Eternal Christendom Podcast
Eternal Christendom is a Catholic podcast that seeks to form a new generation of Saints, Sages, and Statesmen through the Great Tradition. It presents the truth, goodness, and beauty of the Catholic Faith for both lifelong Catholics and curious non-Catholics. Episodes aim to deepen understanding of the faith and to make a compelling case for the Catholic Church. For non-Catholics, it offers an invitation; for Catholics, it teaches and seeks to unite.
Episodes
Your Eternal Soul is at Stake: A Priest's URGENT Call to Pray the Rosary and Become Saints | Ep. 94
October, the month of the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, has begun.This week, we obtained an incredible sermon from a dear priest friend of ours, warning against spiritual mediocrity, the URGENT need to embrace the high calling of becoming a saint, and the necessity of praying the daily Rosary to do so.While he must remain anonymous, we received his permission to deliver his sermon in vid
Eastern Bishop Proves the Papacy: Theodore Abū Qurrah | Papal Snapshot | Ep. 93
In this Papal Snapshot, we begin our dive into the works of Theodore Abū Qurrah, an 8th-century bishop who wrote an extraordinary Arabic defense of the papacy and the infallible authority of the Church against heretics who rejected it.Thank you to Dr. John Lamoreaux, the English translator of Theodore's works, for his very generous permission to freely quote his translations.Thank you @FlorianiSa
St. Ambrose: The Roman Church is the Center & Source of Catholic Communion | Papal Snapshot | Ep. 92
In this Papal Snapshot, we cover an amazing letter written by the Council of Aquileia (in which St. Ambrose participated) in 387, acknowledging before all the emperors of the Roman Empire—both east and west—that the Roman Church to be the center and source of Catholic communion.BECOME A PATRON OF THE GREAT TRADITIONHas our content blessed you or those you love? Then please consider becoming a mont
Proving the Catholic Church: The Messianic Kingdom of Apostolic Thrones, Part 1 | Ep. 91
In this episode, we begin part 1 of proving from the Old and New Testaments why Catholic claims about the Church are true: that She is governed by the successors of the Apostles; that Her teaching is without error; and that She will never defect from Christ.BECOME A PATRON OF THE GREAT TRADITIONHas our content blessed you or those you love? Then please consider becoming a monthly patron for $10/mo
St. Ambrose: Catholic Means Being Under the Roman Church (Papal Snapshot) | Ep. 90
In this Papal Snapshot, St. Ambrose of Milan—the Church Father who baptized St. Augustine—shows that early Christians equated being Catholic with being under Rome’s authority. He also tells a riveting story confirming his Catholic beliefs about the Eucharist.BECOME A PATRON OF THE GREAT TRADITIONHas our content blessed you or those you love? Then please consider becoming a monthly patron for $10/m
How a Calvinist Set on Justifying the "Reformation" Became Catholic (Dr. David Anders) | Ep. 89
In this episode, we interview Dr. David Anders, who played a profound role in Joshua Charles's conversion. After attending the famed evangelical Wheaton College, and pursuing a doctorate in order to disprove the Catholic Faith, he came out Catholic. The reason: he saw that the "Reformation" was not recovering ancient Christianity, but radically departing from it.BECOME A PATRON OF THE GREAT TRADIT
An Ancient Bishop's Terrifying and Heavenly Vision of Souls: Eucharist Snapshot | Ep. 88
In this Eucharist Snapshot, we cover an ancient bishop's vision of worthy and unworthy souls receiving the Eucharist, one radiant with heavenly splendor, the other grotesque, ghastly and hellish. In short, he saw the reality of Catholic truth when it comes to how we receive the Eucharist, which is Christ's Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.BECOME A PATRON OF THE GREAT TRADITIONHas our content blesse
Church Father on the Divinely Established Papacy (St. Isidore of Seville) | Papal Snapshot | Ep. 87
