G K Chesterton: Why am I a Catholic?
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- Dale Alquist, from the American Chesterton Society, presents G K Chesterton's ten thousand reasons to become a Catholic. This powerful video has perhaps converted thousands of lukewarm believers, agnostics, and atheists to the Catholic faith. If you want to learn more about the best Catholic writer of the XX Century, and about the Catholic Church, please go to www.chesterton.org
I was received into the Catholic Church in 2006 officially, and by golly I'll stick therewith! My memories of RCIA and Reception are indelible. I thank God He's led me back thereunto!
I was like a church hopper for many years, and finally, Jesus told me to attend the Church He established and He led me to the Catholic Church. After several years of classes, I joined, and after 57 years, I can still say I have never felt more fulfilled or happier.
57 years? Wow, that is a long journey indeed. Welcome home, my friend. I hope our Lord will brung you great blessings to your life.
How does a self employed carpenter who died over 2,000 years ago tell you to do anything...?
A carpenter who worked many miracles to prove He was God
@@kelman727 That's easy. Jesus not only identifies love as the answer to the world's problems, but defines what love is and shows us what love looks like.
Love, based on Biblical principles or first principle, not only seeks to reconcile mankind to God but also mankind to itself through personal relationships in which we build up rather than tear down. God wants humans to be in relationship with each other in which we don't take advantage of one another. In other words, be our brothers keeper.
Love rather than envy.
To forgive rather than revenge.
To serve rather than be served.
Humility rather than pride.
To lay down our lives for others rather than fight to preserve ourselves while others die.
Human rights are a responsibility rather than an entitlement.
To be a follower of Christ in the modern age is to truly be a "rebel" .
@@stephenmerritt5750 'Human rights are a responsibility rather than an entitlement.'
No. The Second Commandment says otherwise. It is the responsibilty of these who have enough and more of this world's good things, to strive to ensure that the poor and marginalised have a fair share of God's bounty, whch he intended for all his children, as St Ambrose insisted. And don't quote to me; 'The poor you have always with you' ; That was clearly intended by Christ to apply to a specific situation at a specific time.
The Bible almost routinely identifies the rich with the oppressor, the robber, the fraudulent, the violent, the dishonest, etc ; and the Bible conversely regularly identifies the poor with the virtuous, the true Israel. An outstanding example, of course, is Our Lady's Magnificat. Of course there are many exceptions, such as Joseph of Arimathea, but evidently a minority of a relative minority. The Psalms and the books of the Prophets are particularly notable in this context.
I'm beginning to love this guy Chesterton...maybe simply because he is right. Great guy!
Helseth
He also defended Mussolini.
@@kelman727
How?
@@kelman727 So, does it mean something about his reasonings? Unamuno supported Franco at first, and he is one of the best spanish philosophers. Moreover, many important philosophers have supported criminal communist regimes. What is the point?
@@kelman727 and?
@@kelman727 Mussolini was wrong because he lost.
Classic indeed. What a blessing to hear this man.
Im a fan of this guy too. Alquhist. he's a born teacher and a bloody smart one too.
Takes me back to my mid twenties 2005 ewtn. Love my Catholic apostolic church
Mary! My Mother! Maria! Ma Mere!
Mystical Rose!
Flower God chose!
His Son's repose!
You held Him first in your precious womb
You cared and watched over the Bloom
And finally beneath the Cross's gloom
Oh Mother most fair
You are always there
In you now we place our care!
Into your tender Heart
Our pledge is to become part
To you we pray impart
The Master's Loving Art! Amen
By John Joseph Hawkins jr.
I read GK Chesterton's stories, and he is a supreme satirist. He is certainly a breath of fresh air among the world's thinkers, many of whom are quite stale, and even foul, as the rotting corpse of their philosophy will always dispel. Until we have a tremendous appreciation for the truth, and can reason it succinctly, distinctly, and reliably, our silence more dispels our wisdom than ever our speaking. Seek the truth, for to know the truth is freedom.
Ahlquist is a wonderful speaker. Has some of Chesterton's humor.
Indeed, most atheists will deny the necessity or the existence of first principles.
Rodney Burton
I don’t know many people who get their principles from an imaginary friend.
@@kelman727 He never said he got his first principles from an imaginary friend but rather that atheism ignores first principles. He is right.
kelman727 Those who believe in the “imaginary friend” built western civilisation. Atheists weaken nations to make way for foreign invaders, as history can attest, and the current context can also attest.
Joseph you would definitely be wrong. As a Buddhist myself i can tell you that is not the case. Buddha never said to reject God. He said to reject Gods. And that one God is not necessary. Does that dismiss the existence of God. No it merely says that you don't need God to do good deeds and what is right.
@Joseph They still had their own religion - Shinto.
may the souls of the faithfully departed by the Mecy of God resst in peace Amen.
Dale, this by far the best video I'd ever seeing in my life, ( sure a lot of people will hate me comment), it is incredible how clear and unquestionably, you and team portrait out honest Catholic vision of history and present. Lord may and will bless you for this effort!!!
