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Welcome! Damianvigorito Welcome to CAF! 
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The persons you mentioned all ministered within the Catholic Church, in ministries fully part of the Catholic Church, under the Magisterium. Church Militant, 1p5, etc operate outside the Catholic Church. They are comparable to Martin Luther on the one hand, or Call to Action and National Catholic Reporter on the other hand.
How would you differentiate Taylor Marshall from National Catholic Reporter? They are “independent” commentators, too. Not under the Magisterium, as well.
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Never heard his name before. Out of curiosity I checked his videos after reading this post. What can I say? It’s garbage!!! 
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Mary67
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There are already so many replies, but I like watching his videos when it’s about the Church’s traditions, etc… However, I have started to avoid those videos after he threw Mat Fradd and Fr Schmitz under the bus for a video they handled very charitably. It was a bit of a drama from what I gathered. But, basically I don’t like how uncharitable his videos can be sometimes. If it was just about theology I would watch them more, but the slander is too much. And the anti Pope Francis thing also makes me confused. On one hand I can see what he says but on the other Pope Francis still has good homilies that make me see him as faithful. But, I’m no theologian.
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he didn’t throw either under the bus. He said that he liked what Fr. Schmitz had to say and gave him a shout-out for his response. Tim Gordon said he’s actually good friends with Matt Fradd and they were responding to a comment that Matt had made, which was basically a passive aggressive dig at those who were disagreeing with Bp. Barron.
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Why should one be so bothered about church politics? Why not just live a holy life and let the experts deal with politics? I don’t really think having too much opinions and getting angry is good at all. If Taylor knows a lot about church politics I don’t know but why should we need to bother about it?
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mikie11b
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I watch him, but try to stick with the theology videos he puts out. I have learned a lot about my new faith with him.
Simple. National Catholic Reporter promotes heresy and modernism. Taylor Marshall promotes orthodox, Catholic teaching.Sundiver:
The persons you mentioned all ministered within the Catholic Church, in ministries fully part of the Catholic Church, under the Magisterium. Church Militant, 1p5, etc operate outside the Catholic Church. They are comparable to Martin Luther on the one hand, or Call to Action and National Catholic Reporter on the other hand.
How would you differentiate Taylor Marshall from National Catholic Reporter? They are “independent” commentators, too. Not under the Magisterium, as well.
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They responded to a video where Matt Fradd said they treated Bishop Barron like an “enemy” in a topic that “I haven’t looked into very much”.
Fradd tried to suggest nobody can criticize Barron since “he has done so much good”
All Dr Marshall did was point out that is not an effective response. He said “If someone wanted to debate me about a theological topic and said ‘Dr Marshall, why do you believe X about theological doctrine Y?’ I can’t say ‘Hey! Look at all the good work I’ve done!’ as a substantive response”
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Orthodoxy is determined by…you?
The NCR also claims it is fully orthodox. Obviously their local bishops have disagreed. The Jesuit school in Indianapolis claims to be an orthodox Catholic school. Their Archbishop disagrees.
Do you think it matters if Brebeuf gets the bishops’ approval, or is “independent Catholic” like NCR and Taylor Marshall?
Do you think bypassing the bishops, like Call to Action and Catholics for Choice have done, makes their ministry better?
As long as the teaching corresponds with official church teaching, I don’t care who it comes from. There are false Catholic organizations that spread heresy under the Catholic banner and there are corrupt bishops who would try to prevent some media outlets from spreading true Catholic teaching if it runs counter to their agenda. If the teaching is true and accurate, I don’t care who it comes from.Bataar:
Orthodoxy is determined by…you?
The NCR also claims it is fully orthodox. Obviously their local bishops have disagreed. The Jesuit school in Indianapolis claims to be an orthodox Catholic school. Their Archbishop disagrees.
Do you think it matters if Brebeuf gets the bishops’ approval, or is “independent Catholic” like NCR and Taylor Marshall?
Do you think bypassing the bishops, like Call to Action and Catholics for Choice have done, makes their ministry better?