In this latest Papal Snapshot, we cover St. Isidore of Seville's Letter 8 to Bishop Eugenius in the early 600's outlining Christ's establishment of St. Peter with greater authority than the other Apostles, and the duty all bishops have to obey the Pope as the successor of Peter.BECOME A PATRON OF THE GREAT TRADITIONHas our content blessed you or those you love? Then please consider becoming a mont
The Third Temple, Zionism, and Protestantism: A Conservative's Reckoning (John Davidson) | Ep. 86
In this episode, we interview John Davidson, a senior editor at the conservative publication "The Federalist," about his conversion from protestantism, and his reassessment of Zionism in light of the Catholic Faith.BECOME A PATRON OF THE GREAT TRADITIONHas our content blessed you or those you love? Then please consider becoming a monthly patron for $10/month or more.➡️ https://eternalchristendom.c
An Ancient Ghost Story Reveals Catholic Beliefs About the Papacy, Purgatory, and Relics | Ep. 85
In this episode, we cover a very Catholic ghost story recounted by St. Pope Gregory the Great about the Deacon Paschasius, a holy man who failed to acknowledge the true Pope, but was able to ask for prayers from Purgatory, and whose relics caused miracles.BECOME A PATRON OF THE GREAT TRADITIONHas our content blessed you or those you love? Then please consider becoming a monthly patron for $10/mont
The Disturbing Roots of the Protestant Revolt (Ryan Grant) | Ep. 84
In this episode, we welcome back Ryan Grant of Mediatrix Press to discuss the disturbing roots of the Protestant Revolt.BECOME A PATRON OF THE GREAT TRADITIONHas our content blessed you or those you love? Then please consider becoming a monthly patron for $10/month or more.➡️ https://eternalchristendom.com/become-a-patron/This apostolate is a non-profit under priestly authority, and all your gifts
St. Jerome: Every "Crumb" of the Eucharist is Christ's Body (Eucharist Snapshot) | Ep. 83
In this latest Eucharist Snapshot, we cover two homilies (Homily 55 and 57 on the Psalms) in which St. Jerome speaks about the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, down to every "crumb"!BECOME A PATRON OF THE GREAT TRADITIONHas our content blessed you or those you love? Then please consider becoming a monthly patron for $10/month or more.➡️ https://eternalchristendom.com/become-a-patron/This
Why a Lutheran Became a Catholic Priest (Fr. Brad Elliott) | Ep. 82
In this episode, we interview Fr. Brad Elliott, OP, a priest of the Dominican Order who converted to the Catholic Faith from Lutheranism. In addition to sharing his conversion story, he also shares prescient warnings about how modern people relate to technology.Fr. Elliott is an Assistant Professor of Theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA.BECOME A PATRON OF TH
Papal Snapshot: Rome's Prophetic Destiny (St. Pope Leo the Great, Sermon 82) | Ep. 81
In this Papal Snapshot, we dive into the prophetic destiny of Rome according to St. Pope Leo the Great in a sermon delivered nearly 1,600 years ago.BECOME A PATRON OF THE GREAT TRADITIONHas our content blessed you or those you love? Then please consider becoming a monthly patron for $10/month or more.➡️ https://eternalchristendom.com/become-a-patron/This apostolate is a non-profit under priestly a
Patriot and Prophet: Critiques of the Founding on its 250th Anniversary (Charles Coulombe) | Ep. 80
In light of this week's 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we interview Catholic scholar and historian Charles Coulombe. While he is a proud American patriot, he also argues that many elements of the American Founding were incompatible with Catholic teaching (including the justification for the Revolution itself). We consider some of these issues on this auspicious anniversary.A
Refuting the Lies About So-Called "LGBTQ+ Catholics" (Nancy Charles) | Ep. 79
In this episode, we interview Joshua's sister, Nancy Charles, who also serves as Eternal Christendom's Director of Operations. She was miraculously converted to the Catholic Faith out of the LGBTQ+ lifestyle, drug abuse, and multiple suicide attempts.Now she is exposing the lies about so-called "LGBTQ+ Catholics," and explains the Catholic Church's answer to these lies: the call to find our FULL i
