Why the Pope Hired the Devil's Advocate

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In this video I look into the history behind the common expression Playing the Devil's Advocate. We will look into its historical roots and the original meaning of this idiom.
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Sources:
www.idioms.online/devils-advo...
www.thevillageidiom.org/idiom...
www.theidioms.com/devils-advo...
Gray, Jason A. The Evolution of the Promoter of the Faith in Causes of Beatification and Canonization of Saints: A study of the law of 1917 and 1983 p54: www.jgray.org/docs/Promotor_Fi...
www.newadvent.org/cathen/0116...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/angel%...

[@TextileGeorge]

very interesting, i had never thought about where this came from thank you

[@hurgle3197]

Great video kobe! This is a really good idea for a series

[@davidstretch5614]

Not to be confused with the extra strong alcoholic drink, The Devil's Advocaat

[@kuolettavaVids]

"Playing the Angel's Advocate" is a bit of a strange idiom. Maybe this idiom is American specific, must it seems to be the same meaning as "Preaching to the choir".

[@zhuyu9268]

I've lived in America for more than 33 of my 36 years and I've never heard it used

[@kuolettavaVids]

@@zhuyu9268I meant that "preaching to the choir" was the American specific term and "Playing the Angel's Advocate" was used somewhere else.

[@goldenwalis9558]

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