark moments—how do we honestly and faithfully explain them? We tackle common challenges like the Middle Ages, Old Testament violence, the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, and how Catholics approach people influenced by LGBT ideology.
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Questions Covered:
- 10:41 – How do I explain the atrocities in the Middle Ages to my protestant friend?
- 19:19 – Can we ask Pope Francis to pray for us even though he hasn’t been canonized?
- 28:58 – How do we rectify the pro-life position with the Old Testament passages where God called his people to kill babies?
- 41:35 – How do we respond to certain accusations of the reformation like the St. Bartholomew massacre?
- 47:00 – Where were the souls before paradise?
- 50:44 – How should we approach people who fall under LGBT ideology?
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| 0:39.1 | for tuning in and joining us today. I got a great show for you plan today. In the second hour, |
| 0:43.8 | we are going to be joined by Emily Torres, a great young gun, a new Catholic apologist on the scene. |
| 0:50.1 | That is a pre-recorded show with our regular host, Cy Kellett, a pre-recorded show in the second hour, but you don't want to miss it. |
| 0:57.6 | She is a fantastic interview, and that will be coming up in the second hour. |
| 1:01.5 | First hour, of course, is we're joined by one of our favorite guests, our very own Trent Horn, author, podcaster, speaker, Mr. 1000 himself, over a thousand episodes |
| 1:13.0 | on his podcast, the Council of Trent. And the topic that he will be joining us today for is, |
| 1:17.5 | as always, tips for defending the faith. Trent, of course, a long-time Catholic apologist, |
| 1:21.4 | and many years of experience, many tips to share, much wisdom gleaned from those years of defending |
| 1:27.1 | the faith. |
| 1:27.6 | So if you have a question that you want to call him about, the number to call is 8883187-884, |
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| 1:36.4 | If you want to call Trent Horn about tips for defending the faith. |
| 1:39.2 | A couple programming notes before we jump into it. |
| 1:41.4 | As I mentioned, the second hour of this show is going to feature Emily Torres. |
| 1:46.6 | She goes by Catholic converts on the social media platform TikTok and over 80,000 followers. |
| 1:52.3 | So you definitely want to check that out. |
| 1:53.7 | But if you are watching this stream on YouTube, that is going to be a separate live stream from the one you are watching right now. |
| 2:00.1 | So only if you're listening on YouTube after this hour ends, you're going to want to go back |
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