Eucharist Snapshot: 1st Century Catholic Worship in the "Didache" | Ep. 78
Today we are inaugurating a new mini-series: the "Eucharist Snapshot." Like the "Papal Snapshot," the Eucharist Snapshot will go document-by-document to prove the ancient roots of Catholic belief about the Eucharist.This first "Eucharist Snapshot" will cover the Didache, perhaps the most ancient Christian document outside the Bible, and the incredibly Catholic things it says about the Eucharist as
How St. John Used Aristotle to Unveil Christ, Judas, and Peter (John Johnson) | Ep. 77
In this fascinating and profound episode, we dive into the deep mysteries of St. John's Gospel with John Johnson, the founder of Patmos Hosting and the Albertus Magnus Institute (and Joshua Charles's sponsor into the Catholic Church). Johnson reveals that St. John was likely a student of Aristotle, and used his most powerful rhetorical techniques to communicate the most sublime truths about Christ
Papal Snapshot: St. Boniface (Apostle to the Germans) on Obedience to the Pope | Ep. 76
In this latest Papal Snapshot (our second episode this week), we dive into St. Boniface's oath of obedience to the Pope. St. Boniface was appointed by St. Pope Gregory II to be "apostle to the Germans," and brought the Catholic Faith to Germany. In this commission, St. Boniface understood the obedience he owed to St. Peter's successor in Rome as the chief authority in the Church on earth.VISIT OUR
Papal Snapshot: The Pope's Authority Over Local Councils (St. Jerome) | Ep. 75
In this latest Papal Snapshot (our first of two episodes this week), we cover a letter from St. Jerome in which he describes papal authority over local church councils both east and west. More than 1,600 years later, this continues to match the same Catholic Church!VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://eternalchristendom.com/BECOME A PATRON OF THE GREAT TRADITIONAs a non-profit, you can support our mission wit
Disclosure Deception: Urgent Warning About "Aliens" and UAP, Collab with Daniel O'Connor | Ep. 74
In light of recent government announcements about "disclosure" (the process of revealing the existence of "alien" life and "non-human intelligence") we host an in-depth discussion on the UAP and "alien" phenomenon with our friend, colleague, and Catholic expert Daniel O'Connor.This is our very first livestream episode of Eternal Christendom.Check out Daniel's book "The First and Last Deception": h
The Bible Came from the Catholic Church, Part 1: Old Testament Canon (Dr. Matthew Thomas) | Ep. 73
In this episode, we welcome biblical scholar and protestant convert Dr. Matthew Thomas to discuss the essential role of the Catholic Church in compiling the canon of Scripture, primarily the Old Testament.Dr. Thomas wrote the fantastic introductory essay on the canon of Scripture in the recently published Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: Old and New Testaments, edited by Dr. Scott Hahn and Dr. Curti
Papal Snapshot: The Pope Commissions St. Boniface to Evangelize Pagan Germany | Ep. 72
Today, 1,307 years ago, St. Pope Gregory II commissioned St. Boniface to evangelize Germany and bring it into the fold of the Catholic Church. In this Papal Snapshot, we uncover what his commission reveals about the ancient Church's very Catholic beliefs about the papacy.VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://eternalchristendom.com/BECOME A PATRON OF THE GREAT TRADITIONAs a non-profit, you can support our missi
Papal Snapshot: St. John Chrysostom on St. Peter's Preeminent Authority | Ep. 71
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this latest Papal Snapshot, we cover the extraordinary descriptions of St. Peter and his preeminent authority among the Apostles by St. John Chrysostom, one of the greatest 4th century Church Fathers. His words have extraordinary implications for papal authority, and come from his "Homily on the Holy Martyr, St.
