Protestant Reviews Jack Chick's Anti-Catholic Tracts

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Ever wonder how caricatures become so popular? Publishing tracts that sell 750 MILLION copies is one way. In this video, I break down some of the arguments that Jack Chick makes in one of his most popular tracts, "Are Roman Catholics Christians?" In doing so, I evaluate some bad arguments about Catholicism and touch on ways that we can disagree more charitably to bring people together, rather than driving them apart.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Bonus Content
00:42 - The Story behind this video
02:22 - Welcome
02:39 - Are Catholics Christians?
05:19 - Catholics are bad citizens
06:17 - Penance and Baal
07:21 - Ad 1 - Faithful Counseling
08:23 - Confession and arguments from silence
10:34 - Communion and Egyptian idolatry
11:37 - Transubstantiation and silliness
13:32 - Ad 2 - Christian Ministry EDU
14:17 - Satan and the Eucharist
14:43 - Confirmation
15:00 - Militant Church
16:31 - Assorted Sacraments
16:39 - Mary and Isis
17:58 - Saving Catholics
18:57 - Responsible Evangelism
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[@GratiaPrima_]

“Half truths become whole lies when misapplied.” That’s great!

[@GospelSimplicity]

You know, I surprised myself with that one

[@GratiaPrima_]

@@GospelSimplicity lol, it seemed like it! Well, it worked 🤗

[@alecfoster4413]

Agreed! Your exchange made me recall this scene in "The Exorcist". kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3KthJqtZdOZgJY

[@garymattscheck9066]

Where did they get that crazy stuff?That's entails prejudice.Thats where it begins.

[@mattd03411]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmrUimlujtN2prM

[@FatherJMarcelPortelli]

I read many Chick tracts growing up. They helped convince me to become a Catholic priest. :)

[@GospelSimplicity]

That sounds like a fascinating story!

[@FatherJMarcelPortelli]

@@GospelSimplicity Simple, really. Few things helped me to learn (and to love) my faith more than having to refute claims made against it.

[@CartwrightFour]

@@FatherJMarcelPortelli that’s a really good point!

[@alexanderharding2221]

Kemm hu sabiħ biex nara Malti ieħor hawn!

[@mimi_j]

Lol you should review the tracts and say that 🤭 also that’s amazing ❤

[@tiberbridgecatholic]

Literally just said in my last video that the only thing I knew about Catholicism growing up was in Chick Tracts!! Thank you so much for going through these and commenting on it! This is so helpful in the conversation between Protestants and Catholics!

[@josephzammit8483]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGbWiqFta66goLs

[@PatrickSteil]

Hello Sara! I returned to the Catholic Church after 20 years in Methodist Church. I am more deeply connected to my God than ever before. Highly recommend for anyone looking for Jesus who is The Truth, the life and the way. Catholic Church has this figured out 100%.

[@contemplatingchrist]

I saw some of your videos online. God bless sister in Christ! Blessed advent and Merry christmas !

[@garyk3789]

As a Bible believing Christian, I reject Roman Catholicism, and those who refuse to repent and come out of that false religion, are not Christians. Unrepentant Catholics are NOT "brothers and sisters in Christ." You blasphemers are responsible for leading precious, lost Roman Catholics even FURTHER away from God. The wrath of God shall remain upon you, you disgusting apostates, for the souls you're leading to Hell - along with yourselves! This is infuriating to me!!! You are even more ANTICHRIST than the brutal system of Rome that has massacred literally TENS OF MILLIONS of Bible believing Christians and Jews throughout history. The Lord Jesus Christ rebuke thee. SATAN!

[@mattmackmack9173]

I came across Chick Publications anti-Catholic tracts when I was Episcopalian. I found them so outrageous I started doing my own research and eventually became Catholic. Soooo thanks Jack.

[@POTATOSOOPS]

I was raised IFB, and am now catholic

[@mattmackmack9173]

@YAJUN YUAN Eh, not quite. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3fcaKGojKysbtk

[@artdanks4846]

@YAJUN YUAN Before you assume that that's a problem, it would be better for you to do your own research as to what Catholics (AND Orthodox Christians) REALLY believe about the Eucharist, and WHY. It's quite different from the exaggeration presented in your comment.

[@masterchief8179]

@YAJUN YUAN ​So you haven’t researched well. Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and the Assyrian Church, all the apostolic churches affirm to adore - with the worship due to the divine - unequivocally the Eucharist after the consecration/ epiclesis. They give the sacramental body and the sacramental blood of the Lord the worship of “latria” - and if they deny it they would be treated as heretics under their own ecclesiastical rules. So you are incorrect all over again here, brother. What you are saying is that the tradition of adoration OUTSIDE of the liturgy of the sacrament, usually in the ostensory or in the silent prayers in front of the churches’ tabernacle (for the effect of silent contemplation: Catholics call it “Eucharistic meditation”) is genuinely a Western practice. And the reasons are quite clear for it: especially after so many acts of profanations spread throughout Europe during the Protestant revolutions, the dissemination of the monstrance and the practice of Eucharistic meditation was seen as a pious means to combat the public abhorrent offenses that took place and also to educate the faithful in a time when people were massively illiterate and uneducated, inspiring them to understand the doctrine through contemplative piety instead of a much complex theological reasoning in light of disputes. Albeit there are historical records of the Eucharistic meditation in monasteries during the Ancient Era in the East and the West, the first registered act of “perpetual adoration” using the Eucharist in an ostensory (monstrance) for uninterrupted devotion of the faithful in meditation, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia (check “perpetual adoration”), happened in France, 1226, to celebrate and give thanks for the victory over the Albigensians in the “Siege of Avignon”: as it is widely known the Cathars (just like some versions of Protestantism later) denied the Real Presence and acts of profanation spread all throughout the Albigensian areas in France. It was against the theological disputes ignited by the spread of Catharism that the Catholic dogma was defined in 1215 by the way. In 1264 Pope Urban IV instituted the feast of Corpus Christi ("the Body of Christ") with the publication of the papal bull ‘Transiturus’. None of those conditions (Catharism and Protestantism) happened in the East.

[@masterchief8179]

@YAJUN YUAN Then you don’t know what a “condition” means. If Catharism and Protestantism happened in other parts of the globe (or if the schisms hadn’t happened so as to wound Christian unity prior to the Cathars and the Protestants), the Eucharistic meditation would be simply and rigorously universal. Notice that even some Protestants practice it, like High Church Anglicans and some HIgh Church Lutherans. About the “prophetess” Ellen White, the one who founded the Seventh Day Adventism in 19th century Michigan/USA, I really didn’t understand your point but I hope you aren’t really comparing Ellen White to the episcopal office and guardianship of the successor of St Peter.

[@saracmr6133]

You are one of my favorite Christian KZbin channels! I love that you are not tearing down other Christian churches like other evangelical KZbinrs unfortunately do. You respectfully try to understand their point and that is the true way that Christ intended for his church. Unity is so important. Sending you lots of love from Germany and keep up that good work! God bless you.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thanks Sara!

[@Joeyisundead]

Don’t sound very Christian at all

[@philoalethia]

Jack Chick's pamphlets are so absurd that I suspect he probably converted more thoughtful people to Roman Catholicism than any RC apologist.