Live Truth. Live Catholic.
Glory be to God.
King of Kings.
Lord of Lords.
Amen
Great Chesterton
Powerful. Worth watching 🎉
Fantastic! I loved all the twelve reasons and their break downs.
I have often enjoyed listening to audio books of Father Brown mysteries with how well they are written. I must not have registered that they were the work of Mr. Chesterton. Now I must get the printed versions of the books and enjoy them as they should be enjoyed.
"Man was an image of God that was meant to walk in paradise."
Best Chesterton quote e v e r. How I love this guy for this sentence a l o n e is unbelievable.
The second best quote concerning Paradise is this one: " As the Lord created the world, he didn´t say anything about "work" (This is from Poland - obviously true😁 )
And why yes my friends THIS wondeful life of a Lord in his paradise is to be rediscovered soon . . .
Great work, keep up the content.
God bless!
EWTN is my tool in learning when I converted,&still do watch now I'm recomening it to somone very dear to me, and to read the fathers of the church to seek out the truth the bible has and especially the book of John which most other religions can't except the real presence of Jesus and the sacrament of the Eucerist. But Truth is right in front of us if we just pull away the blinders of what we where raised to believe,and open our hearts, and prayfully ask for guidance, clesses to help, within the church, Thank you St. Cecellia for welcoming us into the family, ih of course my husband rip✝ and his beautiful family.
Our present Holy Father should read more of the Apostle of Common Sense.
I'm going to Virtue Signal right now by saying what a fantastic fellow this Chesterton is.
cecily006 Chesterton was a good writer but he made a poor choice in religion
@cecilyt006By introducing "virtue signaling" to the comments you have triggered my mind to say this:
Many who imbibe deeply of Catholicism rather than the truth of the gospel of Christ, like to "virtue signal" by mentioning "saints of the Church" e.g., Mary(mother of Jesus) Chesterton, Popes, Fulton Sheen, etc. etc. while true Bible believers only extol the Lord Jesus Christ Who saved them.
@@geraldnichols2722 I am NO a Catholic (or a Christian). There was no virgin birth, this one is as old as the hills, no "original sin" and the idea that anyone can "save you" is absurd.
@@geraldnichols2722 Catholicism is the truth of the Gospel (Matt 16: 18-19). "The Church is the pillar and foundation of truth" (1 Tim 3:15). The Church is a visible society, "built upon the foundation of the Apostles, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone" (Eph 2:19-22).
"Christ came upon earth, not only for those who lived at that time in Palestine, but for men of all times. When He deprived men of His sensible presence, He gave them the Church with her doctrine, jurisdiction, Sacraments and worship, to be as another Christ; it is in the Church that we can find Him. No one goes to the Father--and to go the Father is all salvation and all sanctity--except through Christ: No man cometh to the Father, but by me (John 14:6). But remember well this no less important truth: no one goes to Christ except through the Church; we only belong to Christ if we belong in fact or in desire to the Church. It is only in the unity of the Church that we can live the life of Christ." Abbot Marmion
Our Faith is a family relationship that reflects the Glory of the Holy Trinity. Contine to read Chesterton. Perhaps you will be persuaded.
Thank God for confession. This is a great gift that the Catholic Church alone..by our history..can provide in the 21st century! It's a source of spiritual and psychological freedom and peace! This is something Jesus MUST have thought of !!!!
Absolutely. Use it regularly and I will set your on the right path.
Wow awesome!
love this video
Only a religion which is true can get this guy out of bed... awesome!
didn't Chesterton say that anyone who gives Catholicism a fair hearing will ultimately become Catholic? that,s Reason
That is also why the many will fall unexpectedly into the abyss of hell.
12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
magisterhpp
I never quite understood how an all loving god is also the ceo of an everlasting concentration camp. Even Vlad the Impaler set a term to his victims’ suffering.
@@kelman727 It is quite simple: God = Love. Love *hates* greed and Love *makes no mistakes* . Nothing of the kind will enter the Kingdom of God = Love.
@@kelman727 sorry to but in but...... if you look at the Divine Mercy narrative given to St Faustina, you will see the workings of God much better... In it Jesus says even if your sins were as scarlet I would forgive you.....That is mercy and it's for all men no matter what you did..(accept blasphemy)
As for Hell, image for a moment that you had a daughter and a son who you loved with all your heart, one day a group of men came into your town, and took your children by force, they put a boot on your neck and took turns raping your children in front of you while they screamed for you to help....
Now I can assure you this is a reality for many today who live under the tyranny of Islam. what would you do if when you asked them to repent for the crime and they spat in your face and said no, We would do it again and we are sorry we didn't do more
This is the Reason Chesterton is talking about, you have to be fair to God otherwise you are saying no to reason and allowing confusion to rule you.
