Hello and welcome to Pines with Aquinas. My name is Matt Fred. If you're new, it's lovely to have you. Pines with Aquinas is the show that tries to explain and defend the Catholic faith from a

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I can't a Christian lose his salvation. So, kudos to those of you who are in the chat because I think this is something that many of us perhaps don't want to talk about. Just last week, I recorded an episode on Will there be many who are saved. And it was a difficult thing to talk about because the gospel can be really difficult. And it was surprising to me how many people in the comments section would say things like, well, that's just not the kind of God I could believe in. Or I just can't. My God wouldn't do something like that.

These very emotional responses. And it reminded me that as Christians, we really have to be subordinate, subservient to the Word of God.

You know, not what we think God would do, not what we would do if we were God. If we are Christians, we have to hold fast to the Word of God, whether we like it or not.

St. Augustine in the fourth century said if we only accept those things that we like in the gospels, then what we're believing is in the Word of God, but really ourselves and our preferences. And obviously that's not something we want to do.

So in today's episode, I'm going to have a look at what Thomas Aquinas has to say about Christians, whether they can suffer the eternal punishments of hell. I will then take five questions from our patrons, including a question on how to prepare for advent. Advent is coming up soon in the West in the East has already begun, but that's okay. It's a different question.

Different topic. And then finally, in today's episode, just for fun, I wanted to share with you seven hilarious 2020 memes.

I did a live stream the other day with my wife and we looked up a couple of 2020 memes and they just may be laugh. So I thought, let's I'll share that with you today, 2020 memes. So be sure to stick around for that. Also today at 130 p.m. I'm going to be interviewing Dr Ralph Martin on his new book, which I just spent the weekend reading and completing called a church in crisis.

It's going to be a fascinating discussion. We're going to be talking about Pope Francis, the bishops, the scandals, what Catholics are to do, these sorts of things. So 130 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, I'll be interviewing Dr Ralph Martin about that. So hope you can join us.

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That link again is in the description below. So go there to learn more about it. All right. Now today I was looking through the summer and I was trying to find whether or not a quietness dealt with the question.

Can a Christian lose his salvation. And I found something similar to it, but not it exactly. Maybe I missed it. And so if I did someone can refer me to it in the comments section.

But I think it is interesting that this idea of once saved always saved the idea that a Christian upon becoming a Christian can never again lose his salvation, whereas my glasses really really is a novel idea.

The first person to espouse it was John Calvin in the mid 16th century, even Martin Luther himself rejected it. Prior to Calvin, the unanimous, I would say consent of the early Christians was that a person is capable of losing his salvation by committing mortal sin.

Right. The idea of mortal sin like being a sin that leads me to hell essentially as opposed like a small sin quote unquote or a sin that I do reflexively or accidentally. This is something again that's believed was believed unanimously by the early church.

So it's interesting that a kind of a is from what I can see it doesn't actually address it.

That question specifically, but he does address a different question whether the punishment of Christians is brought to an end by the mercy of God.

Okay, so this comes from the supplement section question 99.

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