My wondering seems to end why SSPX bishops or priest were not included in this film, I missed or was unable to see the latter parts when "they decided not be included", I wanna hear their sides...

Luke 7:28 (KJV) For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. No mention of Mary, is there.

The "burn in hell for all eternity," doctrine was invented by the Roman Catholic Church, from a misunderstanding of scripture but employed as an exercise of control. And the Bible says absolutely nothing about Purgatory, which was invented to raise funds for the Vatican.

I don't find people seeking God, per se. They often realize they want to find truth, which they may seek, while not really wanting to find a God to whom they are accountable. Personally, God found me when I wasn't seeking him. But the change he caused in me, my thinking and my heart, then caused me to seek him. John 6:44 and Matthew 11:27 explain this phenomenon.

"all the way to heaven is heaven" love that

Great perspective!! Thanks Mike

I love being Catholic!

May the Holy Spirit and Our Lady’s intercession continue to help and bless you all with the mission and ministry of "Mass of The Ages" this new year and beyond.🙏

If Jesus, during His earthly ministry, didn't sin and didn't break Torah, then at the Last Supper, The bread and Body had to be metaphorical. To do otherwise would mean he would have ingested and made others ingest blood and unclean food - breaking Torah. Transubstantiation is a false doctrine.

Awesome conversation. What about use of the 1965 Missal to ease some of the vernacular fears and concerns. Seems like the type of ‘developments’ sacrosanctum Concilium was actually trying to accomplish.

John 14:23. Saved people are the living church. We do not have idols, a crucifix? Exodus 29:4.. We worship a living God who is with us always. We call no man father. Matthew 23:9......and for certain saying the same prayer over and over is vanity . Matthew 6:7 And Jesus is the only name that forgives, not his mother. Acts 4:12, A woman tried to elevate Mary, Jesus would have none of it Luke 11:27-28. Perhaps reading the Bible would be a great way to know God and be close to him.

Praying before an object is wrong. We have been told so many lies by the Catholic church. Jesus said that the only proof that He is the Messiah is that He would be in the earth for three days and three nights. But the Catholics tell us that the Crucifixion happened on Friday evening, and the Resurrection happened early on Sunday morning. The Bible doesn't say what day either event happened on. The Bible says that the empty tomb was discovered in the wee hours of Sunday morning. The Crucifixion actually happened on Wednesday evening, and the Resurrection had to have happened on Saturday evening right at the end of the Sabbath. And that's not the only lie.

Traditional Catholic Faith Forever and Ever . VIVA CRISTO REY. ¡ DEUS VULT !👍💪🙏✝️

My life changed when I heard the mass is a sacrifice and we are at calvary.

Alex's determined questioning of God's goodness or existence is deeply imbedded in his Christian inheritance.

Father forgot to tie his topics together. He explained God's gifts to "help" explain how we don't see God as fair, but never explained why it's relevant or if God is fair... Many words but I'm not sure why any of them were said

So good. Alex is concerned that God does not reveal himself to everyone who looks for him. I always found it interesting that Mother Teresa spent much her life feeling as if God was absent to her. Despite this she still understood God's will. Perhaps her experience of the dark night of the soul cannot be generalised as the typical experience.

I can't help but find myself a bit envious of those leaving comments saying how, after watching episode 1 they went with their spouse to their local FSSP/ICKSP parish and attended a TLM. For as overpopulated an area as where I live is becoming there is no TLM for at least a couple of hours. Having an elderly family member in the house kinda rules driving almost 3 hours away to go to Mass. I love my church and I'm very close to it since reverting back to my Catholic faith last year but I would love to be able to see a TLM just once.

As I was listening to the debate about Adam and Eve, something popped in my mind. Satan rebelled against God, Eve chose to disobey God's word and trust the serpent. Could it be that in ALL creation, even in the heavenly places God gave freewill, even before man ate of the tree of knowledge? So the original sin, the sin that separates, is this choice of choosing God's word, trusting it, above all truths? It wasn't about morals but the heart to be steadfast in God as it was Eve not Adam who was tempted because something in her desired to be like God...

