#12177 What’s the Strongest Argument Against Eastern Orthodoxy? - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

While Catholicism and Orthodoxy share deep roots, key differences remain—especially on authority. We explore one of the most compelling arguments against Orthodoxy and also touch on Catholic miracles, lost apostolic letters, and starting fruitful Bible studies with Protestants.

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28:56 – What is the best argument against Orthodoxy?
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0:11.5	Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Hello and welcome to Catholic Answers Live. I am Cy Kelly, your host. Very happy to be here with you and very happy to have Jimmy Aiken with us for both hours today.
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1:05.8	Jimmy, of course, senior apologist here at Catholic Answers, the proprietor of Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world,
1:12.7	well-known debater and apologists and author, Jimmy Aiken. Thanks for being here with us.
1:20.9	Cy Kellett, well-known radio host and speaker and author. You're welcome. My pleasure.
1:30.1	Well, that's nobody ever returns the favor to me. Thank you for doing it. That was very nice. I try to be nice. Yes, you do. There,
1:37.7	there seems to be a favorite among Americans, American comedians in particular for Pope. Can you guess which one it is?
1:46.5	I would guess that it's the Cardinal Patriarch of Jerusalem or Cardinal Pizza Bala.
1:52.3	Yeah, yeah.
1:53.5	And you were telling me before that his name sounds like, if you sounded out in Italian,
2:00.5	it sounds like something that I have done. Well, if you sound it out in Italian, it sounds like something that I have done.
2:02.9	Well, if you break it into two words in Italian, pizza means pizza.
2:09.9	And Bala means dance.
2:12.2	So his name by one person would mean pizza dance.
2:17.4	Which every time the pizza arrives, I do that.
2:22.3	Yeah. So I feel simpatico with him now. You were telling me some of the jokes, because you
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