A Protestant Talks With a Catholic Theologian (First of Five Conversations)

A Protestant and a Catholic Theology Professor kick around a bunch of the things the have in common and a bunch of the things they don't.

This is PART 1 of a FIVE PART series of conversations
Here are links to all five parts of this series:

[aespejolc]

I am a catholic priest. I love your videos, it helps me to understand what other denominations believe and understand. I love your openess and most specifically your thirst for thruth and understanding the mystery of Jesus Christ. Keep up the good work, keep up looking! God bless.

[wilhufftarkin]

You should totally talk to Fr. Mike Schmitz! That would probably be the most wholesome conversation possible ;)

[jenc]

I love how the Protestant guy intently listened.

Jesus must be happy seeing us united.

[frjohn]

Great discussion guys! From an agnostic convert to Catholicism now ministering as a Catholic priest.

[ChachiTelevision]

Former Protestant — Catholic for 6 years now. We’re thankful that you’re having these discussions, man. Praying for you — please pray for us too.

[behling]

I was once a protestant. Now I'm a Catholic. I converted in 2018 and in 2019 I had my first communion and confirmation.

[isaiaht.]

I have been a Protestant my whole life, and I just attended my first RCIA class yesterday! I researched Catholicism for almost 2 years before I took the leap of faith, and God willing I’m on my way to full communion. Keep the awesome videos coming, Matt! If possible you should reach out to the Apologists at Catholic Answers, that would be fantastic dialogue!

[AJ_Jingco]

FINALLY a Protestant who is RESPECTFUL of the Catholic faith.

[richardl.hernandez]

As a Roman Catholic, I appreciate the fact that we can dialogue with our Protestant brothers-in-Christ. Keep up the great work.

[redknightsr]

I'm actually turning closer to becoming Catholic because of your channel. It helps me figure things out. I think what most Christians have a hard time with is accepting that you can be a part of another denomination of it fits them. I appreciate your honest and informatve videos.

[rinjuchenet]

This is my current Theology professor! My respect for this channel has grown.

[thepickle]

As a Protestant, and seemingly the only one in these comments, thank you for doing these videos Matt and allowing everyone to understand a little more about their more distant brothers and sisters of Christ. Your work has done a lot of good and with any hope it will allow dialogue between each Church. God bless you brother.

[GrantParker]

Missed the opportunity to call this video "A Protestant and a Catholic Walk Into a Bar..."

C'mon Matt :)

[rcwarrior]

Matt, I love what you’re doing. As a practicing Roman Catholic, I love seeing your videos interviewing Roman Catholics. Many people misunderstand our beliefs, and it’s great that you are taking the time, and effort to understand and inform others of what Catholicism really is. I really appreciate what you’re doing, may God continue to use you as his instrument to bring people to Christ 🙏🏽

[rachela.]

Former Protestant here, too! Now a very happy Catholic!

[avantelvsitania]

20:06 From a Catholic perspective, the importance of Rome can be seen in two aspects:

1) It is not important simply because that's where Saint Peter died. But because that's where he was Bishop. The leaders of the Church after the Ascension of Christ were the Bishops, and Peter was the first among them. So after his death, the new heads of the Church would be his successors in what he was: the Bishop of Rome.

2) Rome is also symbol. The Romans were the ones who crucified Christ, and first persecuted His followers. So the head of the Church being in Rome, the center of the Empire who tried to crush "a small movement from Judea", is a remembrance to the power of God that can defeat your worst enemy, no matter how big, and turn him into your friend and supporter.

[Subeffulgent]

Excellent video. You're asking all the big questions. I was the Protestant for 26 years I am now in the process of converting to the Roman Catholic Church(I actually like to call it complimenting my Christian faith), not losing any element of my faith, actually gaining some things God bless you and your family keep up the good work! 👉✝️

[georgeibrahim]

Bro it would be awesome if you can interview someone like Jimmy Akin, Tim Staples or Steve Ray who were former Protestants now Catholic and see their insight on what made them come to the Catholic Church

[rsnowden]

I was a protestant for 40 years and converted to Catholicism after reading Church history, studying the history of protestant reformation, and observing the many problems with the protestant arguments. One clear observation, if Christ did not leave us with a Church, Christianity would look very different today. Protestants take the Nicene Creed for granted.The Church formulated the creed in response to heresies plaguing Christianity, mainly Arianism and Gnosticism. Each part of the creed is in response to a heresy the Church spent centuries combating. Had there not been a Church to formulate theology, the faith would nothing like it does today. You cannot read Apostolic Fathers without seeing they all strongly believed in a single Church.


Christ instructed us not to divide and 500 years after the protestant reformation there are thousands of protestant denominations each claiming to have a better understanding of the scriptures than all the others. And every day more are created.


As a protestant, I knew very little about the Catholic Church. What I knew I learned from other protestants who learned what they knew from other protestants. It wasn't until I began reading about the early Church did I have any concept of the full history of our faith. I knew of Aquinas, Augustine, and a few others but had only a cursory understanding. I had not read what early Christians who worshiped with the apostles had written. What did they have to say and how did they worship? All this is lost to protestants who stop at the death of Paul and don't pick up again for another 1, 500 years. The depth and richness of Catholicism is mind boggling. If you are a protestant and curious to know what you've been missing, I recommend reading "The Fathers of the Church" by Mike Aquilina. It's a broad overview but it's a start.

[kristynoble]

Raised Lutheran. 30 years a Catholic Christian. Still learning and growing in my faith. Thank you for you videos!