[@Former_Pastor]

He converted more people to becoming Atheists. He wrote the most ridiculous material I've ever read

[@ahwhite1398]

I found his pamphlets useful to understand the "theology" of the types of "Christian" I discovered when I moved to Missouri back in the early 1990s.

[@praytherosary7086]

Catholicism is the fullness of the faith. I recently converted. So happy to be Catholic. The Eucharist and rosary are amazing.

[@DanteColburn]

@@mariap.7907 Lol, what do you think the Eucharist is? Have you ever been to a Catholic Mass? Because the whole liturgy is all about Him, glorifying Christ.

[@TitusFlavius11]

Being good Christian = being ‘Murican. Can’t say I haven’t seen that sentiment in modern evangelicalism. Especially the type who sing “God bless the USA” as a worship song. Same folks accuse us of idolatry.

[@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr]

i agree that patriotism should stay out of church. We serve one master and it isn't the United States government.

[@TitusFlavius11]

@@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr or any other government for that matter

[@stocktonking12]

The founding fathers of the US were anti Christian Freemasons, we should only have pride in this ground and our people not a government built by the “enlightened” anti Christian men

[@DanteColburn]

That's a very fair point. I never thought of it, but many people do make their country, their race or their "heritage" (Whatever that might mean) an idol to be worshipped.

[@WilliamMoses355]

I've only seen a couple Chick tracts, but I can't remember any Christian publication so devoid of both charity and sound doctrine.

[@Skipsul]

Some people give them out with (or in place of) Halloween candy.

[@azurephoenix9546]

@@Skipsul Those people are worse than people who give out toothbrushes or apples. A toothbrush is useful, an apple is healthy, but a chick track is just a place to spit out your chewed gum.

[@ahwhite1398]

My favorite will always be the "Death Cookie" one. I've seen those in restaurants on a little table by the door. I've not returned to said restaurants. I'm not aware of any KZbinr who's dug into some of the sources Chick often sites in some of his comics. Might be a good project for a young man with an interest in theology and Church history.

[@ahwhite1398]

@Calvinism is a doctrine of devils Quoting this, I only just now caught your screen name. Lol. That whole "sinners prayer" is a theology I'd love to delve more in to. What's particularly fascinating to me is it is often propagated among those who most strongly insist on "sola scriptura," yet, at best, requires an elaborate and selective hermeneutic method that has clearly been passed along by "tradition" even if those who teach it insist otherwise. But even the words "save" and "salvation" have developed such entirely different meanings among certain Protestant-derived theologies as to be all but unintelligible to those formed in an Orthodox or Catholic understanding (and can often be a point of confusion for the latter if raised somewhere like the United States or Australia where the dominant Christian cultural milieu is Protestant.

[@20alphabet]

You must be: (A) Joking (B) Unfamiliar with the material (C) Devoid of the things you, yourself listed (D) Completely deranged

[@annrejda-wolfe6358]

I commented a long while back about how wonderful your videos are because of the healing they gave me. It’s a long story but I mentioned how much these tracts hurt me deeply. And to hear a Protestant speak so kindly about Catholosism even though you didn’t know much you knew we weren’t what was reflected in those tracts. You knew we weren’t evil and you’d only just started looking at how we worship. I think it was your 2 or 3 video. And I was so glad to have a Protestant defend me after being in the bullseye of so much hate and suspicion by Protestants. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for finally addressing this.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Wow, thank you so much for sharing these kind words. I really appreciate that!

[@thetraditionalthomist]

I grew up on chick tracts. So much of my "knowledge" of Catholics was based upon misunderstanding and fear. Now by God's grace I am a Catholic convert. Thanks you for your show and how you try to search for truth and nuance in your videos!

[@kendaugherty3828]

You have no clue what your beloved Church is up to. Without the Spirit of God you can not know the truth.

[@riverdweller9912]

@@kendaugherty3828 ok, what is the catholic church up to?

[@kendaugherty3828]

@Cyril Navarro First, do you believe that the Catholic Church is the "sole Church of Christ?"(Catechism 816)

[@riverdweller9912]

@@kendaugherty3828 hmm, nope

[@kendaugherty3828]

@Cyril Navarro I pray that you are born again. First, Catholics do not care about the salvation of souls. Why? If the Holy Spirit is NOT in you, you are of the world still & cannot please God.(Ref. Romans 8) This is the Catholic Church in all its glory concerning salvation: "The Church's RELATIONSHIP with the Muslims. "The PLAN of SALVATION also INCLUDES those who ACKNOWLEDGE the Creator, in the FIRST PLACE amongst whom are the MUSLIMS; these profess to HOLD the faith of Abraham, & together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day."(Catechism 841) Do Muslims have a believing faith? Muslims, who do NOT have the "faith of Abraham" who in fact "believed God," DENY Jesus Christ of Nazareth as God incarnate; they DENY Him as the "Lamb of God who [took] away the sin of the world," (John 1:29) by His death and resurrection. Jesus is the Creator (and Judge) of the universe. Muslims do NOT believe Jesus to be the Creator or Judge. Yet, the "plan of salvation" has been granted to the Muslims by Rome. Without the Holy Spirit, Catholics will say anything, even if it opposes Jesus' own words. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No ONE comes to the Father EXCEPT through Me."(Jn 14:6) Pay attention to Cardinal Reinhard Marx's words in 2011 (the same year that the Vatican called for a "global Government") when he penned a farewell address to religious leaders who attended an Ecumenical gathering in Munich, Germany, saying "Religions...HELP humanity TURN to God." Really??? Here's the entire excerpt (paragraph): "Particularly, RELIGIONS make an important CONTRIBUTION in GUIDING HUMANITY towards a better future. They HELP it TURN to God, Creator and Father of humankind. They POSITION ALL people in a WIDER, COMMON HORIZON. We ACCEPT this MISSION, and we commit ourselves to taking the PATHWAY of comprehension and reconciliation." What did Jesus say about the WIDE way that the Catholic Church is taking, the "WIDER COMMON HORIZON," versus the NARROW?: Jesus said, "Enter by the NARROW gate; for WIDE is the gate and BROAD is the way that leads to DESTRUCTION, and there are MANY who go in by it. Because NARROW is the gate and DIFFICULT is the WAY which leads to LIFE, and there are FEW who find it."(Matthew 7:13-15) So, what's this "MISSION" Marx is referring to: The "MISSION" of the Catholic Church is "RESTORING and BEARING WITNESS to the UNITY lost at Babel." (Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church 431) The Catholic Church is NOT the "sole Church of Christ," but it is the sole Church of the Antichrist. It is gathering the religions of the world to embrace UNITY and peace. It seeks a "World Public Authority" (global Government) and is working with big business to remodal Capitalism in order for the "redistribution of wealth" to be made possible across the planet. As the Catholic Church seeks world peace, Jesus' words are a warning to this MISSION Rome desires: "Do NOT think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did NOT come to bring peace BUT a sword (i.e. DIVISION). For I have come to ‘set a man AGAINST his father, a daughter AGAINST her mother, and a daughter-in-law AGAINST her mother-in-law’; and ‘a man’s ENEMIES will be those of his own HOUSEHOLD" - Matthew 10:34-36

[@annalynn9325]

Chick tracts cracked me up when I was a teenager in the 1980s. Unfortunately, to my mind, they made Christianity seem like a joke 🙁

[@victormossiii1196]

When I was growing up, many friends, family, and churches had these tracks. I was ok with the ones about getting away from a life of sin; however, I had difficulty with the ones about the Catholic Church. Something didn't settle right in my spirit. And yes as I have grown older and matured, and became a Catholic Christian myself. These writings are deceptive and are filled with half truths. Thanks for the video!!!

