What Does a Bad Pope Mean for the Church? W/ Joe Heschmeyer | Pints with Aquinas Episode  

I'm on the same journey. Former non-denominational youth pastor, Bible college grad. Not looking back. Can't "unsee" the truth. Stay strong, and be as gentle and respectful as you can muster. There's a lot of unwarranted passion and more heat than light in Protestant arguments.

So happy for both of you!! Peace be with you :)

Just left Methodist Church after 20 years. Raised Catholic but no one ever told me the Catholic Church was to be a defender of HIS truth nor warned me that Protestants don’t know what they believe because there is no authority. For me this is all about Unity in The Truth. I cannot preach or teach or live out my Christianity if I don’t have some level of confidence in the teaching of my church. It looks like Catholicism is the answer. The Catholic Catechism is amazing!! I hope to influence other Methodists to see the light especially since the Methodist church is imploding because it isn’t even trying to find the truth regarding human sexuality. But I will be very loving and respectful and just focus on the Truth found here. Never really learned much that wasn’t pretty similar to Catholic beliefs. Just don’t have any of the fullness or depth of the Catholic Church.

Welcome home brother! I took a path that lead from the LDS Church, to Calvary Chapel, and to Rome and was confirmed about 18 months ago.

If anyone wants to buy his Pope Peter book, enter the promo code PETER at the Catholic Answers store and get 30% off.

Please, tell me more! I have an antagonistic Baptist aquaintence who is convinced I'm hellbound for converting to Catholicism.

Welcome home!

Deo Gratias!

I walked into a preterist conference and walked out a preterist., and I can guarantee, if you are a person who wants to know the truth, watch Don K Preston and Bruce Gore on Preterism and you will become a preterist too

@@joyfulpreterist7532 or Read the bible and listen to Jesus ( he is the way and truth) and be a catholic ❤️😁

Steve Ray is also a great author

Welcome home and prayers for your family’s conversion.

Welcome home Anna & Kaylan!! My prayers for you as you are continuing your journey!

Welcome home!!!

Welcome home!

I would become Catholic except for the fact that I can't perform the mental gymnastics required to accept papal supremacy. In the video he performs some excellent moves to try to force a biblical precedent to make St. Peter "the first pope". But the arguments are silly. "Because he said 'lets go fishing" and they literally went fishing is supposed to mean there's an infallible king of the Christians? What?... "I'm gonna pray for you because I know you'll deny me 3 times". Must mean he's the supreme Bishop? I can't accept this. It wasn't even a thing in the early church to have a supreme Bishop. That idea didn't occur to anyone at all in the church for nearly a thousand years.

Nice try. An “infallible king”? Where is that in Catholic teaching? He is actually the Servant of the Servants of God. I think you underestimate yourself. You are actually very good at mental gymnastics. You have the ability to recreate Catholicism into something that it isn’t and then proceed to tear it down. You have confirmation bias. Just try being fair and disagree if you wish to ACTUAL Catholic teaching.

Welcome home!

Use social media with moderation and for good reasons like this one. You ca give it up if the benefits of doing so way outweighs the the negative consequences. I think the bottom line here is Moderation, prudence and self mastery (I wish I had those hahaha)

@@alexs.5107 very difficult, that’s why I don’t use them anymore

@@dulcejocelyn7102 ikr! I got rid of my social media apps and I was still taking the long away to get them, through the mobile browser on my phone. It surprised me tbh.

Laughed so hard!!!! Funny for both his fans and his critics!

...stay salty friends...Taylor is legit...haha

Drago mi je da nas ima Hrvata koji gledaju dobre stvari

Pozdrav iz Osijeka!

Best wishes! Its the best choice ever!!!

Check out The Journey Home videos. Marcus Grodi interviews protestants, many of them pastors. Amazing stories that helped me during my journey into the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church!

