65 episodes
The Reformanda Initiative Leonardo De Chirico, Reid Karr, Clay Kannard
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4.9 • 71 Ratings
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The Reformanda Initiative Podcast. Listen as we analyze and discuss Roman Catholic theology and practice from an Evangelical perspective. | X: @ReformandaRome | Facebook: @ReformandaInitiative | Online: www.reformandainitiative.org |
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65. Pope Francis Claims Rome, Italy is a Mission Field
In this episode we discuss Leonardo’s most recent Vatican File “If the Pope Thinks that Rome is a ‘Mission Field.’” As the title indicates, recently Pope Francis described the city of Rome - which is of course the home of Roman Catholicism and the Vatican - as a mission field. We discuss this claim and its implications from an evangelical perspective.
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64. Unpacking the Roman Catholic Church’s Blessing of Same-Sex Couples
In this episode we discuss the recent announcement from the Roman Catholic Church that allows for the blessing of same-sex couples, while not officially changing its stance on same-sex unions. What does it mean and what are its implications? Join us as we discuss these important questions.
https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2023/12/18/0901/01963.html#en
https://www.reformandainitiative.org/resources/evangelical-reflections-on-the-instrumentum-laboris-of-the-synodal-church-reflection-2-rn3n2-bll6n-289r9-pj2lc-aadt9-lnx29
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63. Should Evangelicals pray with Roman Catholics?
In this episode we discuss a very practical and important question: Should Evangelicals pray with Roman Catholics?
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62. Understanding Synodality and the Synodal Church
You cannot talk about Roman Catholicism today without also talking about synodality. The Synodal Church is the new hermeneutic for understanding and engaging Roman Catholicism. To say it is essential is an understatement. But what is it? In this episode, we answer that question.
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61. Answering Your Questions
In this episode Leonardo and Reid respond to some of the questions our listeners have sent us.
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60. Theological Q&A with Australian Theological Educators and Students
At the invitation of the Church Missionary Society (Australia), Dr. Leonardo De Chirico just finished speaking at CMS Summer School in Brisbane, Sydney, Tasmania, Melbourne and Adelaide (5th Jan – 21stJan). More than 4000 people listened to one of the lectures or seminars on Roman Catholicism on “Is the Reformation Over?”, “Communicating the Gospel to Roman Catholics” and “What is the Problem of the Roman Catholic Gospel?”
Leonardo spoke compellingly to packed crowds as well as to theological educators and students attending Summer school. In this episode you can to Leonardo's one of the Q & A.
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We are Protestant and members of a small Presbyterian denomination. One of our children has entered the Dominican novitiate. We heard about this podcast on Reformed Forum and very grateful for your work. On a personal level it is helping navigate a significant event.
Fundamentalism tries to critique Rome
While listening to the episodes about the Holy Mother I noticed our hosts accused Roman church and the church fathers of circular reasoning, yet they produced little evidence of their own. It can simply be reduced to “We’re right just because, and Roman Catholicism is wrong because we said so.”
One question I have is this, what are the bounds of scripture? That’s a very arbitrary standard since their particular brand of Protestantism.
Their view of Mary is not representative of Protestantism. It represents a very recent enlightenment influenced view of Mary. In short, this is pretend scholarly work and class anti-Catholicism.
Need more episodes!!
I love this podcast! It’s very informative and encouraging to me as a former Roman Catholic. You don’t mince words but you’re sensitive at the same time knowing that spreading the Gospel in a dark place is priority. My only critique is that you need more episodes LOL! I check it almost every day awaiting the next one.I recently purchased “Same Words, Different Worlds” and look forward to reading it!