Kelmam727 Above all God is Just but is merciful if we repent of our sins. We have no idea what we are doing when we sin against God who deserves our obedience not our rebelliousness
*HISTORY* shows that our Messiah Jesus Christ founded a Church and it is the Catholic Church, with Saint Peter the Rock as it's firm FOUNDATION.
The force is strong with this one.
That is right !
@@Btn1136 The Force is strong in you young Brian but you are not a Jedi yet.
The term Christian and Catholic was first used by St. Ignatius of Antioch in the early second century, the first term refers to the followers of Jesus (has nothing to do with religion), while the second term was the name given by Apostles to the Apostolic Union according to their universal faith in Jesus Christ, in (Hebrews 12-23) it can be observed that the author writes exactly that, he calls the Church (Universal Assembly) for those who do not know the meanings of the words, *Universal Assembly* is the same as *Catholic Church.*
Hebrews 12
*23* _"KATHOLIKA kai ekkêsia prôtotokôn apogegrammenôn en ouranois kai kritê theô pantôn kai pneumasi dikaiôn teteleiômenôn;"_
*23* _"To the general (syno.: universal) assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect;"_
Assembly = *Church*
Universal or General = *Catholic*
"Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church." Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Smyrneans, 8:2 (c. A.D. 110)".
I would have care how you use universal. For universal could confuse someone from the universalists heretics.
Proverbs 21: 16
A man who strays from the path of understanding comes to rest in the company of the dead.
@Sunil Sunny Yes.
Truth what's important :-
2 Timothy 3 : 16 - 17
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
That is what Martin Luther rightly did, he just went back to the Truth of the Scriptures.
Many Sects have their own doctored Bible i.e. the Catholic Bible, the Jehovah Witness Bible, the teachings from the Book of Mormon etc., all of these have had teaching added to or taken away from, the truth of scripture of The Holy Bible, for their own 'dubious purposes.'
great man
humility
Love him
I have always loved Chesterton since being introduced to him by my father at the age of thirteen, over the two years following I read through his complete works cover to cover. I have always thought that his single greatest flaw was that he was a Catholic, but if you break down his defense of Catholicism you will find that his defenses apply to a larger group than the Catholic Church alone. In fact I think most of the examples he gives would apply to any true, honest, and obedient Christian Church in all of history. Beyond this even, his defense of Catholicism is based on the ideal Catholic Church, not the real Catholic Church that we have seen Perverted and tyrannized so many times throughout history by its own leaders.
@Khrotso Koza The "Real universal (catholic) church cannot be found physically because it is a spiritual organism called in scripture The Body of Christ. Look up the "church the Body of Christ" in the Bible. You will only find it in the epistles of Paul since the Lord revealed it to Paul after His resurrection. The 12 apostles and other disciples of Jesus before that, knew nothing of how to become a member of the Body of Christ church.
Judas was not a reason to abandon the other eleven and the Church. Jesus promised that “the forces of the netherworld will not prevail against it.” satan has been trying since then to lead people away from the Church by infiltrating it. Don’t fall for it. Choose the Eucharist Instead.
@Khrotso Koza Did Jesus not say his kingdome is not of this world? Or to live you must die, and to die you live? I think this thread is more about the scriptural Universesal Church which by definition is has the same meaning of the Catholic Church, but different than the ROMAN Catholic Church. Focus on what Jesus told the woman by the well, when she asked him where should she worship in the Semaritan temple or in a Jerusalem with the Jews? Jesus replied that what God seeks is worshippers in spirit and truth. So the physical location or a type of leader is not as important, you seeking/worshipping in truth and worshipping in spirit is the most important.
Yes I agree, its Ahlquest that muddles the water of Chestertons words when he brings up examples of protestant and Catholic. But the main difference to make is that of the biblical universal church which is the same as the Catholic church.... but not the same as the ROMAN Catholic church. I would be intrested in hearing Chestertons exact words about the ROMAN Catholic church and the Catholic Church.
HMR.Videos, the Roman Catholic Church Is the one that can trace its leadership directly to Peter to whom Jesus gave the keys to His kingdom until His return. This is the Church of Chesterton and the one that has the Eucharist - the actual body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus. Protestants do not have this.
Jesus said that “the forces of the netherworld will not prevail against it” meaning satan may infiltrate it and attack it for thousands of hears but it will always hold the fullness of the faith in its official teachings.
Francis is heretical and many good Catholics, including some cardinals, are calling him out for trying to destroy the Church. But no good Catholic would every leave it. “To whom shall we go, Lord, You have the words of eternal life.”
What does JKC say about Martin Luther being thrown out of the Catholic church and the 95 theses? Or about about the Holy Spirit? Which I can have more material to look up... I wonder if there are knownquotes about these and other topics in have in mind.
Let’s gooo!
This is so quaint as to be endearing.
Muito bom!
The one true church. ..amen
Hes right of course.
Going from this Dale Alquist to the one with a beard and glasses sure is a shock!
And the name of the music???
I think Sean Austin would make a superb GKC.
