#12695 Do Catholics and Mormons Worship the Same God? Doctrine, Faith - Joe Heschmeyer
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🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Do Catholics and Mormons worship the same God?” This question opens a discussion on the fundamental differences in how each faith views God. Additional topics include the reasons behind God’s silence for two millennia, the challenges faced by former satanists in addressing Mormon beliefs, and the complexities of LDS doctrines and their changes over time.
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Questions Covered:
- 03:15 – What’s the difference in how Catholics and Mormons view God?
- 12:51 – My father is not baptized but is open to dialogue. His best friend is Mormon so he is always listening to these perspectives. He asked, Why hasn’t God spoken to his people directly for two-thousand years?
- 18:17 – I’m a former satanist and a new Catholic. How do I help persuade people from not going down the path of Mormonism?
- 30:17 – According to the LDS who arranges who gets what planet? How do they justify changing doctrines?
- 37:06 – I’ve heard that Joseph Smith had performed miracles. Is there any evidence of this?
- 48:21 – I was born and raised Catholic. I was Mormon for 45 years and am now attending a Catholic church. How can you know that the early church had it right?
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| 0:32.8 | I'm Sykelet, your host, Mormons, Latter-day Saints. |
| 0:36.7 | That's what we're going to talk about today if you've got questionsons, Latter-day Saints. That's what we're going to talk about today. If you've got questions about the Latter-day Saints, as I said, also called Mormons. You are welcome to call 8883-1-8-7-884. Of course, we talk about these things from a Catholic perspective. Maybe you are a Mormon, and you'd like to call and ask something about the Catholic faith. You are welcome |
| 0:55.1 | here as well. 8883187-884. Actually, everybody's welcome here. If you would like to discuss the |
| 1:02.9 | differences, the similarities, the relationship between Catholics and Mormons, we would love your call today. 8883-1-8-7-884. |
| 1:14.5 | Here to help us do that. Joe Heschmire, apologist here at Catholic Answers. The author of |
| 1:18.8 | the early church was the Catholic Church, among many other things, and the podcaster behind |
| 1:23.4 | shameless popery. Hi, Joe Heschmeier. |
| 1:26.1 | How are you doing? |
| 1:27.7 | I'm good. |
| 1:28.2 | I'm good. |
| 1:29.2 | I think we're having this conversation with you. |
| 1:31.3 | And by the way, it's entirely. |
| 1:33.4 | You are. |
| 1:34.6 | No. |
| 1:34.9 | I think I'm having this conversation with you because I started two sentences and finished neither of them. |
| 1:42.1 | I think because you've recently been doing some debating in this area and some speaking in this area. |
| 1:48.5 | So I think Edgar thought, well, why don't we do it on the air? |
| 1:52.8 | We'll have some conversation about Mormonism. |
| 1:55.3 | And yeah, just to be very clear to anyone listening, if you are a member of the Church of Jesus Christ |
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