Eternal Christendom Podcast #22 | The Judas Within: The Church Fathers on Enduring Evil in the One True Church (St. Augustine)
CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOM
In this first episode of our "Judas Within" mini-series, we cover how the Church Fathers explained that the Catholic Church was the one true Church established by Christ, and yet also endured great scandal and corruption within.
We show how they unpacked Scripture to explain that the Church on earth will always have to deal with this "Judas Within" the Church, and then share a powerful example of this from the writings of St. Augustine (Letter 208). In that letter, St. Augustine exhorts all Christians to remain within the Catholic Church despite the “Judas Within,” and that doing so is a means of gaining eternal reward and growing in holiness.
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction
02:42 - Biblical Basis for the Patristic View of the Church
12:36 - St. Augustine on a Church of Saints and Sinners
18:53 - Conclusion
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