G.K and Hildebrand were sages
Who is Hildebrand? I'm intrigued.
Thankyou
You are good.
The word is the confrontation to sin... word is rock sword and stone.
Proud being Catholic here..
Welcome home sir.
FIRST PRINCIPAL. AGAPE MEN DESIRE QUALITY
Chesterton seems to speak with some measure of certainty of the Catholic Church and, in fact, appeals to its steadfastness and truth as the prime measure of its authority. Why does it feel that Chesterton was NOT speaking of the 2021 synodal catholic church that has been told by its current pontificate to "expect surprises from the God of surprises", and to not hold on to certainties, and that we don't need a new church, we just need to change the current one. Would Chesterton have converted under current church leadership?
What would Chesterton had made of the contemporary Catholic Church?
ora et labora it would have no doubt,but he would remain.
I loved this show. I'd like to hear some more reasons. So far nothing has been said that isn't equally true of the Orthodox Faith.
There can ONLY be one truth, or didn't you get that?
@@wolfthequarrelsome504 Well somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed. And that's bullshit. For example, it is true that Christianity and Islam both teach that there is only one God. This is not enough information to know which religion, if either, is worth following.
@ora et labora I've read quite a few books, thank you. Are you suggesting that by reading certain books I'll be lead to the axiomatic truth of Catholicism? Doubt it. Thanks for that, though. I appreciate that vague, nebulous response. "Read some books"... what does that even mean? What books do you think I need to read that you assume I haven't read?
@ora et labora You know this, do you? I'm actually almost finished with that book. But just because I read a book by a man doesn't mean that I will agree with everything he says. He was Catholic. You see? Clear disagreements there. And if you don't know the answer to something, why don't you just say "I don't know" or don't respond. It would be much better than this nonsense that you and the other guy are doing; giving vague, opaque answers to inquiries instead of answering them directly.
Casper Jack Jehovah is not Allah. One is God, the other is god.
At the 2:47 min mark ''that Catholicism is true''. I believe that is true. I am not Catholic.
@Richard Holmes Why aren't you Catholic? I'm Catholic myself and believe is true
Love the video minus the slide whistles
The confessional is a good idea.
I leave the confessional knowing I am forgiven. I have faith that God forgives, but I like being told by an ordained priest that God has absolved my sins.
Me too
It only took 1100 years for the doctrine of confession to a priest to appear in the RCC/ Catholic churches. There was no priest to offer sacrifices to in the new testament and there was no confession to anyone but the Lord for forgiveness of sins .
Boblawb look at church history with an open mind. Jesus lived two thousand twenty years ago he chose twelve apostles to guide the church He gave them authority to establish the church in His name and it's based on scripture and tradition that which was not written down but by word of mouth. He established the sacraments baptism with St John the Baptist the Eucharist at the last Supper confession when He said to the apostles whose sins you shall forgiven whose sins you shall retain they are retained. Ordination Jesus was the annointed One and passed that on to the apostles. Etc Peter was Simon before he was called Peter rock
@@marydolan587 Jesus lived two thousand twenty years ago he chose twelve apostles to guide the church He gave them authority to establish the church in His name and it's based on scripture and tradition that which was not written down but by word of mouth.
really? So when Peter addresses the crowd in Acts 2: he is quoting from and relying on what?
He established the sacraments
sacraments are a Catholic term and you do not attain salvation by the sacraments . Salvation is by grace and it is a gift not something you work for , so doing the sacraments sounds pious but in reality it will not give you salvation .
baptism with St John the Baptist by full immersion after confession of sins and repentance
the Eucharist at the last Supper ,
but not the same as Jesus performed it ,at all.
confession when He said to the apostles whose sins you shall forgiven whose sins you shall retain they are retained.
A troubling doctrine ( confession to a priest ) that has no foundation in scripture by word or by practice of the early church until the 1100's where it is brought into the Catholic church. as a doctrine / sacrament.
Ordination Jesus was the annointed One and passed that on to the apostles.
And when the apostles passed on from this life there is no record in scripture that says that there was any succession of the apostles . The believers were the ones who spread the gospel.
Etc Peter was Simon before he was called Peter rock
Yes Peter had a name change and the Catholic church gave him an upgrade in status even though there are many verses that describe Peter as being less than the rock Jesus named him. Jesus is the Rock of our salvation and He built His church on himself and Peter and the apostles are part of the foundation .
I have looked at Catholic church history and it is dismal ,just as dismal as the protestant denominations ,all saying they are the true church.
Jesus called His church "MY CHURCH" He did not call it anything else and there were no names of churches recorded by any of the writers of the new testament.
The Church that Jesus founded is the true church and everything that the true church should believe is found in the scriptures. 2 Tim 3:15-17
Any new beliefs that are taught as truth and not found by example in the scriptures are not truth but fabrication by man for his own reasons.
