Ten structural problems with Protestant worship, starting with the one that generates most of the others: the claim that the Church cannot bind the conscience to anything Scripture does not explicitly command. From there we work through the absence of a true and proper sacrifice, prayers for the dead, the cult of the saints, Eucharistic adoration, and the question of by whose authority a rite of worship is established at all. The argument runs on Aquinas, Augustine, Epiphanius, Cyril of Jerusalem, and the post-Reformation manualists, and it takes the Protestant objections seriously rather than assuming them away.

Articles mentioned:
https://open.substack.com/pub/scholasticanswers/p/the-epistle-to-the-hebrews-and-catholicism?r=dgylx&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
https://open.substack.com/pub/scholasticanswers/p/how-does-sacramental-grace-differ?r=dgylx&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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Contents:
00:00 - Intro
00:33 - Lawless Worship
07:09 - No Sacrifice
14:01 - Prayers for the Dead
21:27 - The Cult of the Saints
29:59 - The Rite of the Church
34:15 - Without the Full Sacramental Life of the Church
38:39 - Without Sacramentals
44:37 - Vows
46:07 - The Religious State
49:40 - Conclusion

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