#12639 Why Aren’t You Catholic? Marriage, Mary, and Nicaea - Jimmy Akin
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🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Why aren’t you Catholic?” This episode addresses a range of concerns, including the reasons some converts cite for their Protestant faith, such as dreams and personal experiences. Other topics include the belief that there is no marriage in heaven and questions surrounding Marian devotion and the significance of the Council of Nicaea.
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Questions Covered:
- 02:00 – I’m a recent convert and never had this question answered. I’ve heard of Muslims who convert due to dreams but when they convert, they become protestant. Is there a theory as to why?
- 16:50 – I’m not Catholic because there is no marriage in heaven and I would feel incomplete without femininity
- 29:01 – I’m not Catholic because of Marian devotion and the holy days of obligation.
- 46:37 – I’m an ex-Catholic because of Nicaea and how Catholics break from the Jesus described in the council and your understanding of his divinity.
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| 0:11.5 | Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Hello and welcome to Catholic Answers Live. Why aren't you Catholic? That's what we'd like to know today. And we've got Jimmy Aiken with us for a fun |
| 0:38.5 | Friday. It's always a fun Friday when Jimmy's around. So if you have a reason that you are not |
| 0:42.4 | Catholic and you'd like to talk with Jimmy Aiken about it, you are very welcome to call 8883187-884, |
| 0:51.0 | AAA 3187-884. There can be all kinds of reasons for not being Catholic, too. No one's ever |
| 0:57.5 | asked me, no one's ever invited me, to, I haven't gotten baptized yet, and Easter is in two |
| 1:03.4 | and a half weeks. Anything in between. 8883187-884. |
| 1:11.2 | Jimmy Aiken is senior apologist here at Catholic Answers, the proprietor of Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World and the Jimmy Aiken podcast, and the author of a whole bunch of books, including the Bible, is a Catholic book. |
| 1:22.0 | Jimmy Aiken, thank you for being here. |
| 1:24.6 | Hello, how's it going, Sakelitt? |
| 1:26.3 | It's going pretty darn good. Pretty durn good. We asked people yesterday to tell us why they're not Catholic, and they're generous enough to call, but this is another opportunity to do that, and maybe I should say, if you're not Catholic, we're going to put you at the top of the line. But if you're a Catholic and you need some help with someone else, you know, a family member or friend or |
| 1:44.6 | acquaintance who you'd like to answer their objection to Catholicism, you're welcome to call as well |
| 1:49.8 | at 8883187-884. All right, Jimmy, questioning it already, and I am told to get to the questions as |
| 1:56.2 | quickly as I can these days. So Sarah's in Colorado. Sarah, thank you very much for waiting. 30 seconds, |
| 2:04.6 | I believe it was, but now we're happy to have you. Why aren't you Catholic? |
| 2:09.3 | Hi. Well, I'm actually a New Catholic about three years ago. Oh, all right. And my parents are not, |
| 2:16.3 | and my mom especially, always is bringing this up. |
| 2:20.2 | And I am always, and it's also something that bothered me before becoming Catholic, |
| 2:26.0 | and I still can't find an answer. |
| 2:28.2 | But we hear so many wonderful conversion stories from the Muslim world of Jesus appearing in dreams and pointing people to Jesus, |
| 2:40.6 | and often telling them to go search out a certain person and they get connected with a church. |
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