From Protestant Missionary to Franciscan Friar (Br. Lawrence, C.F.R.) | Ep. 522

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 176 minutes

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Br. Lawrence Joshua Johnson entered the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in 2015 and professed final vows in 2021. He has ministered in the Bronx and Nicaragua and currently resides in Yonkers, NY. He graduated with a degree in Religious Studies from Brown University, holds an M.T.S. degree from the University of Notre Dame, and is currently a transitional deacon studying at St. Joseph's Seminary in Dunwoodie. 🍺 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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0:16.2	One way I would articulate it is a little bit of comparing contrasts like fourth century 21st century
0:22.7	there's a period of the fourth infant century right where where there's this quote I'm
0:27.1	forgetting which church father at the moment but like I can't go to the market without someone
0:30.6	asking me about the begotten and the unbegotten and the consubstantial right exactly and you're like
0:35.5	well never happened to me yeah yeah exactly no one no one will
0:38.3	ask you about that here in here in jacksonville no one no one will ask you about that but i do think
0:43.3	and that's because what are we working through now the heresies of our age are anthropological
0:47.4	yeah it's not christological it's not trinitarian doctrine and that's what some people are like
0:51.5	oh yeah the trinity we all agree on the trinity Like that's settled. But what is it, what does it mean to be a human being? In some ways,
0:58.1	that's where the potential for evangelization comes, because that's the questions our society and our
1:03.5	culture is asking. What does it mean to be a human being fully alive?
1:14.4	So, people are beginning to wonder what this place is.
1:15.2	Okay.
1:17.3	I was just down there, went and got a coffee.
1:21.7	Someone said, hey, man, what do you do up there?
1:23.7	And I don't want anyone to know.
1:24.6	Okay, okay.
1:31.4	Partly because there's some interesting signs on people's front yard, stickers on windows.
1:33.3	I don't know how through they are that I'm here.
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