Thanks! And good news - I think Amazon.de carries it now: www.amazon.de/Pope-Peter-Defending-Distinctive-Doctrine/dp/1683571800

@@JosephHeschmeyer It's still out of stock until at least next month. Believe me, I've had my eye on this one.. ;)

@@TheJason909 I bought the last one! LOL

I know your comment was three years ago but here is a prayer that you found your way into RCIA and ultimately into the Church!

Im in a similar boat as you, I knew of papal infallibility, but not exactly what it is, and everything with the pope has been making me question. I'm glad to see this video. Really helped me understand stuff better.

Hey I don’t know your story but I am most likely converting to Catholicism but I feel like I need to go slow and include my wife. Being obedient to God for me means being obedient to my vows of marriage too. I can’t be in union with the church if she is not there with me. Just something to think and pray about. God Bless.

Say the rosary...the most powerful weapon for conversion after the Mass..also welcome home❤️

Welcome home! God bless!!!!

Welcome home!!!

Seems like the message came a bit late. One would think that a prophecy from a glorified Mary might have some awareness of how pathetically the church had been taught for the last 1500 years

@@jrb2565 So according to you Christ is the God who failed eh?

@@ToothTwister77 No, I would have thought it obvious I was referring to your "church" as the abject failure. The fact you see "success" as being ruled over by 50% homosexuals and even more leftists and laiety who just recently actually voted in the greatest numbers for transgender abortionist and communist ideals - shows beyond any doubt that your opinion of what you present as "success" from God is not worthy of entertainment. The arguments in this video are equally pathetic

As a cradle Protestant (but certainly moving towards Catholicism), I will say that the case for papacy looks stronger and stronger. When I first encountered the biblical grounding for the papacy I only heard of the "on this rock I'll build my church"-defense. At that time I was amazed how much the Catholics were able to build upon that tiny biblical foundation. Later, much, much, later it has started to dawn on me that Jesus first and foremost chooses people and he chooses them for the purpose of leading after he has gone. Nowhere does he say to the followers: "Make sure to take notes - it's important that we'll have the New Testament ready as soon as I am gone". He doesn't say anything about that - why? For the average Protestant that is a mystery, since Protestants rest upon "Scripture Alone". But, no, Jesus chooses people - and clearly those 12 above the 70 disciples. Of the 12 he chooses 3, and of those 3 he chooses 1. There is a lot of choosing! But it doesn't stop there - the hierarchal thinking is not a human invention. It's divine! The Son submits to the Father! So it has become impossible for me to think the church was something like a "commune" or a "consensus-based-church". The NT itself is a testimony to the importance of the Apostles - only those things that could be traced back to them was worth listening to. All in all, there can be no doubt Peter had a special position. It can be no doubt Jesus was much more interested in setting up leadership of the new church that making sure the gospels were written. This undermines the Protestant thinking so much it makes it untenable. Sola Scriptura has to go! Where should we go? Well, to the church Jesus started, to which Peter was given the keys. There could perhaps be a small argument to made over whether Peter actually went to Rome or not - that's the only loophole I can see at this point. I think you can meet your Protestant friends with confidence. But be gentle :)

Grace And Peace, Satoshi. Sorry to hear "weak faith" - I will pray for you. *The Gospel Of The GRACE Of God!:* *“For I [ Paul! ] delivered unto you first of all That Which I also received,* *How That CHRIST Died For our sins According To The Scriptures;* *And That HE Was Buried, And That HE Rose Again the third day* *According To The Scriptures!” ( 1 Corinthians 15 : 3-4 KJB! )* + *"For By GRACE are ye SAVED Through faith; and that not of yourselves:* *It Is The Gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast!"* *( Ephesians 2 : 8-9! cp Most of Romans through Philemon # KJB! )* *{ GRACE **_Found_** 85 Times! }* *# Romans - Philemon KJB! = God's GRACE Love Letters For us **_Today,_* *For: Consolation, Comfort, Edification, Enjoyment, Encouragement, And* *_spiritual_** Building Up Of All The BLOOD-Washed "members ( saints!" )* *In The Body Of CHRIST!, HIS Church, Seated In **_Heaven!_* Amen? Chris Endrizzi

