As Bishop Barron shows in his new book, Vibrant Paradoxes, Catholicism is both/and, not either/or. It celebrates the union of contraries—grace and nature, faith and reason, Scripture and tradition, body and soul—in a way that the full energy of each opposing element remains in place. In this episode, Bishop Barron explores several examples of this both/and embrace. A listener asks about the difficult passage in Acts 5 involving Ananias and Sapphira.
Topics Discussed
- 0:22 – Exciting upcoming events for Bishop Barron
- 2:04 – What does it mean to say Catholicism is “both/and”
- 5:29 – G.K. Chesterton on red, white, and the Church’s healthy hatred of pink
- 7:42 – Why Catholics “want it all”
- 8:38 – The extreme demands of sin and mercy
- 11:25 – Why reason and faith are no mutually exclusive
- 15:58 – Faith/reason in the realm of science
- 17:59 – Bruce Jenner and the dichotomy of matter and spirit
- 21:59 – How discipline leads to real freedom
- 25:53 – The path from suffering to joy
- 27:59 – Question from listener: how can we reconcile the loving, non-violent Jesus with the angry God who kills Ananias and Sapphira?
Bonus Resources
- Books
- Vibrant Paradoxes: The Both/And of Catholicism by Bishop Robert Barron
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- Vibrant Paradoxes: The Both/And of Catholicism by Bishop Robert Barron
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