Podcasts about suan sonna

Suan Sonna talks about how anti-Catholicism helped Catholicism grow in the Western world. 

Suan Sonna gives a deep, moving talk about how to evangelize a secular and disenchanted world.

Suan Sonna, Director of Apologetics for the Diocese of Bridgeport, teaches his first class on Good vs. Bad Apologetics.

Suan Sonna gives his case that there was a higher Mariology in early Christianity than expected if Protestantism were true. 

Eminent theologian Robert Fastiggi and Suan Sonna discuss the Catholic Church's teachings on the death penalty. 

Pat is joined by Suan Sonna and Daniel Vecchio to discuss recent controversies related to capital punishment and magisterial teaching. Pat's Substack article: https://journalofabsolutetruth.substack.com/p/an-intelligent-catholics-guide-to Ed Feser's article: https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2025/10/fastiggi-and-sonna-on-catholicism-and.html 

Imagine your father brought your family to the US from India, so that he could study to become a Baptist minister. And then, as you grew older, you left the Baptists to become a Catholic. That's the story of Suan Sonna, the new Director of Apologetics for the Diocese of Bridgeport. What is apologetics? Why is it important? In a society where people believe everyone has their own truth... how do you engage in meaningful dialogue about the Faith and the things that matter most? These are really deep questions... which Bishop Caggiano discusses with Suan on Let Me Be Frank. Suan has a plan to instill a culture of thoughtfulness and make all Catholics here equipped to discuss Catholicism and defend the Faith (with gentleness and reverence). SHOWNOTES Email List: www.veritascatholic.com Let Me Be Frank on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9oYx0t7imNDH5nLwSiM8Q Intellectual Catholicism: https://www.youtube.com/@intellectualcatholicism/videos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veritascatholic/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/veritascatholic  

CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOMIn this episode, we interview Baptist to Catholic convert Suan Sonna, of the YouTube channel "Intellectual Catholicism" about his conversion, and some of the lessons he learned about responding to some of the toughest protestant objections during the time he's been Catholic. Suan is one of the great young scholars in the Catholic world today, and is particularly well known for his work on the papacy, and icon veneration.Suan Sonna is the director of apologetics for the diocese of Bridgeport, CT under Bishop Frank J. Caggiano. He earned his BA in philosophy from Kansas State University, and a Masters from Harvard Divinity School in New Testament Studies. He is currently pursuing another Masters at Yale University in Second Temple Judaism.VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://eternalchristendom.com/BECOME A PATRON OF THE GREAT TRADITIONWe are a non-profit, and all gifts are tax-deductible. Help us continue to dig into the Great Tradition; produce beautiful, substantive content; and gift these treasures to cultural orphans around the world for free:https://eternalchristendom.com/become-a-patron/EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS AT ETERNAL CHRISTENDOM BOOKSTOREhttps://eternalchristendom.com/bookstore/CONNECT ON SOCIAL MEDIAX: https://twitter.com/JoshuaTCharlesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/joshuatcharles/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshuatcharles/DIVE DEEPERCheck out Eternal Christendom's "Becoming Catholic," where you'll find more than 1 million words of free content (bigger than the Bible!) in the form of Articles, Quote Archives, and Study Banks to help you become, remain, and deepen your life as a Catholic:https://eternalchristendom.com/becoming-catholic/SUBSTACKSubscribe to our Substack:https://substack.com/@eternalchristendomLISTEN ON APPLEhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eternal-christendom-podcast/id1725000526LISTEN ON SPOTIFYhttps://open.spotify.com/show/3HoTTco6oJtApc21ggVevu

Suan summarizes his recent research on icons, including new second century evidence, and how to find the weaknesses in Gavin Ortlund's case against images. 

Hassan Ahmad and Suan Sonna discuss whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God.

Suan Sonna argues against Gavin Ortlund that not only is "a fallible list of infallible books" a disaster but that a case can be made from the canon to the infallibility of the Church on at least one occassion. 