[@1Hope4All]

Half truths? More like, less than half truths.

[@williamavitt8264]

*Tracts

[@DanteColburn]

@@1Hope4All So you mean "lies". Yes, those pamphlets are filled with lies.

[@garymattscheck9066]

Now that I'm a Catholic, I'm so thankful for a devout Catholic friend who set me straight!

[@Maryismymom2]

Your description of the evangelicals in the 50’s describes my mother in the 70’s. She never knew any Catholics but read these tracts and believed everything he said in these tracts. When I converted to Catholicism- she was furious. I did get the opportunity of explaining her misconceptions before she passed away.

[@Justaguy5678]

Hey Austin, great video. Really want to applaud the video overall, but especially the editing and production, which made the video feel really polished and fun, and I think showed us more of your personality. Love your normal long form content, but this kind of video could be really helpful and interesting as well going forward.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thanks Harrison! I really enjoyed putting this together. It was great to break the mold a bit. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it

[@johnflorio3052]

Jack Chick and his tracts have strengthened my faith as a Catholic.

[@Paul-el4zd]

My Prayer for Jack Chick. Lord Jesus son of God be as merciful to him as appropriate.

[@Paul-el4zd]

@@mariap.7907 Awe, nice try, I’m not Roman Catholic! Jack Chick was a heretic. Have fun going with your scripture twisting pope rages. 🥴

[@christsavesreadromans1096]

@@mariap.7907 Repent, Jesus built the church on Peter. Peter established (with Paul) the Church of Rome, and Peter was it's first bishop.

[@countryboyred]

@@Paul-el4zdJack Chick sincerely loved Christ. I’m sure God will be merciful to him.

[@Paul-el4zd]

@@countryboyred Protestantism is obviously faults.

[@lizledbitter6711]

Looking forward to this. Having been exposed to Chick Tracts, I believe the real question is "Are Chick Tracts in any way Christian?"

[@GospelSimplicity]

A fair question

[@G.er9]

Should we all become Catholic and donate to Peter's pence for the Vatican bank's 🌐🌐🌐 world dominion

[@jeremiahong248]

@@G.er9 Your prejudice expose your ignorance in the world of banking and finance.

[@G.er9]

@@jeremiahong248 The Vtc is the 18th most 💰 country in the world. Now imagine that if *everyone* was Roman Catholic.

[@jeremiahong248]

@@G.er9 Vatican is the 18th wealthiest nation in the world ? That is calculated based in GDP and because of its very low population. Why don't you talk about Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Brunei ? With both oil and money, is their bank mote poised for world banking domination ? Has it happened ???!!

[@1Hope4All]

Hi Austin! *We most definitely are!* In fact, we are the very first and original Christians, followers of Jesus. 🙏🏽

[@1Hope4All]

Mary is actually the very first Catholic. 😇🙏🏽 They just weren't called "Catholic" at that time. But soon after, St. Ignatius of Antioch mentioned the Catholic Church in his letter to the Smyrnaeans. "See that you all follow the Bishop, as Christ does the Father, and the presbyterium as you would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as a command of God. Let no one do anything connected with the Church without the Bishop. Let that be considered a certain [βεβαια, "valid"] eucharist which is under the leadership of the Bishop, or one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the Bishop appears, there let the multitude of the people be; just as where Christ Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church. It is not permitted with the Bishop either to baptize or to celebrate an agape; but whatever he shall approve of, that is well-pleasing alos to God, so that everything that is done may be assured and certain. -St. Ignatius of Antioch, c. 110 AD, Letter to the Smyrneans 8

[@ulrichkrieg2224]

You spelled Orthodox wrong. You all split in 1054 from the Orthodox Church.

[@dumberthandirt9912]

@@ulrichkrieg2224 I noticed that too 😂

[@halleylujah247]

@@ulrichkrieg2224 you didn't watch the end of his video🤔

[@jeremiahong248]

@@ulrichkrieg2224 As much as I love the Orthodox Christians and I gravitate to your side of the Filioque, the Orthodox Church reported into Rome for 1000 years. So its the Orthodox Church who split from Rome. If in the beginning, Rome was under the Patriarch of Constantinople, then you are right, Rome split from the Orthodox Church. But this didn't happen historically.

[@KenTenTen]

My T-shirt says "I prayed a rosary for Jack Chick."

[@EpoRose1]

That’s awesome. Even better would be “I prayed a rosary for Jack Chick’s soul.”

[@CatholicCat-er9xn]

Would love one! 🙂🙏🙂

[@alanx4121]

Mary doesn't listen to us or pray for us. Jesus does: Heb 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

[@joolz5747]

Since I am a cradle Catholic and I am an older lady I never heard of this man. But I do know that there’s so many anti-Catholic people out there that it doesn’t surprise me. The problem is they don’t know what the Catholic Church is and they attack it thinking they know what it is when they don’t know what it is. I’m glad many of your responders here became Catholic listening to this man! Kind of funny. Thanks for sharing very interesting. And by the way I love how you equally talk about all the face because you’re not bias you’re literally open To the Holy Spirit which is what we’re supposed to be!

[@rosiegirl2485]

I am also a cradle Catholic, 62, and I too have never heard of this guy, or have ever seen anything he has done. I don't believe that anything he put out would have shaken my faith in the Catholic Church. I know Jehova Witness tried with their pamphlets, and those only made it to the kitchen trash can. Bishop Fulton Sheen quote.... "Not a 100 people in the Unite states hate the Catholic Church, but millions hate it for what they wrongly perceive the Church to be. God bless! ⚘️

[@isaiah3872]

I'm a cradle Catholic in my 20s outside the US, & I've come across at least 2 Chick tracts in the past 10 years. One was given to my then teenage brother by a random woman on the bus, about a Mexican Catholic thug.

[@MCRECKYD]

Just to keep it real for a second, it's because of stuff like jack chick pamphlets, counter balance terms which do not help for fruitful dialogue start getting thrown around. The reality is jack chick was one of the worst Protestants ever at best, or an out and out Satanist at worst. GOD BLESS. PAX.

[@joshuadupre6161]

Do you think that the Apostle Paul will go to hell too? Why or why not?

[@Master_Blackthorne]

Okay Austin, it's like this. The priest does not have the power to pull Jesus into the bread. He has the power to invoke the Holy Spirit into the bread and wine. Jesus taught, "Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will not have life in you." Fundo whackos who have torn everything out of the historical church and replaced it with arid scholasticism are not aware of this. It was the historical church which decided which books would go into the canon (order) of the bible so Protestants could later mess it up. In early times, Christians didn't go around with bibles under their armpits witnessing. There were few bibles, they were expensive and they weighed 70 pounds because they were printed on vellum (unborn calfskin). Jack Chick's products have been classified as hate literature and have nothing whatsoever to do with historical Christianity, but low Protestantism. As for Confirmation, the bishop pats the person on the cheek lightly, a reminded that the person may have to suffer for their faith--like reading one of those trailer trash tracts which have no basis in reality. You are not taking an oath to kill or incite mob violence---this is a lie.