@Rolando Velásquez Mike Winger is not a very reliable source, look at Trent's rebuttal video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-coQ3Ag9yQzc.html

Morten Simonsen Wow thank you so much for this lengthy and learnèd response. This was a really good response coming from a cradle Protestant! Wow, it really is true that when a Protestant converts or is at least is close to converting, they are able to articulate the evidence of the Catholic faith better than a lot of cradle Catholics like me! May God help you and bless you on your journey!

@Rolando Velásquez I am not sure we can find any church without bad leaders. The catholic church had a lot of political power and would have attracted power-hungry people. Do you think there are churches that don't have this problem with bad leaders? Do you think Mike Winger's church would be without really bad leaders if they grew really big for 500 or 1000 years? I don't think so. Martin Luther and Calvin certainly weren't without serious flaws! Calvin directly went against Jesus on remarriage! Luther made sure the church and the state went into a complete union - nowhere in the world was there such a merge between secular and spiritual power as in Scandinavia. I have seen some of Mike Winger. He seems genuine but like many Protestants - too sure of his interpretations and he has a lack of knowledge of Catholicism (fed on myths like all Protestants). Trent did rebut a lot of his criticism. Overall Protestants should really stop harassing Catholics with all sorts of bad and uninformed arguments. Rather, we should listen carefully with an open mind with the goal to overcome the differences between us. Jesus wanted us to unite, and we must do so. To badmouth a Christian brother is to do the work of the Devil. Yes, we must condemn heresy, but only if that is 100% sure.

He has refused to meet with the dubia cardinals and Cardinal Zen of China. The dubia cardinals have been asking for clarification for 4 years now I think that's waiting enough time.

@@JJ-zr6fu All the more reason the faithful of Christ’s Catholic Church must spend time to pray for understanding of what is going on & conversion for all. “Behind every priest, Bishop, & Pope there are two demons fighting for his fall. If we have language that criticizes them, then we must have twice as much to pray for them.” St. Teresa of Avila

So just what IS he trying to do? Any ideas?

