Judas Within: The Church Fathers on Enduring Evil in the One True Church (St. Augustine) | Ep. 22

Eternal Christendom Podcast by Joshua Charles

Episode notes

CULTIVATING SAINTS, SAGES, AND STATESMEN THROUGH THE GREAT TRADITION OF CHRISTENDOM

In this first episode of our "Judas Within" mini-series, we cover how the Church Fathers explained that the Catholic Church was the one true Church established by Christ, and yet also endured great scandal and corruption within.

We show how they unpacked Scripture to explain that the Church on earth will always have to deal with this "Judas Within" the Church, and then share a powerful example of this from the writings of St. Augustine (Letter 208). In that letter, St. Augustine exhorts all Christians to remain within the Catholic Church despite the “Judas Within,” and that doing so is a means of gaining eternal reward and growing in holiness.

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Catholic ChurchSt. AugustineRoman Catholic ChurchJudasCatholicOne True ChurchEvil Within