Video of 3-way Amoris Laetitia/dubia debate

[Wampa]

Each month I go to a debate put on by a local Catholic men’s group. This month they debated the implications of Amoris Laetitia and the dubia. If you’re interested, it’s 90 minutes and quite worthwhile (IMO). This was filmed Jan. 10, so before the Maltese bishops released their guidelines.

vimeo.com/199879239

The debaters are:

Michael Matt (editor of traditionalist newspaper The Remnant)
Dale Ahlquist (EWTN host and Chesterson scholar)
Steve Moore (a regular debater who’s a founding member of the Catholic Medical Association of Minnesota)

The moderator is a local priest who is probably one of the most traditional priests in our diocese.

I found particularly interesting the historical overview of dubia presented in the past.

There’s about 350 guys in the audience. A fair amount of strong barbs go around at these debates, but they are good-natured, as this is a group of regular speakers and audience members that have been doing this for more than a decade.

 

[tseleehw]

I think I remember you posting this before the debate happened - thanks for sharing the link again. It’s late and I don’t have time to watch it right now but I will give it a watch tomorrow.

 

[Wampa]

I did note that it was upcoming and posted the event flyer. The thread I mentioned it in got deleted. The actual video just got posted a few days ago.

At the risk of over-simplifying and using non-precise labels, the debaters present these sides of the issue:

Michael Matt - traditional
Dale Ahlquist - mainstream
Steve Moore - progressive

 

[RPRPsych]

Thanks for sharing this.

 

[Pulvis]

Thank you. Will watch this weekend.

 

[Stat_Crux]

Each month I go to a debate put on by a local Catholic men’s group. This month they debated the implications of Amoris Laetitia and the dubia. If you’re interested, it’s 90 minutes and quite worthwhile (IMO). This was filmed Jan. 10, so before the Maltese bishops released their guidelines.

vimeo.com/199879239

The debaters are:

Michael Matt (editor of traditionalist newspaper The Remnant)
Dale Ahlquist (EWTN host and Chesterson scholar)
Steve Moore (a regular debater who’s a founding member of the Catholic Medical Association of Minnesota)

The moderator is a local priest who is probably one of the most traditional priests in our diocese.

I found particularly interesting the historical overview of dubia presented in the past.

There’s about 350 guys in the audience. A fair amount of strong barbs go around at these debates, but they are good-natured, as this is a group of regular speakers and audience members that have been doing this for more than a decade.

Just so you know, I’ve heard about these meetings all the way from the UK! A great example of a men’s apostolate, with honest debates on interesting topics. The size of the attendance speaks volumes.

Keep up the good work!

 

[Wampa]

Stat, wow that’s awesome to hear! I do feel lucky to have a regular thing like this going on in my city

 

[Wampa]

Just copying some replies from other threads into this one, so all the comments about the debate are in one place…

Kliska:

Was really interesting.

pnewton:

I did really like that debate. The EWTN guy was phenomenal. The Remnant guy did too much preaching in lieu of reasoned response.

 

[Wampa]

Working hard to keep the debate reaction in this thread From the other thread…

commenter:

That “EWTN guy” is Dale Alquist, host of “The Apostle of Common Sense” series on EWTN. He is president of the American Chesterton Society, and author of a few books on Chesterton. I have heard him speak in person many times, and he always affirms Catholic belief, and “common sense”.

But the whole debate was interesting. I am surprised in Minneapolis area you can get that big a crowd for any kind of apologetics discussions.

We get 300-500 on a monthly basis, depending on the speakers. It’s great! They are just this year starting to live stream the debates to groups in other cities and states.

Ahlquist brought a load of laughs to this debate

 

[Cathoholic]

Thanks Wampa for posting this.

vimeo.com/199879239

(I am throwing a “marker bouy” out on this spot to “bookmark” it)

God bless.

Cathoholic

 

[pnewton]

Just copying some replies from other threads into this one, so all the comments about the debate are in one place…

I posted in the other thread because I figured this one would be scrubbed sooner or later. The debate was good, but had little to do with the liturgy and sacraments.