Grace And Peace, friend(s). TWO of the "easiest doctrines"? helpful?: Have you Prayerfully And Carefully _Considered!:_ *(1) Rightly Dividing God's WORD Of Truth, And,* *(2) NO water baptism for Today!* ---------------------------------- Yes, _Should_ "be ready" But, _Should_ we not "fulfil *God's Purpose For* us, *Get HIS Great GRACE Gospel* to the lost, finding the "last member" Of *The Body Of CHRIST, And, THEN* we Can be *Caught Up In* *Great GRACE Departure to Go HOME, Forever!?* *Is The Following "God's Purpose"? Please Be Very RICHLY Blessed And Encouraged!:* Part 1 *Approval Unto God!:* *Grace And Peace From God, The Father, And From* *The LORD And Saviour, JESUS CHRIST!* *LORD JESUS, Before you Come To Gather us Home To Heaven, Please* *Grant Thy Divine Help to understand Thy Word Of Truth, Rightly* *Divided!"* Amen: *What Would God, In HIS Age Of GRACE Today, Have* us Also "DO," that was *"learned, and received, and heard, and seen, In Paul"* ? *(Philippians 4 : 9!)* *"Study to shew thyself Approved Unto God, a workman That* *Needeth not to be ashamed, Rightly Dividing The Word Of Truth!"* *(2 Timothy 2 : 15!)* *_"Example"_** Of Rightly Dividing The Word Of Truth!:* *Leaders/Numbers / Salvation/Commissions* in: *God's TWO **_"Different"_** Programs:* (1) _Representative_ apostles + number! For: *God’s LAW/PROPHETIC* Program: *“prophesied since the world began!”* (Luke 1 : 68-70; Acts 3 : 21!): God’s Complete Number TWELVE “represents:” TWELVE baptismS, TWELVE apostles who will rule in the "Prophesied" kingdom With CHRIST!, on TWELVE thrones, Over the TWELVE tribes of Israel! (Genesis 49 : 28; Isaiah 9 : 7, 32 : 1; Matthew 19 : 28; Luke 22 : 30; James 1 : 1!) ►► Peter [+11], TWELVE "preached!": *gospel of the kingdom!:* Salvation = "he that believeth *AND is baptized* Shall Be SAVED!" (Mark 16 : 16 cp *Luke 7 : 29-30;* Acts 2 : 38; James 2 : 17-18!) ◄◄ And _Includes_ *The LORD’s FIVE-Part Marching Orders,* the so-called ( added as a “Page Header” in *Bibles* ), “Great Commission”: (1a): *“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in The Name* *Of The Father, and Of The SON, and of The Holy Ghost: Teaching* *them to Observe ALL Things Whatsoever I Have Commanded you:* *and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen!”* (Matthew 28 : 19-20!) _Including:_ *“Observe ALL things WHATSOEVER I Have* *COMMANDED you!”:* *“Then Spake JESUS To the multitude, And To HIS disciples,* *Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:* *ALL therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that OBSERVE* *AND DO; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not!”* (Matthew 23 : 1-3!) (1b): *“And HE Said Unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the* *gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall* *be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these* *signs shall follow them that believe: In MY Name shall they cast out* *devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents;* - *and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they* *shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover…. And they went* *forth, and preached every where, The LORD Working With them, and* *Confirming The Word With signs following. Amen!”* (Mark 16 : 15-20!) (1c): *“And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in* *HIS Name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are* *witnesses of these things. And, behold, I Send The Promise of MY* *Father Upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be* *endued with Power From On High!”* (Luke 24 : 47-49!) (1d): *“Then Said JESUS To them again, Peace Be Unto you: As MY Father* *Hath Sent ME, Even So Send I you. And When HE Had Said This, HE* *Breathed On them, And Saith Unto them, Receive ye The Holy Ghost:* *Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and* *whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained!”* (John 20 : 21-23!) (1e): *“But ye shall receive power, after that The Holy Ghost Is Come Upon you:* *and ye shall be witnesses unto ME both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea,* *and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth!”* (Acts 1 : 8!) End of: Salvation / Commission In *God's "Law/Prophetic Program!"* continued in *Part 2: Approval Unto God!...*

