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“Every one who acknowledges Me before men, I will also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies Me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.” —Matthew 10:32-33
What does it mean to say that salvation comes through the Catholic Church alone? How does this teaching help us understand true ecumenism without it devolving into religious pluralism, and what are the differences and distinctions in how we view the orthodox, protestants, and Jews? Enjoy this wonderful lecture where Fr. Eric Bergman discussed Church doctrine on salvation.
Instructor:
Fr. Eric Bergman is a Catholic priest of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. He serves in Scranton, PA as the pastor of St. Thomas More Catholic Church, a parish of converts to Catholicism who celebrate the Anglican Use of the Roman Rite Mass. A former clergyman of the Episcopal Church and a convert to Catholicism, Fr. Bergman was ordained to the priesthood in 2007. Fr. Bergman serves as Chaplain of the Anglicanorum Coetibus Society, a Catholic organization dedicated to increasing awareness of the 2009 Apostolic Constitution of Pope Benedict XVI, Anglicanorum Coetibus. His articles have been published in Anglican Embers, This Rock, and Catholic Men’s Quarterly, and he has spoken across the United States. He and his wife, Kristina, reside in Scranton and have ten children.
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“Every one who acknowledges Me before men, I will also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies Me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.” —Matthew 10:32-33
What does it mean to say that salvation comes through the Catholic Church alone? How does this teaching help us understand true ecumenism without it devolving into religious pluralism, and what are the differences and distinctions in how we view the orthodox, protestants, and Jews? Enjoy this wonderful lecture where Fr. Eric Bergman discussed Church doctrine on salvation.
Instructor:
Fr. Eric Bergman is a Catholic priest of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. He serves in Scranton, PA as the pastor of St. Thomas More Catholic Church, a parish of converts to Catholicism who celebrate the Anglican Use of the Roman Rite Mass. A former clergyman of the Episcopal Church and a convert to Catholicism, Fr. Bergman was ordained to the priesthood in 2007. Fr. Bergman serves as Chaplain of the Anglicanorum Coetibus Society, a Catholic organization dedicated to increasing awareness of the 2009 Apostolic Constitution of Pope Benedict XVI, Anglicanorum Coetibus. His articles have been published in Anglican Embers, This Rock, and Catholic Men’s Quarterly, and he has spoken across the United States. He and his wife, Kristina, reside in Scranton and have ten children.
Want to dive deeper? Visit our website for hundreds of hours of free audio and video content: instituteofcatholicculture.org
