The Conversion of Dr. Scott Hahn 

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After listening to Dr. Hahn's account of the Eucharist, I suddenly felt the need to pray and burst into tears. I'm a protestant, but I don't think I can deny the Catholic church any longer. The Eucharist is real. It's not a metaphor. Please pray for me, a sinner. I think I have to become Catholic for the sake of my conscience. Peace be with you.

I was a Protestant for 30 years and went to a Catholic Church about 2 months ago - I have never been captivated by Jesus like I was there - been attending at least 3 masses a week and in RCIA - I have never encountered Jesus in that way - amazingly enough a sin I have struggled with for 40 years melted away at my first mass - glory be!…..

I'm a Latter-day Saint. I felt something while listening to Dr. Hahn conversion story. My wife doesn't know I'm looking at the RC faith.

After listening to Dr. Hahn’s other videos last week, I felt very sad of why I left Catholicism in 2005, but I guess it was because of the lack of understanding of the faith that I grew up with. When a Protestant friend invited me to their church I went and never left since just last Sunday, August 13,2023. When I went back to the Catholic church and took communion for the first time since I left in 2005, I can’t control my tears while kneeling down and asking God for forgiveness for leaving, then my cry turned into sobbing that I couldn’t stop for awhile. But I felt like God is forgiving me of leaving and felt in my heart God is welcoming me home. Thanks Jesus for sending Dr. Hahn and Steve Ray and Brian Mercier my way.

I'm a born and raised Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) - for those who don't know, SDAs believe the Catholic church to be the beast of Revelation. Two years ago I started dating a Catholic girl and it is through her that I became open to looking at Catholic beliefs. My family and friends are predominantly SDA and very upset that I am considering converting to be a Catholic. But I can't deny the truths that I am seeing. I believe God's plan was for me to meet this Catholic girl - I don't think there is any other situation that would have caused me to look into another church. Especially the Catholic church! Please pray for me.

Great questions. Wonderful interview. I’m becoming Catholic too. No one else I know is Catholic. 😳

I entered RCIA as the Son of an Evangelical Pentecostal Pastor back in 1994. I came into the Church at the Easter Vigil 1995, thanks be to God! Dr. Hahn became one of my early Heroes of the Faith! I was privileged to attend Franciscan University of Steubenville between 1999-2003 and even had a few evenings of prayer and bible study at Dr. Hahn’s home! God bless you always Dr. Hahn! You and Kimberly have blessed so many of us!

Ah stink, I missed this! My father (and my childhood best friend's father) both had Dr. Hahn as a youth minister... when they were all Presbyterian. Dr. Hahn isn't too popular among the local Protestant community back here, but he's very popular with the Catholic youth. Thanks for helping my father and Mr. Depew toward the Catholic faith, Dr Hahn! It's a beloved treasure to receive from my parents.

Can Dr. Hahn be on every Saturday? Can it be like “Saturdays With Scott Hahn?”

My wife and I will be confirmed this Easter Vigil. I've been studying scripture, theology and church history since 2011. After years of intense study and discouragement in denominational doctrine, I can't explain the relief in knowing I can rest in the Catholic Church. God has restored in us the joy of salvation. If you are discerning denominations, please begin with what the early church believed and save yourself years of research.

What a time to be a Catholic.

My wife converted after heating Scott's conversion cassette tape. How do I begin to thank you? That was my greatest hope for five years that she come to The Faith. We have been married for 30 years, now. Wow!

My heart is like pounding differently as i listened to this conversation. As a filipino and a catholic, this is relevant in our present times to perhaps reawaken our deep appreciation to the beautiful and precious gift of faith which we have received 500 years ago.

This is a conversion story I never get tired of hearing, apart from Dr. Calloway's. Made me realize how much of my own faith I have been neglecting and taking for granted as a cradle Catholic. God bless the two of you and your families!

In the 70s I was a stronger catholic than in the 2000s. I have come back to the church thank you Jesus.

Two of my favorite Catholic minds together! I’m so stoked on this! Y’all were both instrumental in my conversion from Protestantism to Rome!

This man is responsible for my return to the faith. God bless Scott!