It seems like the arguments of the Moderns, especially the Conservatives, against the Trads is based on authority-the Pope has the authority to issue and change the Roman liturgy-but here we have the Trad arguments based on “organic development,” “fittingness,” “Providence,” etc., but not addressing the issue of authority. How do “organic development,” “fittingness,” and “Providence,” overcome the issue of the plenary authority of the Roman Pontiff to issue and change the Roman liturgy? The best Trad argument would seem to be based solely on Tradition, in what, it seems, amounts to a perfectly circular reasoning: the Traditional understanding of Tradition. It seems like the only, the singular, the unique concept that can overcome the Pope’s plenary authority, is Tradition. The Moderns and Trads have two different concepts of both what Tradition is and what Papal Authority is, so Trads have to define what the Traditional concept of Tradition is (hence, the circle) and what the Traditional concept of Papal Authority is and that the Traditional concept of Tradition includes the preservation of what came before in a manner that it is not changed in such a way as . . . What? To what extent? As Dr. K asked-how much can be cut off before it violates the Traditional concept of Tradition? And, Traditionally speaking, which concept is greater: Papal Authority or Tradition? I think Fr. Ripperger’s writings on this are pretty good, but they themselves are only lightly referential to solid theological sources. He mostly refers to others like Franzelin and Agius, among others. I’m studying those, and so far those are very good at explaining what Tradition really means, but I’m not sure, yet, that their arguments are going to convincingly overcome the Conservatives’ and Modernists’ conceptions of Tradition vs Papal Authority. But, “organic development,” as was pointed out by Mr. DiPippo, as a phrase, doesn’t really seem to appear in Traditional dogmatic sources, so . . . It seems like our burden is to show that the *_idea_* of what we call “organic development” *_does_* appear in Traditional dogmatic sources. Dr. K always does a very poetically rhetorical job of selling the beauty of Tradition and the Traditional liturgy, but the dogmatic/doctrinal support seems lacking, and that’s what we need against the legalistic Modernist and Conservative factions.

I am Jewish and there is no circumstance I would even enter a church willingly. But I love hearing about other people's traditions, and of the Xtians, the Orthodox and the Catholics are the only ones worth listening to. They understand the importance of tradition in a way that none of the other Xtians do.

The reason why accounts for the old testament God Alex doesn't understand. As the reason of the nations being not Christian has everything to do why God had Israel destroy those of Canaan because of the power of false gods and false teachers to manipulate the hearts of man. God still calls out to those in those areas but their hearts are more closed, more open to what tickles their ears. If you don't understand the Holiness of God, then you don't understand what evil these people are capable of and why their destruction was justified. You only see the now but not the fruits of that future and how many times man almost completely destroyed humanity. Yet Revelation reveals God will allow man to see their future when he allows man governance for a time, exposing their true hearts even outside the manipulation of Satan.

People willingly, knowingly choose bad things all the time.

I think the disparity in audio quality is making it hard for me to concentrate on this. I want to fully understand what each is saying, but I keep having to go back, and then my mind stops focusing on it again.

1:22:52 plus god created the fruit and the tree and the serpent to stage the deception (do snakes have free will?) did they even know what a lie was? The story is about doing what authority says and then punishing the subject for obeying the wrong people. Do as I tell you, do it right every time and quickly or I’ll punish you. Then when they are paralyzed by fear authority tells them, okay you can take orders of others but use your (non-existent) judgement on who to listen to and what they are saying!!

This is a good conversation and I’m enjoying the question. I think a better response to inherited sin is just a consequence. Our lives are just the consequences of all previous events and decisions. We inherit where we find ourselves, not that we are guilty, but actually yes we suffer for the past but there is no point lamenting it or blaming our ancestors. We just need to make better decisions and consider the future, because our children will be affected by our actions - just imagine deciding not to have kids - how different the future is compared with having them and raising them so well they help others? And I too am an atheist that would be amazed to be proven wrong before it was too late.

I unfortunately think Alex struggles to listen. He desperately wants God to be evil, in an effort to justify his atheism. Any explanation contrary to this Alex just dismisses.

I pray all atheist find Christ, I was in your shoes, thought Christians were fools, Jesus is real and he loves you.

1:17:35 someone, what is this sermon called? i need to watch the full Sermon!

