Why Catholic?

Jan 28 2025 126 ep. 23 mins 14
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Dive into the what and why behind Catholic beliefs with Justin Hibbard - former Evangelical Pastor, Apologist, and Catholic convert.

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#125 - The Blessing and Curse of Chapter and Verse

Jan 28 2025 13 mins  
Justin Hibbard continues the series on Sacred Scripture by examining all the chapter and verse numbers in the Bible. When did these numbers get added, and how do they sometimes skew the way we read and interpret Scripture?Subscribe to Why Catholic? wherever you get your podcasts.Check out the Why Catholic Etsy shop (all proceeds support this podcast).Become a free subscriber or a p

#124 - 9 Aspects of Catholic Biblical Interpretation

Jan 21 2025 20 mins  
In continuation of our series on Sacred Scripture, Justin Hibbard dives into Dei Verbum paragraph 12, which gives nine aspects of Catholic Biblical Interpretation. In this episode, you’ll learn more about each of these principles: 1. Scripture is God’s Word inspired to humans through humans. 2. Authorial intent. 3. Phenomenological language. 4. Form criticism. 5. Historical-gra

#123 - Scripture & the Church with Kenny Burchard

Jan 14 2025 61 mins  
In continuation of our series on Sacred Scripture, Justin Hibbard is joined by Kenny Burchard - a former Pentecostal Pastor, host of the show Catholic Bible Highlights, co-host of the On the Journey podcast, and Director of Development at the Coming Home Network. Justin & Kenny (two former Protestant Pastors) talk about the importance of the relationship between Scripture and the C

#122 - The Deeply Problematic Protestant Doctrine of Sola Scriptura

Jan 07 2025 23 mins  
In continuation of our series on Sacred Scripture, Justin Hibbard takes a look at the foundational Protestant doctrine of Sola Scriptura and demonstrates why it is an illogical, unbiblical, its unworkable, universally inapplicable, impractical, its subjective, and hypocritical premise. Discover why the Catholic Church has rejected this 500-year-old doctrine as a heresy and why we s

#121 - Scripture + Tradition + the Magisterium... Just Like Every Christian

Dec 31 2024 19 mins  
Justin Hibbard continues our series on Sacred Scripture by examining how Catholic authority is supported by Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium. How do Catholics understand this dance between these three aspects, and how does every Christian and Christian denomination actually operate similarly to the Catholic Church?Subscribe to Why Catholic? wherever you get your podcasts.C

#120 - The Deuterocanonicals and Protestant Budget Bibles

Dec 24 2024 17 mins  
In continuation of our series on Sacred Scripture, Justin Hibbard explores why Protestant Bibles are smaller than Catholic Bibles. Why did the Protestant reformers remove 7 books along with parts of Daniel and Esther from the Bible that had been existence since the 4th century? And how has their premise been definitively debunked with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Subscrib

#119 - How the Bible Became the Bible

Dec 17 2024 23 mins  
Justin Hibbard continues our series on Sacred Scripture by examining how the Bible developed into what it is today - the most sold book in the world. In this episode, you’ll learn about some of the aspects about the Bible that make it unlike any other book, how the Old and New Testaments developed, and how the Church decided on what books should be included as Sacred Scripture. S

#118 - The Sacramentality of Scripture

Dec 10 2024 19 mins  
Justin Hibbard launches a new series on Sacred Scripture by looking at the sacramentality of Scripture. How does the sacramental worldview transport us into an eternal space, and how is Scripture a particularly important part of that portal between earth and eternity?Subscribe to Why Catholic? wherever you get your podcasts.Check out the Why Catholic Etsy shop (all proceeds support

#117 - Seek 2025 with John Michael Lucido

Dec 05 2024 38 mins  
Seek 2025 is coming to Salt Lake City January 1-5, 2025. In this special episode, Justin Hibbard talks with co-emcee and Focus missionary John Michael Lucido about what to expect at Seek 2025 and the work that Focus is doing on college campuses.Subscribe to Why Catholic? wherever you get your podcasts.Check out the Why Catholic Etsy shop (all proceeds support this podcast).Become a

#116 - Reflections on the Papacy

Nov 19 2024 17 mins  
Justin Hibbard concludes the series on the Papacy by exploring three questions: Why has the papacy evolved into what it is today? Why was the Pope so political throughout history? And why is the Church headquartered in Rome?Subscribe to Why Catholic? wherever you get your podcasts.Check out the Why Catholic Etsy shop (all proceeds support this podcast).Become a free subscriber or a