As someone who was born and raised evangelical/baptist my whole life. My happiest day was coming into the fullness of Christ's Roman Catholic Church this last Easter Vigil after listening to anyone and reading everything that had to do with Catholicism

About 10 years ago I came back to the church….or just left my cafeteria Catholic attitude behind. After my Mom stopped crying 😁 she said that I should check out this Catholic scholar she keeps hearing about. She said “I think his name is Scott Hahn”. The rest is history. Read many of this books, watched his lectures on You Tube and listened to his awesome conversion story probably 20 times by this point. I also daily listen to his rosary in the Hallow app. Never get bored of Scott Hahn. I hope to converse with him in Heaven one day.

He is one of the many reasons that turned me back to catholicsm! 😍😍

I could have listened to two more hours, easy. I seriously could sit at the feet of Dr Hahn and listen to him bust open scripture for days...Anyone not currently doing his Parousia study for Lent, I HIGHLY recommended it. It’s been an amazing education for this Protestant convert and I can’t say enough good things!

I was given a cassette tape with Dr Hahn’s testimony, listened to it and began RCIA classes. Was received in the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church at Easter Vigil (heaven on earth) and here we are 25 years later! God bless you both.

Praying the rosary at my brothers’ wake, brought me back to the Church, the Truth, to God.

This was by far the best thing I’ve listened to in my 23 years of life

Dr Scott Hahn’s conversion story always moves me, only the Holy Spirit can effect such a change.

Love Catholic Church💓✝️🙏🏻

The part where Scott was illustrating the parallels between Jesus and Moses was mind blowing.

Dr. Hahn and Steve Ray are the only people on earth I can never get tired of listening to

As a lifelong catholic, with the exception of a teenage/ early twenties atheism,I have to say one of the greatest things to happen to the modern catholic church is protestant converts. Protestant converts are absolutely awesome.

Dr Hahn and Dr Pitre make scripture come to life with typology

I love Dr. Hann’s story especially that two of his sons are becoming priests 😃🙏🏼🕊 we need more good Godly men to enter into priesthood. So happy to hear this and that they are interested in observing both masses. As a younger generation I’m so stocked by this 😃♥️🙏🏼 glad Trad here lol

Reading Scott Hahn’s book is like reading my own story. It has been such a comfort in a trying time.

I became Catholic 50 years ago. Wouldn't change a thing except I wouldn't have been so stubborn about having a relationship with Mama Mary!

Dr. Scott Hahn, you had me at hello... Geez brother in Christ, as a cradle Catholic you continue to teach and inspire us to learn more and more! Thank God for you and your love for our Lord and his Church.

06:00 Love of Truth 09:00 Covenants circumcision and baptism 12:00 Covenant is not a contract but a family communion 23:30 Church fathers to have new materials 26:00 Marian devotion was universal since 3rd century. Jerome against Helvidius 27:00 The fathers interpreted the scriptures better than us, linking the old to the new 28:00 Jesus as the new Moses from Ambrose and Augustin 38:00 Ratzinger on soteriology : representative atonement 42:00 Eucharist, real presence : church fathers are unanimous saying it's his resurrected body 45:30 Youth ministry 47:00 Justin martyr describes 2nd century worship rite 58:00 Jurgens "Faith of the early fathers (3 vol) 1:00:00 Orthodoxy is ethnic / James Lacutus / Filioque viewed by temporal missions 1:13:00 Liturgical hermeneutic : Scipture has been written to be read in a liturgy 1:14:00 The new testament is doing the eucharist. It's a sacrement before it became a document 1:20:00 Sola scriptura. Scripture says it's not the only authority. Jesus said DO this, not write this 1:23:30 Jesus calls the Eucharist "the new testament" 1:25:00 Liturgical tradition of the church is prior and scripture is written and canonized for the liturgy 1:27:00 Magisterium

*Scott Hahn is almost exclusively the reason for my conversion from Presbyterianism to Catholicism (in 2003). I even had a whole bunch of his books. The one on confession he gave to me, and signed it, at the Atlanta Eucharistic conference in 2003. This was just before I became Catholic. Afterward, he came and gave a talk at my parish and signed the rest of his books that I owned. Our family moved in 2014 and I never found the books while unpacking. I’m so bummed that, somehow, I lost them in the move. This was such a great interview. I’m so happy to be a PWA Patreon supporter.

