#12190 Is Vatican I Rooted in the Early Church? A Look at First-Century Echoes - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 10 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Did the teachings of Vatican I—like papal primacy and infallibility—suddenly appear in the 19th century, or do they have roots in the early Church? In this episode, Karlo Broussard explores whether first-century Christianity shows signs of the very authority Vatican I defined. From Peter’s leadership to early documents like First Clement, we trace the continuity between apostolic Christianity and conciliar declarations, helping you respond to historical objections with clarity and confidence.

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Questions Covered:

04:59 – How can we avoid begging the question against the Catholic faith when talking to Orthodox?
12:34 – Does sitting in adoration impart grace?
18:46 – If sacrifice is the only actual worship, how is it that the offering of the Eucharist, worship of Jesus if we’re offering his own body?
18:46 – If sacrifice is the only actual worship, how is it that the offering of the Eucharist, worship of Jesus if we’re offering his own body?
21:26 – Why was Jesus’ death so horrific but the sacrifice of Isaac didn’t seem like it was as brutal?
31:44 – If all the angels were created in a perfect state, what inclined them to their first sin?
36:23 – I believe that being elevated as one of the greatest like Mary and John was because of their humility. What are your thoughts?
42:14 – Are the teachings of Vatican 1 apparent in the first century?
47:35 – I know that communion on the hand was allowed recently but was the intended form palm to mouth? When did picking it up with our fingers and placing it into our mouth specifically allowed?
50:52 – I’m a new convert. How does the Church view the imparting of the Holy Spirit and Pentecost?

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0:33.8	It's a sunny Friday afternoon where we are.
0:36.2	Maybe it's a Friday evening.
0:37.3	Maybe it's even a Saturday morning where you are. And as I like to say, wherever you are, we're happy you're here with us. Thank you for taking the time to be with us. If you want to get in on the conversation, the number is 8883187-884. And I realized at the break, I wanted to ask Jimmy about Pope Leo, and we had, I think,
0:55.8	a very nice conversation about Pope Leo to start the first hour, but I never asked them about
0:59.1	what dropped on Jimmy Acre's Mysterious World today, or what dropped on the Jimmy Aiken podcast this
1:04.3	week. He bookends the work week, so what do we got, Jimmy?
1:08.4	Okay, well, first of all, since Pope Leo was elected yesterday, I did a quick video where I gave thoughts about him that's on my YouTube channel, YouTube.com slash Jimmy Aiken.
1:22.1	And a lot of people have been watching it.
1:24.8	It's got over 100,000, maybe 150,000 views thus far.
1:29.4	Oh, okay. Um, so that's real popular right now. And if you want, uh, it's about a 20 minute video.
1:35.0	So you want a discussion of my first thoughts about Pope Leo and it covers stuff we didn't
1:39.9	cover in the first hour. You can check that out. When it comes to the two major podcasts this week,
1:46.3	so today's episode of Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World is another in our Lost Scripture series.
1:53.1	So we're looking at a book that is not part of the Catholic Bible, but has been considered
1:57.8	to be biblical by some individuals. And in this case, it's a lot of individuals.
2:04.4	It's the book First Estrus, which is considered canonical by many Eastern Orthodox and other
2:11.4	Eastern Christians. And so if we were to reunite with them, you would have a bunch of Catholics who would presumably be considering it scripture too, even if not all Catholics, even if Roman Catholics were not required to.
2:28.8	So, and who knows what would happen in 500 or 1,000 years.
2:33.8	So anyway, we look at First Estrus.
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