Dr. Scott Hahn | The Sacrament of Matrimony | 2019 Defending the Faith Conference

Dr. Scott Hahn delivered this talk, “The First Society: The Sacrament of Matrimony and the Restoration of the Social Order,” at the 2019 Defending the Faith Steubenville Conference.
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[@DannyPhillips-kh7kr]

I’m not a catholic but this is brillant

[@daniy8771]

I clicked on this on my suggestion list not really knowing what I would get out of it. Ofcourse marriage interests me.....but as I got to the end of the video, Scott mentions his son doing a St. Joseph novena - and that hits me hard! Because I am currently undertaking a St. Joseph novena for my father to grow in holiness and love too! What a coincidence!! The parallels between his anecdote and what's going in my life right now is astounding!!! I believe I was just sent a little message and I feel so grateful. These little miracles are what keep me going and give me confirmation without a doubt that there is a God, Jesus, Mary, Joseph and all the saints. Thank you God for the wonderful things you plan for me, may I continue to be amazed. Glory to God in the highest 🙏🏼

[@Elmerherrera89]

Godcidence

[@MultiMalbari]

Rather- Godincidence

[@MultiMalbari]

Yes the examples got me really hooked

[@marknovetske4738]

Thanks be to God for you Dr.Hahn . Your teaching has blessed me and brought my future wife into the holy catholic church...

[@dalitsomwanza1]

Dr Hahn , you have been a gift to the body of Christ

[@vhercapiendo4818]

Dr. Hahn continue evangelizing about Catholism because this is the true Church of Christ build by our Lord Jesus Christ! Proud to be a Catholic! God bless!

[@loretomorales2518]

Truly you are a big blessing to the Catholic Church more especially at these modern times that our world becomes so materialistic and a lot of people are so alienated from the church because their attention is so attached to the worldly life. May you not get tired evangelizing the world for the salvation of more souls. May GOD bless you with divine wisdom and long life for you to continue sharing God's holy words.

[@colleenoppelvanwyk7278]

Dr Scott, I CANNOT get enough listening to your talks and Kimberly's.. You always in my prayers... As cradle catholics we can learn so Much from all of you. THANK soooooo much 🙏🌷

[@johannesdekoning9521]

En hier is nog iemand wat Afrikaans praat...

[@ethiopienqueen]

Very profound! You touched all aspects of the covenant. Thank you So much for sharing with us this heart warming testimony described with so much authenticity. I’m preparing for our Marriage and this made me realize even more the depth and sacredness do this covenant. I am grateful and blessed to get married very soon within our Church. Blessed be God forever!

[@bjvaskejr]

Dr hahn , thank you for your gifts to the church. My prayers for you and your family. Please pray for my family too. My hope is they will listen to your talks some day.

[@jayegaliza1569]

Happy Wedding Anniversary Dr. Scott and Kimberly! God Bless you and your ministry. Thanks you for sharing your love of Christ with us!

[@marountayar2831]

Thank you Dr. Hahn. I will remember your family in my prayers, and please remember mine in yours. Keep us the good work. God bless you and your family...

[@mulipolatuuumataafatiufeaa4964]

Great inspiration and amazing talk Dr Scott Hanh. God bless

[@frankfernandes2906]

Dr Hahn, im a marriage encounter priest. Thru the sharing of our couples in their dialogue(god F+S+Hsp dialogue), made in God's image, it is so important for couples to learn this dialogue. This training and example is given in Marriage Encounter. This is living the Covenant, marriage covenant or sacrament.

[@orogheneoboreh-snapps4071]

Thank you Scott Hann🙏🏾

[@gerrymontenegro8831]

Verry lovely...

[@joshbryan486]

God Bless Scott Hahn

[@martinailokolobia2159]

Amazing!

[@Growthwithyoungsters-jg3wi]

❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@memosalazar3214]

Gracias Dr hahn

[@monicadonoso5937]

Amen

[@henryramosacosta7746]

Thank you

[@paskaziatumwesigye1534]

I need to read about His wife's early conversion days

[@loveisaih2020]

I recommend their book Rome Sweet Home. I had joyful tears. God bless

[@JesusLoves77]

👋👋👋

[@dalelerette206]

Our Mother Mary has warned us this was coming when she blessed us with this warning that the final battle between Christ and Satan would be over marriage and the family. We are not the Son of God in the same way that Jesus is the Son of God. Jesus is True God and True Man. We are only weaker reflections of the Love of Christ by the indwelling Power of Holy Spirit. And Christ Jesus has called us to reflect His Love in the darkness. Let your soul Magnify the Lord. His light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not comprehend it. But the Light of Christ Jesus understands the darkness to an infinite level we cannot understand on this side of Creation. We will not fully understand until the Lord takes us home to Him - Father, Son & Holy Spirit.💝

