#12643 How Do We Respond to Sola Scriptura? Magisterium and Truth - Karlo Broussard
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🗓️ 24 March 2026
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Summary
“How do we respond to sola scriptura?” This question opens a discussion on the challenges of infallible testimony in the context of biblical canon, particularly in light of Protestant perspectives. Other topics include the sacrament of anointing of the sick in Eastern and Roman Rite practices, the morality of lying, and the doctrine of eternal conscious torment.
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Questions Covered:
- 3:00 – Catholics often critique sola scriptura by saying it blocks a Protestant from having an infallible testimony upon which they can base their belief that the Bible consists of 66 books, nothing more and nothing less. But Protestants counter that Jesus often held the Jews accountable to their scriptures even though they didn’t have infallible declarations of their canon. How do we respond to that?
- 12:46 – I’m an Eastern Rite Catholic. Every year in Holy Week we receive the sacrament of the anointing of the sick. My Roman Rite friends have said if you can only receive it if you are seriously ill. They’ve also said it can wipe away mortal sin. But that is not my understanding. Which is true?
- 22:00 – How can there never be instances where lying is okay?
- 34:55 – I’m having trouble with the doctrine of eternal conscious torment.
- 45:53 – Why do we have to accept the teaching of the magisterium even when it’s not infallible?
- 52:23 – what do you think of equivocation?
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| 0:24.9 | I'm Cy Kelly, your host. |
| 0:29.4 | Dr. Carla Boussard, our guest, both ours today. |
| 0:35.7 | 8883-187-884, the number, which Catholic doctrine troubles you, whether you're Catholic or not. If there's a Catholic doctrine that's given you trouble, and it could be any kind of trouble. Maybe it gives you trouble trying to |
| 0:40.4 | explain it to someone else. Maybe it's trouble understanding it. Maybe it's trouble accepting it. |
| 0:46.1 | 8883187-884. Dr. Carla Boussard is the author of a good many books, including |
| 0:53.8 | meeting the Protestant Challenge, Meeting |
| 0:56.4 | the Protestant Response, The Saints Pray for You, Baptism Now Saves You, and many others. |
| 1:02.9 | He's also the podcaster behind the whole Dr. Carlo Phenomenon. |
| 1:07.2 | That's what I'm going to call it. |
| 1:07.9 | He's got the YouTube channel, and he's got the podcast that drops a new episode each Wednesday. |
| 1:15.1 | Carlo, thanks for being here with us. |
| 1:17.4 | Cy, thanks for having me, buddy. It's interesting that we're doing an episode today entitled, Which Catholic Doctrine Troubles You? |
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| 1:32.9 | So last time, two weeks ago, when we were on together, I spent all afternoon working |
| 1:37.0 | with IT to try to get the camera to read with the connect with the computer to no avail. |
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