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  • Roman Catholicism and its Theandric View of the Church

    Roman Catholicism and its Theandric View of the Church

    Pastor Nate Harlan dives into a recap of some of what we’ve learned about Roman Catholicism and its “theandric” view of the church, contrasting that with the Reformed Protestant view.

  • Roman Catholicism and the Visible and Invisible Church

    Roman Catholicism and the Visible and Invisible Church

    Pastor Nate Harlan wraps up our study by discussing the Reformed Protestant doctrine of the visible and invisible church, contrasting that with the Roman Catholic view.

  • Roman Catholicism versus the Sufficiency of Christ

    Roman Catholicism versus the Sufficiency of Christ

    After a quick review, Pastor Nate Harlan unpacks a statement by the most influencial Roman Catholic theologian of the 20th century, Henri de Lubac, and contrasts this with Reformed Protestantism.

  • Roman Catholicism: Antithesis and Synthesis

    Roman Catholicism: Antithesis and Synthesis

    Pastor Nate Harlan talks about another difference between Roman Catholicism and Reformed Protestantism — Roman Catholics emphasize synthesis of a number of conflicting views for the sake of unity. The Reformers emphasize antithesis between views that are true or false. 

  • Roman Catholicism: Grace and the Gospel

    Roman Catholicism: Grace and the Gospel

    Pastor Nate Harlan and the family study at Trinity discusses the different views of grace and the Gospel between Roman Catholicism and Reformed Protestantism. 

  • Roman Catholicism and Totus Christus Redux

    Roman Catholicism and Totus Christus Redux

    In today’s class, we review what we learned about the doctrine of Totus Christus and how it relates to Roman Catholic theology and tradition.

  • Roman Catholicism and Totus Christus

    Roman Catholicism and Totus Christus

    In this family study, Pastor Nate Harlan leads the flock through the first steps toward understanding Roman Catholicism by looking at Augustine’s doctrine of Totus Christus.

  • The Heresies — A Quick Review

    The Heresies — A Quick Review

    Before the Trinity Family Study jumps to the next topic of the differences between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism, Pastor Nate Harlan works through the heresies that we talked about over the past months.

  • The Heresies — Pneumatomachianism

    The Heresies — Pneumatomachianism

    This fourth-century heresy denied the Trinity by denying the divinity of the Holy Spirit. Pastor Nate Harlan leads the family study and discusses modern reflections of this false teaching. 

  • The Heresies — Pelagianism

    The Heresies — Pelagianism

    Do you know the difference between synergism and monergism? Do you have a good understanding of hamartiology? These big words and their meanings are important if we want to avoid a heresy like Pelagianism.