Catholic Heritage Show W/ Dr. Estrada

In this episode we briefly discuss the life and writings of the famous second-century Church father, Ignatius of Antioch. To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode161 The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scholar who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and specializes in the history of Christianity and historical theology. He also completed a licentiate (S.T.L) in theology and patristic science at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome and a S.T.B. at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. If you would like to invite Dr. Estrada to speak at your next event, you can contact him at feedback@catholicheritageshow.com or 1-909-575-8035. iOS or Android App of the CH Show iOS App of CHS Android App of CHS Newslette

What is ecumenism? In this brief episode, I briefly discuss what ecumenism is and why Catholics should pursue this endeavor. Join us this week as discuss this important undertaking known as ecumenical dialogue. To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode160 The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scholar who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and specializes in the history of Christianity and historical theology. He also completed a licentiate (S.T.L) in theology and patristic science at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome and a S.T.B. at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. If you would like to invite Dr. Estrada to speak at your next event, you can contact him at feedback@catholicheritageshow.com or 1-909-

The Council of Trent (1545-1563) was summoned by Pope Paul III for a variety of reasons. Join us in this episode as we discuss some of the major reasons for the convocation of this important council. To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode159 The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scholar who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and specializes in the history of Christianity and historical theology. He also completed a licentiate (S.T.L) in theology and patristic science at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome and a S.T.B. at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. If you would like to invite Dr. Estrada to speak at your next event, you can contact him at feedback@catholicheritageshow.com or 1-909-575-8035. i

Vehicles are powerful means of communication. As the years go by, growing numbers of people are utilizing video as a means to do everything from keeping up on the latest news to thinking through various cultural and religious questions. In this brief introduction, I discuss the potent uses made a video by various far left and far right groups within US Catholicism. I encourage our audience to think critically about the information they receive via video, as they should do with any other media. Join us this week as we talk about some of the distinct advantages and challenges posed by video. To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode158 The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scholar who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and spec

How was the Bible interpreted during the first centuries of the Christian faith? In this episode, which is part of our larger series on second-century Christianity, we will briefly outline some of the interpretive strategies used by early marginalized Christian thinkers known as the Gnostics. In this episode, we briefly mention that the Gnostics relied heavily upon the allegory of the cave taken from Plato’s Republic. This metaphor of the cave gave the Gnostic Christians the ability to find in the gospel some of their distinct ideas about the true identity of human beings, the salvation of the soul and the purpose of the creation of the cosmos. Join us this week as we review some of the chief characteristics of biblical interpretation in the Gnostic systems. The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scho

Another important dimension to helping the next generation keep the faith is faith formation. In this episode, we discuss the practical aspects of gaining a greater understanding of our faith in its history. Join us this week as we discuss the importance of preparation in forming the next generation. To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode156 The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scholar who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and specializes in the history of Christianity and historical theology. He also completed a licentiate (S.T.L) in theology and patristic science at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome and a S.T.B. at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. If you would like to invite Dr. Estrada to s

To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode155   The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scholar who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and specializes in the history of Christianity and historical theology. He also completed a licentiate (S.T.L) in theology and patristic science at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome and a S.T.B. at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. If you would like to invite Dr. Estrada to speak at your next event, you can contact him at feedback@catholicheritageshow.com or 1-909-575-8035. iOS or Android App of the CH Show iOS App of CHS Android App of CHS Newsletter Sign-up for the CH Show To sign up for our podcast’s app newsletter, please navigate to: https://catholicheritageshow.

To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode154 The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scholar who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and specializes in the history of Christianity and historical theology. He also completed a licentiate (S.T.L) in theology and patristic science at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome and a S.T.B. at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. If you would like to invite Dr. Estrada to speak at your next event, you can contact him at feedback@catholicheritageshow.com or 1-909-575-8035. iOS or Android App of the CH Show iOS App of CHS Android App of CHS Newsletter Sign-up for the CH Show To sign up for our podcast’s app newsletter, please navigate to: https://catholicheritageshow.co

To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode153 The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scholar who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and specializes in the history of Christianity and historical theology. He also completed a licentiate (S.T.L) in theology and patristic science at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome and a S.T.B. at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. If you would like to invite Dr. Estrada to speak at your next event, you can contact him at feedback@catholicheritageshow.com or 1-909-575-8035. iOS or Android App of the CH Show iOS App of CHS Android App of CHS Newsletter Sign-up for the CH Show To sign up for our podcast’s app newsletter, please navigate to: https://catholicheritageshow.co

To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode151 The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scholar who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and specializes in the history of Christianity and historical theology. He also completed a licentiate (S.T.L) in theology and patristic science at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome and a S.T.B. at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. If you would like to invite Dr. Estrada to speak at your next event, you can contact him at feedback@catholicheritageshow.com or 1-909-575-8035. iOS or Android App of the CH Show iOS App of CHS Android App of CHS Newsletter Sign-up for the CH Show To sign up for our podcast’s community newsletter, please navigate to: https://catholicheritages

To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode151 The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scholar who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and specializes in the history of Christianity and historical theology. He also completed a licentiate (S.T.L) in theology and patristic science at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome and a S.T.B. at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. If you would like to invite Dr. Estrada to speak at your next event, you can contact him at feedback@catholicheritageshow.com or 1-909-575-8035. iOS or Android App of the CH Show iOS App of CHS Android App of CHS Newsletter Sign-up for the CH Show To sign up for our podcast’s community newsletter, please navigate to: https://catholicheritages