[@PatrickSteil]

Thanks Austin! Praying for you on your journey toward the Truth of God!

[@pamelashropshire7298]

I grew up in the 80s when Jack Chick and other tracts abounded. Fortunately, I read lots of history and theology even then and recognized the “half truths” (loved your rhyme) and outright lies. But lots of good people then were misled by them.

[@filiusvivam4315]

Thanks for your thoughtful breakdown of these ignorant and bigoted Chick tracts. Jack Chick did much damage to Christian unity.

[@garymattscheck9066]

That's where it springs from,being down on what you're not up on!

[@Sydroo1969]

I remember reading those as a kid. I was protestant back then. Catholic convert 23 years ago. Now I'm 53. Saw one of these a few years ago and laughed at the misinformation it had printed in it.

[@jasonrodgers880]

Amazing points. Thank you! I agree, seeing others from the perspective of a caricature or in a mocking tone, sets up the conversation as a fight rather than a dialogue. Open eyes and ears leads to deeper truths.

[@rosiegirl2485]

Great job Austin! I come from a large Catholic family. My brother Ricky was converted to a seriously devout Anti Catholic by the internet. How I wish that I could get him to watch this! He won't, because he knows that I am so consumed by Bael, that I will fall for anything. What makes this difficult is, that we live together. We cannot discuss religion at all. It does spill over to politics, and every conspiracy theory that comes down the pike, oh yeah...and my Blessed Mother in my garden..(ha)! The way I see it...he is free to believe as he wishes...but so am I. I understand his rejection of my Blessed Mother and my Crucifix...and apparantly frogs...but I refuse to hide them! Thank you for such an entertaining and well thought out video. You are doing great work! ⚘️

[@viviennedunbar3374]

Pray for him every time at the Consecration at Mass.

[@1Hope4All]

Rosie, since you live with Ricky, love him with your actions and with your prayers and with offering Mass for him. I know it's strange to ask you to love your brother because, of course you love him. But show him that you love him. That's the best thing you can do for him. Offer up Masses for him. Offer up your communion for him. The best thing you can do for your brother is to be the best Catholic you can be and to pray for him. Go to confession often and if you could get to Mass a few times during the week as well, that would be great. Pray the Rosary for your brother too. And I mean an extra Rosary every day; one for daily intentions or Holy Souls in Purgatory or whatever intention you'd like and then one special Rosary just for Ricky. 🙏🏽

[@1Hope4All]

KZbin deleted my other comment! 😠😣 I think it was because I added the link to my KZbin video, Jesus in the Eucharist - The Real Presence. I will just add my comment again without the link. I cannot add my other comment again. Maybe it was too long? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@1Hope4All]

Rosie Girl, are you on any other social media, like Instagram or Facebook? I'd like to send you the comment that I wanted to add here but for some reason, KZbin keeps deleting it.

[@rosiegirl2485]

@@1Hope4All I just read a comment you made other then this one. It didn't have a link associated with it. It dig have many great ideas. Some I already do, and others that I can add. Thank you for all your great suggestions! 🌹

[@laurapajamas612]

It’s unfortunate that you didn’t discuss his other anti Catholic tracts linking the Church to Nazism and inventing Islam

[@ro.m.6432]

its true

[@cephasmartin8593]

Misunderstandings? I read them when I was a Baptist and found them thoroughly disgusting and packed full of lies, and that was almost 60 years ago. Regarding confession, the early Christians confessed their sins before the entire congregation. Confessionals were an improvement. The Catholic Church uses the ancient Jewish understanding of memorializing, which makes the original event present in the present time. It isn't sacrificing Jesus all over again, it's a re-presentation of his sacrifice in an unbloody manner. The Jewish memorial of Passover is the same Passover of Moses.

[@conservativecatholic9030]

I’m interested in you doing a part 2

[@hannahb2383]

Random but true story: my parents gave Michael Jackson a chick tract ("This Was Your Life") after they met him at Disney/Epcot in 2003. LOL.

[@eric_wood]

Jack Chick’s arguments are reminding me of Steven Anderson but without the temper tantrums

[@bobblacka918]

Jesus says: “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink." (John 6 : 53-55 NIV) Then St. Paul tells us how to do this: "The Lord Jesus... took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, 'This is my body, which is for you... In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.' For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord." (1 Cor. 11 : 23-32 NIV) Pretty clear to me. Funny how Jack Chick (or any other Catholic basher) never refers to these passages in the Bible. It's almost like they are trying to hide something.

[@faithofourfathers]

Good review!

[@Calvero52]

Just as I was about to recommend the God In America series, you bring it up 😆. I love that documentary series. Watched it when it first aired back in 2010. Some of it I was familiar with. A good amount of it I was not. I took part in a tweet-along back then and a number of the people who tweeting along said similar things. Highly recommended 👍. I've just started rewatching it now ☺

[@GospelSimplicity]

It's great! Watched it for a History of American Protestantism class in college

[@llla_german_ewoklll6413]

These tracts are a gift from God. They have converted so many people to the Catholic faith, and have led so many people away from fundamentalism and strawman argumentation. The ideas in the tract are a fundamentalist pastor's wet dream. God bless Jack Chick!

[@deborahrozenzhak3696]

I am catholic convert from an evangelical church and I know other from different denominations. There are so many misunderstandings between them all. Christ prayed we would have unity and I pray for that as well. Denomination wars are not okay.

[@deborahrozenzhak3696]

@@mariap.7907 I think Christianity starts with Christ and the account is first written down in the Bible not the catechism. Also while you vilify others that are different than you, those in Christ are fighting amongst themselves and that is not okay. Reach those that are completely against Christ and then maybe it will go well for the church.

[@alecfoster4413]

@@mariap.7907 What do you think most of the catechism is predicated upon?

[@esmereldakaffeeklatch8812]

For the full Chick Tract experience, come out of Mass on a Sunday morning and find one of these treats tucked under your windshield wiper. :face_with_rolling_eyes:

[@hannahb2383]

Oh boy 🤣😭😭😭

[@danhickey1227]

So glad this has never happened to me

[@stephenmaddox1]

You’re very generous with characterizing these as misunderstandings. These tracts were quite intentional

[@HonorsChemistryI]

Well done! Thanks for covering this. I'm a life long catholic and found these disgusting pamphlets in my mailbox.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@danhickey1227]

​@@mariap.7907 no, I think you've got it quite backwards.

[@danhickey1227]

Wow. Would love to hear the story.

[@halleylujah247]

Lol I love your intro. Also kudos to Eliza on the decorating. Your home looks comfy. I am giving her all the credit because even if you "did it" she approved.😁 Please do a part 2!

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thanks Halley!

[@Nathan-zw7nq]

I don’t understand Low Church Protestant’s misunderstanding of the Body and Blood of Christ. Jesus did not say this represents My body and blood, or that it symbolizes it. He said IT IS my body and blood. Orthodox here btw.

[@jjameslove8383]

These were a real treat to have in your Halloween bag.

