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Dr Taylor Marshall Podcast

213: Pope Benedict’s Resignation [Podcast]

Dr Taylor Marshall Podcast

Dr. Taylor Marshall

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.74K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2019

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Six years ago Pope Benedict XVI resigned from the Catholic Papacy as Bishop of Rome. Dr. Taylor Marshall and Timothy Gordon reflect on Ratzinger’s life, his papacy, and the details of his resignation in light of the last six years under the Papacy of Pope Francis. They address why Benedict may have resigned and discuss the validity of his resignation. Do you find benefit from my videos and podcasts? If so, please help me make more by becoming a Patron via Patreon (and I’ll send you some signed books as a Thank You. Click here to become a Patron. Watch the Youtube video by clicking here. Or listen to the audio mp3 here: The Taylor Marshall Show Podcast is now also available on Spotify: Play “Taylor Marshall Show” inside Spotify. Check out Patreon Patron Benefits! All these video discussions are free. Do you want to recommend a show, get signed books, and show support? Here’s how: click on Patreon Patron link: Become a Patron of this Podcast: I am hoping to produce more free weekly podcast Videos. Please help me launch these videos by working with me on Patreon to produce more free content. In gratitude, I’ll send you some signed books or even stream a theology event for you and your friends. Please become one of my patrons and check out the various tier benefits at: https://www.patreon.com/drtaylormarshall If the audio player does not show up in your email or browser, please click here to listen. —– > Please add youtube link. If you find this podcast episode helpful, please share this podcast on Facebook. Announcements: * The podcast is now on my channel on Youtube.com * The complete Sword and Serpent Trilogy is now published, including the the third Book: Storm of Fire and Blood. * Download the Study Guide at: http://swordandserpent.com * New classes at New Saint Thomas Institute. We have just begun our New Testament Studies curriculum. Please visit: newsaintthomas.com for more details. I’d love to read your feedback: While you listen to today’s podcast, would you please take 30 seconds to write a review? Please click here to Rate this Podcast! Please Share Your Feedback: * iTunes:2,201,368 downloads on iTunes as of today. * Youtube: Leave a comment on Youtube here. * SHOUT OUTS: A huge “shout out” to all 1,072 (!) of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes. Please rate this podcast by clicking here. From there you can leave a review. I appreciate you for this! Thank you!

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0:00.0

Well it's now been six years since his holiness Pope Bennett the 16th announced that he would resign from the chair of St Peter and Tim Gordon I wanted to just do reflections on, you know, as Catholics.

0:16.0

I'm a convert, he's a cradle Catholic.

0:19.2

What have we been thinking over the past six years under this reign of Pope Francis also we're going to have

0:24.7

some thoughts on the actual resignation of Pope Bennett the 16th. So Tim welcome

0:31.0

back six years.

0:33.3

Thanks, yeah, it's been quite a ride.

0:36.2

Has been a ride.

0:38.4

I mean, I don't know how if you want to call with that.

0:40.8

Yeah, yeah, has it been a ride at all?

0:43.0

It was strange, strange time to come of age in the church, isn't it?

0:47.0

Yeah, I mean, for me, it's just my wife and I had this conversation several times.

0:52.0

Like, what did we get into?

0:54.6

We, you know, I became a Catholic because as an Anglican priest, I was given a ticket while I was in Rome to go to Mass on the Feast, Candle Mass, the Feast of the Presentation

1:08.9

of Christ February 2nd with Pope Bennett the 16th. My wife and I went to mass with Pope and the 16th and I was

1:18.0

there in St. Peter's wearing clericals as an Anglican priest, imagine that. And when it came time for communion, I knew

1:26.5

I couldn't receive communion and I knew I was in Sism, I knew I was in Harrises, an Anglican

1:31.2

priest, and I knew I need to be reconciled with the

1:33.7

Holy See with that man up on the high altar in St. Peter's Benedict I was I was

1:40.9

standing kind of Tim you know the spot in St. Peter is where the the bronze statue of St. Peter is with the foot that you kiss that gets rubbed down.

1:49.0

Those death, yeah. Yeah, so I was standing just a little bit maybe 10 feet to the door, you know, towards the back, right there during mass,

2:00.0

with Pope Benedict. so that for me my conversion is deeply wrapped up with the person

2:09.2

of Benedict so to see and say like peace I'm out is hurtful. I'm just gonna admit it's hurtful. It's like my dad, you know, he was like my stepdad, you know, they came into the family and then after I was in he was just like yeah I'm just not feeling it by

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