Puritan Pastor in Revolutionary America Becomes Catholic: The Conversion of John Thayer | Ep. 69
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn our first episode since Easter Sunday, and in light of the extraordinary number of new Catholic converts this year, we cover the amazing (and very familiar sounding!) conversion account of the first early American Puritan Pastor to the Catholic Faith. His name was John Thayer. He was known to Benjamin Franklin, a
Holy Week 2026: The Cross or Damnation (The Mystery of Lent with the Church Fathers ) | Ep. 68
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMFor this Holy Week 2026, we read St. Pope Leo the Great's Good Friday Sermon 70, delivered on April 2, 443, 1,583 years ago! This is the final sermon in our 2026 series "The Mystery of Lent with the Church Fathers," and in it, St. Pope Leo the Great reminds us that for Christians, taking up the cross is not an optio
Lent Proves We Are Christians: The Mystery of Lent with the Church Fathers | Ep. 67
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMFor this final week of Lent before Holy week, we read St. Pope Leo the Great's Lenten Sermon 40, delivered on March 1, 442, 1,584 years ago! Once more, this great Pope and Church Father presents us with powerful Lenten themes of sacrifice and penance being the marks of true Christians. Lent is what proves we are Chr
Lent is for Christian Soldiers and Athletes: The Mystery of Lent with the Church Fathers | Ep. 66
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMFor this fifth week of Lent, we read St. Pope Leo the Great's Lenten Sermon 43, delivered on February 25, 445, 1,581 years ago! Once more, this great Pope and Church Father presents us with powerful Lenten themes of sacrifice and penance being the marks of true Christians. Lent is indeed the "bootcamp" for Christian
Conquering Self: The Mystery of Lent with the Church Fathers | Ep. 65
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMFor this fourth week of Lent, we read St. Pope Leo the Great's Lenten Sermon 39, delivered on February 9, 441. Once more, this powerful sermon reminds us that the conquering of self is absolutely vital to Christian life and salvation. This great and saintly Pope especially reminds us that three of the most powerful
We Are Not Christians Without the Cross: The Mystery of Lent with the Church Fathers | Ep. 63
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMFor this second week of Lent, we are contemplating Sermon 44 of St. Pope Leo the Great (c. 391-461), which was delivered exactly 1,575 years before the publication of this episode. Like last week's sermon, it is brimming with incredible Lenten insights and vindications of the Catholic Faith, reminding us that we are
Ash Wednesday: Entering the Mystery of Lent with the Church Fathers | Ep. 62
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this Ash Wednesday episode, we enter into Eternal Christendom's traditional Lenten "hiddenness" in which we do audio-only episodes, reading and reflecting on Lenten sermons by the Church Fathers each week until we attain the joy of the Lord's Resurrection.This Lent, we will read the sermons of St. Pope Leo the Gr
Martin Luther's "Reformation": Some Myths, Confusions, and Lies (Ryan Grant) | Ep. 61
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode we interview Ryan Grant, a Latinist and founder of Mediatrix Press, about Martin Luther, specifically some of the myths, confusions, and even lies that have been built up around him to justify the protestant "reformation."Among many other great works it has revived, Mediatrix Press produced the first
Why the Bible is Catholic: How Typology Comes Directly from Christ and the Apostles | Ep. 60
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we explain how Christ and the Apostles provided us a key to open the treasures of Scripture in a way that shows the Bible is profoundly Catholic: Typology, the principle that "the New is hidden in the Old, and the Old is revealed in the New."As I was converting from protestantism, I was frequently t
Why Eastern Orthodoxy Falls Short (Ben Bollinger) | Ep. 59
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we interview our friend and convert from Eastern Orthodoxy, Ben Bollinger. He explains why Eastern Orthodoxy is "close, but not it." We focused especially on the papacy and Purgatory. Ben has a great love and respect for the Eastern Orthodox, with whom he encountered not only many great and profound
Church Father: The Pope is "the Vicar of God" (St. Isidore of Seville) | Papal Snapshot | Ep. 58
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this "Papal Snapshot" episode, we cover a letter from St. Isidore of Seville (c. 560-636) that very plainly asserts the papacy is divinely established by Christ. He also laid out a framework for when the Pope should and should not be obeyed.This particular episode was "inspired" by a prominent protestant apologis
