The Jimmy Akin Podcast | Episode 082 (May 4, 2026)

What happens when a thoughtful Protestant YouTuber drops a logical critique of purgatory and indulgences? Jimmy Akin drops a brilliant, charitable response! In this episode, Jimmy breaks down Austin Suggs’s (Gospel Simplicity) challenge, reveals the major shift in Catholic teaching from “satisfaction” to “sanctification,” and shows how prayer, grace, and love beautifully resolve the puzzle. Friendly, deep, and surprisingly unifying — you don’t want to miss this Catholic-Protestant dialogue! Listen now on The Jimmy Akin Podcast.

Timecodes
00:00 – Coming Up
00:14 – Intro
00:39 – 1 Introduction
03:13 – 2 Catholic Teaching on Purgatory
08:58 – 3 Purgatory and Indulgences
28:03 – 4 Ways of Explaining Purgatory & Indulgences
29:07 – 5 The Satisfaction Theory
34:41 – 6 The Sanctification Theory
42:03 – 7 A Point of Disagreement
47:06 – 8 The Catechism of the Catholic Church
50:08 – 9 John Paul II Confirms
54:48 – 10 Benedict XVI & Spe Salvi
1:02:41 – 11 Pope Francis & Spes Non Confundit
1:04:12 – 12 Pope Leo XIV
1:04:38 – 13 The Magisterium’s Trajectory
1:08:05 – 14 The Central Conundrum
1:12:01 – 15 The First Problem
1:16:32 – 16 The Second Problem
1:23:43 – 17 The Third Problem
1:26:52 – 18 Conclusion
1:27:20 – Closing/Outro
1:28:27 – End