[@zerosoma33]

The sweetest treat is salvation in Christ

[@mickyfrazer786]

Really well made and sympathetic view to make a crucial point.

[@lynnstefanick7071]

I am and have been for a while a kind of Prothalic. I have heard so many painful and bigoted comments about Catholicism but I have heard similar bigotry and ignorance about evangelicals from the Catholic side. I am delighted to se someone using respect for Christians on both side of the fence

[@richardbenitez1282]

Your comment seems to equate catholic misunderstandings to that by he Chck tract. Catholics like orthodox object to chick tracks basically to uphold the real presence of Christ in holy communion.

[@harpgal9950]

I will never forget "The Death Cookie" tract. It was a big thing in evangelical churches in the 70's and refers to the communion wafer.

[@garymattscheck9066]

"The Death Cookie"-sounds like a name of a cheesy horror flick!

[@harpgal9950]

@@garymattscheck9066 Or something to go with the koolaid given by Jim Jones.

[@ChericeGraham]

That sounds blasphemous.

[@Goodiesfanful]

Judging from the comments, Jack Chick created even more Catholics with his anti-Catholic tracts. In your face, Chickie!

[@TonyThomas10000]

You should have added a copy of the "Alberto" comic book. LOL!

[@1Hope4All]

3:48 We do believe that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist. We go to Adoration to Adore the Eucharistic Jesus. That is truly Jesus! And we do call it the Blessed Sacrament where Jesus is truly present. We worship a Eucharistic Lord. We do not worship a wafer or bread or host. We worship Jesus in the Eucharist, the host *after* consecration. He is truly present, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.

[@EpoRose1]

Good point; unconsecrated hosts are not treated the same as consecrated.

[@CPATuttle]

Oh man. You were super respectful describing this cartoon. Jack Chick must of been joking

[@christinebravomom5711]

"Horrified" is precisely right. When I was in college (class of 1976), a neighbor approached me with an anti-Catholic tract his mother had given him. He'd been dating a Catholic girl and the mother wanted him to break it off. When he read the tract, he was appalled at the idea that his lovely girlfriend believed such horrible things. I read the tract and was, as you say, horrified that anyone would lie so egregiously about what the Roman Catholic Church teaches. I explained what was inaccurate about the tract and put the poor fellow's mind to rest. The sweet thing was that he was genuinely more concerned about his girlfriend's immortal soul than anything else.

[@enderoctanus]

When some Protestants witness true worship (sacrifice), involving rituals, the only conclusion they can come to is that some manner of devilry or witchcraft is afoot. Why? Because to the majority of Protestant denominations, worship takes the form of prayer. Is prayer important to a Catholic? Yes. But it is not worship. It is a lower form of communion. We have much higher requirements for worship. If your highest practices as a Protestant are the lowest form of devotion to a Catholic, you have to conclude that Catholics are doing something bad, because the only other explanation is that you are woefully inadequate in your 'worship' of the Lord. It is convicting. If you were open to accepting that, it's unlikely you would still be Protestant, so misrepresenting or willfully misunderstanding Catholicism is really the only remaining option to a Protestant in this position.

[@ThruTheUnknown]

Great video. As an Eastern orthodox I think the accusation of yanking God out of heaven in terms of the eucharist could also be made for the protestant in terms of baptism as well. Unfortunately Jack Chick did not seem to grasp that self-refuting fact.

[@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr]

No idea what you mean. We don't believe the water in baptism is literally Jesus.

[@ThruTheUnknown]

@@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr Is the Holy Spirit present in baptism in a way that he is not in any other normal circumstance? If so how did a protestant pastor manage to yank him out of heaven through baptism & bend the Holy Spirit's arm to do the pastors biding & will? Clearly Jack Chick didn't really do logic very well when it came to some of his very cringe worthy tracts.

[@ChamomileTV]

God himself came to Earth in the incarnation! God condescends to come himself to join heaven and earth. And he continues to do so when we eat his body and drink his blood.

[@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr]

@@ThruTheUnknown To me, baptism is a symbol of the baptism of the holy spirit that I feel like I received when I became born again. So I guess I can change your question to do I feel like I yanked the holy spirit out of heaven when I became born again? Um... well the holy spirit lives in all who believe... this is in a spiritual way and our bodies are the temple, not a piece of bread.

[@ThruTheUnknown]

@@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr I agree with all that, except for the last part as no one is saying anything about the bread being equated to our body & temple.

[@Steve-wg3cr]

I remember Chick tracts but haven't seen one in many years. Didn't know they are still around.

[@Yallquietendown]

Go to a independent fundamental baptist church they’ll have them on a little display table lol

[@TitusFlavius11]

@@Yallquietendown it’s basically independent Baptist iconostasis

[@jordibilbatua9177]

This is totally off topic, but where did you get your jacket? Great outfit.

[@mortensimonsen1645]

It would be interesting to find the most persecuted church/religion in the world. It would probably be the true church.

[@DanteColburn]

I always heard about how awful Chick Tracts were when talking about Catholicism, but actually seeing what's inside them is stunning in the sense that they are way, way, way worse than I could have ever imagined. You're being too generous by calling them "Half-truths"; those were outright lies and ridiculous caricatures of Catholicism.

[@danhickey1227]

Thats what I'm saying. I remember my late grandmother telling me how often she'd find these pieces of pure hate on her car windshield after Mass.

[@lelandunruh7896]

I used to laugh at these when I'd find them in truck stop restrooms. I often wondered why they were always there, but then it occurred to me that I had read them and was thus part of the problem!

[@HighKingTurgon]

Chick tracts get read! ™

[@JH-pt6ih]

Chick Publications’ comic books (Crusaders series) had some really incredible artwork. Combined with the outright horror themes (eating human fingers!) they read more like watching The Exorcist than a religious work. Reading Chick’s books late at night with a flashlight - maybe in a lightening storm with the power out - better than any werewolf movie ever! (Besides what’s a werewolf - a dog that also has to pay taxes and take out the trash?)

[@MattisWell.20]

There’s some heavy humility and meekness on this, however, Jack Chick and his ministry misrepresents a whole expression of Christianity, and that deserves to be thoroughly criticized. Speaking false testimony is just plain abominable.

[@kathleentiernan668]

Wow! Political cartoons/or religious cartoons have always been personality motivated and not based on whole truth for what I understand. As a devout Catholic, his anti-Catholicism is glaring and offensive. It is apparent Jack Chick never even tried to understand, but to condemn

[@Skipsul]

You had to order these tracts? Sheesh, I found one on a park bench the other day. When I worked at a Barnes and Noble, we found the stuffed into books and left around the store all the time.

[@melissacooper8724]

I used to find them in the Wal-Mart public restrooms!

[@beckypetersen2680]

Definitely interested in the other one which I've never heard of

[@danielsampong6607]

Austin, I’m not sure if you’ll see this but do you have a video of your journey of faith and what led you to study theology and pursue this KZbin channel and its contents(if that makes sense)? I’m curious as to where you’re coming from

[@GospelSimplicity]

I do! Search "My faith journey so far" on my channel and you'll find it

[@danielsampong6607]

@@GospelSimplicity I may be looking at the wrong thing but can’t seem to find it

[@christinebravomom5711]

Anti-Catholic prejudice was especially prevalent in the Republican Party in the 19th and 20th centuries. I don't know how much was hostility toward the floods of Irish and Italian immigrants, most of whom were Catholic, and how much was genuine concern about divided loyalties. I remember seeing political cartoons against the first Catholic presidential candidate claiming that, if he won, the Pope would become the de facto POTUS.