Judas Within: "Shipwreck in the faith is frequent" (St. Basil) | Ep. 57
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this "Judas within" episode, we cover a letter from the great eastern Church Father, St. Basil, that laments scandals within the Church in the late 300's. It could have been written yesterday, and thus we hope it is a source of consolation amidst any difficult time in the Church. Such difficulties are "one-niners
Messiah's Defeat of the Demons: How the Catholic Church Conquered Paganism (St. Athanasius) | Ep. 56
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMHappy New Year! We open this new year of Our Lord 2026 with a bang: in this episode, we cover how Messiah defeated the demons, overturned the millennia-long reign of false gods, and converted an empire, as recounted by the great 4th century Church Father, St. Athanasius, in his classic work, "On the Incarnation of t
New Year with the Fathers (St. Pope Leo the Great, Sermons 25 and 35) | Ep. 55
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we close out 2025 and enter 2026 with Christmas and Epiphany sermons from St. Pope Leo the Great, delivered on Christmas Day 444, and January 6, 445 respectively. May these reflections from a Saint, Church Father, Doctor of the Church, and Pope challenge and edify you as we enter what seems likely t
2nd Annual "Christmas with the Church Fathers" with Gavin Ashenden (Pope Leo the Great) | Ep. 54
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we officially inaugurate an annual Eternal Christendom Christmas tradition with our friend and colleague Dr. Gavin Ashenden: "Christmas with the Church Fathers." Last year, we were privileged to have Gavin's beautiful voice read a profound and moving Christmas sermon by St. Augustine, upon which we
Papal Snapshot: The Emperor Submits to the Pope (Justinian) | Ep. 52
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, our next "Papal Snapshot," we cover the famous Law Code of Justinian and what it says about the authority of the Pope as revealed in an exchange of letters between Emperor Justinian and Pope John II. The Code of Justinian had an enormous impact on the development of the western legal tradition, maki
Confusion in the City of God, Part 1 (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski and Dr. Larry Chapp) | Ep. 51
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIt seems a lot has changed since Vatican II (1962-65)—so much so that many prospective and actual converts to the Catholic Faith are confused and concerned. Has the Church contradicted Herself? Has She rejected Her own tradition? Has She taught error? Has She trashed Her own liturgy? How are we to make sense of the
The United States' First (Quite Catholic) Thanksgiving | Ep. 50
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode--our first diving into American history--we explore the first national Thanksgiving proclaimed by President George Washington, its biblical roots, the profoundly Christian colonial tradition from which it came, and how many aspects of it were fully aligned with the Catholic Faith.Particularly for tho
Pre-Flood Civilization, the Occult, and Antichrist (Michael Hichborn) | Ep. 49
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we explore the fascinating connections between the end times and pre-Flood civilization, Atlantis, so-called ancient technology, Freemasonry, etc. with Michael Hichborn, President of the Lepanto Institute.You could read more about Michael here: https://www.lepantoin.org/wp/who-we-are/VISIT OUR WEBSI
How This Church Father "Red Pilled" Me on the Catholic Church, Part 2 | Ep. 48
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we complete our dive into the writings of the Church Father who "Red Pilled" me on the Catholic Church while I was still a protestant: St. Ignatius of Antioch. If you haven't seen it, start with Part 1 first, which is Episode 44: https://youtu.be/CK1_22AjdIQSt. Ignatius of Antioch was ordained by th
Why the Queen's Chaplain Left Anglicanism and Became Catholic (Dr. Gavin Ashenden) | Ep. 47
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we interview Dr. Gavin Ashenden (former chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) on his conversion from Anglicanism to the Catholic Faith. He describes in vivid detail his discovery of the reality of Christ in the Eucharist, spiritual warfare against the Catholic Church, and realizing that much o
St. Augustine Identifies the Catholic Church as the One True Church (Of True Religion) | Ep. 46
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we dive into one of the writings of the great Church Father St. Augustine (354-430) to see how he describes the one true Church. This time, we explore his treatise "Of True Religion," written between 389 and 391, which not only describes the one true Church, but the heresies and schisms that break a
Christ's Church is Roman, Part 2 (Dr. Alan Fimister) | Ep. 45