1:21:30 what Alex isn’t getting here is that it’s about trust. Eve should have answered the snake with:” I trust god know best”. Both Adam and Eve did not trust god. That’s why they can’t stay. And for the arbitraryness of the command. It had to be so. Because ifthey understood why they should not eat of the tree they don’t need to trust god since they then would know why for themselves.

Wait, there is a Latin mass university?! 🤯

23:30 rationality is only a part of a person. Some facts require time to sink in and maturity to be received.

Some truth from this guy, but also a lot of error. Stick to the Bible.

37:58 Alex! 🎉🎉🎉❤ yep. Sin and missing the mark is ignorance. And rooted in rationality/reason/ego. It’s graceless. And forgiveness-less. Christianity is embodying forgiveness. George Macdonald: “Jesus is God’s forgiveness.” And we are called into his body.

36:55 his view on Hell. Ect is terrible.

31:00 Catholic Calvinism/determinism and Hell.

This section at 21:57 “seeking and not finding an answer” is worth a listen. ❤

I think what Eve was justly culpable for was the same thing we do: allowing desire not resisted to modify-to corrupt reason. In the gazing upon some object of desire (a little too longingly) we begin to reshuffle the deck-to reorganize our rational… ‘after all, it’s not as though right and wrong are necessarily absolute concepts and …’. We’re having a rethink. We are subtly trading in reasoning for rationalizing. “Did God really say?” He seemed to have, but the longer I stare at the fruit the more clearly I see it. Yes! Perhaps he didn’t. Perhaps I don’t know he did-or don’t even need to think about that right now. I have other thoughts to think. Tell me again what its benefits are? Drawing near to God is the reverse of this process (as far as I can tell). Someone (but not me) must be to blame is also a part of this story but the reverse-not someone but I, am culpable is Psalm 51. If we want to ‘see’ the hidden God the only reliable way seems to be reversing and acknowledging personal moral culpability (before Him, who appears as we return to Him in this way). Every Christian conversion is both a miracle of seeing (I once was blind but now I see) God accompanied by simple repentance (that saved a wretch like me). it’s doubtful that blaming God for being hidden can summon him… when he comes into the garden He is not visible but it isn’t Him who’s hiding. I like CS Lewis idea that ‘repentance’ is simply the description of what it means to return to God. I think Tozer was right that apprehending God is not an intellectual problem but a moral problem. Jesus says the same in John 3.

10:57 how could anyone be satisfied with such a non-answer when the consequence is millions of Thai going to hell (or missing out on heavenly rewards)?

Alex, you will not get lost if you sincerely seek Him. Also, you don't have to fear your weakness and inability to reach Him. He leans towards us. If you have met love or at least have observed it in others you know love wants communion and good for another. To stop wanting that would mean to stop being love. We humans oftentimes project our wounds afflicted by people onto the invisible God but slowly opening your heart to trusting The Unfailing Love and healing opens your eyes for believing and accepting His closeness which has been present all the moments of your life even if you haven't percieved it.

This looks really great, but the title is terrible. The Eucharist is SO much more than just “Godbread.” I taught a First Communion class once and a child literally called the Eucharist “Jesus nuggets” and my heart hurt so badly. This reminds me of that. It’s really disappointing.

God is whatever you need it to be

Sin is knowing the difference between good and evil

I thought the Vicar of Christ in Rome, the pope, the successor of St Peter, is supposed to be the guardian of Tradition?

Has it ever been considered how Eastern Catholics/Orthodox and their ancient and venerable liturgy, which is in fact older than the Gallican rite, process this Latin triumphalism and superiorty claim?

Wonderful discussion. I applaud the decorum and dignity of the conversation. I wonder if Alex is aware of the jettisoning of the Catholic Church's previous doctrines at Vatican II and how he would go about his questioning and how Fr Pine would attempt to defend it.

Dudes got a sweet dress

Glory to Christ!🙏❤️

Alex's questions are so good. This is so interesting. I brought this 'favoratism' argument to my sister when talking about a Muslim mentally ill friend raised Muslim and turned off the church when they asked him for money who later died. Some of my Christian friends say he had 'free will' but I think some have more of a 'leg up'.

The problem I have with Alex's view of Eve being deceived is that that she did choose to listen to the deception. She could have still said no. Either way I appreciate him seeking.