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Development of Doctrine in Real Time: Live Debates and Clear Boundaries (#462)
The Acorn and the Oak: Development of Doctrine, Part 2 Picking up right where Part 1 left off, Greg and Cory apply the principles of authentic development to some of today’s most contested questions.…
What Development of Doctrine Really Is (And Isn’t) (#461)
The Acorn and the Oak: Development of Doctrine, Part 1. In this first part of our conversation with Cory, we explore the beautiful Catholic understanding of how doctrine develops. Far from “making…
Mary in the Dock, part 3: Is Mary the New Eve? (#460)
In Episode 3 of the series Mary in the Dock: Ordinary or Extraordinary?, host Greg Smith puts the Catholic doctrine of Mary as the New Eve on trial. Protestants often object that it’s typology…
Mary in the Dock, Part 2: Mother of God — Blasphemy or Biblical Truth? (#459)
In Episode 2 of the series Mary in the Dock: Ordinary or Extraordinary?, host Greg Smith puts the Catholic doctrine of Mary as Mother of God (Theotokos) on trial. Many modern evangelicals recoil at…
Mary in the Dock, Part 1: Is Devotion to Her Idolatry? (#458)
In the powerful opening episode of the new series Mary in the Dock: Ordinary or Extraordinary?, host Greg Smith puts the Catholic practice of Marian devotion on trial. Are prayers like the Hail Mary…
Mystery, Magic, and the Search for Meaning (#464)
In this unscripted, freewheeling conversation recorded at the secret compound, Ed shares the profound shift happening in his heart as he prepares to enter OCIA and come into full communion with the…
Why I’m Not Giving Hot Takes on the New AI Encyclical (Yet) (#463)
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical today — Magnifica Humanitas — addressing the dignity of the human person in the age of artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and rapid technological…
The Sexual Subtext Behind So Many Anti-Catholic Arguments (#462)
Greg dives into a surprising pattern that keeps surfacing in Catholic-Protestant conversations: why so many objections to Catholicism quickly circle back to sex, sexuality, and gender. From the…
Moral Theology, Part 3: Prudential Judgments (#461)
In the final part of this three-part series, Greg takes the philosophical foundation from Episode 1 and the moral schematics from Episode 2 and applies them directly to four very ordinary, everyday…
Moral Theology, Part 2: Tools and Norms (#460)
In the second part of this three-part series, Greg builds directly on the foundation laid in “The Anatomy of Evil” and moves into the practical schematics the Church has spent two thousand years…
Moral Theology, Part 1: The Anatomy of Evil (#459)
In a world of loud moral arguments and social-media slogans, real precision often gets lost. In this three-part series, Greg unpacks one of the most attractive features of Catholic moral theology:…
10 Years Catholic: What We’re Grateful For, and What Still Surprises Us (#457)
In this special conversation episode, Greg sits down with his friend and longtime collaborator Cory to mark the 10th anniversary of the night they both entered the Catholic Church together at the…
Just How Depraved Are You? (#456)
In this candid monologue, Greg retraces his own path from campus-ministry apologetics at a liberal university into the tight, intellectually satisfying world of Calvinism—training in a Calvinist…
"I Never Said You Stole His Money:" Why “Bible Alone” Doesn't Work (#455)
What if the way we’ve been taught to read the Bible is actually creating the very divisions we see today? In this episode of Considering Catholicism, host Greg Smith shares his experience from…
Imago Dei in the Age of AI, Part 4: Our Destiny Lies Beyond the Machines (#454)
This is Part 4 of our four-episode series “What Is Man That You Are Mindful of Him? Imago Dei in the Age of AI.” As artificial super-intelligence seems ready to out-perform us on every measurable…
Imago Dei in the Age of AI, Part 3: Will AI *Really* Change the World? (#453)
This is Part 3 of our four-episode series “What Is Man That You Are Mindful of Him? Imago Dei in the Age of AI.” Everyone says AI is going to completely remake human civilization. Greg agrees it will…
Imago Dei in the Age of AI, Part 2: The Problems AI Can’t Solve (#452)
This is Part 2 of our four-episode series “What Is Man That You Are Mindful of Him? Imago Dei in the Age of AI.” In a world that increasingly measures human worth by output, efficiency, and market…
Imago Dei in the Age of AI, Part 1: Why the Devil Envies You (#451)
This is Part 1 of our four-episode series “What Is Man That You Are Mindful of Him? Imago Dei in the Age of AI.” In a world racing toward artificial super-intelligence that threatens to out-think and…
The Real Reason the Catholic Church Ordains Only Men (#450)
In this episode Greg unpacks one of the most emotionally charged questions on the road to Rome: why does the Catholic Church ordain only men to the priesthood? Drawing from his own painful experience…
Elders or Priests? Why Catholic Authority Isn’t Earned—It’s Entrusted (#449)
In the New Testament, Paul gives clear qualifications for presbyteroi—elders—who must be the husband of one wife, manage their household well, and hold fast to sound doctrine. When Greg was a…
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