[@garymattscheck9066]

I read that when Al Smith, who was Catholic, ran for President in 1928,that several people felt that if Smith became President he'd turn the White House into an annex of the Vatican and he'd get orders from the Pope.

[@bloodboughtbigphilr8266]

In and around the 1920's, the KKK had a strong foothold in the Democrat Party, especially in the South and they were pretty anti-Catholic. When it comes to anti-Catholicism in the 2 main parties in that time span, the result would probably be a draw but the Democrats had the more virulent and ugly strain with the KKK influence. I care nothing for the Donkey or the Elephant by the way just stating facts.

[@randy9680]

One of the main things that irks me about Chick Tracts is the claim that D&D is occult and that all occult stuff should be thrown away including the works of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. On another note, love the coffee setup. That grinder is a bucket list item for me. I also need to get me a V60 like yours. Alas, I am a broke ministry student and will have to work with my hand grinder and knock-off CEMEX. Do love my temperature controlled electric kettle though. Really good investment.

[@randy9680]

If you haven't already, try you some single origin Ethiopian coffee, light-medium roast. Best way to start a morning and will my my closest companion when I start writing an essay on the essence-energies distinction for my philosophy class. God be with yo and your ministry

[@GospelSimplicity]

You know, in light of that, it's ironic that I'm following this video with Tolkien. This setup was bucket list for me for YEARS. I used a hand grinder all through college and it really does the trick. However, when we had left over money from our wedding, I talked my wife into splurging on the niche (she didn't notice the price was in Pounds, lol)

[@jordangregory4634]

that cup of coffee being so close to the edge of the coffeetable is driving my brain crazy. also the rest of the video is excellent. but that cup!

[@jillchristensen5093]

Have you spent any time with Franciscan friars? Protestant or not, you seem like a Franciscan kind of person.

[@JJ-cw3nf]

If these so called Christians were really concerned with bringing people to Jesus then why are they targeting Catholics, who already believe in Jesus? Instead of the other billions of people in this world that do not. They must really be doing this because Catholics are easier pickings to fill up their churches

[@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr]

So if you're closer to the truth but still headed for hell, we should leave them alone?

[@finnishyank7413]

Because they didn't believe Catholics we're actually Christian

[@DanteColburn]

@@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr They can't know that we Catholics are headed to hell, because only God can know that.

[@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr]

@@DanteColburn You're right, I wouldn't make a blanket statement that all Catholics are going to hell, but in my opinion, I think there are some doctrines that make it harder, like saying things like you're going to hell if you miss one mass without a good reason, and then you're saved again after you go to confession and you have no assurance at all until the hour of your death, in which you place all your trust in Mary for some reason when the whole thing is supposed to be putting your trust in Jesus. See how it seems off spiritually to me?

[@DanteColburn]

@@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr If what you wrote were true just like that, then yes, it would seem absurd. However, it's not Failing to go to Mass is not a sin just because the Church felt like it and it's missing those juicy dollars from collection. It is a sin against keeping the day of the Lord and sanctifying it. As any other mortal sin, it can lead to damnation. I don't know why we would have any assurance, considering that Scripture tells us to always be vigilant, that Satan is like a roaring lion looking for someone to *devour*. I invite you to look further into Catholic theology, as there are answers for all your questions, not because I expect you to become Catholic (although of course I'd rejoice if such thing happened), but in the spirit of learning and actually understanding what people across the Tiber think and believe, like Austin here does.

[@JRVan-ez4yi]

Oh, I expected the really bad, not thought out "arguments" against Catholics, but Baal is Osiris, who is the sun god?!? Like anyone who was into Egyptian myths for a hot minute knows Osiris was the 1st mummy and the god of the dead, Ra is the sun god.

[@cartersims2207]

Baal is supposed to be the god of rain/plant fertility. that's why it became tempting for the Jews to worship him when you live in a baron desert and food starts running low. and im pretty sure he derives from the cannanite pantheon? idk what good old jack was smoking.

[@davidestate]

This book sounds more like an Atheist book, with a focus to debunk the Universal Church. It's not knew but if you speak to a Catholic, you will find one even thread - We don't focus on debunking other Christian churches. Catholics focus on the Bible, the teachings and love but not on debunking other Faiths like we see other Faiths doing to us all the time. If you look at it from out view, it would seem that the other Christian faiths are scared that if their people entered a Catholic Church, they will feel like they are home - and those other Churches don't want that.

[@calebnwafor2549]

Thank you, I am Catholic and I go to a Protestant university, they things that i have heard them say the church teaches I myself have never heard the church teaching that.

[@1Hope4All]

I've definitely heard of Jack Chick and his ignorance! 😂🤣

[@garymattscheck9066]

I'm glad I had a devout Catholic friend who set me straight on the Catholic faith!That way,I didn't fall for Chick!

[@jeffscully1347]

When are you going to announce your conversion?

[@wprothwell]

Seeing Austin use a Niche Zero to pour a cup into a Fellow Monty, I thought my KZbin videos had skipped, hahaha. Now just need a cut to brisket rub recipes, and you'd have my feed in one video.

[@husq48]

It's ok to roast Jack T. Chick, he was a flat out lying lunatic! 😈

[@crystalminughbrutscher6940]

I don't think "Roman Catholic charismatics" was an odd inclusion. (I'm "Protestant," BTW. (I suppose.)) Back in the '60's the charismatic movement really exploded, both among the Protestants and among Roman Catholics. I was raised fundamentalist and originally thought Chick tracts were a great evangelism tool. But it didn't take long before I became thoroughly sick of them. I actually ran into a Chick tract laying out in public just this past week.

[@Anastas1786]

12:25 With how much Jack Chick has written, I don't doubt his honest zeal... but he _definitely_ didn't know what he was talking about. Like, on the page you're referring to, he claims that "In Egypt, the 'IHS' stood for their gods... Isis, Horus, and Seb". ... _Really?_ The _Ancient Egyptians,_ practicing _Ancient Egyptian polytheism,_ used the _Latin alphabet_ to create a symbol for three of their gods (one of whom was an important but not exactly central god of the earth and _none_ of whom are Amun or Atem [primordial creator dieties], Ra [all-important Sun god], or Osiris [god of the dead and father of Horus])? "Seb" being the *_incorrect_* pronunciation we used before further research revealed that the Egyptians actually called him _"Geb"?_ Even completely setting aside Christian history, theology, and politics, this just doesn't stand to _reason._ Now where on Earth did you get all _this,_ Jack? ... Oh, I see. _The Two Babylons_ by Alexander Hislop, a pamphlet based on pseudoarchaeological hypotheses and enough clunky folk etymologies to choke a horse. ("Easter = Ishtar!" Uh-huh. Sure.)

[@chrisj123165]

The pulling Christ down from heaven at the mass quote is actually from a book a Catholic priest, John O Brien, wrote called The Faith of Millions.