Part 2 *Approval Unto God!:* Previous "study!:" Salvation / Commission In *God's "Law/Prophetic Program!"* {friend, do you "think" this is for you "Today"?} *Or...* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From *CHRIST To HIS TWELVE,* _on the earth!_ { _Currently_ “On HOLD!” } *Rightly Divided (2 Timothy 2 : 15 KJB!) From **_“Things That DIFFER!”:_* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *...Is This FOR us Today?:* *From CHRIST To HIS ONE, **_From Heaven!!_** { **_Currently_** ACTIVE!}* *God’s Salvation And Commission In HIS "Revelation Of The MYSTERY!"* *God’s “Heavenly Hidden” Purpose BEFORE “the foundation of the world”...Kept* *Secret **_”since the world began”_** (Romans 16 : 25; Ephesians 1 : 4-11, 3 : 5-9!)* *(2) **_Representative_** apostle + number! For:* *God’s Revelation Of GRACE In HIS MYSTERY,* *From CHRIST, **_In Heaven,_** To...* { Friend, IF you have NEVER prayerfully/carefully “studied” *This Important Doctrine ( Paul’s **_“Distinctive”_** ministry From God! )* before, Please take some time for *”Approval Unto God!,”* Please? } ►►► *"Howbeit for this cause I obtained Mercy, That In me **_First_** JESUS CHRIST* *Might Shew Forth ALL Longsuffering, For a **_Pattern_** to them which should* *hereafter believe on HIM to life everlasting!" (1 Timothy 1 : 16 KJB!)* ◄◄◄ *...Paul, Chosen By God, as ONE individual apostle,* *BOTH Roman and Hebrew,* *(Acts 9 : 6, 15, 13 : 2, 20 : 24, 22 : 1-15, 21, 25-28, 26 : 17-18;* *Philippians 3 : 5; Romans 1 : 1, 11 : 13, 15 : 16-18;* *Galatians 1 : 15, 2 : 7-8; Ephesians 3 : 1; 1 Timothy 1 : 11, 2 : 7;* *2 Timothy 1 : 11!), **_represents:_* *Reconciliation, By GRACE (2 Corinthians 5 : 17-6 : 2!), of* *BOTH Jew and Gentile, as “INDIVIDUALS,” Into “ONE New Man!”* *(Ephesians 2 : 15-16!)* *SPIRITUALLY Baptized ( And "Spiritually United as* *_members of one another!"_** ), BY: ONE Baptism!* *(1 Corinthians 12 : 13 cp Ephesians 4 : 5, 5 : 30 KJB!), Into:* *ONE Body, In HEAVEN!,* ... ... *[ By The DEADLY, But Amazingly Wonderful CROSS! ] Of CHRIST,* *The Risen And Glorified SAVIOUR, The **_Only_** HEAD Of HIS Church!!* *(1 Timothy 3 : 16; Ephesians 1 : 22, 5 : 23; Colossians 1 : 18 KJB!)* *Praise HIS Precious NAME!* Amen? *The Gospel Of The GRACE Of God!:* *“For I [ Paul! ] delivered unto you first of all That Which I also received,* *How That CHRIST Died For our sins According To The Scriptures;* *And That HE Was Buried, And That HE Rose Again the third day* *According To The Scriptures!” (1 Corinthians 15 : 3-4!)* + *"For By GRACE are ye SAVED Through faith; and that not of yourselves:* *It Is The Gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast!"* *( Ephesians 2 : 8-9! cp Most of Romans through Philemon! # )* *{ GRACE **_Found_** 85 Times! }* *And, The MYSTERY **_Includes_** The LORD’s "Greater" GRACE Commission! =* *Ministry of RECONCILIATION!* *"And all things are of God, Who Hath Reconciled us To Himself By* *JESUS CHRIST, And Hath Given To us the ministry of reconciliation;* *to wit, That God Was In CHRIST, Reconciling the world Unto Himself,* *Not Imputing their trespasses unto them; And Hath Committed Unto us* *The Word Of Reconciliation!* *Now then we are ambassadors for CHRIST, as though God Did Beseech* *you by us: we pray you in CHRIST’s Stead, be ye reconciled to God! For* *HE Hath Made HIM To Be sin For us, WHO Knew no sin; that we might Be* *Made The Righteousness Of God In HIM!* *We then, as workers together with HIM, beseech you also that ye receive* *not The GRACE Of God in vain! (For HE Saith, I Have Heard thee in a time* *accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now* *is the accepted time; behold, NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION!!)”* *(2 Corinthians 5 : 18-6 : 2!)* End: *God’s Salvation And Commission In HIS Revelation Of The MYSTERY!