Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.

Hey everyone, welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast.

I'm your host, Cathergance's Apologist and Speaker, Trent Horn.

It's 2022 and so I thought it'd be nice to start off the new year with a rebuttal.

So, this is a video that I have been looking forward to rebutting for a long time.

I really wanted to respond to it and I just hadn't found the right opportunity to do so.

I think we do have a good opportunity because I have a great guest who's going to join us on the show today to help us do that.

His name is Michael Lofton. He's the host of the Reason and Theology Show.

He has a background in the subject that we're going to be discussing today, which is Eastern Orthodoxy or the Orthodox Church.

So, the video we're going to talk about is from Father Hoseiya Trenum and it's a video on an Orthodox perspective on Roman Catholicism.

And so, we're going to respond to some of the arguments and critiques that he gives against the Catholic faith.

But Michael, why don't you say hi and let us know.

You have some background with Father Hoseiya and with Eastern Orthodoxy.

Yeah, and by the way, thanks for having me back on the show.

Yeah, so I actually had Father Josiah on the show.

I want to say two years ago, really pleasant discussion and really enjoyed having a conversation with him.

I greatly admire him.

I respect him. I definitely disagree with his perspective about Catholicism, which is going to be brought out in a little bit obviously.

But be that as it may, I still respect him.

So, I have had him on the show, so a little bit of background there.

And as you noted, I do have a little bit of background also in Eastern Orthodoxy.

I went to Eastern Orthodoxy for about three years before I returned to communion with Rome.

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