Is Gavin Ortlund Right About the Biblical Canon? w/ Suan Sonna

Suan Sonna lectures on Pope Benedict's approach to biblical studies. 

Isaac Hess, an ex-Mormon convert to Catholicism, critiques the presenation of Mormon apologist Jacob Hansen on Pints with Aquinas. 

Why does the Catholic church have a pope? What does the pope do? Is he always  infallible? Who chooses the pope? What should we do about bad popes?In this episode, we look at how the papacy works. Donate via PayPalSupport us on Patreon!Contact the podcast: crashcoursecatholicism@gmail.com.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crashcoursecatholicism/References and further reading/listening/viewing:Matthew 16John 21Isaiah 22The Catechism of the Catholic Church, pts. 880-887.Pope Benedict XVI, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, The Primacy of the Successor of Peter in the Mystery of the Church.The Catholic Encyclopedia: The PopePapal ElectionsConclaveAntipopeFelix IIEWTN, What is a ConclaveThe Augustine Institute,What do Catholics Believe about the Pope? | A Catholic Professor AnswersWhy Do Catholics Have a Pope?Catholic Answers,Does God Pick the Pope?When is the Pope Infallible?Why Doesn't the Pope Do Something about 'Bad" Bishops?Where Does the Bible Say Anything about the Papacy?It's Not Just the Pope Who's InfalliblePapal InfallibilityBirth ControlIs Humanae Vitae Infallible Teaching?Suan Sonna, Where is the Papacy in the Old Testament?Jewish Encyclopedia, Binding and LoosingThe Catechism in a Year, Day 123: The PopePope Leo X Exurge Domine: Condeming the Errors of Martin LutherMatt Fradd, Biblical PROOF of the Papacy w/ Dr. Scott Hahn and Cameron BertuzziSt Irenaeus Against HeresiesSt. John Henry Newman An Essay on the Development of Christian DoctrineScott Hahn Rome Sweet Home

Catholic theologian Matthew Ramage and Suan Sonna tackle the reality and specifics of the dark passages of the Bible, bringing along St. Thomas Aquinas and Pope Benedict XVI as guides. 

Suan and Gideon discuss the relationship between the literal sense of scripture, the human and divine authorial intent, and Catholic doctrine. They closely discuss the issue of slavery in the Bible, clarifying and assessing Suan's position. 

Suan discusses a possible theological reading of scripture that explains why God allowed for slavery passages in the Bible. Rather than denying that slavery is intrinsically evil or affirming that the Bible is errant, Suan finds a different avenue using resources only available to a Roman Catholic theologian. 

Listen to old friend and theologian in training, Suan Sonna, reminisce on the good ol' days and discuss his expereince at Harvard Divinity School.

Suan Sonna presents two new arguments against Sola Scriptura, the Problem of Slavery and the Checks and Balances argument. 

Suan Sonna reviews a dialogue on slavery in the Bible. 

This video is sponsored by Logos. For 10% off their incredible resources, visit: https://logos.com/gospelsimplicity https://logos.com/gospelsimplicityorthodoxhttps://verbum.com/gospelsimplicityIn this video, I'm joined by Suan Sonna,  a Catholic convert, Harvard Divinity School student, and all-around top-notch guy. In this back and forth conversation, we explore the big issues of Protestant/Catholic divisions, focusing especially on questions of bias, controversial assumptions, and whether or not Protestantism, specifically sola scriptura and perspicuity, works. It was a true delight. Check out Suan's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCCNjkpXEwIdH-jD8mPJwu_g Support Gospel Simplicity:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gospelsimplicityOne Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/gospelsimplicityMerch: https://shop.gospelsimplicity.com

In this episode, Suan Sonna explains why Protestants cannot begin with Protestantism as their default when investigating Catholicism. He shows how Protestantism is itself highly controversial, especially on the issues of sola scriptura and sola fide. 

