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Videos, lectures, and interviews — organized by topic — for exploring LDS truth claims and the case for the Catholic faith.
A comprehensive, heavily sourced examination of LDS truth claims — including annotated versions of the Church's official Gospel Topics Essays.
Visit Site →An interview with Grant Palmer exploring the historical origins of Mormonism from the inside. Mormon Stories Ep. 30–33.
Watch →Dr. Robert Ritner, a leading Egyptologist, provides his professional translation and analysis of the Book of Abraham papyri. Ep. 1339.
Watch on YouTube →Dr. Michael Coe, a preeminent Mesoamerican archaeologist from Yale, evaluates the archaeological claims of the Book of Mormon. Ep. 268–270.
Watch →Jeremy Runnells tells the story behind the landmark document cataloguing historical and doctrinal problems with LDS truth claims. Ep. 480.
Watch on YouTube →Hans & Birgitta Mattsson discuss the Second Anointing and their departure from a high-ranking position within the LDS Church. Ep. 1919.
Watch on YouTube →Dan Vogel presents a detailed historical analysis of the composition process behind the Book of Mormon. Ep. 1056.
Watch on YouTube →Part 1 of a 4-part series with the pioneering researchers of LDS historical documents and their decades of scholarship. Ep. 472.
Watch on YouTube →Bill and Amanda Reel share the story of his journey as a Mormon bishop and the experiences that led to his faith transition. Ep. 1784.
Watch on YouTube →Tom Phillips describes the LDS Second Anointing ceremony — one of the most closely guarded rituals in Mormonism. Ep. 1917.
Watch on YouTube →An examination of the parallels between the Book of Mormon and other 19th-century American religious texts.
Watch on YouTube →Andrew Soncrant explores the historical connections between Masonic ritual and LDS temple ceremonies.
Watch on YouTube →An examination of LDS theology on the Godhead, including the doctrine of Heavenly Mother and the corporeal nature of God the Father.
Watch on YouTube →An exploration of LDS Christology, pneumatology, and the now-disavowed Adam-God doctrine.
Watch on YouTube →A documented examination of Joseph Smith's public denials of polygamy and the historical evidence to the contrary.
Watch on YouTube →An analysis of whether the early Church experienced a total apostasy as claimed by LDS theology — or whether the historical record shows otherwise.
Watch on YouTube →A look at biblical prophecy and the historical case for the Church's unbroken continuity from Christ to the present.
Watch on YouTube →Part 1 of a personal account of how reading the Church Fathers led to conviction about the Catholic Church's historical claims. Ep. 44.
Watch on YouTube →Steve Ray discusses the historical evidence for the papacy on Pints with Aquinas. Episode #207.
Watch on YouTube →Additional historical and patristic evidence that the early Christian Church was recognizably Catholic in structure and doctrine.
Watch on YouTube →An argument that the LDS doctrine of total apostasy, when examined historically, actually undermines rather than supports Mormon truth claims.
Watch on YouTube →A full-length documentary tracing the historical evidence for the Catholic Church from the apostolic era through the centuries.
Watch on YouTube →Dr. Alan Fimister presents the case that the Church Christ founded is identifiable with the Roman Catholic Church. Ep. 19.
Watch on YouTube →Steve Ray discusses the biblical and historical case for Peter's primacy — the Rock of Matthew 16:18, the Keys, and the Chair of Peter.
Watch on YouTube →Dr. Brant Pitre explores how the office of the papacy is rooted in Jewish biblical theology and the Davidic kingdom. Deep in History.
Watch on YouTube →An exploration of theosis — the early Church teaching on divinization — and how it differs from the LDS concept of exaltation.
Watch on YouTube →A defense of Trinitarian theology showing that the doctrine of the Trinity was not a post-apostolic invention but a faithful development of the apostolic deposit.
Watch on YouTube →A biblical and logical case for the doctrine of purgatory, drawing from Scripture and the Church Fathers. Ep. 8.
Watch on YouTube →How Christ's teaching on the indissolubility of marriage illuminates the nature and authority of the Church.
Watch on YouTube →An explanation and defense of the Catholic discipline of priestly celibacy — its biblical roots, historical development, and theological significance.
Watch on YouTube →How the Emmaus narrative in Luke 24 reveals the structure and meaning of the Catholic Mass.
Watch on YouTube →A biblical and historical case for the Catholic practice of asking the saints in heaven to intercede on our behalf.
Watch on YouTube →An explanation of the central Christian doctrine of the Trinity — one God in three Persons — and how it is grounded in Scripture and Tradition.
Watch on YouTube →An exploration of the Marian imagery in Revelation 12 and its significance for Catholic Mariology.
Watch on YouTube →The first installment of a series examining the biblical typology behind the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Watch on YouTube →How the method of biblical typology — used by Christ and the Apostles themselves — points to distinctively Catholic doctrines. Ep. 60.
Watch on YouTube →Tim Staples explains the four Marian dogmas and their biblical and historical foundations. Pints with Aquinas Ep. 211.
Watch on YouTube →A look at how the earliest Christians understood and practiced the Eucharist, drawing from the Church Fathers and early liturgical texts.
Watch on YouTube →Dr. Brant Pitre reveals how the Jewish Passover, the manna in the desert, and the Bread of the Presence all foreshadow the Eucharist.
Watch on YouTube →A scriptural examination of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist — from John 6 to the Last Supper accounts.
Watch on YouTube →Steve Ray addresses the Protestant objection to the sacrificial nature of the Mass, drawing from Scripture and the early Church.
Watch on YouTube →A comprehensive case that the Mass is not merely tradition but is completely biblical and essential to authentic Christian worship.
Watch on YouTube →Dr. Scott Hahn explores the biblical roots of the Mass at Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Watch on YouTube →How St. Justin Martyr's description of Christian worship around AD 155 matches the structure of the Catholic Mass today. Ep. 40.
Watch on YouTube →An examination of the Melchizedek priesthood in Scripture and how it relates to Christ's eternal priesthood and the Catholic understanding of Holy Orders.
Watch on YouTube →Bishop Robert Barron presents a compelling case for the Real Presence at the 2020 Religious Education Congress.
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