[@rexgray6219]

In my fundamentalist childhood of the 60s and 70s Chick tracts were everywhere. Jack would endorse spurious claims by several false teachers. Particularly in his anti-Catholic tracts and comic books he relied on the book Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop and later he used the teachings of Alberto Rivera who claimed to be a former Jesuit priest but could never produce documentation to back up his claims. Even when confronted with the truth about Rivera, Chick never removed any of the tracts and comic books that featured Alberto's lies.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Interesting how Chick shows all this hatred and bigotry toward Catholics and other religions as well as other groups...yet he never bothers telling us which denominations (in his eyes) do it right. Just "a church where the (KJV) Bible is preached and is the final authority"...so why does he never give specific examples? I mean he said that Helen is going to hell even though (pre Vatican II especially) the Catholic Church insisted that it was the one true faith as it was founded by Jesus Himself and he appointed St Peter as the first pope. Honestly there is no such thing as a "one truth faith". That's the main thing I just cannot and will not with a clear conscience accept...that people would burn for eternity just because they didn't believe the right things or say the right magic words...not to mention how could someone be happy in heaven if they have loved ones in hell? I mean, the main overall message from Christ above all else is to help and be compassionate towards your fellow humans. But I guess after death we're supposed to be like Ivan Drago and be all like, "If they burn, they burn."?

[@MrFreddyd3]

I’ve read a bunch of those in my teens. The cartoons were awesome, silly, and stupid. the message? I was irreligious back then and I laughed a lot at Chick’s messages.

[@LovelyLadyLissett]

I remember as a child going out Saturday mornings witnessing with my uncle passing out tracks!

[@joshuaweatherston5124]

Was that a copy of the festal menaion you were reading at the beginning of the vid? lol

[@GospelSimplicity]

Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian

[@1Hope4All]

13:18 You're right. We do not pull Jesus out of heaven to sacrifice Him again. For those who don't know, at every Mass, we re-enter Calvary. It's the re-presentation of the one sacrifice of Jesus in an unbloody manner. Jesus doesn’t die again in the Mass. But his once-for-all sacrifice is re-presented in an unbloody manner through the sacramental elements of bread and wine which become Jesus' true Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts. -- Malachi 1 11 DR-V

[@CatholicCat-er9xn]

Beautifully said!

[@Orthoindian]

It's stuff like this and the blasphemy against holy things inherent in some forms of Protestantism that point to the demonic origin of these sentiments. If someone has a hard time understanding the real presence that's understandable but saying blasphemous things is a red flag and points to a spiritual problem.

[@springflowerblosomnorris9721]

Do you have FAITH in God for your salvation? Do you trust Lord Jesus to put the bible in practice?

[@hepatitis]

Here in the philippines, in the 90s and early 2000s, this was quiet common in my community here in Mindanao

[@carltondexter1651]

I am a Catholic and some of my Baptist classmates would pass them on to me.

[@danhickey1227]

I'm sorry to hear that

[@lukebrown5395]

People are bound to their bias. I don’t see anti Catholics picking up the catechism up anytime soon. Even if there’s free ones online. It’s a great tool.

[@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr]

Um I've perused it. My favorite part was when it said the rock was Peter's confession of faith. Shocking really!

[@ezekielizuagie7496]

@@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr could you provide a citation that says the rock is just Peter's Faith? I'm curious

[@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr]

@@ezekielizuagie7496 "Moved by the grace of the Holy Spirit and drawn by the Father, we believe in Jesus and confess: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” On the rock of this faith confessed by St. Peter, Christ built his Church (424)." CCC

[@srich7503]

@Luke - i wouldn’t count on anti-Catholics NOT using the catechism. Look at what they are doing with the our bible. It would seem that they may start using is and telling us how to interpret it.

[@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr]

@@srich7503 You will need a catechism to interpret your catechism. And then another to interpret that one. What we did with your bible? You mean... read it? And... believe the plain English words? I know your religion doesn't like what it says. Where's all the Mary veneration? You didn't do a very good job on your own bible if you wanted it to look Catholic. Weird.

[@loolooenve211]

I’m curious, have you ever heard of Justin Peters? And what do you think of him?

[@GospelSimplicity]

I am not familiar with him

[@letsgowinnietheflu5439]

I have heard of him and have read some of his comics, also read some of his histories.

[@HighKingTurgon]

First found a Chick Tract in the bathroom at Barnes and Noble. Have since found them near my wife's obstetrician's office and any number of places. I love to read them, but I don't know whether that's a GOOD thing. I don't know if it's an edifying spiritual practice. I hope Jack Chick is in the vision of God now and has repented of his divisions. And please do go through "The Awful Truth"!

[@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr]

I think it's dividing to keep making dogmas about Mary. How does that unite all of Christendom?

[@HighKingTurgon]

@@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr If I may invite you to join me at a slight remove from the question, I would like to pose one of my own: what is dogma for? Why is it important to believe that Jesus is God? That's a dogma I assume you hold-but not all those who confess with their lips that Jesus is Lord do! Furthermore, why does a dogma become defined? Throughout church history, dogmata have become defined casually; i.e., they were settled to resolve disputes. There was a genuine and earnest question in the early church, not about Jesus' lordship, nor even his divinity, but his coequality with the Father. Arius proposed a solution to the apparent problem of the Trinity. The Church determined that Jesus' subordination to the Father could not cohere with the deposit of the faith. So, Mary. She's important to Catholics, of course. But I would argue this is a pretty logical consequence of the imitation of Christ-Mary was hugely important to Jesus both in his humanity (I love MY mother, y'know?) AND in his divinity (God has providentially known all things from time eternal, including the identity of this woman who would nurture his body in the most intimate way). If she's important to God, not necessarily MORE than others, but UNIQUELY and TYPICALLY important, I think we ought to pay attention. So theologians have speculated as to her role, her life, her place in salvation history. It is just as important that theology be conducted with minimal error as to Mary as to the rest of God's providential work. So it is a practice, I think, of unity. When disagreement arises, when two things that cannot be reconciled threaten division in the Church, I am glad that they have been adjudicated! I'm glad that Mary was preserved from sin but the same grace through the same sacrifice that offers me grace to this day! That's good news! I'm glad that her divine motherhood was proclaimed in the fifth century. That God has a mother in time is PROOF that he came, you know? That's my two cents. I hope I've engaged your question to your satisfaction. Peace to you!

[@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr]

@@HighKingTurgon So you have some thinking from the mind of man about Mary, but if she was so important, why is this oddly left out entirely from all of scripture? Seems like our minds, our philosophies, can sound right to a man, but not really be right.

[@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr]

@@HighKingTurgon I don't think Mary was preserved from sin, in fact she says herself "my savior" implying she was a sinner like all the rest of us. One thing I do think you have right - yes Mary proves that Jesus came in the flesh!

