Word & Table

Original Sin vs. Inherited Sin

July 16, 2024 05:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MB

Learn the difference between the Western and Eastern accounts of how we were corrupted by Adam's sin. Is it a substantial disagreement or only a difference of terms? Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Jewish Feasts and Fasts

July 09, 2024 05:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MB

Learn about the Jewish feasts celebrated in the Old Testament and today. Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The Heavens

July 04, 2024 05:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB

Paul talks about the "third heaven" in 2 Corinthians. How many heavens are there? Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The Tent of Meeting

June 27, 2024 05:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

Learn about the structure and purpose of the precursor to the Temple, the Tent of Meeting as described in Exodus. Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Supererogation

June 20, 2024 05:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MB

What are "works of supererogation" named in Article 14 of the Articles of Religion? What is the underlying idea behind them and what had they become by the time of the Middle Ages and why did the Reformation reject them? Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

War

June 13, 2024 05:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MB

Learn about the Christian perspectives on causes for war, conduct in war, and how Jesus's teachings to love enemies and turn the other cheek affect Christian outlook on wars in our time. Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Wisdom in the Bible

June 05, 2024 05:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MB

Learn about the concept of Wisdom and how it is understood in both the Old and New Testaments and what it has to do with Christ. Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Casting Out Demons

May 30, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

Learn about why Jesus cast out demons and his rebuttal to the Pharisees' charge that he casts out demons using Satan's own power. Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Objections to the Resurrection

May 22, 2024 05:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB

Objections to Jesus's resurrection of the dead began to arise as soon as it was proclaimed to the world. Learn how the gospels themselves intentionally addressed them. Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Mary's Backstory

May 08, 2024 19:16 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MB

Learn about the apocryphal backstory for Mary, the mother of God. Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Tenebrae

April 24, 2024 05:00 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MB

Learn about another service in Holy Week with darkness, chanting, and preparation for descending with the Lord into the gloom of Good Friday. Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Saint Joseph

April 10, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB

Learn about Jesus's earthly "father" and how the Church has remembered and celebrated him. Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Clean and Unclean

March 27, 2024 05:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MB

What is the meaning of being ritually clean and unclean in the Old Testament? What does it have to do with our relationship to God and how does Jesus change it? Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Polycarp

March 13, 2024 05:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

Learn about the very early Christian bishop Polycarp, who taught Irenaeus, knew the Apostle John, and was famously martyred at the end of his life Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

March 07, 2024 06:00 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB

What was Jesus's point in driving out those selling animals and changing money at the temple in Jerusalem? Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Aramaic

March 01, 2024 06:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MB

Learn about the language Jesus spoke, and why it wasn't Hebrew. Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Deacon's Mass

February 22, 2024 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

What do you do if there can be no priest or bishop present on Sunday for Holy Communion? Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Blessing of a Civil Marriage

February 13, 2024 06:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

How does a couple bring their marriage before the Lord if they were married outside of the Church? Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The Woman Caught in Adultery

January 30, 2024 06:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MB

Learn about the strange case of John 7:53-8:11 and why it's set off in brackets in most translations. Learn also about what the episode says about speaking the truth in love and Jesus's words against condemnation of sinners. Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The Epiclesis

January 23, 2024 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

Learn about a pivotal point of the Eucharistic Prayer at Holy Communion, and how it found its way out and back into Western rites. Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Martyrdom

January 17, 2024 06:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MB

What is the traditional definition of a martyr for the faith? Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The Gospel of Thomas

December 26, 2023 06:00 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MB

Learn about the gnostic "gospel" of Thomas, its themes and message, and how it portrays Jesus. Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Fourth Advent

December 20, 2023 06:00 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MB

Learn about the readings and themes for the 4th Sunday of Advent. Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Hesychasm

December 13, 2023 06:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

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Ad Orientem

December 05, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

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Hypocrisy

November 28, 2023 06:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MB

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The Four Last Things

November 16, 2023 18:33 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB

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Christ the Lamb

November 01, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MB

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The Decision of the Jerusalem Council

October 26, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MB

How is the decision of the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15 binding on Christians today? If the Lord "declared all foods clean" then why are dietary restrictions mentioned for non-Jews? Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

God's Plan in Exodus

October 17, 2023 05:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

Why does the Exodus happen the way that it does? Is God just reacting to circumstances or does he have purposes in arranging things to work out as they do? Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

An Eye for an Eye

October 12, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB

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Apostolic Succession

September 29, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MB

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Communication of Idioms

September 20, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MB

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Laws, Statutes, Ordinances

September 08, 2023 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MB

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Purgatory

August 30, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

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Blessings

August 23, 2023 05:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB

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The Parable of the Tares

August 15, 2023 05:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MB

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Anglican Orders

August 08, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MB

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Lying

August 05, 2023 19:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

This episode was previously accidentally erased. We are re-releasing it now, and episode 235 will be close behind Support us on Patreon: Apply for Saint Paul's House of Formation Email us Music by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

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