Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Friends, in this week’s episode of the Word on Fire Show, Matthew Petrusek and I discuss St. John Henry Newman’s life, work, and legacy in celebration of our newest Doctor of the Church.

00:00 | Introduction
01:26 | Bishop Barron’s recent domestic travels
03:20 | Defining “Doctor of the Church”
04:55 | Distinguishing doctors from saints
05:50 | John Henry Newman’s brief biography
12:18 | Understanding the development of doctrine
17:41 | Safeguards against corruption
22:33 | The wholeness of the truth
25:34 | Newman: “To live is to change”
29:28 | The “illative sense” of the mind’s assent to propositions
34:10 | Difficulties vs. doubt
35:54 | How Newman speaks to England now
37:55 | Listener question: How can priests improve preparation for homilies?
39:58 | Join the Word on Fire Institute

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