In this episode, our founder Joshua Charles recounts how, in order to solve “my unsolvable dilemma as a protestant” (see Episode #1), he went to Scripture to see how doctrinal disputes were resolved. In the process, he discovered a disturbing fact: no one in Scripture interpreted it on their own. In other words, no one in Scripture was doing what he thought was normative Christian practice as a protestant. On the contrary, everyone was under apostolic authority: the authority of the Apostles themselves, or those they had appointed. Outside this line of authority, no one was empowered to interpret Scripture on their own. Despite the fact that his conversion to the Catholic Faith was still years away, Joshua realized even then that what he was seeing in Scripture was simply not compatible with protestantism (or at the very least, most forms of it).
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Intro
04:28 – Scripture of the Day
04:56 – Quote of the Day
6:00 – Roadmap
6:10 – Introduction
16:34 – The Bereans, The Ethiopian Eunuch and Apostolic Authority
39:00 – The Passing Down of Apostolic Authority
1:07:47 – Conclusion
Outro Music: “A Place in Heaven” by Thomas Bergersen License Code: 9OTZEL9EAVMBUDMY
