The Church's New Doctor of the Church | Scott Hahn w/ Jeff Morrow

The Road to Emmaus with Scott Hahn

Scott Hahn

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 941 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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What did St. John Henry Newman contribute to our understanding of Sacred Scripture? With the news of Cardinal Newman being proclaimed a Doctor of the Church— Scott Hahn is joined by Jeff Morrow to answer this question. In this new episode of The Road to Emmaus, they dive into the legacy and work of Newman, his conversion, and his insights on the development of Doctrine. Cardinal Newman shows us how doctrine starts out in "seed form," and how it develops authentically along certain rules. Dr. Hahn and Dr. Morrow also discuss the concerns some may have regarding Newman's insights. especially when dealing with heresy and the rise of modernism from the past century. With guidance by the Holy Spirit, the Church has navigated through the tests of time, staying true to doctrine and faithful to Christ. To learn more about the newest Doctor of the Church and his devotion to the Scriptures, join Dr. Scott Hahn on this latest installment of The Road to Emmaus. A Guide to John Henry Newman by Catholic of America University Press: https://www.cuapress.org/9780813235868/a-guide-to-john-henry-newman/ ✨ Join the largest group Bible Study in America—Bible Across America ➡️ https://stpaulcenter.com/america Other ways to grow with the St. Paul Center: ⛪️ If you're a Priest looking to attend one of our annual Priest Conferences: https://stpaulcenter.co/priestconferences 📖 Start a Bible study with the St. Paul Center: https://stpaulcenter.co/biblestudies ✈️ Go on a pilgrimage with us: https://stpaulcenter.co/pilgrimages 🛒 Browse our bookstore: https://stpaulcenter.co/emmausroadpublishing 🔥 Support our mission: https://stpaulcenter.co/donate #stpaulcenter #johnhenrynewman #scotthahn #jeffmorrow #theroadtoemmaus

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Road to Amas, a podcast from the St. Paul Center, here in Steubenville, Ohio. I'm Dr. Scott Hahn, your host,
0:24.0	and I am so delighted to welcome to our show, our podcast, our conversation, Dr. Jeffrey
0:30.3	Morrow. You have been teaching here now for the last two years. One year. Okay, this is your second
0:37.3	year, I guess, yeah. And you have also been
0:40.0	assisting us in lots of ways here at the St. Paul Study Center, you know, with various issues,
0:46.9	various projects, that kind of thing. But you taught out at Seton for something like 15 years.
0:51.9	15 years, yeah. At Immaculate Conception Seminary.
0:54.7	Mm-hmm.
0:55.1	Yeah.
0:56.3	And without getting into your whole biography, you are a convert from a kind of
1:01.3	secular Jewish family, yeah.
1:04.0	And became an evangelical.
1:06.6	And then at the University of Miami and Oxford, you, did you enter the church there?
1:12.0	It did.
1:12.5	Easter vigil of 1999.
1:14.4	99.
1:15.1	And then we met up shortly thereafter.
1:17.1	Yeah, 2004.
1:18.6	Yeah, we had a bunch of mutual friends, too, Biff and others.
1:21.1	That's right.
1:21.4	But we're here today because of what Pope Leo the 14th declared at the end of July in the year 2025 this year,
1:31.7	that St. John Henry, Cardinal Newman, was going to be elevated to the ranks of an official doctor of the church.
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