Counsel of Trent

In this episode Trent refutes the claims in the new documentary “1946” that scripture doesn’t condemn homosexual relationships. Was Sodom and Gomorrah Really about Homosexuality? | Mary Healy Transcript: What if the word homosexual was never meant to be in the Bible? That’s the question a new documentary called 1946 is asking, and it’s part of a long-running effort to misinterpret the Bible to say that it never condemns sexual relationships between people of the same sex. There have been a lot of liberal and self-described gay Christians in the past 40 years who have practiced th...

In this episode, Trent commemorates the anniversary of Roe v Wade by sharing two examples of how to dialogue with pro-choice advocates.   Transcript: Have you ever talked about the issue of abortion and lost your cool, or felt like the conversation wasn’t going anywhere? Today is the commemoration of Roe vs. Wade, and so I thought it’d be helpful to model for you how to have these difficult conversations by using real conversations that I’ve had on Catholic Answers Live. In the first conversation, you’ll see how to engage someone on the issue of abortion who is r...

In this free-for-all-Friday, Trent shares his recent interview with Amber Rose, the Religious Hippie, and their discussion on the ups and downs of being an online Catholic influencer.   Transcript: It is Free For All Friday here on The Counsel of Trent. I’m your host, Catholic Answers Apologist and speaker Trent Horn. Recently, I was invited onto Amber Rose’s podcast. Amber is also known as The Religious Hippie. She’s been on Pints with Aquinas before. She does a lot of interesting updates and YouTube videos, and so she asked me to come on to talk about being a Catholi...

In this episode, Trent shreds the low-hanging fruit of popular online atheist memes.   Transcript: I enjoy the challenge of engaging high-level defenses of atheism, but sometimes the low-hanging fruit just tastes too good to resist. Today, we are going to rebut some hilarious atheist memes, because of just how bad they are. So let’s get started. Here’s the first one. “How did Jesus find guys named Peter, John, James, Matthew, Andrew, Philip, Thomas and Simon in the Middle East?” And a comment under this meme says, “This is the one that gets me. When was the...

In this episode, Trent examines two groups of conservatives who need to respond to the message of Jesus Christ and his Church.   Transcript: Welcome to the Counsel of Trent Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers. It’s no secret that conservatives are more likely to believe in God and support traditional moral views like being pro-life. This graph from 538 shows that in the last 30 years, conservatives have remained fairly religious, while liberals who don’t identify with any religion have risen from 10% to 40% of liberals. But conservative is not synonymous with Christi...

In this episode, Trent investigates the claims behind allegedly “smart” animals like Koko the Gorilla and Clever Hans the Horse.   Transcript: Welcome to the Counsel of Trent podcast. A production of Catholic Answers. Trent sad. Trent need subscriber. Subscribe Trent podcast. Maybe I don’t sound as intelligent to you, but if I were a great ape who had a podcast, maybe that would just blow your mind at how smart I allegedly am. Allegedly. So welcome to the Council of Trent podcast. I’m your host, Catholic Answers apologist and speaker, Trent Horn. On Monday and ...

In this episode, Trent answers atheist claims that the Bible teaches that mythical creatures like unicorns and dragons exist.   Transcript: Welcome to the Counsel of Trent podcast, a production of Catholic Answers. Welcome to the Counsel of Trent podcast. I’m your host, Catholic Answers Apologist and speaker, Trent Horn. And today I want to talk about monsters, ah, real monsters, but more the ones that are alleged to inhabit the pages of the Bible and show, therefore, that the Bible is merely a collection of human writings devoid of any divine inspiration. But before we do that,...

In this episode, Trent highlights weak arguments that are popular among more traditionalist Catholics and better ones to use instead.   Transcript: Welcome to The Counsel of Trent podcast, a production of Catholic Answers. It’s good to be back, everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, an epiphany, and I just hope you’re ready for new episodes of The Council of Trent podcast. I’m your host, Catholic Answers Apologist and Speaker, Trent Horn. Today I want to talk about some apologetic arguments and approaches I find among more traditional Catholics that conc...

In this episode, Trent sits down with fellow apologist Joe Heschmeyer to critique Gino Jennings’ attack on the doctrine of Mary being the mother of God and show how the denial of proper Mariology leads to heretical Christologies like those of Pastor Gino.   Transcript: Welcome to the Counsel of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers. Happy New Year everyone. Happy 2024, and also Happy Feast of Mary, the Mother of God, feast of the Theotokos, January 1st. I’m currently taking some time off to spend with family through this part of Christmas tide. Yes, it’s also the...

In this episode, Trent shows how a recent defense of beastiality reveals the bankruptcy of modern sexual ethics and why Catholic moral theology is the only way to make the world sane again.   Transcript: Welcome to The Counsel of Trent podcast, a production of Catholic Answers. Hey everyone, real fast before we get started, today’s episode was recorded before I had my conversation on pornography with Destiny and Jazmen Jafar so you might recognize some of the arguments from this episode. Click on the link below in the description if you want to see some of today’s argument...

In this episode, Trent shares a clip from the Ben Shapiro show where he and Ben discuss the Vatican’s new document and media claims surrounding the Church and blessings for “same-sex couples”.   Transcript: Welcome to the Counsel of Trent podcast, a production of Catholic Answers. Hey, everyone. Welcome to the Counsel of Trent podcast. I’m your host, Catholic Answers’ apologist and speaker Trent Horn. I wasn’t planning on talking about the issue of the new Vatican document on blessings for same-sex couples and couples in irregular situations because...