In this episode, Trent sits down with Joe Heschmeyer of @shamelesspopery to discuss Protestant attempts to ground the canon of Scripture in its ability to “authenticate itself.”

Check out Joe’s episode on the topic here: https://youtu.be/GBcseU7OeBE

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00:00 Intro
02:20 John Calvin’s Argument
06:05 Unavoidable Tradition
10:00 Muslim and LDS Parallels
12:00 Circular Arguments
14:00 Scripture Does Not Teach a Self-Authenticating Canon
15:50 Need for the Church
17:44 Authentic Catholic View of the Canon
20:57 Accounting for Modern Criticism
22:50 Test of Orthodoxy
24:05 Natural Methods for Authentication
29:19 Conclusion