That removes
purgatory
Limbo
baptism by sprinkling without confession of sin or age of accountability
indulgences
confession to a priest
Popes
Cardinals
Mary as more than the mother of Jesus her firstborn
the Eucharist as a bloodless re sacrifice of Jesus
Eucharist , transubstantiation
penance as defined by
Penance is self-punishment done to try to right a wrong, or the receipt of absolution from sins from a priest by fulfilling some requirement.
We are the One True Church and that must be known and not argued against!
The Catholic church will know it is right when it suffers for what is right.
does someone can tell me where i can find the music in the beggining ?
Hi Planteruines. Please write to the American Chesterton Society. They will tell you. 🙏🙏🙏
@@UponThisTube thank you
what's the name of the music?
Who's playing GK?
bammbamm12 John "Chuck" Chalberg
don't think alqhuist would approve of father james martin sj. love to get his view on him though.
yes.
I wonder how this guy would answer today, when Francis is the pope?
Francis is NOT the Pope but antipope! Please see www.vaticancatholic.com also mostholyfamilymonastery.com
Thank you and God bless you!
Hey I just wonder if you ever read the story of the twelve apostles they were the worst of the worst but Jesus call them He didn't care there behaveing He came to heel the sick not the good ones how a bout the history of the popes how many of they were bad but our church still standing today after 2020 years no evil will destroyed who ever talk against the pope it is anti Christ because He represent Jesus Christ either you like it or not and He will answer to God what is doing not you or me I pray for Him every day
I think he would remain faithful to the Faith thus the Church
@@danielwoods6210 if you claim he is an anti pope then you are suggesting there is a true Pope outside Rome. Pope Francis is the pope. Unless you attended the conclave and you saw him forcing himself to the throne of Peter
Ave Christus Rex
Ave Maria
Imagine trying to find the "Catholic Church" of which G. K. Chesterton spoke, today. 99.9x% of those churches that even say "Catholic" do not fit the description he gave. To find that 0.0x% one should look for such descriptions as "traditional," "traditionalist," "Latin Mass." What one finds in such few churches today is alone what one would have found in virtually every church in Chesterton's day as would have been called Catholic.
but some people are going to label this guy as too conservative
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Yanks overlook the fact he hated millionaires and favoured his own system - ‘distributism.’
JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THE REAL THRUD IS OUR CATOLIC CHURCH!!!!!!!!!!IN DEED AMEN ALLELUIA PRAISE THE GOOD LORD FOR WATH HE REALLY IS ON OUR CATHOLIC FAITH.AMEN GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS TO SPEAK THE TRUTH TO THE ALL WORLD! AMEN♥🙏
The only reason why I am listening to this is because of Alan Watts
I have a question. How can someone who is so in love with Chesterton be a defender of the heretical Francis? Interesting to see how when the devil hits the stage he brings out his full cast
Francis may have said heterodox stuff, but he's not a heretic. It's easy to feel like we're living in the worst crisis of the churhc, but we've actually had way worse popes and darker periods. Sure, we aren't in the brighest moment of the church, but blame it all on the pope is wrong. After all he continues to oppose abortion, religious same sex marriage, female priests and so on. Tha fact that only 8 popes have been canonized in the last 1000 or so years shows that we've had pretty average men on the chair, but it's still the chair of St Peter and Chesterton, if alive, despite the critics he would probably make against the current papacy, would still recognize its authority.
@@TrollsFormers05 Dude, the pope presided over a literal pagan ritual in the Vatican gardens during the Amazon Synod. The popes you are referring to erred on precision of doctrine or personal morals. They never, not a one, had pagan worship in the Vatican. Watch the video of the Amazon Synod at Vatican Gardens. They all bowed down in front of wooden Pachamama idols...that pope Francis BLESSED! no sorry no other pope has ever been this bad.
@@dnznznfjsnsnsms9996 TRUE the last GOOD Pope I think is Pope John Paul II. The Catholic Church still STANDS since it's foundation in the 1st century AD.
@@Darth_Vader258 unfortunately he too did awful things at Assisi. But he at least didn't try to change moral doctrine
@Israel Siqueira I totally agree with you. Keep the good work!
So does for sure the universal church has the same meaning as the "catholic church." Which I completely agree with. But does Chesterton specifically mean that catholic church is exclusive to the Roman Catholic church? I totally disagree with Chesterton, which Alquest seems to muddle with his commentary. How do Chesterto and Ahlquest explain the fact that Martin Luther never wanted to leave the Roman Catholic church but wanted to reform it from the inside, but it was the church that expelled him out... Which then Luther had no choice than to start his own church?
@oldcorps76 i notice that Protestants wither in debates with athiests. Why? Because the have no foundation. They do not have the foundation and pillar of Truth.
Luther was offered to present his ideas and ran and to hide.
Bishops and priest love good debates... especially in the middle ages to early modern as that's all they had to really do.
23:16 i have to disagree, i feel that true psychology fits perfectly with every single truth the catholic church preaches.
because psychology is a religion not a science....Catholicism renders psychology superfluous .