Suan Sonna talks to Michael Lofton about his (Michael's) approach to handling controversies in the Catholic Church. 

You NEED to Know This to UNDERSTAND the New Testament (Typology) ft. Suan Sonna --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zach-miller743/support

The Cordial Catholic (Keith Little) shows that although Jerome taught that presbyters and bishops are equals, Jerome also shows that the apostles universally decreed that one bishop-presbyter should be placed over the other bishop-presbyters. In other words, the monarchical episcopate, the structure of the Catholic Church, has its origins in the apostles. 

Suan explains the problem with "historical retrieval" as stated by Gavin Ortlund in this 5-minute case for Protestantism (2:43): "And to be sure many contemporary Protestants do have a shallow historical consciousness. But Protestantism as such is nothing other than an effort of historical retrieval. The magisterial reformers appealed to the church fathers just as much as, and sometimes more than, they appealed to scripture to oppose what they saw as the novel accretions and innovations of the medieval west." In short, historical retrieval eventually became the extreme secular form of the historical critical method. 

Kevin Vallier is a philosophy professor and author of All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism (Oxford UP, 2023), a new book about Catholic Integralism, a mostly online intellectual movement that thinks the church should take over the state, something that made sense fifteen hundred years ago after the collapse of the Roman Empire, but not so much day in our pluralistic, democratic age. Professor Vallier's goal is to help us all talk together with patience and grace (which includes really listening) to people we disagree with and regard as eccentric. So why not talk it over on Almost Good Catholics? Kevin Vallier's faculty website at Bowling Green University, Ohio. Kevin Vallier's personal website. Kevin Vallier's blogs at Reconciled. Fr James Rooney, OP, critiques Integralism, in the Intellectual Catholicism podcast with Suan Sonna. “What is Integralism, Anyway?” by Charlie Camosy, at the Pillar.  Krzysztof Odyniec is a historian of Medieval and Early Modern Europe; he is also the host of the 'Almost Good Catholics' podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Kevin Vallier is a philosophy professor and author of All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism (Oxford UP, 2023), a new book about Catholic Integralism, a mostly online intellectual movement that thinks the church should take over the state, something that made sense fifteen hundred years ago after the collapse of the Roman Empire, but not so much day in our pluralistic, democratic age. Professor Vallier's goal is to help us all talk together with patience and grace (which includes really listening) to people we disagree with and regard as eccentric. So why not talk it over on Almost Good Catholics? Kevin Vallier's faculty website at Bowling Green University, Ohio. Kevin Vallier's personal website. Kevin Vallier's blogs at Reconciled. Fr James Rooney, OP, critiques Integralism, in the Intellectual Catholicism podcast with Suan Sonna. “What is Integralism, Anyway?” by Charlie Camosy, at the Pillar.  Krzysztof Odyniec is a historian of Medieval and Early Modern Europe; he is also the host of the 'Almost Good Catholics' podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Vallier is a philosophy professor and author of All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism (Oxford UP, 2023), a new book about Catholic Integralism, a mostly online intellectual movement that thinks the church should take over the state, something that made sense fifteen hundred years ago after the collapse of the Roman Empire, but not so much day in our pluralistic, democratic age. Professor Vallier's goal is to help us all talk together with patience and grace (which includes really listening) to people we disagree with and regard as eccentric. So why not talk it over on Almost Good Catholics? Kevin Vallier's faculty website at Bowling Green University, Ohio. Kevin Vallier's personal website. Kevin Vallier's blogs at Reconciled. Fr James Rooney, OP, critiques Integralism, in the Intellectual Catholicism podcast with Suan Sonna. “What is Integralism, Anyway?” by Charlie Camosy, at the Pillar.  Krzysztof Odyniec is a historian of Medieval and Early Modern Europe; he is also the host of the 'Almost Good Catholics' podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Because Cameron found Suan Sonna's analysis of the Peter-Eliakim typology so compelling, we highlight its fatal flaw, and then propose a more Scriptural approach to Matthew 16