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this long anticipated Part 2 (see Ep. 19 for Part 1), Catholic theologian and historian Dr. Alan Fimister defends this provocative assertion: the Church founded by Jesus Christ is Roman, in some mysterious sense prophesied in the Old, and fulfilled in the New Testament. The implications are astounding, not only i
How This Church Father "Red Pilled" Me on the Catholic Church, Part 1 | Ep. 44
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we finally dive into the writings of the Church Father who "red pilled" me on the Catholic Church while I was still a protestant: St. Ignatius of Antioch. He was ordained by the Apostles, and barely 70 years after Christ's Ascension wrote astoundingly Catholic things about: the Real Presence of Chri
In Our Modern Dystopia, Take Up the Apostolate of Study (Fr. Justin Gable, OP) | Ep. 43
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we interview Fr. Justin Gable, OP, a Dominican priest and professor at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (DSPT) in Berkeley, California. When he was interim President of DSPT, Fr. Gable delivered an address to the student body on the vital importance of the "Apostolate of Study" to our
St. Augustine on the Traits of the One True Church (Hint: It's the Catholic Church) | Ep. 42
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we dive into one of the writings of the great Church Father St. Augustine (354-430) to see how he describes the one true Church. The work is "Against the Fundamental Letter of Manichaeus," which he wrote in AD 397. In short, St. Augustine describes the one true Church in a way that, 1,600 years late
From Baptist to Catholic, and Answering the Toughest Protestant Objections (Suan Sonna) | Ep. 41
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we interview Baptist to Catholic convert Suan Sonna, of @intellectualcatholicism, about his conversion, and some of the lessons he learned about responding to some of the toughest protestant objections during the time he's been Catholic. Suan is one of the great young scholars in the Catholic world
The Catholic Mass and Eucharist: All There in the 2nd Century (St. Justin Martyr) | Ep. 40
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we cover an astounding discovery we made in the writings of the Church Fathers, particularly St. Justin Martyr: his description of Christian worship and belief about the Eucharist continues to match Catholic practice and theology to this very day.VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://eternalchristendom.com/BECOM
Restoring Education Amidst the Rubble of our Post-Christian Civilization (Jeremy Tate) | Ep. 39
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we interview Jeremy Tate, the founder and CEO of the Classic Learning Test, and one of the most prominent leaders in the revival of classical education. We discuss his conversion to the Catholic Faith, how modern education has lied to us, and how education based on the sources of the Great Tradition
From Abortion to Gaza: The Catholic Duty to Stand with the Scapegoat (Jason Jones) | Ep. 38
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMWhile we normally would have a monologue this week, the urgency of the situation in places like Gaza compelled us to publish this interview sooner than later.In this episode, we interview world-renowned humanitarian Jason Jones, founder of the Vulnerable People Project (VPP). Jason is a Catholic convert from atheism
Up to Zion: A Jew Converts to the Catholic Faith, & God's Plan for the Jews (Gideon Lazar) | Ep. 37
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we interview Jewish convert Gideon Lazar about his conversion to the Catholic Faith, and discuss (among other things) modern Zionism and the role of the Jewish people (hopefully the first of many such discussions).Gideon Lazar received a BA in Classics and Medieval/Byzantine Studies from the Catholi
The Narrow Way to the Heavenly Altar: Catechesis with the Fathers + Substack Announcement | Ep. 36
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we announce the new Eternal Christendom Substack, and provide a free example of the content we are offering to premium Subscribers ($8/month). It's called "Catechesis with the Fathers," in which we will read a work of the Church Fathers, and unlock its treasury of wisdom from four perspectives: theo
Why Believing in God Makes Sense of So Many Things (Classical Theist) | Ep. 35
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we interview one of the rising online Gen Z catechists and apologists, the brilliant "Classical Theist." In what we hope will be the first of many interviews, we discuss his conversion to the Catholic Faith, as well as some of the many reasons for why belief in the existence of God is rational, and
Anti-Catholic Protestant Historian: No Institution as Enduring as the Papacy | Ep. 34