Then there cannot be many "true psychologists." Honestly, how many psychologists accept what the Church teaches?
So they agree with people being able to change their sex? No.
The Church opposes same sex relationships. Psychology is fine with it. And the list goes on. Not sure where you are seeing the similarities.
@@ruthgilmour8399 I know lots of orthodox Catholic psychologists...just because some psychologists get things wrong doesn't mean that psychology as a discipline is unscientific or wrong.
@@andrewsheedy4513 We seem to disagree about mere statistics. What percentage of accredited psychologists accept Church teaching. My informal experience --- based on the APA's support of gay marriage and support of non-binary sex-pairing tells me the percentage is rather small. Your numbers may be better-informed, however. What are your sources?
Tell pope Francis that. He doesn't seem to understand but he can't change church teaching. I wonder if Chesterton would come into the church if he were alive today and not catholic yet.
That is not new, see anti pope & evil pope.
You need to go to confession after writing that. I'm not joking.
I like the dry ice effects
Fabulous thank you. Please check out his beautiful poem The Donkey recited on my channel. Gb
When everybody goes against fashion doesn’t that become the fashion
I pledge allegiance to the pope!
Against ALL challenges!
Chesterton's writings were in unity with the pre-Second Vatican Council teaching. Chesterton's writings have not changed, but the "new teachings" and the encyclicals of every Pope, since 1959, are in direct opposition to Chesterton's writings. When was the last time (or the first time for that matter) that a Pope spoke about no salvation outside of the church, Jesus Christ is God's word incarnate, heaven and hell does exist and both are eternal, original and actual sin, what are the seven sacraments and why the Church gives them to us, etc. The last six Popes have concentrated and promulgated on secular humanism.
All of this is true, except even moreso for the orthodox Church.
It wasn't the Orthodox Church that stood up to the Soviet Union. It was Pope John Paul II. The Catholic Church learned this lesson the hard way and separated from worldly powers some thousand years ago, after Philip IV of France forced Pope Clements hand to disband the Templar Knights and burn them at stakes.
Although I have great respect for the Orthodox Church. It is not universal.
Wonder what he would think if he could see the state of the Church today?🤔
I think he would think just the same.
Nothing that had or would happen in the Church could ever invalidate the true Church.
Wow!
I’d like to hear Chesterton’s explanation how the Catholic deification of the Virgin Mary is “true” doctrine according to the Bible. Mary was not exalted in any teaching of Jesus or the apostles. The Bible says NOBODY was sinless except for Jesus and at the last supper Jesus instructed his disciples to remember only him, not Mary, not John the Baptist, not Abraham, only himself.
How are you on exegesis? You probably never heard of it.
So much of what is presented here seems to me to have been turfed by The Church. Modernism is creeping into the sermons I here at (virtually) any N.O. Mass. The parish priest down the road tends to preach more psychology than theology.
When I converted to The Church it was at a Traditional Latin Mass. I'm afraid that many who grew up in the post-councilliar church might object to much of this video. :(
- Reg
+JMJ
I've sadly shared similar experiences, I attended a local parish on Sunday for the first time and was shocked at the use of a band of electric guitars and drums and a rainbow flag sticker plastered on the gates. Priests I feel are generally hesitant to fully speak on the actual truth of Christ and make mass into a feel good show. May Lord have mercy.
They are Freemasons and communists.
You could basically supplement Christian church for Catholic Church ….it would change anything !
I really thought this was a SNL sketch.
Hilarious! It does have the staging appearence
Wonderful explanation of sin.
Lol how do I know you are an American protestant? Read some theology bro
Drew Bakka Are you saying you disagree with Chesterton? I'm Catholic but don't try to say I'm a theologian. I did have a lot of theology but forgot a other of what I learned. Sorry if I offended you.
I am rather baffled that such a great thinker seems to have such blindspots when it comes to the institution of the catholic church. If in this video he was using "true Christianity" instead of "Catholic church" I would more or less entirely agree, but as it stands I find most of his claims either hard to defense, indefensible or plain wrong.
The apostolic Catholic church is the only church that can be traced back to Christ through the papacy ,256 popes all the way back to PETER.We have had terrific popes and terrible popes.The office is greater than the individual.Christ had no sooner said to PETER you are the rock on which I build my church when he said, get behind me Satan, when PETER objected to Christ foretelling the passion that he must indure.The church was born in crisis and will be in crisis till Christ returns.The gate's of hell will not prevail.The majority of Catholics will abandon the Catholic church and truth of its doctrine of the Faith just like at the foot of the cross only one of apostles stood,the rest jumped from the boat because of the storm.
Brendan Ryan The Rock to which Jesus was referring when He said “Upon this Rock...” was He Himself ( the Great Rock),not Peter ( who was Cephas, a stone, a little rock).
@@gregsolovieff6711 Nope! Matthew was written first in Aramaic and not Greek. The Aramaic word for "Rock" is 'Kepha' which refers to 'Peter' not Jesus.
