Here’s a fun one to watch and share! In a clip from his 2009 talk on Spiritual Authority at The Coming Home Network’s Deep in History Conference, Dr. Paul Thigpen gives a tongue-in-cheek list of ten reasons why everyone should study Church history. It’s almost certainly not what you expect! You’re invited to add to the list of reasons in the comments below….
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Study Church History:
-because you can then refute Mormon missionaries at your door who claim the Great Apostasy.
-so that you can start to defend the Crusades.
-because it helps at Thanksgiving when you need to argue with family over why you converted to the One, True Church.
-so you can memorize the names and dates of all the Popes and then remember them with secular history.
-so you can know that there were many worse Popes throughout our history.
-so you can know that there were many worse times in our Church history.
-so you can know all the great heresies.
-so that when you are burned at the stake you can cry out to the right saint.
-because you cannot know Jesus Christ except through the Church He gave us on earth.
-only if you want to become Catholic.
I am Catholic and it helps deepen my faith’
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