WOF 048: The Reformation, 500 Years Later
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
Brandon Vogt
4.9 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2016
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
October 31st, 2016 marked the beginning of the 500th year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, which is decidedly the greatest split in Christian Church history. Pope Francis traveled to Sweden that Halloween weekend to meet with Lutheran Church leaders, commemorate the historical significance of the Reformation, and emphasize unity amongst the Christian faithful. In today's episode, Bishop Barron offers a brief history of the Reformation and explains his hopes for continued dialogue between Protestants and Catholics. The listener question asks about St. Augustine's views on the theological topic of predestination.
Topics Discussed
- 0:17 - Introduction, Bishop's meeting with Pastor Rick Warren
- 2:50 - What is the Reformation and who were the major players?
- 5:13 - What are some points of doctrinal contention in the Reformation?
- 6:40 - What does Bishop Barron make of Pope Francis' visit with the Lutherans?
- 09:21 - Why is it a sign of respect that Protestants can't receive Catholic Communion?
- 12:10 - Was the Reformation an entirely bad thing?
- 15:08 - What is the Catholic Counter-Reformation?
- 17:00 - Should Catholics actively try to convert Protestants?
- 19:02 - What should the Catholic Church do to end this schism?
- 20:38 - Question from listener: What does St. Augustine think about predestination and what does the Church teach about it?
Bonus Resources
- Videos
- Bishop Barron on Effective Evangelization (Bishop Barron)
- Bishop Barron on Protestantism and Authority (Bishop Barron)
- What Helps Protestants Convert to Catholicism (Bishop Barron)
- DVD's
- CATHOLICISM Series (Word On Fire)
- Faith Clips (Word On Fire)
- Articles
- What Precisely is the Gospel (Bishop Barron)
- Why Anti-Catholic Prejudice Ought to Bother Everyone (Bishop Barron)
- Books
- Seeds of the Word: Finding God in the Culture by Bishop Barron
- Word On Fire: Proclaiming the Power of Christ by Bishop Barron
- Thomas Aquinas: Spiritual Master by Bishop Robert Barron
- Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
- Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
- Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas
- Study Program
- The Mystery of God: Who God Is and Why He Matters (Bishop Barron)
- Websites
- Word On Fire (Proclaiming Christ in the Culture)
Find bonus links and resources for this episode at http://WordOnFireShow.com and, again, be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vott. I'm excited to be here with you. I'm the |
| 0:08.4 | content director at Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. And joining us today after a couple weeks off |
| 0:14.2 | is Bishop Robert Barron. Bishop Barron, welcome. We're glad to have you. Brandon always good to be with you. |
| 0:21.0 | Now today's topic you could say is 500 years in the making. This October 31st, so Halloween marks |
| 0:29.6 | the beginning of the 500th year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, which was probably the |
| 0:36.4 | greatest split in the history of Christianity. We're going to get into that in a moment, but interestingly, |
| 0:42.6 | you recently got to spend some time with one of the most prominent Protestant leaders. So tell us |
| 0:48.2 | about that. Yeah. Just a couple days ago, I went to see Rick Warren, Pastor Rick Warren, as you say, |
| 0:54.8 | one of the best known and best-selling authors in the Christian world. Someone coming up out of the |
| 1:02.1 | Evangelical Protestant tradition, someone I've admired for a long time. We'd had some contact over |
| 1:07.8 | the years by email and various things. He knows about my Catholicism series. Of course, I know about |
| 1:13.3 | his work, but we met for the first time just a couple days ago at his studio in Orange County. |
| 1:19.6 | The purpose of that was to tape a show on this issue of assisted suicide. So in California now, |
| 1:28.5 | it's legal, and this law is about to go into full effect that one can legally kill oneself in |
| 1:36.6 | the state of California with the assistance of a physician. Many of the Christian churches, of |
| 1:41.8 | course, are militating against this. So Rick and I appeared on a few, few, it's a show to speak out |
| 1:49.2 | against it. It was a very moving experience for me. He was coming at it from a particular angle, |
| 1:56.0 | putting a great stress on the death by suicide of his son, which he's talked about, of course, |
| 2:01.3 | very extensively over the years, and the issue of mental illness and so on. I brought to bear a lot |
| 2:06.8 | of the themes of the Catholic tradition around this issue, but anyway, we did that together, and then |
| 2:12.5 | he gave me a tour of his personal office and library there, and did that chance to bond with him, |
| 2:18.5 | and it was a great experience. I mentioned that we're getting now into the 500th year anniversary of |
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