Is it ok to listen to Dr Taylor Marshall?

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Episcopalians do not agree with Faith alone, Scripture Alone, nor perhaps Grace alone. Yet the earlier name of their denomination included the word Protestant.

No one said the man Marshall is Protestant, but about his ministry… If you disagree with Protestant, call it non denominational. The man is Catholic, as are the individuals who write for National Catholic Reporter. But neither NCR nor Marshall’s ministry are in union with their bishop Ordinary.
 
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I actually prefer your more narrow definition. Therefore, I shy away from such usage, which is precisely why I found the idea that the Catholic Church today is Protestant quirky and just a little humorous.

As to which bishop one follows, it is one’s own bishop, usually a geographical bishop unless one is a religious. If we do not stick by this, then Catholicism becomes a popularity context where the cult of personality takes the place of the Holy Spirit.

Something to think about: one can learn very little by filling oneself with agreement. That leads to close-mindedness and partisan division, as Paul addressed in First Corinthians.
 
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No one said the man Marshall is Protestant, but about his ministry… If you disagree with Protestant, call it non denominational
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Why do we even need a label? He doesnt call his YouTube channel, Dr. Marshall ministries. He is just a Catholic apologist/author doing interviews and talking on social media.
 
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pnewton said:
which is precisely why I found the idea that the Catholic Church today is Protestant quirky and just a little humorous
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Many protestant ideologies have entered the Church, that is different than judging a Catholic of being protestant
 
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Why do we even need a label? He doesnt call his YouTube channel, Dr. Marshall ministries. He is just a Catholic apologist doing interviews and talking on social media.
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I think I’d be more comfortable calling him a Catholic author rather than an apologist.
 
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Why do we even need a label? He doesnt call his YouTube channel, Dr. Marshall ministries. He is just a Catholic apologist doing interviews and talking on social media.
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I think I’d be more comfortable calling him a Catholic author rather than an apologist.
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Better to say he’s an author who happens to be Catholic. In the same way someone might be a teacher who happens to be Catholic, without being designated a “Catholic school”.

Keep in mind Pascendi, which Dr Marshall himself refers to.
 
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It is my opinion that the only difference is perspective. I also think you should not so quickly contradict yourself by calling something you do not agree with protestant while complaining that others shouldn’t do that back when they do not agree with other ways people disagree with Pope.
 
Orthodox teaching and orthodox practice are related. In recent decades, liberals have tried weaken both. To his credit, Dr. Marshall tries to consistently affirm orthodox teaching. But he neglects orthodox practice. St Pius X, who Marshall strongly endorsed, emphasized both.

In the short term, an isolated article from OnePeterFive, National Catholic Reporter (eek!), or a fundamentalist site, may well make more sense to me than something from a diocese, on a given topic.

But in the long run a steady diet of those types of sources will result in stuff making sense to me that might not be orthodox teaching.
In the long run there won’t be assurance of orthodox teaching without orthodox practice.

That’s why St Pius emphasized both, and why many others emphasize both today. Those are the ones to follow.
 
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Orthodox teaching and orthodox practice are related. In recent decades, liberals have tried weaken both. To his credit, Dr. Marshall tries to consistently affirm orthodox teaching. But he neglects orthodox practice. St Pius X, who Marshall strongly endorsed, emphasized both.
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So, this I think says it more clearly, rather than he is Catholic with a protestant ministry.
And I would agree that there are ways that Dr. Marshall has probably not followed orthodox practice. I’m not the one to say what but I suspect that it happens.
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In the short term, an isolated article from OnePeterFive, National Catholic Reporter (eek!), or a fundamentalist site, may well make more sense to me than something from a diocese, on a given topic.

But in the long run a steady diet of those types of sources will result in stuff making sense to me that might not be orthodox teaching.
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Definitely agree with this. I can only handle so much “bad news” or “this is what is wrong in the Church” or even someone promoting something that is wrong in the Church. Can’t live on a steady diet of that and it can lead to confusion.
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That’s why St Pius emphasized both, and why many others emphasize both today. Those are the ones to follow.
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Yes, agreed and also good Catholic bible studies and catechisms. I think it was Eric Sammons who said on one of Taylor Marshall’s videos that the most important thing is learning the faith and spiritual growth before listening to all that is wrong in the Church or hearing all the tough issues.

Also for me personally, I don’t like to “follow” someone whether in religion or in other issues who is still alive and walking the walk themselves because you never know which direction they may turn, so with that I prefer the saints of the past.
 
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. I also think you should not so quickly contradict yourself by calling something you do not agree with protestant while complaining that others shouldn’t do that back when they do not agree with other ways people disagree with Pope.
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In all charity, just to clarify, I do not have a problem with an action or an idea being called protestant if it is or if it comes from protestant theology. What bothers me, is saying another Catholic is protestant, which seems to happen frequently here at CAF. I was taught as a Catholic, that we can judge an action or idea but we can’t judge a heart or a motive.

God bless
 
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I can only handle so much “bad news” or “this is what is wrong in the Church” or even someone promoting something that is wrong in the Church. Can’t live on a steady diet of that and it can lead to confusion.
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I totally agree with you on this. Disconcerting when a bishop/auxiliary bishop is one that states such claims
 
Dr. Taylor going live on youtube at 4pm eastern.
Currently 73 people waiting to hear him real time.
 
I think he is dangerously getting very close to sedevacantism. He is attacking on a daily base Pope Francis and now he started criticizing also Pope Saint John Paul II. Sad.
 
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He is attacking on a daily base Pope Francis and now he started criticizing also Pope Saint John Paul II. Sad.
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The saddest thing for me with Pope Francis’ pontificate has been to see Catholic authors/speakers/writers whom I respected and even some of my own friends get so consumed with a spirit of negativity. I have a few friends who post articles and videos on Facebook several times a day from LifeSiteNews, Church Militant, Taylor Marshall, et al. And every post comes with a comment about how terrible everything is inside and outside the Church.

Don’t get me wrong, there are certainly problems with our world and in our Church. An we want to address those problems rather than ignore them. But to constantly convey messages of doom and gloom without ever conveying the sense of joy that Christ brings is failing to tell the complete story. And posting such things constantly online gives others the impression that in order to be a faithful Catholic, you have to be an Angry Young Man.

I keep praying for them that they not lose sight of the “good” part of the “Good News”.
 
Ditto. I too noticed well known Catholics I followed and admired, slowly transforming their webpages/social media in a continuous rant against Pope Francis (the right leaning) or Trump (the left leaning). Sad.
 
I wasn’t aware of the HIV benefit concerts in the Austrian Catholic Church before watching.
Those concerts were totally sacrilegious and some one should be held accountable.
 
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