7 Things Protestants Misunderstand About Christianity (Dr. John Bergsma) | Ep. 523

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 248 minutes

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Dr. John Bergsma is a Full Professor of Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, in Steubenville, Ohio. He served as a Protestant pastor for four years before entering the Catholic Church in 2001 while pursuing a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. He specializes in the Old Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls, graduating with high honors in 2004. Dr. Bergsma's links: stpaulcenter.co/ICSB stpaulcenter.co/jubilee @stpaulcenter @emmausroadpublishing @john.s.bergsma stpaulcenter.co/jubileecompanion 🍺 Want to Support Pints With Aquinas? 🍺 Get episodes a week early, score a free PWA beer stein, and join exclusive live streams with me! Become an annual supporter at 👉 https://mattfradd.locals.com/support 💵 Show Sponsors: 👉 College of St. Joseph the Worker – Earn a degree, learn a trade, and graduate without crippling debt: https://collegeofstjoseph.com/mattfradd 👉 Truthly – The Catholic faith at your fingertips: https://www.truthly.ai/ 👉 Hallow – The #1 Catholic prayer app: https://hallow.com/mattfradd 💻 Follow Me on Social Media: 📌 Facebook: https://facebook.com/mattfradd 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/mattfradd 𝕏 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Pints_W_Aquinas 🎵 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@pintswithaquinas 👕 PWA Merch – Wear the Faith! Grab your favorite PWA gear here: https://shop.pintswithaquinas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pines with Aquinas is brought to you by Truthly, which is a groundbreaking Catholic AI app built to help you know, live and defend the Catholic faith.
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0:16.2	I think you're not going to understand indulgences unless you understand Catholic ecclesiology and how the
0:22.4	church views herself as the body of Christ. And, you know, it's interesting on that point because,
0:28.3	you know, what they find uncomfortable about the Catholic Church is that the church does things that
0:33.6	they would reserve to Jesus. And I think that's...
0:37.8	That's the crux of it. That's the crux of it. And what they're objecting to is that the church
0:41.9	acts like Mrs. Jesus. It would be like, you know, my wife walks into the bank and cashes a check.
0:49.1	And so it's like, you can't do that. You're not John Bergsma? Like, wait. If she's really Mrs. Bergsma, she absolutely
0:57.0	can't. And if the church has really misses Jesus, then she absolutely can write checks on
1:02.3	Jesus' account. She can act in persona Christi.
1:12.6	All right, this all has to be part of it. You ready?
1:13.6	Dr. John Bergsmouth, thank you so much for coming.
1:16.6	It's a bit of a distance from Steubenville when you would just drive up the road to be with me.
1:20.6	Yes.
1:21.6	I noticed you've brought far fewer books this time.
1:23.6	Well, I got the most important book.
1:25.6	Good on you.
1:26.6	Yeah. Hey, I've been reading through the
1:29.3	Ignatius Study Bible. Okay. It's a behemoth. Yes. That's my only complaint. It's really hard to move.
1:36.8	It's theology of the body. You can get your curl reps in, well, meditating on sacred scripture
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