[@elenaroque9958]

I LOVE EVERY SINGLE TALK SCOTT GIVES!!! ONE THING I ALWAYS SEE, IS THAT HE IS ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING WHEN HES PRAYS, ( PLEASE CHECK THAT)WHY DON’T YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU FINISH, ITS A MATTER OF MINUTES! SEEMS LIKE YOU DON’T TAKE PRAYER SERIOUSLY. SORRY I HAVE TO SAY IT. CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG.... I’M OPEN FOR CORRECTION.

[@vhercapiendo4818]

Dr. Hahn how about marrying and exchanging vow (again ) to Mrs. Hanh in a Roman Catholic Church ,in the celebrationof Sacrament of Matrimony Matrimony. We'de love to see that. Excuse my english. I'm not that fluent. From the Philippines.

[@elaineshallcross7816]

Why of course... Totally Spoiled , but not Rotten. How many eggs would You Like ?

[@user-kp2xc3bk9y]

I would like to share our secret for successful marriage of more than 50 years marriage we had a second vow. It was 2 solve all problems in the office so far that's sounds. Easy but the office was my husband's lap there were 2 rules in the office one was no yelling 2 both sides must be heard 1 day I was. So angry. I could have chewed nails my husband said. Would you like to step in the office? No says II don't want to sit on your lap he said the door was always open. I walked away very angry when I calmed down. I came back and said will you really listen? Yes he said will listenn you notwhat interrupt until I'm finished. Yes he said so I sat on his lap and went on and on for about 45 minutes. I'm when I got done I expected a tremendous amount of great advice. And I said to him do you have anything to say? Yes he said one thing I was so disappointed he only had 1 thing to say so in an upset tone of voice I said OK go ahead. He said as get up my legs are numb. The sense humor was important.

[@TamaraDix-rj5no]

Never get married and have a contract about how the kids will be provided for. Marriage is a trap of abuse on all levels.

[@spirit-walkerwaters4521]

The adjective “apocryphal” has come to be applied to those books that DO NOT bear the marks of divine inspiration. SO, why would Catholics boast of having them in their bible?! Because they support their LIES. This is where they get their doctrines! READ ON BUT NOTE, Jesus and his Disciples Never Quoted from Apocrypha: Jesus Christ and his inspired New Testament penmen quoted from the writings and events of the Old Testament profusely. Some thousand quotations or allusions from thirty-five of the thirty-nine Old Testament books are found in the New Testament record. And yet, not once of these any "apocryphal" books that Catholics use are quoted or even explicitly referred to by the Lord or by any New Testament writer! Ample evidence not inspired by God: Creation Contradiction: Rather than the creation being spoken into existence from nothing by the word of Almighty God, as affirmed in the Scriptures (Gen. 1:1; Psa. 33:6-9; Heb. 11:3), the Apocrypha has God creating the world out of “formless matter” (Wisdom of Solomon 11:17). False Doctrines: The Apocrypha teaches the erroneous doctrine of the pre-existence of the soul, suggesting that the kind of body one now has is determined by the character of his soul in a previous life Now I was a goodly child, and a good soul fell to my lot; Nay rather, being good, I came into a body undefiled” (Wisdom of Solomon 8:19-20). The foregoing was a common belief among heathen peoples, but certainly it is contrary to the biblical view that the soul of man is formed with him at conception (Psa. 139:13-16; Zech. 12:1). Praying for the Dead: The Apocrypha teaches that prayer may be made for the dead: “Wherefore he made the propitiation for them that had died, that they might be released from their sins” (2 Maccabees 12:45). Roman Catholics cite this passage to find support for their dogma of praying for the dead to be released from purgatory, but the effort is vain. Obviously there’s no New Testament passage to buttress the notion. Alms for Sins: The Apocrypha suggests that one may atone for his sins by the giving of alms: “It is better to give alms than to lay up gold: alms doth deliver from death, and it shall purge away all sin” (Tobit 12:9). Contradictions Contradictions With Itself: There are two contradictory accounts of the death of Antiochus Epiphanes, that dreaded enemy of the Jews. One narrative records that Antiochus and his company were “cut to pieces in the temple of Nanaea by the treachery of Nanaea’s priests” (2 Maccabees 1:13-16), while another version in the same book states that Antiochus was “taken with a noisome sickness” and so “ended his life among the mountains by a most piteous fate in a strange land” (2 Maccabees 9:19-29 The Suspect Morality of the Apocrypha The moral tone of the Apocrypha is far below that of the Bible. Note some examples: Suicide Noble? The apocrypha applauds suicide as a noble and manful act. Second Maccabees tells of one Razis who, being surrounded by the enemy, fell upon his sword, choosing “rather to die nobly” than to fall into the hands of his enemy. He was not mortally wounded, however, and so threw himself down from a wall and “manfully” died among the crowds (14:41-43). Magical Potions: It describes magical potions which are alleged to drive demons away (Tobit 6:1-17). Murder Applauded: The murder of the men of Shechem (Gen. 34), an act of violence which is condemned in the Scriptures (cf. Gen. 49:6-7), is commended and is described as an act of God (Judith 9:2-9). These, along with various other considerations, lead only to the conclusion that the Apocrypha cannot be included in the volume of sacred Scripture. Members of the Roman Catholic Church often note with pride, that their version of the Bible contains more books than standard translations used by non-Catholics. There are several reasons why the Apocrypha is to be rejected as part of the Bible. The Catholic Church is a religious mixture of seemingly pious worship toward the Creator, yet underneath the façade is every abomination imaginable, and pagan influences. It's a religious hypocrisy and self-righteousness at its worst!