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode we cover the striking observations of an anti-Catholic protestant historian, who was forced to admit that the Papacy was the most enduring institution in history.The question then becomes: is this simply a freak accident of history? Or is it the fulfillment of Christ's promises to St. Peter and His C
There and Back Again: How Scripture & History Brought an Ex-Catholic Home (Steven Alspach) | Ep. 33
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we interview co-host of The Catholic Brothers podcast, Steven Alspach. Steven grew up Catholic, but fell away from the faith into Protestantism. However, he quickly realized things weren't adding up. Over the next decade or so, despite his attempts to avoid going back to the Catholic Church, his stu
How Corruption in the Church "Helped" a Jew Become Catholic | Ep. 32
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we share a story from the "Decameron," a 14th century collection of stories told in Italy during the Black Death. This one is about a Medieval Jew who became a Medieval Catholic, and how corruption in the Church actually helped convince him that he should become Catholic.This humorous story illustra
An Evangelical Scholar's "Unconversion" to the Catholic Faith, Part 2 (Dr. Matthew Thomas) | Ep. 31
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMThis episode is part 2 of our discussion with biblical scholar Dr. Matthew Thomas about his "unconversion" from evangelicalism to the Catholic faith. He explains how the great truths he learned as an evangelical protestant led him to, and were fulfilled within, the Catholic Church. You can watch Part 1, Ep. 29, here
My Shocking Discovery of John Calvin's "gnostic" Canon of Scripture | Ep. 30
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, I cover one of the most shocking discoveries I made as a protestant exploring the Catholic Church: John Calvin, and many other protestant sects, were "gnostics" when it came to the canon of Scripture (which books should be in the Bible). In fact, their account of how we can know the canon of Scriptu
An Evangelical Scholar's "Unconversion" to the Catholic Faith, Part 1 (Dr. Matthew Thomas) | Ep. 29
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMThis episode is part 1 of our discussion with biblical scholar Dr. Matthew Thomas about his "unconversion" from evangelicalism to the Catholic faith. He explains how the great truths he learned as an evangelical protestant led him to, and were fulfilled within, the Catholic Church.You can watch Part 2, Ep. 31, here:
Apostate Emperor Tried to Rebuild the "Third Temple" (like Antichrist), and God Stopped Him | Ep. 28
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we cover an incredible event that took place in AD 363: an apostate Roman Emperor who was trying to revive paganism attempted to rebuild the "Third Temple" in Jerusalem. Why? So he could disprove Christ's divinity, and seduce the Jews into eventually becoming pagans. His plot was eerily similar to h
Repenting of Feminism, and the Other Errors of the Sexual Revolution (Dr. Jennifer Morse) | Ep. 27
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we interview Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, the founder of the Ruth Institute, on her conversion from the errors of feminism and the sexual revolution to the fullness of truth found in the Catholic Church.The Ruth Institute is an interfaith international coalition to defend the family and build a Civili
The Bible Verse That Began My Journey to the Catholic Church | Ep. 26
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, I cover a verse from the Gospel of John (John 20:21-23) that greatly disturbed me as a protestant. Jesus literally gave the Apostles the authority to forgive or not forgive sins! I had no framework for understanding this as a protestant. In retrospect, I now see it as the beginning of my journey to
How the Bible, Beauty, & History Converted a Bible Belt Protestant (Dcn. Harrison Garlick) | Ep. 25
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we interview Deacon Harrison Garlick, a former "Bible Belt" protestant who became not only Catholic, but an ordained Catholic Deacon, and the Chancellor of an entire Diocese thanks to the Bible, beauty, and Church history.Deacon Garlick is a member of Eternal Christendom's Advisory Board, and the co
The Papacy is Divinely Established: St. Thomas Aquinas's (Brief) Case | Ep. 24
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn today's episode, we dive into St. Thomas Aquinas's "brief" case for the papacy. He makes four arguments, and responds to two objections (both of which are often made by protestants and other non-Catholics to this day!). These arguments come from his apologetic work, Summa Contra Gentiles (Book 4, Ch. 76).If you a
How a Millennial Philosopher Found Catholicism in India (Dr. Sebastian Morello) | Ep. 23
