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Why Catholic? — 179 episodes

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#178 - When Protestant Clergy Become Catholic

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#177 - St. Athanasius of Alexandria

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#176 - The 22nd Ecumenical Council of Pope Justin

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#175 - Reflections on the 21 Ecumenical Councils

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#174 - The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)

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#173 - The First Vatican Council (1869-1870)

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#172 - The Council of Trent (1545-1563)

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#171 - The Protestant Revolution

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#170 - The Fifth Lateran Council (1512-1517)

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#169 - The Council of Florence (1431-1445)

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#168 - The Council of Constance (1414-1418)

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#167 - The Avignon Papacy & the Great Western Schism

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#166 - The Council of Vienne (1311-1312)

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#165 - The Second Council of Lyon (1274)

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#164 - The First Council of Lyon (1245)

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#163 - The Fourth Lateran Council (1215)

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#162 - The Third Lateran Council (1179)

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#161 - The Second Lateran Council (1139)

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#160 - The First Lateran Council (1123)

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#159 - The Great Schism

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#158 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople (869-870)

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#157 - Reflections on the First Seven Ecumenical Councils

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#156 - The Second Council of Nicaea (787)

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#155 - The Third Council of Constantinople (680-681)

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#154 - War Among the Monotheists

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#153 - The Second Council of Constantinople (553)

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#152 - The Council of Chalcedon (451)

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#151 - The Council of Ephesus (431)

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#150 - The First Council of Constantinople (381)

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#149 - From Nicaea to Constantinople

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#148 - The First Council of Nicaea (325)

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#147 - The World that Led to the Council of Nicaea

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#146 - Introduction to the 21 Ecumenical Councils

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#145 - Radical Reversion with Katherine Mosco Depfer

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#144 - The False Dichotomy of Religion vs. Relationship

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#143 - Prayer: Our Most Powerful Weapon

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#142 - Ordering Our Lives Around Prayer

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#141 - Prayer in Motion

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#140 - What Makes a Pope "Great"

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#139 - Yes, the Conclave is an Antiquated Process, and That's a Good Thing

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#138 - A Papal Funeral and a Poetic God

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#137 - The Importance of Grieving for Pope Francis

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#136 - A Eulogy for Pope Francis

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#135 - Intentional Prayer

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#134 - Prayer to the Power of X

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#133 - Lectio Divina, Meditation, and the Wardrobe

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#132 - Imagination: a Key Ingredient for Prayer

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#131 - Why Prayer is so Hard

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#130 - Cultivating a Charitable Church with Fr. Gray & Maria Villar

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#129 - Catholic Bible Culture

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#128 - Immersing Yourself in Scripture

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#127 - Gnosticism and the New Testament

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#126 - The Three Different 10 Commandments

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#125 - The Blessing and Curse of Chapter and Verse

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#124 - 9 Aspects of Catholic Biblical Interpretation

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#123 - Scripture & the Church with Kenny Burchard

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#122 - The Deeply Problematic Protestant Doctrine of Sola Scriptura

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#121 - Scripture + Tradition + the Magisterium... Just Like Every Christian

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#120 - The Deuterocanonicals and Protestant Budget Bibles

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#119 - How the Bible Became the Bible

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#118 - The Sacramentality of Scripture

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#117 - Seek 2025 with John Michael Lucido

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#116 - Reflections on the Papacy

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#115 - Popesplaining Pope Francis

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#114 - The History of Papal Elections

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#113 - The Great Popes

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#112 - Not All Popes are Saints

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#111 - Papal Infallibility

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#110 - Papal Supremacy

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#109 - St. Peter - the First Pope

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#108 - The Jewish Roots of the Papacy

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#107 - Interview with Creator of Sing the Hours - Paul Rose

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#106 - Human Monstrances

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#105 - The Upside Down Kingdom

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#104 - The Nuclear Football

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#103 - Kings to Fight Our Battles

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#102 - The Politics of Jesus

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#101 - Interview with Casey Allison - Cambodia, Conversion, and the Fight for Covenant Marriage

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#100 - Voices of Why Catholic Listeners

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#99 - Marian Apparitions

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#98 - The Assumption of Mary

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#97 - The Immaculate Conception

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#96 - Mary Ever-Virgin

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#95 - Mary the Mother of God

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#94 - Marian Typology

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#93 - The Catholic Approach to Mary

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#92 - Interview with Fr. Joe Uhen: Walking with the Poor of Peru