Crazy I know it’s my first time ever hearing Dr. Hahn and I’m in love he is awesome!

Cradle Catholic here...I read “Rome Sweet Rome” and it was amazing. I really enjoyed hearing Dr. Hahn describe his journey to the Catholic Church. Dr. Hahn, and many other converts and “reverts”, are a blessing and gift to the Church. Thank you‼️😊 for your witness.

Scott Hahn and Matt Fradd have both brain and heart in abundance! Two of my favourite Catholic RU-vidrs!

He is an indescribably beautiful holy gift to our Church

I am weaping as I listen to Scott's first mass experience. Thanks so much for this video... beautiful

I could listen to Dr. Hahn all day long!

I have really appreciated the timing of your recent videos where you are asking some of the most respected Catholics why they chose Catholicism over Orthodoxy, because right now I am a struggling Catholic convert that is wondering if I made a mistake. To have an intellectual giant like Trent Horn or Scott Hahn explain their reasoning, it's really helping me to discern.

I thank God for having you in this ministry for thousands of people who had not yet heard true meaning of catholic faith .I'm hoping that this ministry will continue forever. May the Lord give you a long life and good health .

I hear your testimony nearly every time I gaze upon the Eucharist, Mr. Hahn. You've helped me more than you'll ever know. God be with you

I have been so blessed to be in a Bible Study - The Ignatius Study Bible Series with commentary by Scott Hahn. We have learned so much thanks to Dr. Hahn and although I've heard his conversion story before, I love hearing it again!

Amazing. May Our Lord bless you all. From Bavaria, Germany 🇻🇦🇩🇪🤍💙

Dynamic theological duo. I appreciate you. Protestant living as best a half Cath as possible. So may hoops to go through to be complete due to life of bad chocies/sin. Help me Holy Spirit!!! I appreciate you Matt. Your show means a lot to us out here!!!

Absolutely wonderful interview. I almost cried hearing Scott's passionate discovery of the liturgical sources of the Mass, and I laughed out in joy and cried when he discussed the filioque.

So thankful for Scott Hahn’s wisdom and joyful disposition.

I've taken Dr. Hahn's recommendation and will read Jurgens' "Faith of the Early Fathers". I'm a follower of Jesus looking for a bigger, deeper, more integrated faith. Thanks Matt for "Pints".

I love Ratzinger but it's so hard to digest, especially while raising kids...It would be awesome to read Hahn explaining Ratzinger because Dr. Scott Hahn is so easy and fun to read and understand. ...feel free to pass this idea on to him, lol.

I love this conversation so much!! And I love it in particular when he says "the mass will save the Church". Amen

Oh my god, there is so much depth to the faith that I feel like I am missing out

That part around 01:12 was really touching. To see him, more than 30 years after his conversion, still in love with the faith, specially with everything going on in the Church today.

Maronite Cath here. We do profess the Filioque in the creed and go above and beyond to defend the immaculate conception. It really depends from Eastern rite to another.

This discussion was fantastic! Dr Hahn is always so eloquent and articulate with his responses

We marveled at Dr. Scott Hahn's teachings just like the Jews marveled at Jesus' teachings in the New Testament. Marvelous in our sight!

Thank you for what you do Matt. God bless you and your family.

thank you so much. I am now in a kind of strugle because my husband is a Protestant. Just a few days ago he learned about Catholicism, of course he can not accept a lot of think in Catholic thingking. So please pray for us.

We are such a lucky generation to access that kind of content freely, at anytime. God bless you Matt!

Great interview! Scott Hahn is just a treasure. A wealth of knowledge and a beautiful delivery. God bless you both! 🙏🏻❤️

Scott dropped a bomb on Delubac on the nature of grace. I'm such a theology nerd.

Dr. Scott Hahn is blessed with abundant grandpa energy. He's so wholesome.

"Love for the truth" reminded me of St. Augustine.

I’m a cradle Catholic who didn’t leave the church but also never really appreciated its God-given authority to teach truth, goodness and beauty until I read Rome Sweet Home. Thank you and God bless you, Dr. Hahn!

