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Why Catholic?

by Justin Hibbard

Dive into the what and why behind Catholic beliefs with Justin Hibbard - former Evangelical Pastor, Apologist, and Catholic convert. whycatholic.substack.com

100 episodes

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1

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

18:16 Mar 10, 2026

2

#171 - The Protestant Revolution

19:41 Feb 17, 2026

3

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

18:39 Jan 20, 2026

4

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

19:40 Jan 13, 2026

5

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

20:03 Jan 6, 2026

6

#167 - The Avignon Papacy & the Great Western Schism

19:12 Dec 30, 2025

7

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

17:06 Dec 17, 2025

8

#165 - The Second Council of Lyon (1274)

19:37 Dec 9, 2025

9

#164 - The First Council of Lyon (1245)

15:44 Dec 2, 2025

10

#163 - The Fourth Lateran Council (1215)

20:37 Nov 18, 2025

11

#162 - The Third Lateran Council (1179)

19:17 Nov 5, 2025

12

#161 - The Second Lateran Council (1139)

13:18 Oct 29, 2025

13

#160 - The First Lateran Council (1123)

17:05 Oct 21, 2025

14

#159 - The Great Schism

15:36 Oct 14, 2025

15

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

18:20 Oct 7, 2025

16

#157 - Reflections on the First Seven Ecumenical Councils

19:23 Sep 23, 2025

17

#156 - The Second Council of Nicaea (787)

21:00 Sep 17, 2025

18

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

16:41 Sep 9, 2025

19

#154 - War Among the Monotheists

17:49 Sep 2, 2025

20

#153 - The Second Council of Constantinople (553)

18:09 Aug 26, 2025

21

#152 - The Council of Chalcedon (451)

19:28 Aug 19, 2025

22

#151 - The Council of Ephesus (431)

18:55 Aug 12, 2025

23

#150 - The First Council of Constantinople (381)

21:41 Aug 5, 2025

24

#149 - From Nicaea to Constantinople

19:49 Jul 29, 2025

25

#148 - The First Council of Nicaea (325)

21:19 Jul 22, 2025

26

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

17:36 Jul 15, 2025

27

#146 - Introduction to the 21 Ecumenical Councils

21:46 Jul 8, 2025

28

#145 - Radical Reversion with Katherine Mosco Depfer

2:05:38 Jul 2, 2025

29

#144 - The False Dichotomy of Religion vs. Relationship

15:29 Jun 26, 2025

30

#143 - Prayer: Our Most Powerful Weapon

16:57 Jun 19, 2025

31

#142 - Ordering Our Lives Around Prayer

16:22 Jun 10, 2025

32

#141 - Prayer in Motion

13:50 May 27, 2025

33

#140 - What Makes a Pope "Great"

22:22 May 23, 2025

34

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

8:48 May 9, 2025

35

#138 - A Papal Funeral and a Poetic God

11:57 May 7, 2025

36

#137 - The Importance of Grieving for Pope Francis

9:48 Apr 24, 2025

37

#136 - A Eulogy for Pope Francis

15:31 Apr 22, 2025

38

#135 - Intentional Prayer

15:28 Apr 16, 2025

39

#134 - Prayer to the Power of X

13:41 Apr 8, 2025

40

#133 - Lectio Divina, Meditation, and the Wardrobe

20:04 Apr 1, 2025

41

#132 - Imagination: a Key Ingredient for Prayer

14:10 Mar 26, 2025

42

#131 - Why Prayer is so Hard

13:12 Mar 18, 2025

43

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

44:29 Mar 4, 2025

44

#129 - Catholic Bible Culture

19:21 Feb 25, 2025

45

#128 - Immersing Yourself in Scripture

15:40 Feb 18, 2025

46

#127 - Gnosticism and the New Testament

18:43 Feb 11, 2025

47

#126 - The Three Different 10 Commandments

16:37 Feb 4, 2025

48

#125 - The Blessing and Curse of Chapter and Verse

13:44 Jan 28, 2025

49

#124 - 9 Aspects of Catholic Biblical Interpretation

20:02 Jan 21, 2025

50

#123 - Scripture & the Church with Kenny Burchard

1:01:02 Jan 14, 2025

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