Catholic Answers apologist Joe Heschmeyer joins David Hahn to unpack why the SSPX's excommunications have drawn so much attention, and why he pushes back on claims that Rome is applying a double standard compared to the Vatican's deal with China and Germany's outspoken bishops. He explains what Vatican II's teaching on religious liberty actually says, and why the old maxim that error has no rights still holds even though the church cannot coerce belief. Heschmeyer also makes the case for a universal call to apologetics, and shares how he and his wife are raising their three young children to know and love the faith. New episodes of The David Hahn Show air every week, so subscribe and hit the bell for more.

For more of Joe's work please check out his channel here: @shamelesspopery

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Why the SSPX row is such a big deal
2:15 SSPX, Vatican II and media bias
5:54 Where SSPX criticism goes too far
8:20 Silence, reverence and Cardinal Sarah
11:59 The pope's calendar and the China deal
20:56 Excommunication as a medicinal penalty
26:05 SSPX's defiance and Lefebvre's legacy
29:09 Error has no rights, explained
34:07 Dignitatis Humanae and state coercion
39:43 The church, the state and the death penalty
44:09 The universal call to apologetics
51:00 Why lived faith converts, not syllogisms
54:03 Raising kids in the faith
59:11 Fatherhood and forgiveness

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