One Church to Rule Them All: Discovering the "Big C" Catholic Church of the Creeds | Ep. 14

CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOM

As protestants, we'd sometimes say one of the ancient Creeds, including the line affirming a belief in the "one, holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church." This always confused me, since we weren't Catholic.

To get around this, I was frequently told that "Catholic" in the Creeds referred to "little c" catholic, a generalized reference to all, or most Christians.

But when I dug into the writings of the Church Fathers, the men who wrote and defended the Creeds, I found absolutely nothing like this "little c" idea of the "catholic church." They everywhere asserted and defended only the "Big C" Catholic Church: a single, visible society possessing a unity of faith, worship, and government.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro

02:05 - "Little c" catholic in the Creeds

04:28 - "Big C" Catholic in the Church Fathers

09:12 - St. Ignatius of Antioch

12:06 - Muratorian Fragment

13:52 - Tertullian

15:31 - St. Cyprian of Carthage

18:34 - Ecumenical Council of Nicaea

24:16 - St. Cyril of Jerusalem

28:30 - Ecumenical Council of Constantinople I

29:59 - St. Augustine

38:00 - St. Vincent of Lerins

43:27 - Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon

44:58 - Conclusion

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