[@Misael-Hernandez]

I don’t claim to be a theologian or teacher but a similarity I see between your protest is that of an atheist quoting inspired scripture to rebuke Christianity. A mistake we tend to make is to know some truth and then go and challenge everyone as if we know the whole truth of the universe. My suggestion is to keep digging and searching for the truth as Dr.Hahn did and you will find it without letting your pride get in the way.

[@amagarajerome1800]

Luther got them out of the protestant bible...but then again if the Bible is a Catholic book who are you to think the same people who put it together were wrong😂🙏🙏you protestants need prayers indeed ..

[@amagarajerome1800]

@@Misael-Hernandez indeed he is so full of hatred for the Catholic church sadly that's what most protestants have come to be they think they know it all even when most times all they do is quote the bible out of context

[@amagarajerome1800]

Keep on if you aren't careful you will miss purgatory and head straight to hell😂😂😂😂

[@amagarajerome1800]

Which magic portion are you writing about, the fish gall or what😂😂😂so to you when Jesus used soil and saliva to heal the blind guy was that magic portion too😂😂😂it's obvious you don't fully comprehend with sincerity what you wrote about...🙏🙏🙏

[@Jeff-bg6dv]

I love my Catholic brothers and sisters in Christ. However, do you know what is sad? By the very nature of following Catholic doctrine, you subscribe to accepting that the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ did not accomplish what God had intended all along. God, without our permission, ushered in the New Covenant (His one-time sacrifice for sins that was enough to bridge the gap between God and us). “God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them” 2 Cor 5:10. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only son that whosoever believes in Him (puts their faith and trust in Him) shall not perish but have everlasting life” John 3:16. We received God’s righteousness (right standing with God); He took on our unrighteousness. What an exchange!!! To follow church authority and tradition (Catholicism) who announces that you have all these requirements to follow to work your way into Heaven (sacraments), and purgatory (so you can bake a little longer before you get in)- simply tells God, “Your son’s death on the Cross was not enough to extend Grace to mankind”. The Vatican Church has absolutely no authority whatsoever. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, the life, no man comes to the Father except through me” John 14:16. Not through the church, not through a priest, not through a confession booth, not through the sacraments, not through Mary, not through prayers to dead “saints”- Eternal Life can only be found through faith and trust in Jesus Christ. That is the New Covenant- a new arrangement with Believers- established by God (on this side of the Cross). We could never do enough good works to get in; God made the ultimate sacrifice, initiating a perfect Grace to ensure we would. “For it is by Grace you have been saved, through Faith- and this not from yourself, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast” Eph 2:8. The corruption of the Catholic Church (do the research), and the massive (and I mean massive) cover up of Priests (who have molested more children than every other Christian denomination combined), and the corruption of so many popes (who are supposed to be the head of the church)- pretty much speaks for the error in Catholic thinking, along with pages and pages of other problems I could write about if there was space. Look it up for yourself- there are documented cases of horrible, bad and corrupt popes- who were sexually active pedophiles, ones who committed sodomy, and much more. They were pure evil. And the pope is identified as infallible by the Catholic church when he speaks from the chair. Insane. Truth? It’s a complete scam. Don’t fall for the Catholic explanation that the Holy Spirit overrides the fallible popes, and renders them infallible (a pathetic lie and an excuse for their deviant