What are some of the characteristics of Catholic interpretations of the Bible? In this episode we briefly discuss the phenomenon of balancing tensions. One of the hallmark characteristics of Catholic theology is its attempt to balance tensions. This approach can be best summarized in the phrase “both and”. One of the salient characteristics of the ways in which Catholic interpreters have approached the text of Scripture is an attempt to integrate seemingly opposing ideas. Hence, our description of this approach as balancing the tensions. This tension balancing can be seen, for example, in the ways in which Augustine handled the question of salvation by faith and works. Rather than opt for salvation by faith alone or salvation by works alone, Augustine throughout his life tried to balance the tension of affirming salvation by faith and salvation by good works. Join us this week as we discuss the salient characteristic of historic Catholic approaches to the Bible. To comment on this show or provide feedback, pl

In this brief episode we talk about the nature of textual criticism. First and foremost, we dispel the notion that textual criticism is equivalent to being hostile toward the text of Scripture. Instead, textual criticism refers to the attempt to reconstruct, to the best of our ability, the text of Scripture according to its earliest form. We note that textual criticism involves numerous trips to foreign libraries, the acquisition of facsimiles and other such measures in order to determine what the text the Bible looked like through the centuries across the Roman world. Textual criticism, moreover, is essential for establishing the wording of the texts not only for the study of the Bible but for any ancient or early modern text for that matter. Join us this week as we briefly review this important area within the academic study of the Bible. To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode149 The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians

To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode147 The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scholar who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and specializes in the history of Christianity and historical theology. He also completed a licentiate (S.T.L) in theology and patristic science at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome and a S.T.B. at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. If you would like to invite Dr. Estrada to speak at your next event, you can contact him at feedback@catholicheritageshow.com or 1-909-575-8035. iOS or Android App of the CH Show iOS App of CHS Android App of CHS Newsletter Sign-up for the CH Show To sign up for our podcast’s community newsletter, please navigate to: https://catholicheritages

Which principles should Catholics use when attempting to understand the meaning of the Bible? In this episode, we talk at length about the analogy of faith, a principle which states that individual statements of Scripture should be understood within the larger structure of Catholic beliefs, which are conveniently synthesized in the Nicean-Constantinopolitan creed. We discuss how this principle has characterized the way that famous Catholic bishops, doctors and saints of the church have understood the Bible’s meaning. For many of these thinkers within the Catholic heritage, the Church’s faith established a continual reference point for understanding the meaning of difficult statements in the Bible. At the heart of this conviction was the belief that the same God who led the authors of Scripture to write the text of the individual books of the Bible was the same God who led the church in defiance faith over the centuries. Join us this week as we discuss the analogy of faith as one of the Catholic approach is to

The recent critics of Pope Francis have expanded their criticisms of the pontiff to the entirety of the faithful. They have begun to argue that the Catholic laity en masse has been duped by the clergy from the local parish priest to the pontiff himself. In making this decision, these critics of Pope Francis again reveal that they have far more in common with the early Gnostic critics of the Catholic Church than they with their contemporaries and opponents, the early church Fathers. In this episode, we briefly review some of the more recent assessments on the deception of the faithful, as argued by the English-speaking critics of Pope Francis. All Catholics should be fully aware of certain trends throughout church history. In this regard, the critics of Francis return to a classical line of argumentation leveled by many opponents of the Catholic faith not only from the early church but through the Middle Ages and unto the present day. To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://cath

In this episode, we talk about the importance of knowing the history of biblical interpretation. Join us this week as we discuss an often neglected aspect of our Catholic heritage. The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scholar who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and specializes in the history of Christianity and historical theology. He also completed a licentiate (S.T.L) in theology and patristic science at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome and a S.T.B. at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. If you would like to invite Dr. Estrada to speak at your next event, you can contact him at feedback@catholicheritageshow.com or 1-909-575-8035. iOS or Android App of the CH Show iOS App of CHS Android App of CHS Newsletter Sign-up for the CH Show To sign up for our podc

Paul's words are often used to defend a belief in salvation by faith alone. Protestant Christians have often referred to Paul's statements in Romans 3:28 and Galatians 2:16 as evidence for this teaching? But did Paul really teach salvation by faith alone? In this episode, we continue our discussion of those statements in Paul's Epistles which are often neglected by Protestant Christians.  We will be talking about Romans 2:13, a passage which affirms that God will justify Christians by their works of obedience to the moral law. Join us this week as we continue our discussion of those neglected passages in Paul's Epistles.   To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode143 The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scholar who holds a Ph.D. from the

One of the most striking things about the Council of Trent is how little people know about the council but have strong opinions about it. In this episode, we talk about the fact that most people’s knowledge about the Council of Trent comes through word-of-mouth. In contradistinction to this shallow understanding of Trent’s actual statements, the actual documents produced by the Council of Trent are enormous. In this episode, we encourage our listeners to take the time to read the translated documents of the Council of Trent. Using those translations as a starting point, we argue, is an excellent place to begin one’s study of this extremely important council in the history of the Catholic Church. Join us this week as we talk about the Council of Trent and the importance of studying its decrees in their historical context.   To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode142 The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand

In this episode we discuss what a critical edition of a text is. We note that critical editions are updated presentations of a text according to the best manuscripts available. Join us this week as we discuss critical editions and why they are helpful for the study of our Catholic heritage.   To comment on this show or provide feedback, please navigate to https://catholicheritageshow.com/episode141 The Catholic Heritage is devoted to helping Catholic Christians better understand the history, teachings and culture of their Catholic faith so that they can better love and serve Christ, the Church and their neighbors. Dr. Erik Estrada is a Catholic scholar who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and specializes in the history of Christianity and historical theology. He also completed a licentiate (S.T.L) in theology and patristic science at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome and a S.T.B. at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. If you would like to invite Dr. Estrada to speak at