Today's Topics: 1) Finding the Fallacy: Abusive Fallacy Meet the Early Church Fathers: Optatus of Milevis 2, 3, 4) Interview

Suan summarizes his position on Nicaea II and further defends his thesis. He shows that Nicaea II is simply silent on whether or not the apostles venerated icons like the 8th century iconodules. That's not the way of reasoning at the Council. Moreover, Suan explores the forgeries used at Nicaea II, finding them to not endanger any central teachings of the Council or his thesis. 

In this special episode of The Cordial Catholic, I join my good friend Suan Sonna on his YouTube channel Intellectual Catholicism to share some of my research on St. Jerome and the monepiscopate. The monepiscopate, or the monarchical episcopate, is the idea from the Early Church that one bishop was put in charge of a church, a city, or a diocese and that this is how Christian churches were governed. This is in opposition, to what some, especially Protestants, would argue which is that these churches were ruled by a plurality or collective of priests of bishops -- a more organic, haphazard arrangement. In this conversation, I share work that I've done tracing out the views of St. Jerome, an Early Church Father, and how he understood the origin, existence, and mandate of the monepiscopate. For more from Suan, check out Intellectual Catholicism on YouTube, Facebook, and as a podcast on Apple Podcasts. For more, visit The Cordial Catholic. Send your feedback to cordialcatholic@gmail.com. Sign up for our weekly newsletter for my reflections on each episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and exclusive contests! To watch this and other episodes please visit (and subscribe to!) our YouTube channel.Please consider financially supporting this show! For more information visit the Patreon page.  All patrons receive access to exclusive content and if you can give $5/mo or more you'll also be entered into monthly draws for fantastic books hand-picked by me.If you'd like to give a one-time donation to The Cordial Catholic, you can visit the PayPal page.Thank you to those already supporting the show! This podcast is brought to you in a special way by our Patreon Co-Producers Gina, Eyram, Elli and Tom, Kelvin and Susan, Stephen, James, Jon, Jordan, Michelle, Nicole, Phil, and Susanne.Support the showFind and follow The Cordial Catholic on social media:Instagram: @cordialcatholicTwitter: @cordialcatholicYouTube: /thecordialcatholicFacebook: The Cordial CatholicTikTok: @cordialcatholic

In this presentation, Suan Sonna argues that there is a plausible case to be made of development from the apostles to Nicaea II on the matter of image veneration. Suan first responds to Gavin Ortlund's objection that Nicaea II rejects development in the cultic use of images from the apostles to the Council. Suan accomplishes this by examining the decree and sessions of the Council. The second section fills in the details on image veneration between the apostles and the Council, arguing that there has always been a cultic use of sacred images in Christianity.

In this video I respond to Suan Sonna on icons and Trent Horn on the canon of Scripture, two key issues in Roman Catholic and Protestant dialogue. Read Cyril of Jerusalem on the canon here: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/310104.htm   Truth Unites is a mixture of apologetics and theology, with an irenic focus. Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai. SUPPORT: Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/truthunites One time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/truthunites FOLLOW: Twitter: https://twitter.com/gavinortlund Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TruthUnitesPage/ Website: https://gavinortlund.com/

Suan Sonna talks about the Catholic view of the papacy in light of Isaiah 22, the veneration of the saints and his reasons for becoming Catholic.

In this video I respond to Erick Ybarra on Suan Sonna's channel about whether papal infallibility is in the first millennium of church history. See their video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVH_j22lkrA Truth Unites is a mixture of apologetics and theology, with an irenic focus. Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai. SUPPORT: Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/truthunites One time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/truthunites FOLLOW: Twitter: https://twitter.com/gavinortlund Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TruthUnitesPage/ Website: https://gavinortlund.com/

In this episode, Suan Sonna responds to a popular Protestant argument for sola scriptura: Jesus condemns traditions in Matthew 15 and Mark 7. Does this refute Catholicsm? No. 