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Sundiver
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We are all charged with the duty to defend the faith, true Catholic doctrine. Everyone should be the vessel of true Catholic doctrine if you are Catholic. Regardless of our place within the hierarchy of the Church from lay person to the, priests, cardinals, bishops, and pope Catholic doctrine is virtually unmovable. It is set in stone and very hard to change. To tamper with it would be a venture into no-man’s land. Doing so would put your soul at risk and other souls at risk of loosing eternal life. Maybe that’s why Jesus called Simon Peter=rock.
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Sean
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Yes it is fine some of the TnT episodes can get weird so if you get depressed or feel defeated don’t watch it but otherwise you can. I really like his stuff on the Latin Mass
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FrancisFan43
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Just like any sort of politics, you may not be taking an interest in it but it definitely is taking an interest in you. If we in the laity remain silent during the abuse is that the hierarchy has been doing to people (like the homosexual Predator priests, Financial corruption, espousing literal heresy, being soft on vital issues like child murder). If we just remain quiet about it like Israel remained quiet about the open apostasy of their own hierarchy in the book of Ezekiel, then we are culpable for not speaking out against them and trying to get them to repent. Our silence will be compliance with their errors.
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People like Taylor Marshall, 1p5, Lepanto, etc essentially encourage passivity. That’s not the intent it’s the effect of reading and listening to their stuff.
Is there anyone who has taken any constructive action as a result of watching Taylor, that they would not have taken otherwise? I’m not including posting on CAF as an action. I suspect many people who already feel angry about some issues go to those websites to hear someone “in the know” confirm their feelings.
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In my city the Prolife Party fell apart for lack of Laity willing to work for prolife. Proabortion politicians got elected, some Catholic.
The laity, who elected these Catholic and non Catholic politicians, blame the bishops for failing to excommunicate.
Meanwhile only a few laity are working in prolife ministries.
The laity, who elected these Catholic and non Catholic politicians, blame the bishops for failing to excommunicate.
Meanwhile only a few laity are working in prolife ministries.
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I generally agree with your comments here, but I will say that I think there are those who have started praying the rosary daily as a result of Marshall’s prompting. That’s not passivity.Sean:
People like Taylor Marshall, 1p5, Lepanto, etc essentially encourage passivity. That’s not the intent it’s the effect of reading and listening to their stuff.
Is there anyone who has taken any constructive action as a result of watching Taylor, that they would not have taken otherwise? I’m not including posting on CAF as an action. I suspect many people who already feel angry about some issues go to those websites to hear someone “in the know” confirm their feelings.
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If that is the case, and it may well be, you are certainly right.
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DonnaL
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I liked him for awhile. He gives some good, clear answers about matters of faith. He is a gifted teacher.
There were things that made me feel uncomfortable even then, like his infomercial style of marketing his products. That may just be me.
What turned me off about him altogether was when he said that he wanted to red pill 1 million Catholics about Pope Francis.
Since then, I can’t take him seriously. Red pill like in the movie Matrix?
His writings from about 5 years ago seemed to be very good, IMO.
Now I think he has lost his focus.
There were things that made me feel uncomfortable even then, like his infomercial style of marketing his products. That may just be me.
What turned me off about him altogether was when he said that he wanted to red pill 1 million Catholics about Pope Francis.
Since then, I can’t take him seriously. Red pill like in the movie Matrix?
His writings from about 5 years ago seemed to be very good, IMO.
Now I think he has lost his focus.
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MagdalenaRita
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I tend to feel the same way. He gives very good clear Catholic Answers, seems to know Church doctrine and history very well, has a very good study program at the New St. Thomas Institute, but it seems since the McCarrick scandal happened, which bothered many a Catholic, he has maybe lost his focus and is, just like many Catholics, trying to understand and trust God.
Just me personally, because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer, I prefer someone telling me there are problems and we need to pray rather than being told everything is just fine don’t worry, so in that perspective I am grateful that he is encouraging people to pray the rosary for the Church.
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