The Church Is One
All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri
Ascension
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🗓️ 5 August 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever wondered why there are so many different Christian denominations out there? Dr. Sri explores the deep roots of the Catholic Church's unity, tracing it back to Scripture and the practices of the early Christians. Dr. Sri also encourages us to pray for greater unity in the wider Christian community.
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At the Last Supper, Jesus prays that we all may be one.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:03.0 | To discover even more free Catholic podcasts, videos, and resources, to help you live your faith every day, visit ascensionpress.com. |
| 0:11.0 | Hi, I'm Edwards Three, and welcome to all things Catholic, where real faith meets real life. |
| 0:28.6 | In the ancient creed, going all the way back to the early church, Christians for centuries have been saying, the church is one. |
| 0:32.6 | But have you ever wondered why there are so many different Christian denominations out |
| 0:36.3 | there? |
| 0:36.5 | You've got the Roman Catholics. |
| 0:40.0 | You got the Orthodox Church, Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, the Church of the Nazarene, and thousands and thousands of so-called |
| 0:44.0 | non-denominational Christian churches, all believing different things, all worshiping in a different way, |
| 0:50.7 | living Christian community a different way, viewing Jesus in different ways. |
| 0:54.9 | In fact, according to the world Christian encyclopedia, there are over 33,000 different Christian |
| 1:01.7 | denominations. Do you think that's the unity Jesus wanted? In fact, the night before he died, |
| 1:09.3 | he prayed for unity. |
| 1:14.8 | Is this what we mean when we say the church is one? |
| 1:17.9 | That's what we're going to take a look at in this week's podcast. |
| 1:19.2 | So welcome to all things Catholic. |
| 1:20.6 | I'm your host, Edwards III. |
| 1:25.5 | And in thinking about this idea of the church and the history of the church and the unity of the church. This again is another one of those |
| 1:27.5 | great topics we explore in this wonderful faith formation program where we filmed in 40 different |
| 1:33.0 | locations on four different continents all around the world. It's called Foundations of Faith, |
| 1:37.5 | a journey through the catechism. I'm talking about that a lot recently and it's so important |
| 1:41.3 | that we understand the roots of our faith so that we can live our faith better |
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