Suan Sonna comprehensively responds to Gavin Ortlund's case for sola scriptura in his debate with Trent Horn. Michael Lofton of Reason Theology hosted Suan.

In this episode Trent and Suan Sonna breaks down his recent debate with Gavin Ortlund on sola scriptura

Questions Covered: 20:31 – Has the east dogmatized icons? Is that similar in the west?  23:42 – Didn’t Jesus say that we are all gods? Shouldn't we then venerate ourselves? Are we in competition with God?  36:28 – I am an Orthodox convert to Eastern Catholicism. I would be so let down if I walked into a church without Icons.  38:05 – Prayer to saints seems to be more than just venerating. Can you help clarify?  48:27 – I think Elijah’s condemnation of worshiping demons is a warning to not worship saints. What are your thoughts on this?  …

In this video I engage Suan Sonna's typological argument for the papacy in Matthew 16 and Isaiah 22. At 43:57 I meant Matthew 16, not Matthew 18. Truth Unites is a mixture of apologetics and theology, with an irenic focus. Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai. SUPPORT: Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/truthunites One time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/truthunites FOLLOW: Twitter: https://twitter.com/gavinortlund Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TruthUnitesPage/ Website: https://gavinortlund.com/ MY ACADEMIC WORK: https://gavinortlund.com/mypublications/

In this episode Trent and Suan Sonna breakdown a Protestant argument which claims that Catholic approaches to proving the papacy could also be used to show that St. Paul was the first Pope, thus invalidating the argument. But Trent and Suan show how these arguments misunderstand scripture and Catholic defenses of the papacy.

Some Christians claim that Peter, the man, is not the rock on which Jesus builds his Church, but Peter’s profession of faith is. Actually, no. Apologist Suan Sonna explains why. Cy Kellett: Did Jesus really found the Catholic church with a pun? Suan Sonna is next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers Podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. And if you engage at all in defending the Catholic faith, one of the things that you will have to defend is the papacy. And in order to do that, you’re goi…

Some Christians claim that Peter, the man, is not the rock on which Jesus builds his Church, but Peter’s profession of faith is. Actually, no. Apologist Suan Sonna explains why. Cy Kellett: Did Jesus really found the Catholic church with a pun? Suan Sonna is next. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers Podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. And if you engage at all in defending the Catholic faith, one of the things that you will have to defend is the papacy. And in order to do that, you’re goi…

Catholics can use to Scripture to defend the fact that Jesus empowered the Church with a permanent magisterium, but our guest, Suan Sonna, says we should also just use some common sense when we explain the magisterium to Protestant Christians. Cy Kellett: Does the church actually have the authority to speak for Jesus? Suan Sonna is next. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers Podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. And one of the things that we Catholics have to defend is the idea that Jesus left a teaching church, a church with the authorit…

Catholics can use to Scripture to defend the fact that Jesus empowered the Church with a permanent magisterium, but our guest, Suan Sonna, says we should also just use some common sense when we explain the magisterium to Protestant Christians. Cy Kellett: Does the church actually have the authority to speak for Jesus? Suan Sonna is next. Cy Kellett: Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers Podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. And one of the things that we Catholics have to defend is the idea that Jesus left a teaching church, a church with the authorit…

In this episode Trent sits down with Suan Sonna to discuss the evidence for the early papacy and how to answer Protestant objections to it.

Questions Covered: 19:41 – In the context of Mt. 18:18, how does the language of the promise to Peter compare to the powers given to the apostles in Jn. 20:23? 23:18 – Who is really speaking when giving the authority to Peter? Is it Jesus or YAHWEH? 37:28 – Could you recommend a good reading list of apostolic fathers? 48:57 – What’s the difference between the Pharisees and Catholic priests? …