#12166 How Do We Know the Bible Is Truly the Word of God? - Joe Heschmeyer

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Can we trust Scripture as divinely inspired? We look at the historical and theological reasons Catholics believe the Bible is the Word of God, plus tackle topics like the early Church’s view of the afterlife, confirmation saints, and what really happened in the Roman Inquisition.

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Questions Covered:

03:20 – How does one properly incorporate my new confirmation saint into my prayer life?
13:43 – There’s a lot of pictures online of people in Spain with what look like KKK hoods. They are the Nazarene Brothers of the Holy Week of Seville. Are they Catholic?
19:31 – What is the early Church evidence for the state of the dead? Soul sleep vs entering heaven or hell?
30:45 – How do we make sense of 2 Maccabees 15 and it stating that taking one’s own life is an honorable thing?
34:27 – With the pope passing, what would happen if the east and west were to be united? Would we have to choose from the patriarchs to be the next pope?
37:28 – How do we know that the bible truly is the Word of God?
43:14 – I watched a video online that said Pope Francis is in hell. Is this true?
49:02 – I’m writing a series of articles debunking Chick Tracts. What actually happened during the Roman Inquisition?

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0:32.3	Joe Heschmire sticking around for another hour.
0:34.5	I'm very relieved.
0:35.6	I didn't know if he just get up and wander off,
0:37.9	but he's back. And we've got another hour of Ask Me Anything. Joe, the author of many wonderful
0:42.9	books, including the Eucharist, Israeli Jesus, Pope Peter, the early church was the Catholic
0:49.0	church. And if you've got questions about the Catholic faith, you're welcome to call. A very
0:52.7	kind caller mentioned Joe's podcasts, and I didn't mention Joe's podcast last hour.
1:01.4	So let me mention now, Shameless Popery, available at least a couple times a week, becoming
1:06.5	one of the most acclaimed places on the internet for commentary, particularly commentary from a
1:13.5	Catholic perspective, all kinds of cool stuff going on over there. You can find shameless appropriate
1:18.5	shameless joe.com. You can find it on his YouTube page. You can find it anywhere where you get
1:25.1	your podcast. And if you do, you'll be joining thousands of other people who are awful happy they did.
1:30.1	And I know you know that because you've heard them say it to Joe here a whole bunch of times on Catholic Answers Live.
1:36.7	And Joe, how many years you've been with us now?
1:39.1	How long have you been here at Catholic Cancer?
1:40.3	Since 2021, so four years now.
1:43.2	Four years.
1:43.5	Yeah, it doesn't feel like a day past 10.
1:45.6	I know. Well, that's just because of me. But the rest of it passed quickly, probably.
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