@@brendanryan5437 How old are you? I pray for your soul now!
Greg Solovieff wrong just your interpretation of scripture
As a moderate protestant I support GK Chesterton's run for sainthood 2020. Anyone who doubts him performing a miracle must not have read Man Who Was Thursday. The book had a huge car chase scene 6 months before Model T Ford was launched!
I do think that he underestimated his own girth a bit in "Why I am catholic": By writing about Catholic church being "the only thing", instead of say, "the best in", in his rush to preach to the regulars, his big butt slammed the church door shut before casuals got in to hear his sermon.
I don't see how orthodoxy doesn't do the same things. Just asking.
Eastern ORthodox is dead...schism 2018...The Catholics were right...Throne of St. PEter or nothing..
Orthodoxy denies the immaculate conception of Mary, so it's cringe
It's outside the authority of the church... Remember....authority comes from the author.
The question is, why are we Romans?
GKC live at a time when there was a pope on the seat of Peter. Lucky man.
There is a biblical passage that doesn't come to mind in it's exact form but that goes something like "God takes a bad view of calumny against his priests."
Put an end to death and revealed the Resurrection.
GREAT MAN ???
I THINK SO.. RIGHT GLENN?
the g is a general
Catholic cringe truth-twisting: "by the foreseen merits of her son Mary was born without original sin", answered somebody on my feed, but I cannot find the comment. How can God in the form of the Son acrue merit????? And how can the Messiah´s merit be given to his mom or any family member just because? Mary, like everyone else, had to accept God´s "merit" (full forgiveness) by accepting the sacrifice of the cross. Even Mary was dead in her sins. Ignore scripture at your own peril.
Why are you here?
Tell us the real truth. Start by naming your denomination and the idea that God can do anything.
The claim that the Roman church is the only church that can claim to be THE church is historical nonsense. It was one region of the church with a bishop overseeing its affairs, just as there were other regions of the world with bishops overseeing their affairs. One holy, catholic, and apostolic church.
Then, for reasons, I'm sure, the bishop of Rome decided that he should be the Bishop over all bishops. Problem was the other bishops, who had enjoyed co-equality with one another, including the bishop of Rome, for over a thousand years didn't want to give that up. Even less so now their knees to Rome!
You can't argue with history. Rome ISN'T the only church.
Chesterton doesn't agree...and neither do I.
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Famous people have been wrong before. Even saints. C.S. Lewis admired Chesterton. And Tolkien. Yet he didn't turn to Rome after his conversion. Nor did her feel any need to.
But Peter Kreeft did. After being raised a staunch Calvinist.
Five justices on the Supreme Court are Catholic and although they may not have used their training in natural law to give the right to life to the unborn, their integrity and fidelity to the Constitution did lead them to overturn Roe v. Wade and sent the question back to the States. So hat tip to them!
I am convinced that Big is the New Bad.
Big Pharma
Big Tech
Big Media, etc.
But one of the worst of the Bigs is Big Religion.
Nice video - only thing is, going back to the "origins of the church" (1:40ff) should have brought him to the Orthodox Church, from which Roman Catholicism split in 1054 ... he did not quite go back far enough to reach the origins of the faith ... pre-denominational Catholicism is Orthodoxy ... worth checking out and following up on ... and all the statements that proclaim it to be the "only thing that ..." are more true about Orthodoxy than Roman Catholicism, which from an Orthodox viewpoint has tampered with truths unilaterally, especially after the split from the original body of the Orthodox ...
but Orthodoxy lacks communion with Rome, with the ROCK. I was baptised Orthodox but have come to Catholicism by the grace of the Spirit.
@@candletabletop154 yes, it lacks communion with Rome for good reason, as Rome split away from the ancient Truths and went off on its own... Lord have mercy on all
What's "Roman Catholicism" exactly and produce your successor to Peter.
I was born of the Spirit at 32 years of age and it wasn’t a church nor “the” church that saved me, it was Jesus. The error I see many make is to attribute too much to the Church organization (and this isn’t only true of the Catholic organization, it is also true of many Protestant groups). What I mean by this is the fact that Jesus is the Truth as well as the dispenser of the Truth by His Holy Spirit, our Helper, our conscience, individuality not corporately. We individually make up what is The Church, not an organized body meeting in a building made with hands. It is a spiritual body that isn’t bound by physical boundaries. Mary worship, praying to Mary and other dead saints, veneration of popes and other people, and pomp and ceremony all have nothing to do with a true relationship with Jesus.
The essential issue is justification. Rome teaches that man has to cooperate with God in his own justification. The Bible teaches that God is just and the justifier of the one who has faith in the annointed (Christ) Jesus. Rome is wrong. The babbling on this video hides the deep error of Rome.
@@kenzeier2943 Exactly! Rome disqualifies itself immediately by siding with the likes of the "Judaizers" Paul rebukes in Galatians. Adding anything, anything, anything to the gospel Paul preached makes it invalid for salvation. See 1 Cor. 15:1-4, Rom. 5:1, Eph. 1:13, 2:8-10--- for starters.
