#12281 How Do We Know Indulgences Are Valid? Authority and Saints - Karlo Broussard
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🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“How do we know indulgences are valid?” This episode explores the authority behind indulgences and the merits of saints, while also addressing questions about responding to critiques of Church scandals, the meaning of Christ’s words on the cross, and the practice of bowing to statues. Tune in for a thoughtful examination of these important topics.
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Questions Covered:
- 17:06 – How do we know we have the authority to apply the merits of the saint in indulgences?
- 22:47 – I have a lot of protestant family. How do I respond to the valid critiques when it comes to Church scandals?
- 29:07 – What did our Lord mean when he said It is finished on the cross?
- 37:10 – Why do Catholics bow to statues since Exodus condemns it?
- 46:35 – If God gave Mary a special grace in which she still has free will but will always choose Him, why doesn’t God give us that same grace?
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| 0:38.9 | Dr. Carla Bussard, our guest, both hours, and we'd like to hear your Protestant challenge. |
| 0:43.6 | If there's a Protestant challenge that you would like to make yourself as a Protestant Christian person, you are welcome to call 8883-187-884, |
| 0:53.6 | maybe you're a Catholic, and there is a Protestant challenge that you think is pretty serious, |
| 0:58.0 | or you'd like to be better equipped to respond to, or you want to try out your response on Carlo, |
| 1:04.0 | whatever it is. |
| 1:05.2 | If there's a Protestant intellectual challenge to the faith, and there are very serious Protestant |
| 1:10.7 | intellectual challenges to the faith, and there are very serious Protestant intellectual challenges |
| 1:11.7 | to the faith. We don't pretend otherwise. We don't act like people are just being obstinate or |
| 1:18.6 | something. There are serious intellectual challenges and a great need for dialogue. So your Protestant |
| 1:24.4 | challenge is welcome here. 888-3187-884, 3187-884. Matter of fact, that's one of the things I think I get annoyed about among us Christians online is treating each other sometimes like we're dopes. Like, why don't you just get it? And one of the antidotes to that is the work of our guest today, Dr. Carla Roussard. |
| 1:46.9 | He's written a whole bunch of books, including Meeting the Protestant Challenge. And then |
| 1:51.0 | the follow-up to that book was Meeting the Protestant Response. And the whole premise of those |
| 1:56.7 | is that Catholics have an obligation to answer the intellectual challenges to the faith, |
| 2:02.6 | and we need to take seriously those challenges when they are made. |
| 2:07.3 | 8883187-884, the number. |
| 2:10.3 | Did I sum up correctly your view on that, Dr. Bussard, or did I miss it? |
| 2:15.5 | Cy, I think you hit the nail on the head, my friend. |
| 2:18.3 | That was a great summary. Thank you for that. |
| 2:20.3 | I try to do my best to give credit where credit is due for our Protestant brothers and sisters |
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