Episode 112: Binding and Loosing - The Church’s Power to Govern Souls
05/11/25 • 21 min
In today’s episode for the A Catholic Life Podcast I cover why and how the Catholic Church possesses from God Himself the authority to bind people to certain laws.
1. The Various Kinds of Law – Is the Catholic Church Too Legalistic?
2. Ecclesiastical Laws and the Church’s Authority to Bind and Loose
3. Primary of St. Peter and His Successors
This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com. PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic prayers in Latin conveniently on the go. Practice your pronunciation with easy-to-follow English phonetic renderings of Latin words. PrayLatin.com offers prayer cards in various formats, including Latin-English rosary pamphlets with the traditional 15 mysteries. Shop for additional Latin resources like missal booklets, server response cards, and more. Visit PrayLatin.com today.
In today’s episode for the A Catholic Life Podcast I cover why and how the Catholic Church possesses from God Himself the authority to bind people to certain laws.
1. The Various Kinds of Law – Is the Catholic Church Too Legalistic?
2. Ecclesiastical Laws and the Church’s Authority to Bind and Loose
3. Primary of St. Peter and His Successors
This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com. PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic prayers in Latin conveniently on the go. Practice your pronunciation with easy-to-follow English phonetic renderings of Latin words. PrayLatin.com offers prayer cards in various formats, including Latin-English rosary pamphlets with the traditional 15 mysteries. Shop for additional Latin resources like missal booklets, server response cards, and more. Visit PrayLatin.com today.
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