#12622 How Can Catholics Hold Councils Without Orthodox Bishops? - William Albrecht
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🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“How can Catholics hold councils without Orthodox bishops?” This question opens a discussion on the complexities of ecclesiastical authority and governance. Additionally, the episode addresses whether one must be Catholic to be saved, the Orthodox perspective on the Immaculate Conception, and the differing views on the Filioque in the Creed.
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Questions Covered:
- 01:45 – How can Catholics still hold councils without the Orthodox bishops?
- 12:12 – Do you have to be Catholic in order to be saved?
- 15:15 – What’s the Orthodox view of Immaculate Conception? Is the Orthodox canon different from ours?
- 20:25 – Leo III wouldn’t add the Filioque to the Creed and gave his reasons?. Did the pope who added it ever give an explanation as to why?
- 28:43 – Is it ok for Catholics to accept the Ethiopian canon description of Jesus?
- 30:18 – I’ve heard some Orthodox say they don’t adore Jesus in the Eucharist because they view it as food. Is this uniform thought?
- 33:33 – How can a non-Christian evaluate the competing claim of the Eastern Orthodox who also claims apostolic authority?
- 39:21 – Why does the Eastern Orthodox allow contraception and Catholics don’t?
- 43:55 – Can a person who became Eastern Orthodox from Catholicism just jump back and forth? How can Eastern Orthodox justify 3 sacramental marriages?
- 48:12 – Do you think the Catholics and all other churches will ever fully reunite?
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| 0:52.8 | times as well uh william thanks for being here. My brother, thank you for having me. I am thrilled to be with you all, and I'm thrilled to talk about this. This is a really, really good topic, and funny enough, it's been coming up a whole lot lately. I'm real happy to be with you, brother. But before we even dive in, how have you been, my friend? I've been very good. |
| 1:11.6 | Your friend's Dr. Stephen Boyce, I met him the last hour, and he was fantastic. |
| 1:16.0 | That was... |
| 1:16.5 | He was really... |
| 1:18.0 | He was just as gracious as can be, but also as clear as can be. |
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| 1:25.0 | I'm glad you guys had him on. |
| 1:26.5 | He's great. |
| 1:27.3 | Let me ask you this. |
| 1:28.6 | I'll start you this with an Orthodoxy, a Catholic Orthodox question. And I see where this |
| 1:36.0 | question is coming from, I think. How can Catholics keep holding these councils, like the First |
| 1:39.6 | Vatican Council and the Second Vatican Council? How can we have all these councils without |
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