behavior). Can you imagine if we used that excuse for all our poor decisions? Absolute nonsense. Popes were also responsible for torturing and murdering hundreds of people because they did not share their beliefs in the early days. Popes were married before, had mistresses, had sex with kids and animals, but the church says the Pope is this great interpreter of Scripture. Never! Insane!! These popes were complete criminals. Talking about wolves in the Catholic Church- it has always been the actual leaders themselves!!! It’s appalling. The pope has usurped the title of that was intended for God; usurped the authority that was intended for Christ. The pope is called the victor (connected to vicarious)- the one who stands in the place of Christ and he has stolen that from the Holy Spirit!! He has set himself in the place of God, up in the place of Christ, and in the place of the Holy Spirit and that is overstepping his bounds! Here is this guy in Italy, more than likely with a homosexual background, dressed up in robes, wearing a crown, and here are intelligent people in America setting him on a pedestal, adoring him like a cult leader (who always just happens to be directed by God Himself), and people all around the world are fallen for this nonsense and blasphemy. The Bible indicates that the Anti-Christ will come out of Europe, and who better to serve that seat as someone who has already deceived millions. Just shocking intelligent people cannot do the research, and realize the lie of Catholicism. The history is all there for your checking. The whole legitimacy of this false church is not Biblical. Finally, The status of priests in the Catholic church is a disaster. One priest was quoted as saying, “Every priest he knows is gay, unless he has been told otherwise”. Other sources have homosexuality in the priesthood at a staggering 75%. The system is broken, and the Catholic Church is not God’s intention. Jesus had a different idea completely, and I will sum it up in 2 words: “Follow me”. Let go of the bondage that is administered and demanded by an “institution”, and rely solely on the freedom and grace that comes by simple faith and trust in “following” Jesus Christ. He will certainly set you free from an institution that holds your eternal life hostage (until you measure up to God’s requirements), because nobody has ever measured up. There is no purgatory; in fact, purgatory was invented by popes selling indulgences (a piece of paper you could buy to have sins forgiven and even your dead relatives sins forgiven). And I thought American Greed on television had some bad stories. Scary theology people!!! Listen, God accomplished on the Cross everything you and me will ever need to IMMEDIATELY be in Heaven- by simple faith and belief. If you have been sitting in Catholic churches all these years, confused, never feeling like you measure up, totally lost in their doctrine (but hung in there because of family tradition)- please consider trusting Christ- and leaving this cultic ideology.

[@amagarajerome1800]

That's where you go wrong. What makes you think that sacraments are wrong , i thought they draw us to Jesus Christ.. Catholic church is the only church with true doctrine. Cults are what you have with with all the" prosperity" gospel preaching churches..

[@amagarajerome1800]

You just like the serpent cunningly you start with i love....then you end insulting the very people you said you loved...Saints are not dead just like at the transfiguration Jesus was seen with both Moses and Elijah. As for Mother Mary rubbish her with caution i don't think by rubbishing the mother of God then you please God...if the word of God dwelt in the ark and that ark was holy how much more holy is the woman that God chose to carry Jesus Christ...you people are so ......when it comes to truly understanding the Catholic.

[@amagarajerome1800]

The energy and time people like you waste trying to find fault with the Catholic faith should rather be directed to the Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus who don't have Christ Jesus as their central belief...

[@Jeff-bg6dv]

