#12254 Catholic Doctrine Explained: Eucharist, Baptism, and Scriptural Challenges - Karlo Broussard

Catholic Answers Live

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Can a pope change infallible doctrine? What does the Church teach about receiving the entire Trinity in Holy Communion? In this episode of Catholic Answers Live, we explore key theological topics and respond to common questions about the Catholic faith. Learn how to respond to Calvinist interpretations of key Scripture passages, understand why the Eucharist is more than just Christ’s flesh and blood, and dive into the origins of the doctrine of receiving Christ’s body, blood, soul, and divinity. We also examine why the Catholic Church typically uses pouring rather than full immersion for Baptism.

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Questions Covered:

03:52 – How can Catholic theology respond to Calvinist interpretations of Matthew 1:21, Philippians 1:6, or 1 Peter 3:18?
09:00 – Does receiving Holy Communion also mean receiving the Holy Spirit and God the Father, based on the doctrine of the Trinity?
30:04 – What prevents a pope from changing infallible Catholic doctrine?
42:51 – What is the origin of the teaching that the Eucharist is the reception of Christ’s body, blood, soul, and divinity—not just His flesh and blood?
50:12 – Why doesn’t the Catholic Church practice full immersion Baptism as the normative form?

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1:23.9	Carlo is also the host, the proprietor of the Sunday Catholic Word podcast, and I believe that
1:31.5	show might be heading toward its conclusion, is that right, Carlo?
1:35.3	Because you started it in one, was it the year A of the liturgical cycle, and we are now,
1:42.0	by the time we get to Advent, we'll have finished all three years.
1:47.6	That's right. So we're on the journey, on the way, still some time left for the rest of year C.
1:54.4	But I was just looking at it today and looking at the episodes that I have left based upon what I've recorded so far,
2:02.6	and I have 18 episodes left to lead us out through year C.
2:08.0	So working on that, looking forward to crossing that finish line and have a nice three-year
2:13.5	package of apologetical commentary on the Sunday Mass readings for years A, B, and C
2:19.3	on, at Mass, and then thinking about and brainstorming what to do next, because there's going
2:25.3	to be a need for a new project after that podcast finishes. So keep me in prayers on that.
2:30.7	Awesome. We certainly will. And then, of course, when year A starts up again in the
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