I’m ordering Rome Sweet Home. I have been stuck in limbo between Protestantism and Catholicism. I was raised Baptist and there is such a teaching of how wrong being Catholic is, yet I find myself believing and being so drawn to it. It is such an internal struggle. I need clarity. I need guidance. I do love my current church and my children love it as well. There is some guilt associated with turning their world upside down like that, but I do believe that sometimes that’s exactly what Jesus asks us to do to follow him. Please pray for me.

Bravo Dr Scott please enlighten us cradle filipino catholics..more please thanks

I love how real he is this is truly inspiring ☺️💖

I'm laughing at me as I thought I had a pretty deep grasp of Catholicism and her impossible beauty. Thanks you my brothers.

Dr Hans and all. Please for those of us living in the third world do not have access to Amazon or online stores with debit/credit cards connected to banks wishes that some electronic copies are made available some how. Just my wish. Thanks for all your beautiful works. God bless

It would be amazing if Scott Hahn could come on the show at the VERY least once a month

Now I really want to hear Dr. Hahn's reaction to Francis's de facto shutting down of the TLM. In 21 years of being Catholic I've gone to one Latin Mass, and yet I am still heartbroken over this particular letter.

Yes - schedule another hour with Dr. Hahn and talk about the filioque and Eastern Orthodox vs. Orthodox

Man, this is just RU-vid gold!

I never get tired of hearing Dr Hahn’s story. Thanks for sharing this beautiful conversation. I am beyond excited for the Old Testament Ignatius Study Bible!!

As a lifelong charismatic Protestant (although that’s in question now), and a minister/pastor for close to 20 years, I had a hard time understanding why Dr. Hahn was so blown away by typology in the Fathers. But, I had no idea that Calvinists literally teach against it! Which is shocking to me! Jesus and the NT authors HEAVILY utilized typology, not to mention metaphor, allegory, and the like. I even heard one Calvinist on RU-vid say that even though the NT authors interpreted the OT that way, we emphatically SHOULD NOT! So, we’re not supposed to interpret the Bible the way that the biblical authors did? Huh? That makes about as much sense as the rest of Calvinism does 🤦‍♂️

You need to gather a reading list from Dr Hanh! He kept mentioning books and I wish I would have wrote them all down!

Scott Hahn! He is the greatest living catholic author!

Awesome interview!!! The pray of the Rosary one of the weapons we Catholics use against the devil!!! I’m glad to hear Dr. Hahn prays the rosary and how he has seen the blessing of our Mother Mary on his life. ☺️Oh Mary, Conceived without Sin, Pray for Us Who have Recourse to Thee 🙏

This is awesome!! My brain melted like cheese on the pizza :) thanks Matt and Scott for yet another brilliant talk. God bless!