* *# Romans - Philemon = God's GRACE Love Letters For us **_Today_** For:* *Consolation, Comfort, Edification, Enjoyment, Encouragement, And* *_spiritual_** Building Up Of All The BLOOD-Washed "members ( saints!" )* *In The Body Of CHRIST!, HIS Church, Seated In **_Heaven!_* Amen? Friends, after “comparing” Law vs *GRACE!* Which is FOR us Today? Or: Are they BOTH FOR us, today, in which case we ask: ALL The "NUMBERS experts" know there is A Vast "Difference" Between 12 And *"ONE,"* Correct? Would not “Choosing” BOTH Make This Fatal ERROR, & we can just stay with the "Modern" "wonderful And marvelous" 2000-year-old judeo/christian "combo": (1) LAW + *(2) GRACE* = (3) "religious Confusion Of Contradictions" { or, "Pick & Choose!" } Method… ..."remaining" as: a weak And _Severely Divided_ *Church, Displeasing God!,* Correct? Friends, "which" of these "gospels" do "you Believe," In *God’s Age* *Of GRACE "Today," Are CURSED By God! (Galatians 1 : 6-9!)?* *(2) Gospel of GRACE!* || (1) gospel of the kingdom, (3) “Combo gospel” IF your "particular" group "subscribes" to (1) OR (3), Please, *Obey God, As HE "Beseeches"!:* *"Wherefore Come Out from among them, and be ye Separate,* *Saith The LORD, And touch not the unclean [ ACCURSED!? ]* *thing; and I Will Receive you, And Will Be A Father Unto you,* *And ye Shall Be MY sons and daughters, Saith The LORD Almighty!"* *(2 Corinthians 6 : 17!)* ----------------- *LORD JESUS, we humbly pray that Any And ALL confused over the* *"Division of Many Over salvation/baptismS/commissionS,” have been* *Truly Blessed With This **_Solving The Confusion_** study! Amen.* ----------------- *GRACE/Repentance, Through Faith, & PEACE, Found In SCRIPTURE,* *to The Honor And GLORY Of GOD, The Father, Through The LORD And* *SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST!* Amen? Concluding questions: (1) Friend(s), Do you believe you are *"Approved Unto God"? (2 Timothy 2 : 15 KJB!)* (2) Do you believe you should _Turn Away_ *FROM God’s “Chosen” Apostle* *Of HIS PURE GRACE?:* *"This thou knowest, that ALL THEY WHICH ARE IN ASIA TURNED AWAY* *From me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes." (2 Timothy 1 : 15 KJB!)* -------- Again, friend(s), *Please Be Very RICHLY Blessed In God’s WORD Of Truth, Rightly* *Divided (2 Timothy 2 : 15 KJB!)* brother Chris PS: What think ye?: *"Solves* _ALL "religious" Confusion"?_ = *NO "Other" Doctrine Than "Right Division!"* {Perchance Disobedience to *THIS **_"Sound_** Doctrine" Of God!* is _The Cause_ Of ALL Of The "Controversial/Contradictory/Confusing/DIVIDING" Issues? }: www.bereanbiblesociety.org/no-other-doctrine-but-right-division/?Berean+Bible+Society&SEARCHLIGHT& Friend, are you *"Approved Unto God"?* or, Are you *"Grieving HIS Spirit"?* And, whether *"Imminent" Great GRACE Departure* is “sooner OR Later”: Double Checked "Prepared And Ready" For *IT!!* ✔✔ Amen? *"To The Praise Of The Glory Of HIS {Amazing!} GRACE!!"* Amen?

Hey Paul Collins thanks!!

@@PintsWithAquinas Love your show, Matt. Greetings fro Ireland!

Yep. At 1:05.

Hello Matt, Pope Leo XIII should be named "The Great" Just like Pope St John Paul II.

Hi Matt Fradd, I'm from Brazil. Here in Brazil there are many viewers of your channel. Put subtitles in Portuguese, Portuguese, this will greatly increase your reach in Brazil, Portugal, portuguese-speaking African countries, Latin countries. Brazil, Mexico, Poland and the USA are the countries with the largest Catholic populations in the world. God bless You. Thank you very much, Guy. 🙏🏻🙏👍🏻👍😃

Yep. The largest Catholic country in the world, many Protestants are coming home here!!! Brasileiro presente aqui, rapaziada!!! Abraços BR!

@@brunot2481 Thank you so much because your pray, Guy. Keeping spreading the Magisterium Ecclesiae of Roman Catholic Church . Keep spreading the word. Our Lady of Aparecida pray for us

@@brunot2481 promote the Canonization of this six Popes above. They were Great Popes.

Muito obrigado. 🙏🏽😇