#12138 Do Catholics Put More Faith in the Church Than in Jesus? - Tim Staples

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🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Some claim Catholics trust the Church more than Christ—but is that true? We explore this common misunderstanding along with questions on Jesus’ “brothers,” historical temple virgins, and how to reach out to loved ones who feel unwelcome in the Church.

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Questions Covered:

01:55 – I’ve heard that Catholics put more of their faith in the Church over Jesus. What is your response to that?
16:37 – How do we know that the brothers of Jesus were actually cousins?
24:47 – Are there historical sources for Jew temple virgins?
40:52 – Is there anything I can say or do other than pray, to help a loved one soften their hearts on their belief that the Church is unwelcoming?

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0:36.9	And none of you guys had to remind me.
0:38.4	I remembered there's something I wanted to tell. I told them the first hour to remember to tell you
0:42.1	something. Okay. A woman named Mary. She's, her daughter is in, her daughter in law is in the
0:48.4	OCA in Atlanta, Georgia. Praise God. And the person teaching the RCA made an error that said that the church doesn't teach
0:59.0	the perpetual virginity of Mary as an official teaching.
1:02.0	Ouch!
1:03.0	And so do you know what Mary did?
1:05.0	What's that?
1:06.0	She got 30, 30 copies of Behold Your Mother and gave them to everybody in the, including the
1:12.6	teacher.
1:13.3	Wow.
1:14.8	Fantastic.
1:15.2	So I said, I got to tell Tim about that when he gets in here.
1:18.0	So isn't that nice?
1:19.0	Oh, that's beautiful.
1:20.0	Praise God.
1:20.8	Yeah.
1:21.5	We're helping, folks.
1:22.7	You know that.
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