When we decide for ourselves what is true and just there is no truth and justice. Something is true or not . It is not relative to what each of us decide is true. We need the church to convey the truth taught by Jesus and the apostles. Only one Church dates back to Jesus The Catholic Church. We don't worship anyone but the three persons in the Blessed Trinity.
You guys better read Exodus. God's instructions on how He is to be worshipped. And regarding asking for Mary's intercession, have you ever asked a friend to pray for you, or offered a prayer for someone? That's what Catholics do when they pray (communicate) to Mary. You shouldn't be very condescending, because if you answered Yes to the question, then are your prayers, or you, worth more than Mary's, the mother of Jesus, who responded to God's will without question, who accompanied her Son all the way to Golgotha and watched Him die for our salvation? Btw, we Catholics do not worship Mary as you all claim that's what we do. We honor her for she is favored by God. It is in the Bible in the Gospel of Luke, so you can check it out. Please do not speak of things you have no understanding of, or of misconceptions of the teachings of the Church. You may want to read the Cathechism, unless you want to remain hateful.
Karen Nanni LoL, you are the one that needs to do better research. Where in the Bible do you see anyone kissing the feet of statues while crying and praying to it? Give me a break.
Considering the state of the Catholic church in the aftermath of Vatican II, as well as the current version of the Nostra Aetate, along with numerous other issues: this video, as well as Chesterton's statements, has not held up very well.
and it aways did.
To be upfront I am an atheist. My legitimate question is how can it be said the church is the highest thing if they cover up atrocities like pedophilia? I am a person seeking to explore truth to all its extents so that quest has lead me here among other places. I need an explanation for the covering up of those acts.
Because the Church is indeed a hospital for sinners, not a museum of saints. Pedophilia is prevalent across all boards. I'm not defending it, but I just wanna say that pedophilia in institutions is small in comparison to pedophilia in other categories. These abuse is not just existent in the Church, but in other religions, churches, schools, organizations, and others. In addition, God used different kinds of people to lead everyone. And yes, this include sinful people, even though with authority and power. All men are sinful, and that include those who have positions. All individuals are indeed fallible, but the Church and her deposit of faith is infallible over everything else here in our world. I guess you can wonder why throughout the Church's history, many nations, empires, sects, beliefs fall when they existed side by side with the Church, yet the Church is still standing strong? Why when the world is surrounded by evil, the Church is like a fort or castle holding down the truth, despite the accusations given to them, inside and out? The Church experience this thing before in history, it's because of fallible people. Yet it continues to stand for some reason because the good of the world is also in the Church.
@@PVCGunita A part of me would never want the church to fall because religion in general does provide something to society. Certain religions are more violent then others and the reasons for their violence differ and violence is beneficial and helps maintain followership. That being said The Church leadership covered up Pedophilia. How is the truth of The Church valid? Are the leadership closer to God? Honest question.If they are How would god allow this to go on? This isn't new either. Hundreds of years. People are fallible but the Priest uses his connection to God, their fatherly position to gain the trust of his victim to utterly destroy them in the end. Why would anybody be inspired to maintain loyalty to a group of humans that are proven conspirators in child victimization? Why not go independent with your worship of god? As i said i am an atheist but some of the best people i know are Christian I just want to understand.
@@mickD87 just because you have some sort of position doesn't mean you are closer to God. What you have is a duty and a responsibility to keep our faith and show the example of it. That is what the people in position should do. For they have a greater responsibility. It's not like everyone in leadership knows about what happened, but rather there were some immoral people who hid it in secret, or ignored it. Those certain individuals are at fault, but never the church as a whole.
@@mickD87 In addition, one is not Catholic because they follow a certain individual. They are Catholic because of the teachings and the truth provided by the Church. For example, one is Catholic not because of the pope, the fashion, the priests, the music, and such. Rather, one is Catholic because it upholds many truths, one that Jesus is really present in the bread and wine during Mass, the Eucharist.
@@PVCGunita So is it fine to find God on your own?
Romanism isn't biblical if you ADD a whole series of other things to get eternal life
@Scottfrye0001112222 Thank you for visiting our channel and leaving a comment; we truly appreciate it. Could you please clarify your statement? Specifically, what do you mean by referring to the Roman Church as "Romanism"? What issues do you see with the Pope, the Church, and its authority being based in Rome? Additionally, what are the points you believe need to be added? If you are genuinely interested in saving souls, as Christ said, "A new commandment I give you: Love one another as I have loved you," and since God desires our salvation, I must assume you, as a disciple of Christ, wish to save my soul. However, your comment seems too brief and lacking in explanation for such a profound topic. Are you suggesting that criticizing the Church as "Romanist" makes your view more credible and interested in our salvation? Perhaps you could start by addressing one of the arguments presented by G.K. Chesterton in this video.
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