Thank you Dr. Hahn for defending the restored mass in the vernacular language (Novus Ordo). It is so wonderful to have mass in our own language and to receive communion in the hands and receive both the Body and Blood of Jesus. It is like Pentecost and the early Church where we understand what is happening. We lost so much when Latin only masses were imposed across the entire western Church. It is my understanding that Koine (common) Greek, the language of the people, was the first language of mass in the Western Church. In grade school and high school we went to Latin Mass every morning. So I went to thousands of Latin masses and served at hundreds. We received communion on the tongue and of course were denied receiving the Blood of Christ. I quite frankly don't understand this false romanticizing of the Latin mass. I am going to speak the truth here. The way mass was said before Vatican II was quite frankly disrespectful. There was a real rot in the liturgy that cried out to heaven for reform. Mass was said in a slam bang way. Prayers by the priest were spoken softly at a fast pace where no one could follow even if they could understand Latin. We altar boys couldn't keep up with the priest in our responses. Most women prayed the rosary; the men looked bored and the children fidgety. Again, this is how it actually was, not the profound religious experience that the traditionalists claim. As an altar boy, I always think with humor when I remember an interchange I overheard by the priests about doing the once a year "kiss of peace." I forgot which service. But after all their planning, they ended up barely touching and kind of swinging back and forth. Now, we have a real kiss of peace where people share of themselves freely. The mass now is much closer to what Justin Martyr described with the restored prayers of the faithful, additional readings in the Liturgy of the Word, the kiss of peace and of course the most wonderful - receiving communion in the hands and under both species. Also, isn't Canon I basically the Tridentine mass but with sorely needed reforms? So where is the real problem here? In my mind, many people who push the Latin mass basically see Latin as a sort "Magic Language," where the religious experience comes from this mysterious incantation instead of what actually happens during the sacrifice of the mass. Sorry if this seems uncharitable, but it is what I have observed. As someone of Slovak descent, I grew up with the great heritage of Saint Cyril and Methodius who attempted to bring the vernacular language Roman Liturgy to the Slavic people but were stymied by Frankish Latinists who were using the Latin mass as a political hammer to gain political control in the region. Notice I said the Roman Liturgy in the Slavic language, not the Byzantine liturgy. This was approved by not one but by two popes. However, Cyril and Methodius were continually persecuted by the Latinists and in fact, St. Methodious, the archbishop appointed by the pope, spent two years in jail. He was put there by the Latinists so he couldn't promulgate the Roman liturgy in the Slavic language, again even though it had papal approval. After numerous orders by the pope, Methodius was eventually released but when he died, his followers were driven out and who then went to the more eastern Slavs. There they switched to the Byzantine Liturgy and their missionary work met with great success. The story doesn't end there. When the great East West Schism came, those Slavic Christians went with Constantinople. Western Christianity lost a whole major people. The story continues in the 16th century when the Protestants revolted. Probably the Protestant's main attraction to the common person was the ability to hear the mass in their own language. Just imagine if St. Cyril and Methodius had been able to implement the Roman liturgy in the language of the people. That would have spread around other parts of Europe. Men like Luther, Calvin and Cramner would have been much less attractive to the common people. A small blip in the history of the Church but not this terrible rupture that we have now.

So, Dr. Hahn will be the third host of PWA(?)😅 this conversation has been instrumental in my journey towards the Church

Scott Hahn telling the world about the objective superiority of the Traditional Latin Mass makes my heart so happy :) honestly, i used to defend the NO because “Dr Hahn spoke well of it so it can’t be *all* abuse”, but I’m so happy to hear that section of this interview :)

What a joy! Indeed that interview was. Thank you so much.

When I was in a Baptist seminary working on a grad degree around 1993-4, I started reading Origen, Athanasius, Irenaeus and Clement and the rest for a history course. I started carrying a 10 pound New Jerusalem Bible to class and my 80 year old professor would lovingly harass me, then admit that his degree from neighboring Aquinas College was fantastic for him and in studying Greek we knew the Vatican scholars to be the finest in lexical titles, especially the classic “Grammatical Analysis of the Greek New Testament.” My grandmother’s priest and nun spoke at her funeral to the effect that Angela’s dying wish was for her Protestant offspring to come home to Rome, something I have not forgotten. I am still reading Greek Bible and recently acquired several Catholic study Bibles (Nabre, Douay Rheimes, RSV-CE). I have fallen in love with the story of St Athanasius and John Cassian. Pray for me.

Yes yes yes.....been waiting for this all week. Thanks Matt.

I love this talk its beautiful, I will listen again and again, I am Catholic thank you both, wonderful. I love Doctor Scott Hahn I would never get tired listening, love you too Matt, God Bless you both Philomena.

I love Scott Hahn. It’s been quite a few years since I watched or listened to him in such a long presentation as this, and I almost forgot how truly amazing and special a witness he is. He is such a gift to the Church. His fidelity to and love for the Truth is so beautiful. His clarity of teaching on covenant and all that means stirs the soul and has the scriptures jumping out off the pages to invite us to a more profound encounter with God than we could ever even imagine.

Thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. Hoping for another one.

Was glued to the screen the entire episode. Thank you Matt and Dr. Hahn.

How great and amazing your conversion story .you had a special call from God for a big mission to preached God's word and defend the catholic faith. May the Lord send you the Holy Spirit to guide you,and the gift of wisdom will be yours forever Amen. . .

Thanks a lot for this interview. It would be very helpful to hear more from Dr. Hahn.

This interview was absolutely amazing! God bless you both, and your families!

Fantastic! I have to listen again so I can take notes. Thank you!!!

Brilliant - style and content!

Fantastic interview!

Love the music at the end. Digging the vibe.

Thanks so much for this, Matt! I enjoyed it thoroughly.