[@HighKingTurgon]

@@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr It seems to me that the mind of man is God's gift per se and ought not to be despised! What better for the mind to do than contemplate his revelation? Now, I might be misreading you here, but it seems to me that you have a misconception of the immaculate conception which is both common and understandable: Mary's need for a savior. Of course she did! All Adam's children do! As the bull-Catholic for "official letter," which you probably already know-"Indescribable God" points out, it is precisely through the grace of the holy Spirit in light of the merits of Jesus' atoning sacrifice that Mary COULD have been preserved from original sin. How else could Moses, say, have been saved, if Jesus' sacrifice were not applicable across all space and time? Now, as to the claim that Mary's Immaculate Conception lacks scriptural warrant, I disagree! A common criticism, as I understand, of the Immaculate Conception is a scriptural suggestion that Jesus alone is without sin. I don't draw the same condition from the texts I see commonly cited here. That Jesus lived a sinless life is beyond contention, but that he alone lived a sinless life is a conclusion these texts cannot support. Furthermore, without even reading the allegorical texts in the first covenant (see the burning bush for my favorite!), Luke's Gospel gives us several warrants for Mary's preeminence. Elizabeth, whom Luke tells us is filled with the holy spirit as she says so, proclaims Mary "blessed among women." Now, she is certainly unique in her divine maternity, but when you recall that a few verses-and perhaps months?-earlier, God's own messenger has greeted her with a title that is used nowhere else. He addresses her with-and forgive the linguistic exegesis here; I love them ancient languages!-the Greek participle κεχαριτωμένη (keh-khar-ih-tow-MEH-ney, although some would dispute the vowel qualities!). The voice of the participle is (medio)passive, which means that Mary is the action's recipient. The verb itself, as far as we can tell, is χαριτόω, to bestow Grace upon (someone). The tense of the participle (it's perfect tense!) means that the bestowal of Grace has already happened by the time Gabriel greets Mary-before she becomes overshadowed by the spirit and says "let it be done." Luke suggests that before she takes on the identity of the Theotokos, she was already unique in her relationship to grace. This is consistent with her Immaculate Conception. Furthermore, the Church Fathers certainly suggest, if not outright state, Mary's sinlessness (a distinct but related matter) from as early as the second century (roughly contemporary with John's Gospel) through the early fourth, which certainly suggests the belief was widely held in the early Church. Since I have already taken a ton of your time, I'll leave be Mary's identity as the Second Eve, which I think is pretty compelling material in itself, because you didn't address it! As I say, I hope you're satisfied with my respect for Scripture; I'm no more interested in merely human precepts than I suspect you are!

[@tbojai]

I’m not so sure how you would substantiate that these millions of tracts “did a lot of good.” I guess by that train of thought, the Communist Manifesto had some bad arguments, but it’s millions of copies really helped a lot of people.

[@CatholicCat-er9xn]

I am with you. I always found the tract sickening.

[@johncox2284]

I used to see these tracts laying on the street and on the floor of buses. I thought they were crazy when I was a kid.

[@dann285]

When will you do a video on the good arguments???

[@tedperkoski7534]

They also had a series of Brother Alberto "Comics" but they were not funny

[@masterchief8179]

Alberto, “the Jesuit”! The problem is that you talk to some Protestants and recent converted EO online (mostly the ones coming from harshly anti-Catholic families and/or pastoral background) and they STILL sound just like a Jack Chick tract! For sure it would all be funny if it wasn’t tragic, so thank God Austin is fighting the good fight in his personal journey🙏.

[@pamelashropshire7298]

Yeah, those were truly awful.

[@masterchief8179]

@YAJUN YUAN ​I think you missed the point. Even if you are painting it right allegedly, the tract is obviously false. Catholics do not worship a “wafer-God” because the sacramental bread Protestants call a ‘wafer’ or a ‘cookie’ blasphemously is NOTHING but Jesus Christ’s glorified body (with no substance of bread whatsoever) sacramentally presented, only under the accidents that make for the appearance of bread. I am ready to give my life for that truth, just as St André de Soveral did in my country, when he was slaughtered during mass exactly after the consecration of the Most Blessed Sacrament by Dutch Calvinist invaders. I urge you cease to offend and profane the Catholic faith all around, for your own sake, if I am not misunderstanding you, brother. God bless your journey.

[@masterchief8179]

@YAJUN YUAN ​ ​ ​As predictable, you are wrong again. Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and the Assyrian Church, all the apostolic churches affirm to adore - with the worship due to the divine - unequivocally the Eucharist after the consecration/ epiclesis. They give the sacramental body and the sacramental blood of the Lord the worship of “latria” - and if they deny it they would be treated as heretics under their own ecclesiastical rules. So you are incorrect all over again here, brother. What you are saying is that the tradition of adoration OUTSIDE of the liturgy of the sacrament, usually in the ostensory or in the silent prayers in front of the churches’ tabernacle (for the effect of silent contemplation: Catholics call it “Eucharistic meditation”) is genuinely a Western practice. And the reasons are quite clear for it: especially after so many acts of profanations spread throughout Europe during the Protestant revolutions, the dissemination of the monstrance and the practice of Eucharistic meditation was seen as a pious means to combat the public abhorrent offenses that took place and also to educate the faithful in a time when people were massively illiterate and uneducated, inspiring them to understand the doctrine through contemplative piety instead of a much complex theological reasoning. Albeit there are historical records of the Eucharistic meditation in monasteries during the Ancient Era in the East and the West, just like a high probability that St Ambrose himself used the Eucharist for extra-liturgical adoration in order to inspire the faithful to cease from mortal sinning, the first registered act of “perpetual adoration” using the Eucharist in a ostensory (monstrance) for uninterrupted devotion of the faithful in meditation according to the Catholic Encyclopedia (check for “perpetual adoration”) happened in France, 1226, to celebrate and give thanks for the victory over the Albigensians in the “Siege of Avignon”: as it is widely known, the Cathars (just like some versions of Protestantism later) denied the Real Presence and acts of profanation spread throughout all the Albigensian areas in France. It was against the theological disputes ignited by the spread of Catharism that the Catholic dogma was defined in 1215 by the way. In 1264 Pope Urban IV instituted the feast of Corpus Christi ("the Body of Christ") with the publication of the papal bull ‘Transiturus’. None of those conditions (Catharism and Protestantism) happened in the East. But to say that there isn’t Eucharistic adoration in the East is utter ignorance. Besides, if some typically Western practices are rejected by the Greeks due to their necessity of provincialism (like priests shaving the beards, a practice which was traditionally called a “heresy” during the time of the Great Schism in 1054 by the arrogant Greeks), it is not equivalent to what you are falsely implying. A pretty small amount of theological and historical knowledge would do it for you, buddy.

[@richardbenitez1282]

You may think such tracks are obviously untrue. However upon picking up one occasionally in the back of this Catholic Church I was attending at 4th grade was very upsetting. I was this dumb catholic kid from a divorced family. My dad’s family hated Catholics. Naturally I was reminded here and there I was going to hell, etc. These tracks i picked up didn’t make me feel better. I had family who were Assemblies of God ministers. This fact raised in my mind their derision towards me. In memory I can’t take these tracks casually.

[@DanteColburn]

Yes, they are not silly little tracts that don't have any relevance or impact; they are spreaders of hate.

[@alanx4121]

@@DanteColburn don't they spread the hope of the gospel of the crucified and risen christ as the solution to the bad feeling?

[@DanteColburn]

@@alanx4121 No. They spread a false Gospel complete with hate towards the Church that Christ founded.

[@alanx4121]

@@DanteColburn what is the gospel?

[@DanteColburn]

@@alanx4121 The good news.

[@JW_______]

I never heard of Jack Chick in my adult life until 6 months ago

[@jacoblaan3707]

Very wise of you!