The Assumption of Mary: Protestant Critique (REBUTTED)

In this rebuttal video Trent examines Gavin Ortlund’s case against belief in the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Bodily Assumption into heaven.

[raulramirez]

After 14 years as a protestant I've decided to become Catholic in part because of your videos thank you so much! 💯🙏😁

[jdjefferson]

O I just love our Blessed Mother so much, how can you not? She's just so lovable🕊

I was an atheist and fully entrenched in the evils of the world for many years, but praise God the rosary and Our Lady of Guadalupe lead me to Christ and to truly love and believe in her Son.

[jakobi]

I’m a Protestant (Lutheran) who holds a high view of Mary watching this on the day of the feast of the assumption to try and figure out what I believe about this. Thanks for the video!

[EmperrHrde]

I always appreciate it when protestants can disagree with Catholics and Orthodox without being dishonest. The "fight me IRL" tough-guy way of argumentation, that has become disturbingly popular, is extremely off-putting and uncharitable, and Dr. Ortlund stays away from that, so props to him.

[petery]

"The Bible says if you have 6 children, you have to become Catholic or Mormon" Trent just casually dropping facts.

[Tzimiskes]

People on CC's channel were saying that Trent would definitely make a rebuttal to that video.

And Trent did not fail us, once again.

[wordonwatches]

Another great video which equals heat with light.

We really need more like this, thoughtful and well presented from both sides.

Everyone can benefit from this video because it’s quality content from both sides which greatly benefits us as viewers.

May God continue to bless the ministries of both of these men.

[debbiekirk]

Thank you so much for your rebuttal! I’ve been waiting for it. God Bless you and your family!

[TheThreatenedSwan]

It's funny when evangelicals take the pretense of being closer to the Bible and early Church without all these silly RC accretions when they always change quite substantially to be particular to their place and time, in this case 21st century America. They would look totally bizarre to Christians at any other time and place

[brandonp]

Thanks for making this video. God bless!!

[ronyc]

Thank you Trent for responding to this Gavin video. When I was listening to his video last week, inside I was hoping that you would do a rebuttal to it and you didn’t disappoint haha! Please always do these Gavin rebuttals (when of course they’re needed)!! 🙏🏽

[anastasiabennett]

Thank you, Trent, for your content. I love the comments section of these videos. Seeing so many Jesus lovers getting excited about the Catholic faith is great. Even if people disagree, it's fantastic that so many good conversations pop up from these rebuttals. May God have mercy on us and bless us!

[kierstinodell]

Your rebuttals are so helpful! So often I encounter these types of videos from intelligent, open-minded, well-intentioned Protestants and don’t have a way to refute what they are saying. Thankful apologists like you exist, Trent.

[Firebreath]

The Greek Orthodox Church shares the same belief, but calls it "The Dormition of the Theotokos". It's another example of the many things we share with our Catholic brethren.

[denisemullarkey]

I have to admit Mary was hard for me to accept, but the Rosary blew my mind

[Faithofthefathers]

I was anxiously waiting for this video!

[JohnDeRosa]

This was an excellent, well-researched response! Thanks for posting this Trent. I was glad to hear you bring up Jude 9 as I've found that to be quite a relevant point.

[jmmanley]

I'm a recent convert. Ortlund's points are well articulated and reflect what my concerns were when joining the church. Sometimes I still experience these concerns. However, as Trent (person not the council) mentioned, pretty much everything that Ortlund said about Mary's assumption can be said about the New Testament canon, both in its lateness, the diversity of opinion as to which books were inspired, and so on. Moreover, while it was in the 4th Century that we see Athanasius give the exact NT canon, the church did not dogmatically declare the canon until the Reformation some 1200 years later.

[MathAdam]

What a treat to wake up on August 15 to find this articulate discussion about the Assumption with these two brilliant Christian apologists.

[cactoidjim]

Gavin's core objection seemed to be: "I just don't think it's reasonable for a Church to *demand* that people believe a doctrine which I don't think has enough evidence."

This is what JWs and Oneness Pentecostals say about the Trinity, etc.

He's bringing up the ever-present issue of Authority, but wrapping it up in a specific dogma and using his opinion of that dogma to attack Authority obliquely instead of directly.