@@amagarajerome1800 Thank you for responding Amagara. I do agree with you on the "prosperity" gospels being cultic based. However, I cannot agree with the other comments you have above. First, Catholics have an initial salvation, and then a fatiguing list of stuff to do to "maintain" that. The sacraments represent this "journey to eternity" that is not based on Scripture. Of course, marriage and other things I have no problem with. Yet, very humorous, that marriage is a sacrament and all these thousands and thousands of priests are not able to get married. A poll showed 80% of Catholic members believe priests should be able to get married. Duh! How can they even relate to the married family sitting on the pew? But that's not the worse of it- this "forced" celibacy has destroyed the lives of these priests, and turned them into pedophiles on a gigantic scale. Priests and cardinals and popes have destroyed the lives of thousands and thousands of kids in past centuries. Yes, kids!!!! Then, fast forward to modern day, and you have a gigantic scandal, the likes America has never seen, with the 1700 priest arrested for molesting kids, child pornography. 1700!!!!! Plus, 5200 clergy on the radar for the same thing. And the average priest has molested 70 to 100 kids!!! This is documented! And that is just in this country; it's worldwide. Because of pride, the RCC just can’t admit they got it wrong. They can’t admit that these priests should have been married with kids so they can even relate to the modern family sitting on their pews. As a result, these priests are broken, lost, empty individuals with out-of-control hormones, which leads them to molest children!!! It’s insane. And the RCC will not budge on admitting they’re wrong. Like a lot of Catholics, many want to sweep all the embarrassing stuff up under the rug and pretend that it doesn’t exist. You know something doesn’t feel right, or you become immune to it, because there is no explanation with what went wrong. The question becomes, if this was the true church, why would you have corrupt popes from the very beginning? It’s historically documented. Killing, and molesting, and stealing, and deceiving- it just doesn’t fit well with the story. The child molesting, on the largest scale the world has ever seen- It’s the biggest scam in human history (if you do the research). This “story” that most protect with their lives is massively flawed. But nobody is willing to do the research. As far as the sacraments, here is something to consider: The more tasks we are “required” to do to be in good standing with God (as promulgated through the Catholic Faith), the more we rely on human effort to maintain our salvation. This steals the glory away from God. However, when we come to the end of ourselves, and realize we are barely a part of the equation in God’s story, all the focus goes on Him. It is pure pride (and not in a good way), that tells God we will assist Him in the reconciliation/redemptive/justification process. It’s complete foolishness. You said, "The Catholic Church is the only one with true doctrine". That could not be further from the truth. The doctrine is tainted with corruption, and the true church is the one that Jesus started by declaring to all: "Follow me". You would not be able to win a "doctrine debate" with anyone that knows the Bible. What is the origin of the Roman Catholic Church? The Roman Catholic Church contends that its origin is the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ in approximately AD 30. The Catholic Church proclaims itself to be the church that Jesus Christ died for, the church that was established and built by the apostles. Is that the true origin of the Catholic Church? On the contrary. Even a casual reading of the New Testament will reveal that the Catholic Church does not have its origin in the teachings of Jesus or His apostles. In the New Testament, there is no mention of the papacy, worship/adoration of Mary (or the immaculate conception of Mary, the perpetual virginity of Mary, the assumption of Mary, or Mary as co-redemptrix and mediatrix), petitioning saints in heaven for their prayers, apostolic succession, the ordinances of the church functioning as sacraments, infant baptism, confession of sin to a priest, purgatory, indulgences, or the equal authority of church tradition and Scripture. So, if the origin of the Catholic Church is not in the teachings of Jesus and His apostles, as recorded in the New Testament, what is the true origin of the Catholic Church? For the first 280 years of Christian history, Christianity was banned by the Roman Empire, and Christians were terribly persecuted. This changed after the “conversion” of the Roman Emperor Constantine. Constantine provided religious toleration with the Edict of Milan in AD 313, effectively lifting the ban on Christianity. Later, in AD 325, Constantine called the Council of Nicea in an attempt to unify Christianity. Constantine envisioned Christianity as a religion that could unite the Roman Empire, which at that time was beginning to fragment and divide. While this may have seemed to be a positive development for the Christian church, the results were anything but positive. Just as Constantine refused to fully embrace the Christian faith but continued many of his pagan beliefs and practices, so the Christian church that Constantine and his successors promoted progressively became a mixture of true Christianity and Roman paganism. Of course, the Roman Catholic Church denies the pagan origin of its beliefs and practices. The Catholic Church disguises its pagan beliefs under layers of complicated theology and church tradition. Recognizing that many of its beliefs and practices are utterly foreign to Scripture, the Catholic Church is forced to deny the authority and sufficiency of Scripture. The origin of the Catholic Church is the tragic compromise of Christianity with the pagan religions that surrounded it. Instead of proclaiming the gospel and converting the pagans, the Catholic Church “Christianized” the pagan religions and “paganized” Christianity. By blurring the differences and erasing the distinctions, the Catholic Church made itself attractive to the idolatrous people of the Roman Empire. One result was the Catholic Church becoming the supreme religion in the Roman world for centuries. However, another result was the most dominant form of Christianity apostatizing from the true gospel of Jesus Christ and the true proclamation of God’s Word. Second Timothy 4:3-4 declares, “For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” I'm sorry Catholicism is the furthest thing from true doctrine. Do members find a relationship with Jesus Christ in the Catholic Church? I would say, yes. Not because of the church, but despite the church. Have a good evening..

[@filiamaria8]

totally misinformed and wrongly interpreting what Catholic doctrine is. before spewing all of these (which was already answered centuries ago), go learn more from the learned and practicing Catholics and 2k y/o teachings. not just from your pastors.

[@d2oliveira]

@Otradutorcatolico