THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INFALLIABLE AND IMMPECCABLE

8/28/2000

Patrick Madrid dispels misconceptions regarding the definition of papal infallibility. He clearly defines what the term does and does not mean.

POPES WHO LED IMMORAL LIVES

8/28/2000

The scandal of bad popes is Patrick Madrid's topic as he illustrates that one man's sin can not spoil the Church nor ruin the Papacy.

THE POPES AND THE SPANISH INQUISITION

8/28/2000

Placing the Spanish Inquisition in to it's proper historical context, Patrick Madrid weighs in on the good and the bad of this tribunal.

PETER WAS NOT THE FIRST POPE?

8/28/2000

Patrick Madrid refutes the idea that the Apostle Peter was not the first Pope. Some people say that although Peter may have been a special friend of Christ, in the early Church, St. Paul seemed to have more authority than Peter.

ST. PETER WASN'T THE ROCK IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

8/28/2000

Patrick Madrid explains how many misinterpret the naming of St. Peter as the leader of the Church. Some use the Petros - Petra argument to say that Jesus called Peter a "pebble" - not the Rock.

JESUS REBUKED PETER - HOW COULD HE BE POPE?

8/28/2000

St. Peter was rebuked by Christ and even denied knowing him when he was weak and afraid, but Christ forgave him and told him to "Feed my Lambs, Feed my Sheep." Patrick Madrid shows how God often chooses the weak to lead his people.

THE APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION

8/28/2000

Patrick Madrid discusses the Petrine Ministry and demonstrates the unbroken succession since the death of the Apostle Peter.

PETER NEVER WENT TO ROME?

8/28/2000

Patrick Madrid lays out the historical evidence for the Apostle Peter's martyrdom in Rome.

IS THE POPE THE ANTI-CHRIST?

8/28/2000

Patrick Madrid shatters the myth that "Vicar of the Son of God" was a Latin name or official title of the Bishop of Rome.

THE POPE'S AND THE HERESY OF ARIANISM

8/28/2000

Patrick Madrid discusses the Church's on-going battle against the Arian Movement in the 4th Century.