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we interview one of the rising public intellectuals of our age, the English philosopher Dr. Sebastian Morello, about his fascinating conversion to the Catholic Faith. This is the first time Dr. Morello has shared his entire conversion account in public, and we are honored to host him at Eternal Chri
Judas Within: The Church Fathers on Enduring Evil in the One True Church (St. Augustine) | Ep. 22
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this first episode of our "Judas Within" mini-series, we cover how the Church Fathers explained that the Catholic Church was the one true Church established by Christ, and yet also endured great scandal and corruption within.We show how they unpacked Scripture to explain that the Church on earth will always have
Ancient Church Shows Protestant Scholar Paul Was Catholic (Dr. Matthew Thomas) | Ep. 21
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we interview biblical scholar Dr. Matthew Thomas, a convert to the Catholic faith from protestantism, on how the ancient Church showed him that St. Paul was Catholic. This was especially the case with respect to faith, works, and justification. Everywhere he looked in the ancient Church, the Church
How I Concluded “Scripture Alone” Was False While Still a Protestant | Ep. 20
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, Joshua Charles unveils how he concluded—even while he was still a protestant—that "sola scriptura" (or "Scripture alone") was a false doctrine.He explains how he reached this conclusion in two primary ways: he recognized "sola scriptura" was both logically incoherent, and inconsistent with the sacre
Christ's Church is Roman, Part 1 (Dr. Alan Fimister) | Ep. 19
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn Part 1 of this fascinating interview, Catholic theologian and historian Dr. Alan Fimister defends this provocative assertion: the Church founded by Jesus Christ is Roman, in some mysterious sense prophesied in the Old, and fulfilled in the New Testament. The implications are astounding, not only in terms of how w
Taking Up Christ's Cross in Holy Week (St. Augustine, Sermon 207) | Ep. 18
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this third Lenten episode, we read St. Augustine's Sermon 207, delivered during Lent approximately 1,600 years ago. We then offer an exhortation based on his words to finish Lent strong by taking up Christ's cross this Holy Week as we approach the paschal joy of Easter.Thank you to the Catholic University of Amer
The Sacrifices Necessary to be Saved (St. Augustine, Sermon 206) | Ep. 17
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this second Lenten episode, we read St. Augustine's Sermon 206, delivered during Lent approximately 1,600 years ago. We then offer our thoughts on this great Church Father's words about the kinds of sacrificial suffering Christ demands of us, and are necessary for our salvation.Thank you to the Catholic Universit
My Sister's Miraculous Conversion to the Catholic Faith (Nancy Charles) | Ep. 16
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMI'm honored to present a special interview of my sister, Nancy Charles, about her miraculous conversion to the Catholic Faith (we apologize for some minor tech issues we had with some of my audio).After the divorce of our parents, drugs, suicide attempts, and falling into the LGBTQ+ lifestyle, Christ illuminated my
St. Augustine's 1,600 Year Old Sermon for the Beginning of Lent (Sermon 205) | Ep. 15
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMOn this Ash Wednesday, in the humbling and penitential spirit of Lent, we are publishing our first audio-only episode.Thanks to the Catholic University of America Press, who has given Eternal Christendom permission to read from their "Fathers of the Church" series for our podcast, we are going to read Sermon 205, de
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 CHRISTENDOMAs 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 general
Why a Former Atheist Found Protestantism Unconvincing (Dr. Alan Fimister) | Ep. 13
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn our first full-length interview, we host Dr. Alan Fimister, a renowned theologian and seminary professor, to discuss his conversion to the Catholic Faith from atheism, and why he found protestantism so unconvincing. Not only did he find it unconvincing, he concluded it played a decisive role in the rise of secula
Papal Snapshot: The Pope is the Head of the Church (St. Jerome) | Ep. 12
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this Papal Snapshot, we dive into St. Jerome's incredibly Catholic view of the papacy and the authority of the Pope as outlined in his Letter 15 to St. Pope Damasus. St. Jerome was a Church Father who lived from c. 342-420, and is widely considered one of the greatest Scripture scholars of the ancient Church.VISI
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