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#91 - The Paraclete

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#90 - The Hypostatic Union

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#89 - Divine Mercy Sunday

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#88 - The Incarnation & the Imagination of God

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#87 - God the Son Before He was Jesus

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#86 - The Running Father

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#85 - The Metaphysics of a Personal God

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#84 - The Infinite Expressions of an Infinite God

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#83 - The Three-Personal God

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#82 - Reflections on My Interview on the Journey Home Show

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#81 - Interview with the Creators of Diary of a God-Man

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#80 - 7 Principles of Catholic Social Justice

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#79 - The Call to Virtue

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#78 - Fiducia Supplicans & the Unity of Life

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#77 - The Transcendentals: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty

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#76 - The Gift of Suffering

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#75 - Holy Days of Obligation

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#74 - Mystery, Mystical, and Mystic

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#73 - Faith Seeking Understanding

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#72 - Eastern & Ukrainian Catholicism with Fr. Dcn. Anthony Dragani

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#71 - Allhallowtide: the Triduum of Death

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#70 - The Four Marks of the True Church

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#69 - Holy Tradition

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#68 - Sacramentals, Relics, and Apostolic Succession

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#67 - Interview with a Melkite Catholic Priest - Fr. Collin Nunis

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#66 - Catholicity

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#65 - From Doctrine to Dogma

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#64 - The Purpose of a Well-Defined Hierarchy

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#63 - Not All Catholics are Roman Catholic

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#62 - World Youth Day with Michael Snellen

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#61 - The Catholic Church is a Big, Diverse Tent

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#60 - The Miraculous Unity of the Catholic Church

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#59 - A Church that Emulates the Trinity

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#58 - No Salvation Outside the Church

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#57 - Praying for the Dead

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#56 - Indulgences: The Most Misunderstood Catholic Doctrine

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#55 - The Collective Treasury of the Church

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#54 - Eucharistic Revival & Rally with Fr. Christopher Gray

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#53 - Praying to the Saints

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#52 - The Communion of Saints

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#51 - The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand

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#50 - Saint Justin - Philosopher, Apologist, Martyr

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#49 - The Soul and the Body

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#48 - The Poetry of Pentecost

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#47 - Venial vs. Mortal Sin

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#46 - Every Christian Believes in Purgatory

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#45 - The Purpose of Salvation

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#44 - Salvation as a Process, Not as an Event

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#43 - Grace-Filled Catholicism

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#42 - The Diaconate Life with Deacon Tom Tosti

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#41 - Life as a Priest with Father John Paul Kern

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#40 - Pietà - a Good Friday Original Poem

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#39 - Apostolic Succession

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#38 - The Jewish Roots of Holy Orders

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#37 - Interview with Daniel Markham - Author of 52 Masses

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#36 - St. Patrick - from Captive to Missionary to His Captors

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#35 - Q&A - Winter 2023

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#34 - The Purpose of Marriage

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#33 - The Trinity: A Blueprint for Marriage

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#32 - The Jewish Roots of Marriage

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#31 - Shalom and the Anointing of the Sick

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#30 - Interview with Award-Winning Author Rhonda Ortiz

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#29 - Addressing Common Objections & Misconceptions of Catholic Confession

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#28 - The Gift of Confession

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#27 - The Jewish Roots of Reconciliation

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#26 - A Eulogy for Pope Benedict XVI

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#25 - Interview with Cory Dennis - Politician Converts to Catholicism

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#24 - Our Lady of Guadalupe

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#23 - Confirmation & the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

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#22 - The Jewish Roots of Confirmation

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#21 - Interview with Amy Thomas - the Catholic Pilgrim

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#20 - A Brief Defense of Catholic Baptism

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#19 - The Solemnity of Christ the King

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#18 - One Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins

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#17 - The Jewish Roots of Baptism

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#16 - The Eucharist Changes Everything

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#15 - The Mysterious Case of Eucharistic Miracles

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#14 - The Eucharist Throughout History

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#13 - Interview with Devin Halford - From Atheist to Catholic Missionary

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#12 - Q&A - Fall 2022

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#11 - From Baptist Pastor to Faithful Catholic

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#10 - The Center of Existence

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#9 - The Jewish Roots of the Eucharist

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#8 - St. Peter Claver: Slave to the Negroes Forever

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#7 - The Collective Memory of Christianity

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#6 - With God, in Community

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#5 - Invitation to Narnia

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#4 - The Ark of the Covenant

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#3 - A Sacramental Worldview

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#2 - The Language of Catholicism

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#1 - Get to the Why

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Introduction