“Jesus did not come to form this sort of loose confederation of like-minded believers who kind of sort of believe the same thing, but not really,” Patrick said. Patrick expressed his hope that Chan’s sermon and his journey of discovering the Early Church would be one step closer to the unity among Christians that Jesus desires. They’re invited to that, they’re promised that they have a right to it.”Īnother topic that Chan discussed was the division that is found in the Church, and how historically there was one Church, whereas today there are tens of thousands of Christian denominations that are not united to each other. They have a right to every single thing that you and I have as Catholics. Just sharing the truth about what the Catholic faith really is – this treasure house of things that belongs to all of our non-Catholic friends. But all apologetics all the time is a real drag. “Yes, there’s a time to defend the faith. “It’s an incentive for you and for me to do a better job of explaining and sharing the faith,” Patrick acknowledged. He’s teaching them about the Communion of Saints without using those Catholic terms.” Patrick pointed out, “He’s teaching them about not only the Holy Eucharist, he’s also teaching them about the Mass. Patrick expressed gratitude for Chan’s way of speaking about his discovery of Catholic history and doctrine without needing to use specifically Catholic terms. I recognize the symptoms of somebody who is discovering the history of Christianity, the history of the Church.” … Please be aware that when people lock on to what the early Christians said and believed, their eyes are opened.

Patrick Madrid played a clip of Chan’s sermon this week on The Patrick Madrid Show, and said, “This is an example of the power of the testimony of the Early Church, namely the early Church Fathers, but not only them. Through this he discovered the scriptural and historical basis of Communion as the literal Body and Blood of Christ.

He then acknowledged that, “There were some things about Communion that always bothered me when I read about it in Scripture.” Chan described the Scripture passages that did not fit in with his understanding of Communion as an Evangelical, and explained how he began to study the Early Church. Real Motherhood/ Christian Hope May 9, 2023.Relevant Radio Was My Catechist/ New Pentecost For a New Evangelization May 9, 2023.

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